December 5, 2007: How Many Sequels to ‘The Land Before Time’ Do We Need, Exactly?
I have written by far my stupidest article ever, “How Many Sequels to ‘The Land Before Time’ Do We Need, Exactly?” Whenever I entered a video store as an adolescent I used to always check which number “The Land Before Time” series was up to, and then I’d share a good chuckle with myself. I thought that chuckle would translate into a winning look at corporate excess, but the resulting article is nothing more than me swearing at a bunch of cartoon DVD covers. If you want to save yourself the trouble of reading this, the answer is 12. There are currently 12 sequels to The Land Before Time.
Lord Destro wrote:
This had my Roommate and me in stitches. A few lingering grammatical errors to be found here.
Well Done. What possessed you to write about the land before time?
Posted on 12-Dec-07 at 5:03 am | Permalink
pico gonzales wrote:
actually, i think there are thirteeen =[
Film The Land Before Time (1988) • The Great Valley Adventure (1994) • The Time of the Great Giving (1995) • Journey Through the Mists (1996) • The Mysterious Island (1997) • The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) • The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) • The Big Freeze (2001) • Journey to Big Water (2002) • The Great Longneck Migration (2003) • Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) • The Great Day of the Flyers (2006) • The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
Posted on 12-Dec-07 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
pico gonzales wrote:
oops, youre right… twelve sequels, thirteen movies total!
Posted on 12-Dec-07 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
wickensworth wrote:
Destro: The Land Before Time sequels intrigue me for some reason, even though I’ve never actually seen them. To be honest, a part of me would be heartbroken if they stopped making these sequels. Why stop at 13? We should start using them instead of years, like “I demand a raise! I’ve been working here since Journey to Big Water!” “I drive an Invasion of the Tinysauruses Honda Accord.” But which grammatical errors are you referring to? I’m sure you’re right, I just don’t want to read over my article.
Posted on 12-Dec-07 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
Blink wrote:
Without a doubt one of the funniest things I have ever read. I fell out of my chair twice reading this. Thank God they haven’t made any more movies yet or I probably would of pissed myself from laughing so hard.
Posted on 27-Jan-08 at 4:00 am | Permalink
Bsmallz wrote:
Thank-you for ruining my childhood memories. These used to be my favourite movies. Now they mean nothing.
Though, you do rade a good point. I think they should have stopped at the 3rd one max. I’ve seen up to the great migration, the other 3 I did not know existed; and i’m glad, because they sound lame. (Along with the others, but coincidentally I still love them.) haha.
Posted on 29-Jan-08 at 9:47 pm | Permalink
Drew wrote:
I love this, my friend still gets the new land before time movie from his grandma every year for christmas (she doesn’t realize he’s 21 now) and we have an annual “get drunk and make fun of the new land before time movie” night sometime between christmas and new years. They’re even worse than described in this article . . . we usually quit after 15 minutes because they’re wholly retarded.
Posted on 01-Feb-08 at 6:19 pm | Permalink
Meira wrote:
I totally agree! I have never seen any of the sequels, and have refused to let children I have babysat for watch anything but the original.
My main issue. Ducky. Who voices Ducky in the sequels? The original little girl (Judith Barshi, RIP) died in 1989, and will be sorely missed, so how could anyone else compare?
Posted on 01-Feb-08 at 10:00 pm | Permalink
ol dirty bronco wrote:
this is crazy to stumble on this i grew up when the first land before time came out…my mom said i watched it 4 times a day literally. anyway i know I’ve seen land before time 2 with chopper but after that i left that train of movies.. seriously tho?? 14 how many plots can these come up with about 5 dinosaurs?? crazy anyway well thank you for informing me about the becomings of lbt.
Posted on 01-Feb-08 at 10:53 pm | Permalink
mike wrote:
wetbacks
Posted on 02-Feb-08 at 4:19 am | Permalink
Ruben wrote:
This article provoked vague memories of having seen the movie when I was very young. It also made me throw up a little in my mouth.
Posted on 02-Feb-08 at 12:29 pm | Permalink
Newrad wrote:
Does the video game count?
Posted on 02-Feb-08 at 10:36 pm | Permalink
landbeforetimelover wrote:
God, that was motherfucking funny! I just couldn’t stop laughing. I am a land before time fan still, but god, that was the funniest thing I’ve ever read. I do love the land before time though and I hope they come out with many more sequels. If nothing else, I can read about how shitty you’ve found them to be. Have you considered writing reviews on the tv series?
