i like the length of the scene, i think that it seems like the dialogue and the animation don't seem quite right because while you can hear them speaking there's no movement accept for his mothers tail which eventually becomes still. they're not moving even though you can hear them talking. but really you can only notice it if you really look for a fault  

i know what you mean, the scene feels like it should have been longer, personally i like it as is but yeah i mean they're both there talking you can here their voices but neither character is moving and that is the point when everything is very still (aside from is mother's tail settling) that it feels like she's died.

in other words if you close your eyes and watch the scene, you can picture them talking and it feels like the camera should still be up close

now if you watch it without sound, at the point where the camera zooms out and her tail stops moving, that's the part when it feels like she's died

ok not very well explained but i hope you get the gist  :huh:

i don't know, you make him human and suddenly he doesn't seem as scary (well not to me). I'd say he's supposed to be purely animalistic in most respects, but when he gets sight of the kids boom he's total predator so you're supposed to hate him and fear him. further more if there were multiple predators and they came across a different one each time then the audience would be thinking "wow this situation sucks but then it could just be bad luck" but if they see the same one then they know he's the bad guy he's the villain etc
as people have said the herds are all heading west so the predators are going to follow them. and remember there are far fewer predators than prey so the kids are more likely to come across the same one again and again. as well as that predators (or for you palaeontologysts who subscribe to the idea of Rex being a scavenger; then large scavengers) have very large territories so there's even less chance of them coming across another sharptooth.
as has been said during the final fight scene the characters paths cross in what is really just a coincidence. dear old mister Sharptooth sees Ducky and thinks he's going to take the chance of this little snack. When he losses her in the pond and spots the others (who are bigger and so more nutritional   :blink:  ) he goes for them, admittedly there's the chance that seeing Littlefoot might make him crave a little revenge but i'm not sure. I'd imagine that after perusing them so vigorously through the thorns and getting his ass handed to him by a mother on a mission i'd think he'd just accept his knocks and get on with life

but that's just my thoughts  

hey what do you guys make of this?

http://www.tvmovie.de/Trailer.92.0.html?&d...844&arrange=321

stumbled across this while trying to find a way of watching it online. the running time confused me (yeah it's taking into account adverts and such but still) and the pictures were interesting.

Actually I heard that troodon's teeth more resemble an omnivore's or herbivore's than a pure carnivore's.

i stand corrected    the teeth are omnivorous, thanks for this correction, i welcome constructive critisisms    .

but i still stand by my analysis of Troodon as primarily a carnivore. the binocular vision and large 'sicle' claw on the second toe support this as does it's relativley close relationship to dromeosaurs such as velociraptor and deinonychus.

indeed i think the last walk would be the most likely end but as has been said i think in the case of accidents or sudden illness the bodies would be covered or if possible moved.

Littlefoot obviously shows grief and mourns the loss of his mother, and as Saft said elephants are a great example of mourning in the animal kingdom. many animals show this sort of behaviour. most of the time it seems they will just stay around the body for a few days but often (in particular with migratory animals) they will revisit the site of a loved one's death and some do cover the remains.

there is a case in Utah (or was it Montana?) of a bone bed of mostly hadrosaurs that were uncovered and their remains showed they had died over a period of several hundred years. seasonal deposits showed very clearly the different years that had passed between the deaths. almost all of these animals were adults (though there were a few sub-adults). now they might've been migrating and died on route to say a nesting ground (hence no young) but i like to think there was more to it than that.  

(just realised how long that is  :blink:  !)

Excatly Malte279, that's just what I mean     it's nice to read it and ponder on the possibilities of it being true but all too often it's a passing remark blown out of all proportion.

hey i know as an academic (well atleast i'm supposed to be) it's kind of a taboo to use wikipedia but . . .
i was reading the LBT page on wikipedia and in the 'legacy' section of the page, it states:

"In 2012, The Land Before Time should be released on Two-Disc DVD and First Time Ever High Definition Blu-Ray Disc as the 25th Anniversary Edition with "Back to The Land Before Time" featurette, never-before seen deleted scenes, theatrical trailer and much more."

It does clearly say that "citation needed" but all the same i'm wondering where this has come from? especially considering how the dut scenes are 1) supposed to have been lost 2) Don Bluth has said there is no plans to release any anniversay addition?

this might already have been asked but i was wondering if someone could shed some light here?

Cheers

Hi there.
My name's Tom and obviously i'm new. i'm 19 (yes LBT is my guilty/secret pleasure) and a fulltime student at uni in England. i've got to say i stumbled across this forum completely by accident. i had no idea there was anywhere near this many people who cared about the Land Before Time    

I've read a few posts on here and i won't pretend to be a bigger fan or know more than other people but i'd say that the original film has had more impact on my life than probably any other film i've ever seen!

Anyway i'm rambling, i'll just say hi once more and i hope to chat soon.