I don't mean to offend anyone by posting the following message but I feel I cannot keep what I'm going to write to myself. Screaming (LBT 3) doesn't do for me.
The huge majority of land before time stories contains so many elements that are really not from the land before time. Elements such as:
The intestines of Cera's Dad scattered over the floor of the Great Valley, Littlefoot slaughtering a whole tribe of sharpteeth by stabbing them with a stalactite (reciting Anakin Skywalkers speech from Episode two afterwards), Aliens from outer space attacking and murdering about each and everyone, zombies attacking the Great Valley, humans all over the place, Littlefoot and the others brought into our time to fight Godzilla or to be involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor, cases of rape...
I mean come on! Not a single one of the elements mentioned above is a product of my fantasy. Every single one of them is part of either a land before time fanfiction or of messages in which people announce their writing of such stories. I know I have not the right to tell anyone what to write and what not to.
But still, even with the strongest attempts to see this from an objective point of view, I cannot believe what I see.
Folks, is this really the land before time to you?
Is this what the land before time means to you?
Is this the gist of the land before time?
I doubt anyone can resonably argue the fact that I do have a good reason to feel frustrated and sad at reading such stuff.
Where have all the treestars gone?
Is there anyone out there who feels he or she is willing and able to write a land before time story that could easily be made into a movie without contradicting previous movies or violating the atmosphere created by these previous movies?
I want to emphasize again that I am fully aware it is not for me to tell people what to write, but I would be dishonest if I just smiled and nodded at all those stories. I am no good pretender. And I think if you are honest to yourselves you too will have to admit that fanfictions of the said content are no real land before time stories. But just something done to elements of the movies.
