The Land Before Time

[Spitfire]

Has the most annoying whiny little kid voice acting I've ever heard. I don't know who in my house is watching it, and why so loud but I want to bash the TV in with a baseball bat to make it stop.

Isn't it a Disney movie? What the hell where they thinking when they hired these screechy little kids. They could break glass with some of those yells.

And didn't they make like 6 sequels? What's with that? You'd think they would have ran out of ideas after 2. It takes them years to make sequels that suck to their other movies but Land Before wastes no time and has a whole library of crap.

Anyone hate these movies?

[Roseangelo]

The first movie is good (I think it's Don Bluth, but it's definitely not Disney). The never ending stream of sequels need to die.

[VaughnMichael]

The first movie is good (I think it's Don Bluth, but it's definitely not Disney). The never ending stream of sequels need to die.
You Are correct it's Don Bluth. and I agree with both of you.:dead:

[Jian Zi]

I used to love those movies when I was a kid. The first one was good, but the rest of them are lame. The first one always made my cousin cry when we watched it together.

[Revan]

Sad story... I just watched this move a few days ago with my roomate. I loved it when I was young and I still love it today and am not ashamed of it. I used to cry when little foot's mother dies. :(

[Nightwatcher]

First one was amazing.

But why add so many sequels and then add a T-Rex to the gang? They are all plant eaters (except Petrie) so wouldn't the T-Rex, who is probably named something uncreative like Rex, just want to contsantly eat them. Doesn't sound like much a friend to me.

[Ra]

What the hell where they thinking when they hired these screechy little kids. They could break glass with some of those yells.

Anyone hate these movies?
HELL YES! I hate those movies with a passion! As a kid, I saw one as a feature presentation on Channel Ten and...well...let's just say I only watched the first ten minutes of it by myself before declaring the thing "crap". It was just pointless to me, and it's pointless to me now. Besides, I was hoping to watch Jurassic Park that night and all I got were these cartoon dinosaurs singing about the "big water". Ugh.

And I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed the high pitched screams of theres. The voice for that girl triceratops (Sarah?), MAN! I would hate to be next to her when she screams... :dead:

[Shark]

I loved the first movie to death. The second one was forgiveable. Beyond that...I wish that meteor would hurry up and crush the damn things. There's a childrens movie for you. The final movie, The Land Before Time: The End of Their Time.

The very reason the first one was the best, no singing. Ever. No one EVER sang. Those are the best movie's of all, when NO ONE sings. Also, the first one was the most violent and mature. The sequal, only the bad guys died. Beyond that, I don't believe anyone died (saw the third, no one died. According to my cousin, who watched the 4th and 5th, no one died. He never watched beyond that, so I assume they either quit killing villians, or they dropped villians altogether).

[That Matt Guy]

I liked the first movie when I was a kid, and it's still ok. The girl that did the voice of Ducky was murdered shortly after the film came out.

[Shark]

Probably because no one could stand the super annoying "Yep yep yep!" that became so popular around that time...

When was the original, 1989?

[That Matt Guy]

1988 actually. They've made 11 sequels.

[Jian Zi]

Probably because no one could stand the super annoying "Yep yep yep!" that became so popular around that time...

I think that her father killed her.

[Mecha Cow]

Yeah, she was killed by her father, it was pretty sad. She was like 6.

I used to like these movies when I was a kid. I remember the first one being alright, but the sequels sucked, though of course that didn't stop me from watching them. Why the hell are they still being made?

[Raph's Girl]

First one was amazing.

But why add so many sequels and then add a T-Rex to the gang? They are all plant eaters (except Petrie) so wouldn't the T-Rex, who is probably named something uncreative like Rex, just want to contsantly eat them. Doesn't sound like much a friend to me.

The T-Rex is named Chomper. In the tv series (yes there is one. It airs weekday mornings on Cartoon Network) he lives in the great valley. It was the idea of his parents (who the gang met in Journey to Big Water) because there's a big bad T-Rex (Red Claw) in the mysterious beyond (which I thought was a lame idea for the world outside the great valley considering the dinos came from there in the first place). Chomper is the only T-Rex that speaks (Red Claw and his 2 goons, 2 Velociraptors use signals).

My fave character out of the current movies tho is Cera's baby half-sister, Tricia. She was born in the 12th movie. Cera's step mom, Tria, was introduced in the 11th movie as an old flame of Topsy. Tricia is SOOOO cute!

