LBT 14

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #40 on:** January 03, 2008, 02:12:41 PM

Quote from: The Chronicler,Jan 2 2008 on 07:37 PM

This bit of news does seem shocking

Shocking....this for me is mind shattering...I can't believe this is actually happening...but official or not...that's why we fans create fanfiction...and I do plan on continuing mine and end it with a bang! (And then creating two or three sequals depending on my mood

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landbeforetimelover · **Reply #41 on:** January 03, 2008, 07:58:27 PM

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Land Before Time (series and features) is shut down.

Does that mean TV series? Are the sequels dead too?

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #42 on:** January 03, 2008, 08:00:31 PM

It is a possibility LBTlover and that's the truly scary part.

Noname · **Reply #43 on:** January 03, 2008, 09:24:04 PM

There's no official confirmation YET. Let's hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Petrie. · **Reply #44 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:53:42 PM

Nothing yet guys. I don't expect a response...I'd be more surprised to just get one, never mind the message it contains.

Kor · **Reply #45 on:** January 03, 2008, 11:13:44 PM

No reason we can't continue,and perhaps do a better job then they would have done.

action9000 · **Reply #46 on:** January 04, 2008, 03:11:51 AM

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perhaps do a better job then they would have done.

Until we can produce a professional-looking animated feature, with some of our favorite voice actors...
as good as fan stories may be, it won't be the same...

Kor · **Reply #47 on:** January 04, 2008, 03:30:35 AM

I meant in the quality of the writing.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #48 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:49:37 AM

If I'm ever super rich (which is a good possibility), I'll continue the series even if Universal refuses to. If they end it now, I'll never forgive them for making me spend my cash, but it'll be worth it.

LBT won't die as long as I survive.

As for them ending the production of the sequels, I don't find that likely since LBT 13 is just flying off the shelves in all major department stores I've been in. The LBT tv series got off to a rough start and it was just down hill from there. I can tell you that they did lose a lot of money from the dumb tv series. It was a bad idea. I mean, the whole concept of LBT makes it impossible to create a tv series without making it just stupid. <_< LBT isn't like any other shows I've really seen. There's not a lot that can happen, certainly not enough to make 200+ mini movies out of it, which is usually how many episodes are in a tv series. I mean, you've got a self contained environment/ecosystem and nothing but nature. There are limited things you can do that would be interesting, especially to children. A tv series was the worst idea I've ever hear of for LBT. It's what makes it so different that makes it also have appeal to adults as well though. Movies of LBT are great because you've got a year or two to plan it out and make a decent story. Trying to shoot decent movies that are 1/3 of a sequel in such a limited amount of time was a bad idea. Humans naturally resist what's different or unexpected. LBT is not your typical child show. Kids don't like LBT as much as other tv shows because of it. I doubt someone would have called the sequels a "series" as the person did in the letter. If they work around the movies and tv stations, they know the difference between sequels and series.

: In conclusion, yeah it is possible that LBT is done for, but not likely.

The Chronicler · **Reply #49 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:30:19 PM

Now that you mention it, LBTlover, you're right, the TV series was a bad idea for Universal. If the sequals aren't discontinued, this is what I'd like to see for LBT 14: an official story on how Chomper got off his island, how he met Ruby, and how they were eventually accepted into the Great Valley. Such a sequal could make up for some of the problems caused by the TV series.

Kor · **Reply #50 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:49:51 PM

They should not have done a a tv series. As nice as it is to have more episodes then movies in just one year's time they could have focused more on quality and such then quantity.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #51 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:14:22 AM

I don't care if they finish that Ruby/Chomper story or not. As far as I'm concerned, they never came to the great valley. I'd much rather have Universal quietly sweep this TV series mess under the rug and continue making great quality sequels for years to come.

Also, I don't want them to try to integrate the tv series and the sequels. It'll just be a mess and might make them lose even more money. Just sweep it under the rug and give us our sequels back. Stop being so greedy that you need to make a TV series.