Posted on 03-Feb-08 at 8:38 am | Permalink
megasoreass wrote:
land before time 14: the massive meteor impact
Posted on 03-Feb-08 at 5:51 pm | Permalink
Kim wrote:
Thank you for making me laugh so hard my abs hurt. That was awesome.
Posted on 05-Feb-08 at 11:57 am | Permalink
Meep wrote:
These movies are for children. Children love them dinosaurs. They would not mind if 20 sequels were made. Go get a life and stop bitching about kids movies and the covers of the DVD s.
Posted on 06-Feb-08 at 5:23 am | Permalink
Brooke wrote:
Have you noticed that a lot of the covers use the same art over and over again?
Posted on 07-Feb-08 at 12:21 pm | Permalink
Bad D.N.A. wrote:
Are you kidding? The corporate queens found a revenue stream. What don’t you get? Stop watching children’s cartoons and go get a job. — chow
Posted on 07-Feb-08 at 11:20 pm | Permalink
Al wrote:
Point taken, but to be honest this was aimed at kids. I have a 5 year old son and he loves all of them, as much as I cant stand to watch it. So it might not be your cup of tea, but once again it is not aimed at the adult market.
Posted on 08-Feb-08 at 8:32 am | Permalink
Nicko wrote:
Some of the commenters here need to lighten up. It’s a freakin hilarious review about a tribble-like movie series
(which I happen to enjoy, but that makes this review all the more funnier because it’s so TRUE!!!) Make sure to update it when LBT 14 comes out. (I personally am betting on Land Before Time XIV:The Missing Pituitary Glands)
Posted on 09-Feb-08 at 12:19 am | Permalink
Phippo wrote:
Reading your pathetic ramblings was a waste of my time, and I’m embarrassed I’m wasting more time even posting this response. But I really need to defend this series as my kids love it and can’t wait for another sequel. Maybe you ought to concentrate your critique on the Disney movies instead as they impart even less of a moral message on kids. Besides, your crap is not even slightly amusing.
Posted on 09-Feb-08 at 1:16 am | Permalink
wickensworth wrote:
Phippo: Critique Disney movies? No thanks! If you think you’re an asshole parent, you should see how sensitive Disney-loving parents can be. Imagine an asshole twice as big as you are and you can begin to understand what I’m talking about.
Posted on 09-Feb-08 at 1:50 am | Permalink
Ron wrote:
One of the best articles I have read in a long time! I thought they stopped at 7, so I was in for a huge fucking surprise.
Now the real question is, when will The Land Before Time have more sequels than we’ve had Super Bowls? I give them until 2014.
Posted on 09-Feb-08 at 3:54 am | Permalink
Paticus wrote:
Phippo I want to share my herpes with you.
Posted on 09-Feb-08 at 7:48 am | Permalink
VadeDarther wrote:
I got a good chuckle out of this.
I liked the original Land Before Time as a kid. I still do. It reminds me of an age where parents weren’t such assholes and didn’t freak out over their kids watching some characters get hurt/killed. Sadly, like his other films, some assholes figured out a way to make a fortune off of marketing this to little 3-year old bitches and their psychologically-impaired parents. Now we have sing-a-longs and “gags” that caused an increase in adolescent suicides. They ruin all of Bluth’s films this way.
Can we please go back to the 80s, when cartoons were awesome and full of violence?
Posted on 10-Feb-08 at 1:32 am | Permalink
Steve wrote:
Very funny. I think I was a fan of the first one, but honestly thanks to all the crappy sequels I’m not sure any more.
Posted on 10-Feb-08 at 6:00 am | Permalink
Mike wrote:
being 15 i watched the first 3 when I was 5. You know what i told mommy. Mommy this is fucking Lame, I want Jurassic PArk.
Posted on 10-Feb-08 at 11:26 pm | Permalink
NeptuneNavigator2001 wrote:
I totally agree with Phippo, even with the latest Disney movies. The reason WHY this series has run so long, is because of the morals, love, and overall goodness that it employs. I also can’t wait for another one, particularly I would like to see it tie in with the TV series, closing up the loose ends that it brings with it. …Hah, I hear the argument, “kids are stupid and will watch anything;” kids may be naive and trusting, but certainly not stupid. And if you think I am, well, all I can say is, I’m not a kid, I’m not stupid, and I certainly as hell will NOT watch “anything!” I think that 70 to 80 percent, maybe more, of all TV nowadays, is pure crap. This is one of the last few gems in a sea of sinking garbage that people are basically forced to watch. And, if you’d like to continue to argue with me further, I’ll back up Phippo all the way, and argue with you all the way to the depths of hell!
