The Land Before Time: the wisdom of friends

[Achillobator]

Personally, I think I would probably like it no matter what. The only thing is, I would REALLY like it if the frickin' creator didn't follow the criticism of his like....7 year old kid! Geeze! I mean, I know it's aimed at kids...but what do 7 year olds know about creating stories! And also, it's more than just kids that watch it. I enjoy the movie, but apparently I am not an audience member that matters. It's just the whole little sugar-coatedness that bothers me...




......okay, rant over. >.>

[Jasper]

SO am I -_-

[Malte279]

I'm extremely sceptical about what I am seeing.
I have been wrong before when it comes to misgivings about a future land before time movie (I was rather upset about the impressions the cover of LBT 9 gave while the movie turned out to be one of my favorites) and I hope... I pray that I will be wrong once again. I really don't feel good about this.

I am not yet convinced that it will be be "total disaster" but what the trailer shows does not stir any hopes that it will be a movie of the quality of the earlier sequels.

Didn't anyone think that the "Tinysaureses" would ruin the series? The movie turned out okay; I'm (mostly) sure this will be tolerable as well.

Tolerable yes, but I am not satisfied with a land before time movie being "tolerable". As a land before time fan I want to see movies which I really like not just movies which I can only just tolerate. For that reason I cannot second this:

Personally, I think I would probably like it no matter what.

Sometimes I do feel kind of like being a member of a species which is dieing out. The future probably belongs to those land before time fans who don't take the movies as serious as far as coherency and "realism" are concerned. Realism is of course a questionable term if it comes to movies about talking dinosaurs, but I'm talking about the kind of unrealism which we have for example if dino kids trip sharpteeth by crawling under their feet or make their escape from a sharptooth's mouth by tickling it.
I have very little hope to ever see a land before time movie again about which I can feel the same way as I do about the original movie and the older sequels. I hope to be wrong!
But if I am not I still have my own imagination to cling to. :

[Threehorn]

I know something about this and what I know is this is based before Ruby and Chomper arrived. That what I was told this was done before the TV Series even begain and they already had started working on the movie and half way done when the TV Series was made and came on.

That what I was told about this

[landbeforetimelover]

Didn't anyone think that the "Tinysaureses" would ruin the series? The movie turned out okay; I'm (mostly) sure this will be tolerable as well.

It was tolerable, but it wasn't good in my opinion.  It's my least favorite sequal. <_<

The only thing that was good was the tinysauruses were cute.

[Noname]

So, this appears to be before Chomper and Ruby arrive... will this be the final time we see the original five characters without the two additions?

[landbeforetimelover]

I would personally hate it if Ruby and Chomper appeared in a sequal.  I don't think I'd like the sequals anymore if they did that.  They need to keep those characters as main characters exclusive to the tv series in my opinion.

[pokeplayer984]

They could just do the old method of what they've done with new charcters for years with Ruby.  That's basically having them around for one sequal then just dumping them.

So, if we do have a sequal with Ruby and Chomper in it, I don't think we'll have to really worry about sticking to the original GOF in the sequals.

I'm guessing this is the long awaited beginning we've been hoping to see with the TV Series.  Here's hoping! :^.^:

[Manny Cav]

I would personally hate it if Ruby and Chomper appeared in a sequal.  I don't think I'd like the sequals anymore if they did that.  They need to keep those characters as main characters exclusive to the tv series in my opinion.

This does not make sense. It could be the cause of continuity errors between the movies and the TV series. No, I think they should include them in at least one sequel. If need be, come up with a reason they leave the Great Valley, but I wouldn't mind seeing them for a couple more after that. And as far as hating it if either one of them appeared in a sequel, Chomper has already appeared in two sequels, so he'd be no newcomer to the big screen. I find this a tad disturbing.

And I doubt this will be the beginning of the TV series, seeing as they might not even appear. This is what we're being led to believe, anyway. However, they just may not be showing the footage with Chomper and Ruby in the movie. We may be in for a surprise. However, it's looking grim at this point, and Threehorn's statements only solidifies what we've been hearing. We can only speculate and wait.

[landbeforetimelover]

I think they should never actually have Ruby and Chomper appear in a sequal together.  I think at the end of the tv series, they should have Ruby and Chomper go away for some reason and in one of the sequals (such as LBT 13) they could have some reference to Ruby and Chomper but never actually put them in there.  Like the gang could be trying to do something like cross a waterfall or they're in some sorta situation and they could think "gosh, I wish ruby were here" and go into a short explaination of how they knew each other and why she left.  If they did that, it would make it seem like the tv series took place between LBT 12 and LBT 13, thereby not having Ruby or Comper in any sequal at all whatsoever!  I can honestly say that I do not like Ruby at all as a character because she really serves no purpose.  Chomper is okay, but I still think that there should only be guest characters appearing in every sequal and the gang of five should always remain "the gang of five".