: Everyone was just fine with the movies before. A year is a long time to wait, but it's worth the wait if you give us decent material. B)

TheNumberOneShmuck · **Reply #52 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:53:22 AM

Y'know, I wouldn't be suprised if the guy who posted that misunderstood the announcement(or whatever), and in reality it only pertained to the TV series. Curious George is a TV series, right? It'd make sense: keep the more succesful one, get rid of the one that didn't need it anyway.

Or maybe we're the ones who're misunderstanding it, and that's the message he was trying to get across in the first place.

Meh, I liked the TV series, but it's not too big a loss. It does leave the most absurdly large plothole in the whole series (seriously, I want to know how the hell Chomper got off the island), and was excellent for returning characters, but I suppose I can live with it. As long as the sequels are still going, I'm good.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #53 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:14:41 AM

The mistake was starting the TV Series when they did. If they wanted to do a TV show they should have done it back in the mid-90s, not in the 2000s. Dad already knew the TV show wasn't going to last too long because they waited too long to make one.

Kor · **Reply #54 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:43:24 AM

True, earlier it may have done better, but not this late. The same thing would be if they decided to do a James Bond tv series. It likely would not last to long for the same reason.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #55 on:** January 05, 2008, 06:37:16 AM

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The mistake was starting the TV Series when they did. If they wanted to do a TV show they should have done it back in the mid-90s, not in the 2000s. Dad already knew the TV show wasn't going to last too long because they waited too long to make one.

I still don't think they could have made 200+ episodes.....not good ones anyways. Most TV series I've seen has at least 160 episodes, and thats when they end before they're supposed to cuz they run out of money or something.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #56 on:** January 05, 2008, 06:40:57 AM

There seems to be a number of curious george movies out, but nothing that makes it seem like a series or anything:

http://www.amazon.com/Curious-George-Chara...TF8&node=768982
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-George-Chara...TF8&node=768982

They're not numbered and they look like just the tv episodes on dvd.

What a cheesy show. They don't even bother to rate the movies.

: It looks......lame. Good to someone who's 2yrs or below, but nothing more. LBT isn't THAT childish.

Yeah, theres one movie, but all the rest say this:

From the "Hit tv series"

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DarkHououmon · **Reply #57 on:** January 05, 2008, 10:52:59 AM

Why would they even want to make 200 episodes? That seems too excessive in my opinion.

Anyway the TV show would probably have been better had it been made in the 90s because LBT was at its peak in popularity during this time. Commercials were much more common and sometimes there would even be custom LBT stands to hold the latest movie (as it was in one of the stores in my area when LBT 4 was first released).

But nowadays, LBT popularity has waned dramatically compared to how it was in the 90s, most likely due to too many sequels being released in my opinion. I don't see commercials anymore, and I don't see copies of LBT in stores that much anymore. 2006 was probably one of the worst times to make a TV show.

What I think they should have done was stop the movie sequels at 4 or 5 and then release the TV series then.

Malte279 · **Reply #58 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:08:00 AM

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But nowadays, LBT popularity has waned dramatically compared to how it was in the 90s, most likely due to too many sequels being released in my opinion.

Is it so? I'm not convinced that LBT popularity has really waned. Never before have there been so many active members in the GOF. Never before have there been so many new members joining us. Never before have there been so many land before time fans not just writing occasionally about something concerning LBT but spending lots of time on the creation of LBT fanart and fanfiction. The first time I discovered and joined a land before time forum was in 2000 (almost year after the release of LBT 6 and a while before LBT 7 was announced in the internet). Activity in the forum back then was limited mostly to a small number of diehard fans and a number of occasional visitors. I am not sure if increased advertising is necessarily a sign for a greater popularity of LBT.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #59 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:21:44 AM

Hmm I see. I'm still having a hard time believing popularity in LBT hasn't declined over the years. I'm sorry.