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The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on January 31, 2008, 12:22:44 AM
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On the VHS cover of the Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists, Ikky and Dil can be seen in the background, and Ikky was holding a little pair of binoculars! Was this a deliberate toungue-in-cheek joke, or did the producers really miss something like that?
I'd paste a picture, but I don't know how to do that. Here's a link: Amazon.com-Land Before Time 4 (http://www.amazon.ca/.../dp/6304171293) Click on "See larger Image." It's still kinda small, but the binocs are visible.
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I am 99% sure that it was a deliberate joke by the artist. It's kinda hard to miss something like that.
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I noticed those binoculars as well.
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Maybe one of the rainbow faces traded it for some information.
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It'd be a cool thing to add in a fan fic. It's not often that one gets the opportunity to place some canon Cenozoic Era-technology in the hands of a LBT character. B)
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Whoa! that is crazy and very funny, I have never noticed that before :wow
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Here's a larger pic I scanned: http://www.geocities.com/inferdramon/LBTCover.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/inferdramon/LBTCover.jpg)
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:lol: Those binoculars have confused LBT fans before and triggered discussion, but of course no more information was ever found on it. I agree that it must be an artist's joke and that the presence of technological devices such as binoculars in LBT is not meant to be canon of the story :lol
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Likely I'd guess it was an artist, with either a sense of humor who decided to sneak it in, or maybe one who was getting bored and decided to put it in.
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Or perhaps the artist just wanted to see if anyone would notice.
Unless it's an surrealist existential metaphor for his role as Dil's lookout. But probably not. :P:
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If you could find out the artist then you could ask them. :yes
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I've never noticed that. Of course, the covers suck so bad that I don't try to look at them. Quite the opposite as a matter of fact. The only good one is the original movie cover.
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Strangely enough they changed to covers of the old movies (which I thought looked quite nice) to simplified newer versions. The new LBT 4 cover does not include binoculars, Ichty, or Dill. I found most of the LBT covers quite okay, but from LBT 7 on they were kind of degenerating. There were "bat versions" of Petrie on the cover and they tried to make the characters appear look younger by adding baby fat to them which I think looks really stupid. Showing just Littlefoot or just him and a few of the other maincharacters rather than the whole group on the cover was also a bad move as far as I am concerned.
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seconded
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Woah-hohoho!
I suppose it's a funky "easter egg" thing. That's pretty funny!
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If they feel like that why not just do a screen capture of a scene and use that for the cover. It's not like they lack the equipment to do that.
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I believe that it is just a joke by the artist.
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We do love our oddities don't we?
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well.. Itchy was the 'eye's' of the operation... this is a kind of silly art pun to imply that
still... the worst two most generic villains I've seen in any animated film
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Well, I wasn't too fond of Ichty and Dill, but I guess it was partly because of their song which I really didn't like at all. The basic concept of two villains disliking each other is somewhat common, but in this case the two villains depend on each other making matters more interesting. I think that Cera, Littlefoot, and Spike would be very capable of dealing with Ichty. What in case they grabbed Ichty when being attacked by him and Dill and made sure that he isn't giving any instructions to Dill anymore (Ducky clasping his beak shut or something along the lines). This would be a in interesting situation. They wouldn't want to take Ichty along, but they couldn't let him go either as he would direct Dill straight to them...
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They could have put a vine around his beak and his body so he could not fly. Ducky and Petrie have hands and either of the 4 footers could have held him down as they did this.
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They could have put a vine around his beak and his body so he could not fly. Ducky and Petrie have hands and either of the 4 footers could have held him down as they did this.
I don't know if Petrie is strong enough to pin Icthy down if he resists. Ducky, I'm certain that she can wrestle Icthy and win.
Any of the quadrupeds vs. Icthy: no contest. They'd EASILY be able to pin him.
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It's like that one Thomas Jefferson quote "We're holding a wolf by the ears, and therefore can neither safely hold on to it or let it go."
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I didn't mean Petrie or Ducky wrestling Icky, I mean the quadrupeds holding him down & Petrie and or ducky put the vines around his body to pin his wings, tie his feet together to prevent scratching and his beak as well. They could take him along, and let him go sometime after they have left the land of mists. Maybe half way back to the great valley. They'd have a huge head start if Dill and icky decided to try to follow them.
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I didn't mean Petrie or Ducky wrestling Icky, I mean the quadrupeds holding him down & Petrie and or ducky put the vines around his body to pin his wings, tie his feet together to prevent scratching and his beak as well. They could take him along, and let him go sometime after they have left the land of mists. Maybe half way back to the great valley. They'd have a huge head start if Dill and icky decided to try to follow them.
That is TOTALLY different.
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Perhaps. Ducky may be strong enough but he still has his beak and claws. Far more dangerous to her then someone larger. Hopefully those to will likely not appear, unless the kids return to the land of mists for some reason. That is assuming Dill survived and such.
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I didn't pursue the thought to the point of Littlefoot and the others tying Ichty up. As for the strength, I am not sure Ducky could wrestle Ichty down. That bird is not totally weak. He could pick up Ducky and fly holding her in his claws. I doubt Ducky would be able to lift somebody of her own size over her head and hold that somebody there for a long time. As for the idea of the vines, I don't think this option to be impossible, but not too likely either. There would have to be vines nearby which suggests that the whole action would occur under the open sky (rather than in some cave or something). This however would allow Ichty to escape if he gets just a short chance. Tying vines would require a degree of sleight of hand which we have rarely seen among the LBT characters. In the presence of Dill the sound of the struggle would likely turn her in the right direction. If the main point is to prevent Ichty from giving away their position to nearby Dill they might end up with one of of the quadrupeds sitting on each wing and Ducky holding his beak shut with both of her arms. Petrie might try to fly closer to Dill and try to lure her away from his friends (as the one of the gang who is most likely not to get caught by Dill for being a flyer and being the smallest and therefore difficult to spot). Rather than tying him up (how to tie up a bird?) They might Just roll some big boulders onto his wings to keep him pinned down before they leave.
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I checked on my cover of the movie and sure enough, there they were. It was actually pretty funny. I showed it to my mom and the best thing she could come up with was, "It's a girl Littlefoot?" Then got this really confused look on her face.
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That's soooo funny! I think I noticed that as a kid!
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Maybe one of the rainbow faces traded it for some information.
With those Rainbow Faces, ANYTHING is possible! :lol
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Indeed :DD The rainbowfaces make it possible.
Anyway I just checked my cover of LBT 4(VHS), no Dill, no Itchy, just the Gang :D
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Heh, I remember seeing that... more of a memory now because I seem to be missing that VHS copy :(
I don't remember thinking much of it, though. I just shrugged the oddness off "Meh, whatever."
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Huh, I did'nt recall it until just now. Kinda funny how they slipped that in there. I wonder if it was supposed to happen, but took it out and forgot to change the cover?
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I'd paste a picture, but I don't know how to do that.
Ha ha naive old teenage me!
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