As for the others:
Little Foot has had some growing up to do. He met his dad in the 9th movie (or was it the 10th?). In the 12th movie he's got some issues still with his deadbeat dad. "At least YOUR dad is around!" :lol: Hopefully Bronco will show up again. Im glad Little Foot's GF showed up again in the tv series. I like Ali.

Cera:
She's had some growing up to do as well. She's no longer the youngest (she has some older siblings as well as some nieces and nephews) child in the family since Tricia (who's first word was "Cera!"...cute...) came along. And Im glad they actually gave Topsy a storyline.

Ducky:
She needs more character development.

Spike:
He needs more character development too. He talked like one time (in the 3rd movie) and the only time you see him "speak" is when they sing. Meh :P Yes there was a movie that dealt with him almost leaving but that wasn't enough.

Petrie:
Last movie he and his dozen or so siblings became adults by going thru a right of passage called the Great Day of the Flyers.

[Death's Head]

Are they still singing to this very day? For, I recall somewhere that fans' frequent complaints pertained to the supposed frequent need for the characters to. . .vocalize in beautiful ways. I'm not sure myself, because I have not watched these movies for quite some time. I mean, the article said fans grow tired of the alleged songs, and that they sould have desisted by now.

[Raph's Girl]

Are they still singing to this very day?

Yes... Movies 2 - 12 all have songs.... heck the tv series has songs... every ep has at least 2 songs in it.

[kerfootw]

Agreed. I watched the first one a LOT when I was a kid, I was practically in love with it. Today though, like a lot of the old stuff I used to watch, I'm not into it as much anymore but I agree, there's no way it sucks in comparison to the ongoing stream of sequels that shouldn't have been done.

[Mars-Chan]

I would comment, but a WISE rabbit once said that if you couldn't say anything nice, don't comment, so I won't.

[Spitfire]

This one must have been a sequel then because they were singing about friendship.

And that Yep Yep crap was annoying she did that way too often. In my VHS tapes*Yeah I got some of those* I have a crapload of Disney movies and some of these. I got the one where they find the T-rex baby and some other one where they travel somewhere*Wait thats the plot of ALL the movies*

[Revan]

They keep popping these things out like television series episodes. Greedy b@$t@rds don't care about their original fans.

[Shark]

Thats because most of the original fans outgrew american cartoons. Now we're into Japanese cartoons XD

[Revan]

I suppose I don't care anymore. They can do as they wish. Not really into LBT like I was. I feel bad for Disney fans though. Those Disney Nazis keep adding sequels to the classics!

[Ra]

Don't get me started on those sequels. They are worse than "The Land Before Time"!

...

Okay, maybe not so bad, but still....

[Shark]

Yeah, she was killed by her father, it was pretty sad. She was like 6.

10 actually. But the rest was right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi

[That Matt Guy]

10 actually. But the rest was right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi

I can't believe they actually put Yep! Yep! Yep! on her tombstone.

[Shark]

I can't believe they actually put Yep! Yep! Yep! on her tombstone.

I can't believe I actually missed that O.o

[ZariusTwo]

Thats because most of the original fans outgrew american cartoons. Now we're into Japanese cartoons XD

...Except being into "Japanese cartoons" is SO old hat now, it's like saying "I still listen to Linkin Park". Most animation fans have become desensetised to current animation, and blame Japan for hurting the industry severly with s*itty imports. More people DISLIKE Anime now than people who enjoy it, so don't catergorise us. I'd rather watch plenty of current American cartoons than the current Jap crap

[VaughnMichael]

...Except being into "Japanese cartoons" is SO old hat now, it's like saying "I still listen to Linkin Park". Most animation fans have become desensetised to current animation, and blame Japan for hurting the industry severly with s*itty imports. More people DISLIKE Anime now than people who enjoy it, so don't catergorise us. I'd rather watch plenty of current American cartoons than the current Jap crap
amen to that brotha this hulkamaniac argeess with ya 100% oooohhh yeah! :lol:
EDIT: it's like when I walked into the Saniago Comicon I was so pissed because I thought it was a comic book convention not another anime convention...I was highly dissapointed...I really wish the trend would go away.

[Daunt]

Oh man I loved the first LBT movie so much. :D But I avoid the sequels like the plague. I'm a huge Don Bluth fan though...don't even get me started on Secret of Nimh. <3

As for the whole anime thing? Well I think that somehow the import of anime/manga etc has really proven to the American industry that cartoons can be fun for grownups too, not just 5 year olds. I am very picky about what anime I watch and a majority of it is horrible (ugh, Inuyasha & DBZ needs to go back to Japan. >:[ ) but at the same time I think it's good for the industry to see cartoons in general have an older fanbase, too. :)

Gosh how many years did that dry spell for cartoons go on? I just remember when there was a huge period where all American cartoons were utter crap unless it had Disney's/Warner Brother's name on it.