-NeptuneNavigator2001
Posted on 11-Feb-08 at 12:19 am | Permalink
NeptuneNavigator2001 wrote:
Oh, and BTW, VadeDarther, this type of stuff doesn’t cause an increase in teen suicides; it’s that stupid heavy metal crap, along with drugs, and processed food. Now old-school music, there’s some good gems. Miles Davis sure could play a tune… And Rock ‘n Roll back then, told interesting stories; nowadays, you have a bunch of morons screaming, sounding like they went on acid trips just as they were recording. It shouldn’t even be allowed. Death to heavy metal, death to horror movies, and death to evil.
-NeptuneNavigator2001
P.S. I don’t care what any of you guys say; we’ll never get anywhere with each other, so let’s just say we agree to disagree, and leave it at that. I’ll defend my position to my death, you just wait. Good post, Phippo.
Posted on 11-Feb-08 at 12:25 am | Permalink
Dylan wrote:
I agree absolutely with the article.
When I was a kid, I loved the original movie.
Maybe the first sequel.
But after that, it turned to “moral” drivel. And they seem to have killed off Ducky, Petri, and some of the other characters too.
I wonder when Littlefoot will pass on? Surely he should have aged a little bit by now..
Posted on 11-Feb-08 at 2:54 am | Permalink
rc5 wrote:
“It shouldn’t even be allowed. Death to heavy metal, death to horror movies, and death to evil.”
Okay, Mr. Censorship. Tell me how your crusade goes. Defending your position to the death seems kind of difficult when your position is that anything you don’t like is “evil”.
The Land Before Time Sequels are nothing more than corporate cash-ins. That you’re loyal enough to the company making these to be their cash cow is respectable in a way, I guess.
Posted on 11-Feb-08 at 3:02 am | Permalink
OpenTheDoor wrote:
Wow this is shocking. I never even knew there were this many. As a kid I always wanted to see the first one, but I never got to. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
Posted on 12-Feb-08 at 9:31 am | Permalink
lamppost wrote:
fucking hilarious
Posted on 15-Feb-08 at 1:53 am | Permalink
Tweekinator wrote:
Thanks for the funniest thing I’ve read in recent memory, it was great.
Neptune & Phippo: Really? I’ll admit, I could eat a box of Triscuits and shit better movies than what Disney has nowadays, but the Land Before Time movies took a dive to that level around the first sequel.
P.S. I really doubt processed food causes teen suicides; I ate a lot of it and I’m pretty I didn’t succumb to the deadly teen suicide plague. But then again, I do watch horror movies, so who knows?
Posted on 16-Feb-08 at 12:36 am | Permalink
mj wrote:
(On a more positive note: If you’re a fan of The Land Before Time series, keep your eyes peeled for The Land Before Time XIV, scheduled for release on DVD in 2008.)
im one of fan of this series how about the cd copy of the land before time XIV?
Posted on 16-Feb-08 at 8:02 am | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
i agree 100%.
Posted on 16-Feb-08 at 1:55 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
since time is a human concept dipshit land before time makes sense, plus they’re kids movies, go get a life
Posted on 17-Feb-08 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
Anon vs Anon wrote:
time is pretty much real. in case you haven’t noticed, anonymous #37.
Posted on 17-Feb-08 at 7:59 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
i used to watch 1 thru 3 while my rents worked. and i shit you not i watched the fourth one when i was like five and i refused to watch the series ever again. fucking cunts at disney
Posted on 17-Feb-08 at 10:15 pm | Permalink
Moses, the black one wrote:
Its about time someone spoke upon this madness. How did they make it this far? I mean all that traveling they’ve done you would think they would have arthritis and amputate their limbs. or even better throw themselves onto migrating heard of T-Rex’s. Is it me or is Cuba Gooding Jr. playing the role of a creature who is questioning there sexuality with mild case of down syndrome? Come on… parents stop letting your children watch disabled dinosaurs. It bad enough when discovery Channel and animal planet have shows about made up Dinosaurs that never existed on Earth or on any planet. Next title for the movie: Land Before Time: travels to waste of time Cove featuring Hunazie voiced by Vin Diesal
Posted on 19-Feb-08 at 6:57 pm | Permalink
R. W. EbonRose wrote:
Fantastic. I, too, have gone on numerous rants about the idiocy of the Land Before Time sequels. I loved the original movie as a child, and am now shamed that my own daughter has had to witness these atrocities. You are an inspired writer.
