A tough decision to make, but despite the fact that both of them are great voice actors, ultimately Jeff Bennett wins my heart.

While Will Ryan does a great job as Petrie in the first movie, I would have to agree with a few of the users by saying that Mr. Bennett is the voice that I am more used to. Sure, he uses pretty much the same voice that Ryan uses in the first few sequels (the quality of which I very much liked). I'm guessing the dialogue for the first three sequels were recorded at almost the same time, and they appear to have recorded dialogue for movie 3 last, because I noticed that sometimes Petrie would sound deeper like movies 2 and 4, and other times he would sound high and squeaky like he would in the rest of the sequels. I suppose the people working there at the time must've said, "Nah, we're getting sick of that voice; it sounds too old for a character who is much younger. Try making him sound younger for a change, sir."

As we can all see, that's exactly what he did, which in my honest opinion made Petrie all the more adorable throughout the sequels, despite his "issues". I, quite frankly, love his more squeakier voice (and cute laugh) over his deeper voice. I'm also very happy to see Mr. Bennett is returning for the upcoming movie.  

I'm sorry, but the story you theorized just makes me so damn frustrated. I mean,  where did you get it from?? And why would they be tired of a perfectly good voice?? And why would they call Bennett "sir"? And why didn't you consider that some people love Petrie's voice of movies 1-4?? (Btw, what is this about his voice not sounding deep in 3 due to recording timing??  

I'm sorry, im just VERY frustrated with things in my life right now and no one responded.

Allow me to ask, Bruton.

If you don't think TTEOAS was anything special than what is so special about TGEA? I can understand your viewpoint a little, that episode about Spike was very unique in many ways but I recall not liking it at all. Still, I, personally, don't see anything extraordinary about the TTEA that would suggest it was meant to be the last episode...

Production order is not as significant as the order it aired. For me anyway...

Whatever. TGEA was meant to be the last one and I just wish everyone could understand that.

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I am quite fond of the idea of a story about Ducky and one sister of her looking absolutely identical... Double Ducky so to speak.

Malte, I'm still in favor of you writing that story That would make for a really humorous story, yep, yep, yep!

Now on topic...

My opinion on this is quite simple.

• Spike: He's the easiest case since he doesn't have any parents, at least we have never seen them. They more than likely died somehow during the harsh situation in LBT 1. Speculations here are okay in fics but it's pretty much impossible that Spike's parents are around... unless the producers pull the same stunt they did in LBT 10 in a future sequel if there ever are ones to follow LBT 14.
  
• Ducky: Ducky has her mother and a fluctuating number of siblings. in LBT 1 she has (as somebody pointed out in one of those 7 years old posts) 7 sibling eggs which end up hatching 3 siblings. In LBT 2 she only has about 7-8 eggs but no trace of her siblings from LBT 1. The next time they are seen is LBT 5 when she has 5 if I remember correctly. I would have to watch LBT 8 again to double check but I could swear their number even fluctuates within that movie... I know that most of the time we see 3 siblings just like in the first movie but in one scene I could swear the muddle of her siblings sleeping beside their mother consists of more than just three of them :unsure: I'll skip the other sequels for I think my point already stands: There is no such continuity in their number whatsoever and Bruton is completely right there, that Ducky may have had up to 40 siblings if we counted them all
  Now about her father... I personally don't believe his existence is official. Yes, we see another duckbill not just once but several times in at least 2 movies (1 and 5, possibly 2 too) but he never interacts with anybody so I personally don't consider him an actual character but just some background character who pops up every now and then. It's very well possible that Judith Barsi's tragic fate may have contributed to Ducky not having a father
  
• Cera: She's a single child with a father we all love to despise sometimes The fate of Cera's true mother and siblings we see during her hatching scene and the scene where she meets Littlefoot, has been intensely discussed in separate threads already so I won't do that here and simply say that the most plausible answer to their disappearance is their death during the earthshake or during the journey to the Great Valley.
  In LBT 11 Tria comes along, actually one of the few positive things to say about that movie and in LBT 12 Tricia is hatched.
  Dinah and Danah are a mystery to me because they appeared out of nowhere and then dissipated into nothingness again It would have been interesting to see them again...
  
• Petrie: Petrie has a mother and a fluctuating number of siblings (same like Ducky... continuity *sigh*). Unlike Cera's mother, we have never even seen a sign of Petrie's father so it's save to assume he's dead. Another possibility would be that Pteranodon males simply didn't care for their offspring but discussing that would belong into the respective threads about that again...
  
• Littlefoot: Littlefoot is a single child. His mother was killed by sharptooth and the earthshake, his dad wasn't known to us fans until the events of LBT 10 (his introduction causing some plotholes but... OT). There are also Littlefoot's Grandparents. Shorty could count as a half-brother of sorts. He is not a half brother of Littlefoot by blood but was adopted by Bron.
  Picking up the recent discussion about Ali possibly being related to Littlefoot... I don't think there is any connection between Old One's herd and Littlefoot's family. Greeting Old One's herd as "cousins" is probably just a formal way of greeting another herd...
  