Thank god for shows like TMNT and Avatar now, I don't know what I'd do otherwise. :(

[Jon]

I dunno, I still like the Land Before Time Movies. Sure the first gave an 'epic' feel, and all. But the others 'cuter' stories were nice as well.

Also of note, I recently found quite a deal on most of them. Toys R Us' website had a sale going on, having the first 4-Pack and the 9-Pack DVD Box-Sets selling for just $19.99 each!! So I snagged the 9-Pack (which, it seems, is no longer available -- thank goodness for my good timing). Even with s&h added it was a steal, with a total price of $23.49!

[ZariusTwo]

As for the whole anime thing? Well I think that somehow the import of anime/manga etc has really proven to the American industry that cartoons can be fun for grownups too, not just 5 year olds.

Plenty of 1980's cartoons like Transformers, the original TMNT, and Centurions were doing that before the Jap crap.

Sonic SATAM, Biker Mice From Mars, X-Men (Fox Kids), Spider-Man (Fox Kids), Cadilacs and Dinosaurs, and tons of other shows in the 1990s were awesome, so I don't know what you're talking about when you say Disney and WB had all the best stuff, whilst their shows were amongst the most definitive, nothing beyond them was'nt neccersarily bad

Cartoons were scarse because Power Rangers had wiped out everything back then, not because of a lapse in animation beyond Disney and WB.

[Shark]

Sonic SATAM, Biker Mice From Mars, X-Men (Fox Kids), Spider-Man (Fox Kids), Cadilacs and Dinosaurs, and tons of other shows in the 1990s were awesome.

I soo miss most of those. Damn CN and their lack of getting good cartoons like these, Ghostbusters, and TMNT...

[Daunt]

Plenty of 1980's cartoons like Transformers, the original TMNT, and Centurions were doing that before the Jap crap.

Sonic SATAM, Biker Mice From Mars, X-Men (Fox Kids), Spider-Man (Fox Kids), Cadilacs and Dinosaurs, and tons of other shows in the 1990s were awesome, so I don't know what you're talking about when you say Disney and WB had all the best stuff, whilst their shows were amongst the most definitive, nothing beyond them was'nt neccersarily bad

Cartoons were scarse because Power Rangers had wiped out everything back then, not because of a lapse in animation beyond Disney and WB.

Well the 80's cartoons were good but...also really we remember those fondly because we were kids watching them. They are still good now but part of what made them good was their cheese. :D I wouldn't call them gripping half hour shows of awesome though.

The late 90's had very few decent cartoons. Gargoyles was amazing, I never got into BMFM though. I shouldn't have said there were no good cartoons in the 90's, because there were some good ones BUT there were oodles more bad ones. :(

But really the American cartoons that are out now are freaking awesome. Justice League, Batman, Batman Beyond, Avatar...gosh I could go on. (X-men Evo, Spiderman, etc) There was a HUGE decline in cartoon quality here in the US but it's my personal opinion that the popularity of japanese animation here really jump started the industry. Now I can turn on the TV and spot one of dozens of decent and even wonderful cartoons.

I'm no expert of course, this is all just personal observation over the past 15 years....but I used to avoid all cartoons unless they came with a recommendation. Now I have tons of shows I love to watch. :)

Speaking of old good 90's shows....anyone remember Pirates of Dark Water? ;)

[Raph's Girl]

I can't believe they actually put Yep! Yep! Yep! on her tombstone.

Wow... I didn't know she was murdered. :o

Sad that they put "Yep Yep Yep!" on her tombstone. :roll:

[Revan]

Speaking of old good 90's shows....anyone remember Pirates of Dark Water? ;)

Oh yeah! Jodi Benson, marry me!

[Spike Spiegel]

There are so many of those movies, it's freaking annoying.

[Daunt]

Oh yeah! Jodi Benson, marry me!

What, are you serious? Jodi Benson was in that?? :o No wonder I liked it....

[Revan]

What, are you serious? Jodi Benson was in that?? :o No wonder I liked it....