Posted on 20-Feb-08 at 9:10 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
This is the most retarded thing i’ve ever seen. all the sequesl were great, if you want to rant no one gives a shit so why are you even putting your 2 cents in dumb ass. If you don’t like the sequels, then go cry yourself to sleep because more than double the people who hate the sequels love the sequels. Fag.
Posted on 21-Feb-08 at 11:30 pm | Permalink
Blink wrote:
Mr Anonymous, making up facts doesn’t make you more correct. And it seems while you’re arguing about “sequesl”, the rest of us are talking about sequels.
Posted on 21-Feb-08 at 11:54 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
very funny, it almost makes the whole series worth it. it is as if this article is the glimmering shred of hope, like the leaf with water droplets in it from the original LBT.
Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 6:02 pm | Permalink
Thomas wrote:
When I was little, The Land Before Time was one of my favorite movies, and now I’m just annoyed by it. Little Foot and his friends should be a adult Dinosaurs by now. Jeez, I’m just waiting for the X-Men to turn up and have it turn out that The Land Before Time is actually The Savage Land. Also, don’t forget that there is a cartoon TV series now.
Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 9:20 pm | Permalink
Ryndella wrote:
Thats amazing. honestly, i didnt know there whre that movies, i knew there where a lot but sheesh, go over board will ya? i love the comment about diggin up our pets nd lighting them on fire. isnt that what they did to poor Littlefoot, as the creation, us, childeren of the 90’s, grew up with?
Posted on 28-Feb-08 at 1:55 am | Permalink
Reine wrote:
have you ever been to http://www.superdickery.com? you (I mean the person writing these) have the same sense of humor the guy there has.
Posted on 03-Mar-08 at 1:39 am | Permalink
Shannon wrote:
Wow, this was hilarious. I grew up with Land Before Time and didn’t know that they had desecrated it so! It’s sad. But I loved this article, great reading for work!
Posted on 04-Mar-08 at 10:28 am | Permalink
CronoMaster wrote:
One of the most hilarious things I have read. I stopped watching Land Before Time after the second one, but wow. Your review of the other movies was funny to read man, seriously. You should be their spokesperson. I can see it now: “Critics are ravings: “This movie blows!” Keep up the awesome reviews.
Posted on 06-Mar-08 at 11:52 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
Blink, why don’t you take a good long think about what the phrase “Spelling Mistakes” mean. The only laugh i got out of this is that the publisher wasted his time writing this pathetic “review” of the sequels. If you don’t have anything good to say about The Land Before Time, then don’t say anything at all. If the characters grew up then the land before time would lose tens of thousands of viewers, because that’s one of the main things that makes these sequels so great. It would be hilarious if someone made a review of your reviews making a bad example out of them. Now there’s something to laugh at!
Posted on 19-Mar-08 at 10:04 pm | Permalink
Nikki wrote:
I’ll just put in my two cents here if anyone cares. I loved the first movie… maybe even the second and third but that’s when all movies need to stop. I think that’s all very clear to everyone that the sequels are simply made because it makes money and kids seem to enjoy them enough to make their parents buy the DVD for them. So let the babies have their bottles. That’s what most of them are anyway, just 3-7 (which I know technically aren’t babies but you know where I’m coming from). I think that your reviews are hilarious and I look forward to your next addition. I hope that people that do support the sequels, both for their pride and their children’s, don’t seriously take the rants of one used-to-be-fan like a slap in the face. I think that we all agree that the sequels unfortunately lack quite a bit of quality but it makes money for the employees, children enjoy it and enemies of the sequels get to enjoy making funny rants for all “anti-fans” to enjoy. I really don’t think that the end result is all that bad.
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 10:26 pm | Permalink
Jimbo wrote:
fucking funny as hell
Posted on 29-Mar-08 at 11:30 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
you’ve got issues…. nobody ever said the movies where ment to entertain adults. Though its clear that you don’t have anything better to do. I’m sorry that the little animated dinos anger you so! I’d just like to know where I can meet the dumb shit living in his mothers basement you probably wrote this. Get a life man!