Ruby is just some sorta weird dino that travels around with the gang just cuz she's got nothing better to do.  Very weird.  I wouldn't be too sad if she left in the next tv ep I saw.  Not one bit.  In fact, I'd probably start jumping for joy.  Even if they do include Ruby into a sequal, I will never consider her to be a true member of the gang, nor will I accept Chomper.  They can come in here and there in some sequals, but if they start including them in everything, I'm gonna be very disappointed.

[DarkHououmon]

I personally see nothing wrong with including Ruby and Chomper in LBT13. As Manny pointed out, it would really help with the continuity. If they don't appear, then there's a gap between the movies and the show itself.

I'm actually hoping they include Ruby and Chomper in LBT13. The movie would be more interesting, in my opinion, if Ruby and Chomper are included.

You would stop watching the sequels just because Ruby and Chomper might appear in LBT13? That seems rather extreme. I don't see any reason to stop watching a sequel just because two characters you don't like show up in a movie.

[DarkHououmon]

The only thing is, I would REALLY like it if the frickin' creator didn't follow the criticism of his like....7 year old kid! Geeze! I mean, I know it's aimed at kids...but what do 7 year olds know about creating stories!

Whoa whoa, hold up! What makes you think the director is taking advice from his 7 year old kid?

[landbeforetimelover]

If it's no longer the gang of five, it's no longer the land before time that it was in my opinion.  The land before time would have lost something special.  It would have moved on to the cheap and fast way to make a buck.  Just including more characters and ruining the originality and quality of the original gang of five is a bad deal to me.  If Ruby and Chomper become a part of the gang perminently , that's it for me and LBT.  They've gone far enough with the sequals that get more and more child like with each passing one.  I do tolerate them because they're still the same original characters that I know and love, but if they're gonna take that away from it, it's not worth watching in my opinion.  LBT 12 was great, but Loofa and Doofa is too much unless they give those characters a purpose (and they'd better give them a damned good one too to excuse those rediculous names!).

Ruby and Chomper would be great guest characters, but anything beyond that would just suck. <_< I'm all in favor of guest characters, but adding to the original gang of five is too much in my opinion.

[DarkHououmon]

I don't see what makes you think they'll become part of the gang permanently. Look at previous LBT movies, and there have been other occasions where a new character or two joined the gang on an adventure, and even became friends. But they never became a permanent part of the gang.

Ruby and Chomper most likely will not become permanent members. Remember, Ruby is only there to learn how to stop Redclaw, then she'll most likely move back with her family. And I'm sure Chomper's parents would want him back soon as well when Redclaw is stopped. Plus, due to his species, Chomper can't stay in the valley for too long.

I don't agree that Ruby serves no purpose. If this were the case, then she would be just a side character in the show, only occasionally appearing. But because she is one of the main characters, she definitely has a purpose in the series, along with Chomper.

[landbeforetimelover]

Ruby does have a purpose...to even out the gender roles.  If they just added Chomper, there'd be 4 males and 2 females.  That wouldn't work out too well.  If they didn't become perminent members of the gang, It'd be fine, but if they do, I'm making an ammendment to my username all over the web from "landbeforetimelover" to "landbeforetimelover(1-12)"

[DarkHououmon]

I don't agree with that. A main character is not added just to "even out the gender" thing.

[landbeforetimelover]

What do you think Ruby's purpose is?

[DarkHououmon]

To be honest, I am not entirely sure at this point. But as I said, main characters aren't introduced just to fill up space or even out anything. They're only added if they are to play an important role. But sometimes, main characters' purposes aren't fully known until near the end.

I would have to wait until more episodes (or even the finale) comes out before I can come up with any idea on what Ruby's purpose would be.

But if I had to guess right now, I would say that Ruby's purpose is to bring a philosophic view on the show or something.

[landbeforetimelover]

Well, this is getting really off topic.  I've been spending too much time in an instant messenger and I'm treating the board the same way! :

Let's please get back on topic now.  The wisdom of friends!

[DarkHououmon]

lol

I will probably give this movie a chance. I admit I'm not too keen on Loofah and Doofah's names. But I'll probably get used to them.