Yeah Jodi gave the voice for Tula
I'm in love with Jodi

[Leonardo's_Girl]

I still feel bad for all those fans that have to deal with the crappy sequels that must die. Worst thing is, Don Bluth wasn't involved with the sequels, and besides, his incredible masterpiece didn't need to be pushed with horrible sequels that it really didn't need. If they really wanted to make sequels, then Don Bluth should have been part of it, and then they wouldn't have been so sh*tty. Wonder how bad the TV show on Cartoon Network is, probably as bad as the movies themselves.

[ZariusTwo]

Well the 80's cartoons were good but...also really we remember those fondly because we were kids watching them. They are still good now but part of what made them good was their cheese.

Part of what made them good were how awesome they were, not their cheese. That's a cheap excuse for people who don't want to admit the bad animation prevented the storylines from being measured up the cartoons from the 1990's.

[sdp]

Well I recently saw and reviewed all (https://miscrave.com/articles/the-land-before-time/) The Land Before Time movies/show and want to talk a little about them. I have to say the original movie is an all time classic and amazing movie even to this day, as far as the sequels they're not that bad either. They either range from mediocre to decent. Even if none match the original there are some stand out films and no film is absolutely horrible even if they might feel like a stretched out episode of a show. The movies are also fairly well distributed in terms of quality so there is no "horrible" era, usually two "Meh" movies are followed by an interesting one or two, all movies usually try to have a new bad guy and new things they haven't tried either. The songs are mostly misses but I won't deny there are a few good ones that I enjoyed.

The movie franchise died around the time the tv show came out and it tried to be revived once again when Jurassic World came out, sadly it didn't re-start the franchise and we didn't get another Land Before Time movie for the release of Jurassic World 2 so it seems the franchise is dead for now and if it's revived it'll be some type of reboot.

[Utrommaniac]

I've always loved the seventh one since I first saw it in 2000.

It introduced me to Michael York, who is still one of my favorite actors. And Uncle Pterano was basically the stepping stone for my tastes in favorite characters :lol: . Charismatic, full of themselves, claims to be well-meaning (though Pterano actually is), intelligent, power-mad...

What a weird place to start.


The first one of course is always the best; my favorite thing about it is ultimately the soundtrack.

[Krutch]

The first movie I watched all the kid as a time.

[DarkFell]

The first Land Before Time movie is still magical to me.

Then everyone starting singing from the second movie onward. It sorta diluted the movie magic for me. I think the last movie I saw was when Little Foot & friends met Chomper's parents on Mysterious Island.

Coincidentally, Papa SharpTooth on Mysterious Island looks exactly like the other SharpTooth that was killed off in the first L.B.T. movie.
Thanks Google images.

[Shark_Blade]

Thanks to YouTube recommendations I have rediscovered this series. It has 14 movies and counting including tv series wow!

The first movie is so sad and traumatic.
I’m on the second film it’s sad too when they say goodbye to Chomper my fav dinosaur :tcry: but it still has so many happy light hearted moments.

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^I look forward to Ep 5 & 10 which she rated even higher than the original!

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I used to own all the movies up til the seventh one. I guess I grew out of wanting them by the time I was 12. Really terrible to hear about the original voice of Ducky's past. Makes me very sad inside. Ironically, the inferior sequels are what made the series more popular with so many being pumped out. I started with second movie then went back to the first shortly before the third one came out.

Surprised that Universal hasn't decided to bring this series back (not that I want them too). The last movie I saw was in 2016 on Netflix and I was confused by certain new characters and what was Chomper doing in the Great Valley.

[ChosenOne]

Whew! For a moment there before I opened the thread, I was afraid this was getting a woke remake!

[Shark_Blade]

I used to own all the movies up til the seventh one. I guess I grew out of wanting them by the time I was 12. Really terrible to hear about the original voice of Ducky's past. Makes me very sad inside. Ironically, the inferior sequels are what made the series more popular with so many being pumped out. I started with second movie then went back to the first shortly before the third one came out.

Surprised that Universal hasn't decided to bring this series back (not that I want them too). The last movie I saw was in 2016 on Netflix and I was confused by certain new characters and what was Chomper doing in the Great Valley. Yeah what happened to Ducky’s VA was morbid. She’s the VA for the main girl in All Dogs Go To Heaven too. Absolutely heartbreaking.

They had a 9 years gap before from 13(2007) & 14 (2016), so there’s still chance yet for their return.

Whew! For a moment there before I opened the thread, I was afraid this was getting a woke remake! That would be tragic…

[Allio]

Was getting into a /co/ thread the other day and I learned that LBT has aliens.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Beloved franchise from my childhood