Posted on 03-Apr-08 at 1:52 am | Permalink
MaryElise wrote:
I laughed until I cried. No joke. Particularly liked the comments on XI.
Posted on 11-Apr-08 at 1:11 am | Permalink
michael wrote:
there are 13 but in 2008 no.14 comes out. know one knows the title
Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 12:26 am | Permalink
Amanda Gough wrote:
I grew up on the Land Before Time videos and actually enjoyed them. I’ve only seen up to the the 6th one though and kinda wanna go to Blockbuster or something and rent the rest. haha. The First one was pretty scary in my opinion. It gave me nightmares for a while but soon got over it. My favorite would have to be the 3rd one. gahhh man I really want to rent all the sequels that I haven’t seen now. thanks a lot. The movies are kind of brainwashing though….As a young kiddo about 4 or 5, I told my mom that I was going to change my name to Petrie when I grew up. hahaaa. At least I didn’t think I was Petrie like my brother thought he was Tommy, the White Power Ranger. Great childhood memories.
Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 8:55 pm | Permalink
Lali wrote:
omg..this was hilarious!..i grew up on these movies..and loved them up until number 4..i had no idea they were STILL making them..to me the only real LBT movies are the ones with the original friends..as soon as little foot got, as you said, a girlfriend and the plots became stupid..er..i pretty much disowned the whole series:]..love your writing..thanks
Posted on 03-May-08 at 9:10 pm | Permalink
Jesus wrote:
The thing I believe with Number 14 (which is confirmed as The Growing Sky Stone)…is that they finally kill off the dinosaurs! I know I know…that’s cruel…but…in the end, Disney movies DO kill off characters…it wouldn’t be surprising since naturally these characters all do have to die eventually (it is the Land Before Time after all). So it will probably rely upon an opening scene about seeing a giant object in the sky, days pass…songs are song, sad moments, the original Sharptooth comes back (I forget if it died or not…fell in a pond I believe…not sure if it was in the sequels) for one last epic showdown with a now grown up LittleFoot who apply is renamed…BigFoot…no relation to your mother. Then the meteor hits and everything’s all sad for the final final movie…then we have…THE SPIN-OFF SERIES, THE LAND AT THE BEGINNING OF TIME! With a bunch of mammals now…probably not like Ice Age just yet…but its sure to be made…
Posted on 08-May-08 at 10:43 pm | Permalink
Jeff wrote:
Well I bought the first 11 of them on VHS. I’ve seen 10 of them so far. Now Chapter 14 is coming. Anyway I watch a movie like that once and wait for the next otherwise it gets a bit redundant. Anyway I’d watch it not as a fan but more like a What The Heck sort of thing. I’m just collecting them to build the set up because if eventually I sell them off they’d be worth a lot of money together with all 14 or so movies collected together AND because I have the first 11 on VHS that makes it more valuable and rare as it’s a full set so if not to watch regularly it’s a hobby. Because with each released chapter the value goes up given they’ve been active for 20 years now. It makes sense to launch #14 on the big 2-0.
Posted on 13-May-08 at 3:32 am | Permalink
Ben wrote:
This article mademe laugh out loud, yoh. lololololololololololz. . But yeah, what the hell is up with the cover of part 3. Littlefoot is just drinking from a leaf…. what the hell?
Posted on 18-May-08 at 1:25 pm | Permalink
Emily wrote:
OMFG that is so hilarious and true. When will they quit, ITS OVER!!
Posted on 28-May-08 at 7:06 pm | Permalink
Kelsea wrote:
I am in love with sarah, little foot, prrtery and rock.
Love you
Posted on 01-Jun-08 at 1:56 am | Permalink
Don wrote:
Dude! You are fucking balls on accurate. Fuck great shit you wrote. Deserve a fuck pulitzer for honesty. Me my have been saying this shit for 15 years.
Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 12:08 am | Permalink
ashley wrote:
haha i completely agree. I just love how dumb each sequal gets. I love how they never seem to even grow an inch or how the voices now sound horrible. And I love how they randomly break out into those ear piercing songs that make you wanna go to the air conditioning system and drink anti-freeze. I don’t know why animators are creating these little movies where the characters sing those horrible songs. Just get on with the damn movie and stop fucking singing. Oh and I love how these little baby dinosaurs can some how make it through all these journeys and manage to some how not die in the process. We all know that if this were real they wouldn’t have lived passed the first movie. I want real violence not some little bastards winninng against “sharpteeth” by throwing fruit at them. The creators need to die.
