Dinosaurs

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So I just watched The Land Before Time I remember watching it as a kid and it was one of my favorite Dinosaur cartoons. But I often wondered why its sequels weren't as good, I think there is about twelve sequels and I probably only watched the first four.

So I did some research Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were two of the producers behind the production of this gem, no wonder why it was so good. From my understanding, they really toned down the violence in order for it to appeal to kids. So they ended up cutting down a lot of the footage because they figured it wasn't suited for kids.

Maybe Spielberg got his inspiration for Jurrasic Park from Land Before Time

[Raison D'etritus]

I remember that movie!
Kind of.
Hardly.

I remember there were dinosaurs anyway! I think my favorite was. . . Cera, I believe?

For some reason, it reminds of the All Dogs go to Heaven, or whatever it was called. Both movies I loved as a kid, but saw at such a young age I have no firm recollection thereof.

As for sequels sucking. . . yeah, that's kind of the norm. If the first one does well, why not cash in the title and throw together something with cheaper writers and production? You can cash in on the name, right? . . . right?

[dairugger]

jurassic park came from michael crichton not steven spielberg.

the reason land before time 1 was different was because of don bluth, who used to be a animator for disney back in the day but formed his own studio to make:
secret of nimh
land before time
an american tail
all dogs go to heaven
titan ae
anastasia
bartok the magnificient
rock a doodle
pebble and the penguin
thumbelina
troll in central park

among other movies as well as dragon's lair and space ace the laserdisc games. anyway, the first land before time was different because of his involvment as well as lucas & spielberg, it also had a far bigger budget. when the sequels were made a series was also being done. im sure they shared assets.

The film generated many direct-to-video sequels. Currently there are twelve sequels in circulation. The sequels depart from the style of the original significantly by adding "sing-a-long" musical numbers akin to Disney animated films, and toning down the intensity seen in the original film. Don Bluth and his animation studio have no affiliation with any of the film's sequels. The sequels have generally been met with mixed reception with several fans of the original disregarding the sequels, while some have embraced the sequels into the canon of the story.

hope that helps! :-)

btw, i love don bluths work too!

Affiliation with Steven Spielberg

His next film would have been an animated version of East of the Sun and West of the Moon, but was never made as the financial resources were drawn back.[5] Teaming up with producer Steven Spielberg, Bluth's next project instead turned out to be An American Tail (1986), which at the time of its release became the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, grossing $47 million in the United States and $84 million worldwide.[citation needed] The second Spielberg-Bluth collaboration The Land Before Time (1988) did even better in theaters and both are now widely considered animation classics.[citation needed] The main character in An American Tail became the mascot for Amblimation while The Land Before Time was followed by twelve direct-to-video sequels.

Bluth broke ties with Spielberg before his next film, All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). Although it had only moderate theatrical success, it was highly successful in its release to home video, becoming a cult classic.[6][7] Nonetheless, by the end of the decade and through the 1990s Bluth films such as Rock-a-Doodle (1991), Thumbelina (1994), A Troll in Central Park (1994), and The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) were all critical and box office failures.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bluth