The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => 1988 Theatrical Release => Topic started by: Petrie on September 25, 2004, 07:50:07 AM
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Called "Friends in Need"?
I picked it up again when I went to my parents house and it looks really nice. I almost forgot I had this book. I'm certain it was released right after the movie's release and the plot is somewhat skewed from what you see in the film--a couple of the pictures are NOT in the film, and some of the text mentions conversations that never took place.
That's likely all we'll ever see in terms of "deleted scenes" considering we've been told before the ones that were cut were no more than pencil sketches. :(
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Hi Arvens!
Yes, I read this book. I have three different issues of it. One softcover- (which seems to be the most –frequent“ edition of this book), a hardcover version (the content is the same), and one Germany translation of the book. There is one especially remarkable thing about the German version (appart from the fact that such booklets are hardly ever translated in the first place). It appears it was translated before the movie was released in Germany, for the book names Littlefoot –Kleinfu?“, which would be a German translation of his name. I’m just glad they stuck to the English name in the movie, for the German translation sounds really stupid.
There are several other books that were released along with –Friends in Need“. –The search for the Great Valley“ is one of these which I have. Sadly it doesn’t contain any deleted scenes, but still it’s beautiful. There were some other books released along with these, but sadly I never came across any of them. I don’t know the titles of all of these other books by heart, but they can be found on the back of “Friends in need”. One of the books was titled “Cera’s Adventure” I think, and another one seemed to be focused on Littlefoot. But unfortunately I never found these books at ebay.
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That's where I bought my copy. At least I'm not the only one who's read it before...those scenes I can figure are deleted scenes. ;) That's all we'll likely get out of them.
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Sounds familiar.
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It probably is familiar....brown book, not very thick. It's a nice addition to the film.
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Brown book? :huh:
Actually it is a relatively thin booklet. There is a widely spread soft- and a less common hardcover version of "Friends in need", but both of them are purple. The front cover shows a picture from the scene when Littlefoot and the others have just arrived in the Great Valley.
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My mistake it is purple...I don't know why I thought it was brown. :) And mine's hardcover, so it really isn't a thin booklet to me. :P
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^ Maybe you confused it with "The land before time - the illustrated story", a really marvellous book which indeed does have a brown cover.
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Yep. I've seen that book at the bookstores a while back. I just didn't buy it because I didn't have any money at that moment.
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:blink: It's still available at the bookstores? Wow, I didn't know that it was that durable. I got a used copy through Amazon (I think it was the first thing I ever bought in the USA using the internet). Then again I think they reprinted it several times. Anyway, it is one of the most beautiful LBT books I have.
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I've never heard of that second book Malte. :huh: It sounds like a nice complementary story to the movie though.
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It's the one in which there is this oasis scene I told about. However, the book is especially interesting because of it's beautiful pictures.
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Yeah, I flipped through it, the oasis was there, all right.
Go along with Malte on this, those images were great! You should really get when you get the chance and not let it slip by (like me).
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I'll see if I can find a copy. ;)
Right now I need to buy a new mic...I killed it on the way back to college, so no more talking to people online till I can get a new one. :(
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So I was lucky to hear your voice a few days ago. I hope you weren't too disappointed that I couldn't answer verbaly, as I don't have a computer microphone myself.
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Cmputer mics. I'm jealous. :unsure:
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I don't think you'll have to wait too long Malte. Not even ten minutes after I told Brian my mic was dead I went and bought a new one at ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...me=STRK:MEWN:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5135448536&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT)
That looks a lot nicer than what I used to have. :P
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Tell me. I'd like just how conveniant a mic. Are they nice to have, usually?
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I guess that depends if you actually want to talk to people on IM. If you don't, then don't buy one. I like speaking to others in other countries so that's why I have one. :)
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Cool. B)
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It is pretty nifty...I think it's really good if you live away from your family...it's cheaper than calling them to just talk through a chat program.
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Seeing as I'm desperate to get away from some of my family, it looks like I won't be needing it, actually.
Well, I do love them all, but I need to finally get away for a while after High School ends.
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Hehe, I've heard a lot of students say that when they graduate high school but then they often wind up right back with their parents because they either didn't like college on their own or they still needed support. ;)
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I AM basically supporting myself now. My parents don't let me live off them anymore. The extent of it is that I still live there. :cry
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I'm still living with my parents. One of the main reasons is that neither I have the money that would allow me to move out now, nor do they have the money to support me if I would. But I also have to admit that it is certainly better to get accustomed to University life first (I began studying last month) and then move out. All at once would sure be really difficult to handle.
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That makes two of us.
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I lived with my parents for my first two years of college...I moved into a university dorm this past August so it is actually good to get used to the transition before just making such a large move all at once. ;)
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I remember reading that book.
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I had no idea there even was a book! Is there any chance it has hit's own website?
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I don't think any of the land before time books ever had an own website. They are no pulitzer prize winning bestsellers I'm afraid, but there are quite a few land before time books out there. I'm quite sure there are more LBT books than any of us knows as they seem to be printed in small numbers and then disappear from the market in no time. Once I won ten issues of one land before time "book" (more like a booklet) titled "All together" (a simple story in which Littlefoot and the others defeated Hyp, Nod, and Mutt in a contest by working as a group rather than everyone for him or herself) in an ebay auction. That ebay auction was the only time I ever found any reference to the book. It was never mentioned or offered anywhere else. I wonder how many of such rarely mentioned books I may have missed so far.