I'm the one who had just quoted that though  

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I don't think it got any finale. Sure the episode "through the eyes of a spiketail" is the last one listed, but with every single episode being a concluded story without any reference to preceding episodes I don't think it matters at all in which order one watches them.

1. I thought the "Great Egg Adventure" was the last one to air.

Even though, I think "Through the eyes of a Spiketail was the last episode produced, so it's intended to be the season finale.

Also, it just seems a little bit more "special" than the other episodes to me.

God, why do you have to say that? It's not true!!      

TGGE was the last episode produced!! It wasn't the last one aired, it was the intended series finale!! There's nothing special about the other one!!

Why am I all alone in this??  

I just discovered this on Youtube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnpAULXi6Po&nohtml5=False

To anyone who has a VHS copy of movie 3, does this happen at the end of your tape? I'm curious if it was a glitch on all VHS copies, or just certain ones?

I just noticed something that could be a clue to a possible scene. Notice when they are scavenging for trees with leaves and Littlefoot asks Petrie if he can fly, it's shot at a bizarre dutch angel and from a distance, as if a perspective shot of something watching them. We know there was some deleted footage here, so I just thought I'd bring it up.

That's how I saw it, too.

Well all I know is I felt awkward thinking of it as beautiful after reading that response four years ago.

I'm only double posting because I had to move this and couldn't put everything in just one post.

61. lol, how Grandpa Longneck and Topsy can just walk over it.
62."Of all the stunts these wild young ones have pulled, this is the worst." Would be a nice time to bring in some continuity nods, but oh well.
63. Wow...the scene with them sleeping really reminded me of the original film...
64. Just the look Grandpa Longneck and Topsy give Wild Arms! Too hilarious.
65. Wild Arms trying to hi-five Topsy!! Again, comedy gold.
66. Wild Arms fainting and Mr. Threehorn carrying him!! God, the writers are on fire humor-wise when this guy is involved!
67. Spike's stomach growls...for the first time in the entire series, ironically enough. I actually made a topic noting that not too far back.
68. "But how come we can't find it?" Pretty stupid question.
69. Cera tells Littlefoot she doesn't think he knows where he's going and they should have gone her way...nice nod to the original.
70. Horrible CGI rock-surfing.
71. Holy shit...are Littlefoot and Cera gonna fight? Even scenery-wise, this is SERIOUSLY a homage to the original!!
72. Littlefoot lashes out at the others...um, wow.
73. Oh my god...it's uncanny how much this scene resembles the original, Like...there's no way this couldn't have been intentional.
74. "Better Off Alone" (or "I feel Fine", if that's what it's called) is great. Pure Michelle and Amanda LBT music. The split-screen was kinda cheesy...espicially towards the end when it looks like Littlefoot and Cera share both ends of a body, a la "Catdog" (a Nickelodeon show from a long time ago you might have seen) but it helps this solo duet. I gotta say, this will probably be my favorite song of the film.
75. Sand clouds...that's new!
76. "Don't tell me you're thinking about going back out there!" Reba has arrived!   (It took 45 minutes, but no biggie.)
77. I gotta say...Littlefoot being seperated from the others actually makes this pretty emotionally well-done. He only was for a short time in the original (we never really saw him on his own). I could sort of see from the clips that something like this might happen, although I didn't give a ton of thought to it.
78. ...and now Petrie goes missing.
79. Those eyes...those things! So creepy!! (I typed this after watching a bit further in, but at the moment I was like, "WTF??")
80. OMG...all of them respecting him!! "More! More"    I wonder if they'll talk like him...
81. Oh, so it's pronounced "Eh-tuh". I thought it was "Ee-tuh".
82. And now an earthquake traps them. I gotta say, this movie is doing a better job putting challenges on it's characters than any other LBT sequel. That shows how much the writing has improved!
83. Those diggers are too hilarious!  
84. Lol, Petrie as the leader!   BTW, notice the sound effects as Cera opens her eyes to see him. What's with all the sound effects?
85. The music that plays anytime the diggers eat the fruit...so funny! Great job, Tavera!
86. Petrie calls the tune for once! Cool.
87. Aw...Petrie saying goodbye to the diggers was so sad. But at least they found a new leader.
88. And here's the last clip we'd already been shown.
89. Wait...did Shorty make it out OK? Littlefoot doesn't mention him to Etta.
90. So that's why the middle of Etta's arms are colored differently.
91. I thoroughly enjoyed "Look For The Light". Great visuals, great melody, great lyrics, great performance. Great job, Michelle, Amanda, and of course, Reba!  
92. SHARPTOOTH WITH FREAKIN' HORNS!!!
93. A lucky coincidence, the others end up near enough for Littlefoot to hear at exactly the right time. This movie does a great job challenging the characters but doesn't make it too hard on them, like the original. That's really good writing.
94. Etta's singed wing prevents her from being able to fly. Interesting.
95. So Etta's a "bigbeak"? Huh.
96. "I'm so happy we're altogether!" Me, too, Littlefoot. Me, too.  
97. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Alright! Gotta make sure I enjoy the last 15 minutes of the movie, in case they're the last of the entire franchise.
98. The ride down the crystal tunnel was just awesome. This is what LBT should be. THIS is what we've been missing!
99. And then they come out into such a pretty place! I love how Ducky's like "I want to do it again!", since I actually immediately rewatched it, it was so good!
100. As the grand 100 commentary note, the freaking epic shot of them looking up at the fire mountain from the trailer!
101. No...they wouldn't kill off Bron...would they...? (BTW, some of the ridges here look a lot like in the original!)
102. Oh...my...god. Bron on the lava. I had to show my dad, who was in the room and he was like, "Is that where they got the idea for Star Wars?" (Refering to Anakin and Obi-Wan's fight in Revenge Of The Sith)
103. I had to take a screenshot of it and when I looked at it more...holy sh**, is Bron missing a leg? Did it get...burned off??!!
104. Oh god...Bron's accepting that he's gonna be burned alive?? Also, is he just weakened or is that a terrible voice actor?
105. Finally, back to the others.
106. Does anyone but me hate how they make the music all funny whenever Wild Arms is onscreen? It's not Tavera-ish at all.
107. I hope those creatures that distracted the sharptooth are ok.
108. Oh god, the blurring around Wild Arms when the others glare at him is creepy.
109. The sound effect as Cera shakes her head...again.
110. Water hardening lava...pure awesomeness. This whole plan to rescue Bron makes for a fantastic climax.
111. Horrible CGI tree.
112. Leaping across lava. Wow.
113. Bron's design is a little different, I'm noticing. The top of his head isn't dark brown.
114. Wild Arms: "Finally! Someone who's sensible!"
115. The Gang of Seven, finally together in film.
116. The ending...just...awesome way to cap it off.
117. "Look For The Light" playing over the credits. Great to hear it again. Even better in this longer version. (BTW, my dad turned out the lights just as the song was finishing!)
118. And then we have to hear "Hot and Stinky" again.  

