Quote from: ImpracticalDino on October 30, 2024, 09:53:44 PM

Mo-o-o-o is super duper excited! Wow! Certainly did not expect this, but it's a very welcome surprise.

Nice to meet you, Stu Krieger.
I'm happy to know that you found our little niche community and that you are touched by our continued love for the movie. Thank you as well for your contributions to create the movie that have made the childhoods of mine and other people here.

Anyway, since this is an AMA, it is only appropriate that I ask you some questions that I am curious about. May add some more later on.

1. Not exactly related to the original movie itself, but are you still in touch with other writers or anyone else who had contributed to the first Land Before Time movie?

2. Based on the deleted scenes, the movie was supposed to have more gruesome/frightening scenes, especially ones related to Sharptooth and his attack. My question is, was the pressure to keep adherence to a "G" rated movie standard the main reason why the scenes had to be dialed down a bit? Were you guys considering at one point to make the movie "PG" in favor of keeping the movie's integrity intact? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Universal was the main culprit behind the decisions that the team had to make regarding the scenes that were deleted? (Hopefully this isn't too much for your NDA)

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1. Yes! Although I never even met the previous credited writers on LBT, I had a long working relationship across multiple projects with both Steven Spielberg and Don Bluth, who I still speak to today. I also recently reconnected with John Pomeroy, a lead animator and producer on the film. We're all pretty proud of how the movie has lived on.

2. Here's the truth: After years of being asked about the fabled "more violent" cut of the movie, I recently went back into my archives and uncovered what is perhaps the earliest cut of the movie in existence. It's so early, in fact, that some scenes aren't fully animated yet. I can now reveal....

Though there are a few extra moments the Sharptooth fight (some shots are held for slightly longer, there's a brief scream from Littlefoot's Mom that's slightly different to the theatrical release, etc), there are no violent deleted scenes! In fact, the early cut of the movie was shorter than the theatrical release.

Hi there! My name is Jude!

I've been a casual LBT fan for a while now, and have lurked here for a while. BUT FINALLY I've decided to make my entrance with some art! I was watching Jenny Nicholson's' video again and I was inspired to make some human designs for the main gang! I made some of them a little older than they probably are (particularly Spike lol) moooostly due to the fact that children are VERY Hard to draw, but I tried my best!

I hope you guys enjoy!

Ok, a quick update that so far, I’ve received 1 entry, but it isn’t enough to create the video.  So I have made the decision to postpone the collab until I’ve received enough entries to announce a new deadline date.

Don’t worry, entries are still open for sending, I just need more entries if I’m going to make this, so that’s why I’m waiting for more entries until a new deadline date is made.

Reminder that if you want to send an entry, do it via Messages section in the forum, thank you for understanding.

- chomper94