Final thoughts:

This was a really good movie. Like, better than LBT has had in quite a while. Not only was it a huge comeback after Wisdom of Friends (which I never saw and never plan on seeing, it was that bad) but a huge comeback for the franchise in general. It gives me serious hope that this franchise has a good future ahead. But if that's the last of it, well, it's a pretty darn good way to go out---espicially better than Wisdom of Friends, which for so many years, we were sure was the end of it all.

What else is there to say? There was a lot about this movie I loved. The new characters were fantastic, and it was truly great to see our main five (plus Chomper and Ruby) again. There were plenty of funny moments. The Petrie and the diggers storyline, Wild Arms, Etta, and so forth. I loved how the climax was done. It didn't rely on some fight against a sharptooth as so many other LBT sequels have in the past (I think 7 was the only one that truly didn't.) The new songs were mostly good, and Tavera's score, while not quite as memorable or beautiful as it was in the early sequels, was still good. The writing was good, the pacing was good, the animation, for a DTV and a world that now lives in 95% computer animation, was good.

So what was bad? Well, like I said, I didn't like the replacements for Grandpa Longneck and Topsy. Bron's replacement wasn't great either, and why were Mama Swimmer and Mama Flyer replaced? Was Tress unavailable? I dunno.

"Hot and Stinky" obviously wasn't the best song, but I don't think it was the absolute worst. There were a few filler moments, like Spike and Ducky's siblings hatching (they must have like, 30 by now) and the Sharptooth going after the search party only to be distracted. Chomper and Ruby being there wouldn't make sense if you hadn't seen the TV series, which itself brought them in rather suddenly. Oh, and where was Shorty? He must have made it back with the herd, but did he care at all what happened to Bron? It was quite odd that the writers seemed to have forgotten about him.

Other than that, though, the film was pretty much a hands down great LBT sequel. I really can't give it any less of a praise than that. Even if Marzgurl tried to critique this one, I'm sure she wouldn't find as many flaws as she does with some of them. So is it the best? Well, that's kind of hard to say. There was so much that was good about it, yet that's asking me to put it over 3, 4, 5 and 7, all watermarks of my childhood. Writing wise, however, I'd say it ties with 4 and 7 (and I guess 10) as the best sequel of the series.

Well, that's pretty much everything to cover. I hope this isn't the end of LBT, and if it is, I'm at least happy knowing I made my contribution trying to prevent it being the last by purchasing it on itunes. It's the first Itunes movie I've ever bought, by the way.  

1. The Mysterious Island
2. Journey To Big Water
3. The Time of The Great Giving
4. Journey Through The Mists
5. Journey of the Brave
6. The Great Valley Adventure
7. The Stone Of Cold Fire
8. The Big Freeze
9. The Secret of Saurus Rock
10. The Great Longneck Migration
11. The Great Day of the Flyers
12. The Invasion of the Tinysaureses
13. The Wisdom of Friends