Posted on 18-Jun-08 at 12:14 am | Permalink
Daniel wrote:
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1457/lbt6lh9.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7964/lbt7gr5.jpg
The drawing of Cera is the same on the covers of 6 and 7. Just thought that you might like to know that.
Posted on 26-Jun-08 at 5:53 pm | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
What I want to know, more than anything else, is this: Where do they get the money to continually concieve this crap? If America is smart (and it’s not), then the people will sign petitions to at least set Charles Grosvenor on some other animated project. Classic characters can only last so long. However, the classic LBT characters were only classic during the first movie. Now They habe been stereotyped into typically blande children’s show characters and the whole LBT name has been reduced to a Wee Sing franchise. Just like the intentionally sucking black plague that PBS and Nick Jr dumps, the LBT series shows us that the entertainment industry is only interested in money and making kids more stupid.
Posted on 05-Jul-08 at 11:10 am | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
There appear to be around 7 or 8 people on this blog who either want more sequels made or don’t want people squacking about them. There are at least 20 (not including me) people who want to put an end to it or have more made so that we have something to rant about.
Posted on 05-Jul-08 at 12:11 pm | Permalink
Lobolover wrote:
Very funny.I have to agree here, its beyond stupid.I mean,cant people who protect them understand they aremade solely to get money of of them? I mwan
,yeah,its not like it has any plot any more.
And to the person who says :”No one gves shit about what you think”
well,who are the twenty or so pople fully agreeing.And remember,”fags” is not an answer and will result in you being chemicaly castrated.
Posted on 10-Jul-08 at 5:33 am | Permalink
Kent Worthy wrote:
Don Bluth must be spinning in his grave.
Posted on 10-Jul-08 at 11:22 am | Permalink
Chelsey wrote:
Well, why don’t you take your happy pill? You seriously need to stop bshing these movies. I have adored them for many years and you don’t need to go cussing and making everyone think these are bad movies…Your just a jerk of a person who needs to row a brain, move out of your parents’s home and live on your own for a change…And stop thinking that you are so smart, because your not.
Posted on 12-Jul-08 at 1:43 pm | Permalink
Ellen wrote:
I think I love you.
Posted on 12-Jul-08 at 8:50 pm | Permalink
Cali wrote:
Honestly, Ellen uttered the words before I finished thinking them.
I really do.
Posted on 12-Jul-08 at 9:03 pm | Permalink
PsychoticSquid wrote:
Haha! Adored them for many years, Chelsey? I feel like coming up with some sort of rebuttal that makes you look stupid, but you’ve gone and done all the work for me. That was pretty nice of you. Seriously though, ‘making everyone think these are bad movies’? Either he’s got a mastery over the undiscovered art of telepathy, or I’m going to rape your anus with a broken bottle. Guess which one’s more likely? Oh, and I’d pay good money to watch someone row a brain. I imagine efficiency as a sea-going vessel isn’t something normally attributed to brains, but I’ll forgive you because clearly you don’t use them often. Signed, Mr. Karjala’s most rabid fan.
Posted on 13-Jul-08 at 9:06 am | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
You’d think, with the TV series being aired, they would no longer feel the need to make more movies.
Posted on 16-Jul-08 at 8:34 pm | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
BTW, Nikki is the most sensible person on this comment thread, including me.
Posted on 16-Jul-08 at 8:40 pm | Permalink
PsychoticSquid wrote:
Comment threads don’t exactly breed sensibility. Posters come in various different archetypes, each one with its own delicious twist of flavour:
- The upset one that goes around finding things to be offended by, not realizing that if you have a thin skin you shouldn’t be on the internet, much less on a site that specializes in rants. Rants don’t tend to be structured like “I personally don’t like this but it’s just my opinion and I see where you’re coming from if you do.”
- The rabid one that will do anything for a laugh and usually isn’t very funny at all. Why are you looking at me like that?
- The congratulatory poster, that gives nothing but praise, hidden carefully in tirades of more praise… but doesn’t actually have a point.
- The fanboy (or fangirl, these are politically correct times after all), who wants nothing more than the site host’s babies and often resorts to extremely strange (and creepy) methods to convey this message. Thank the Nine Hells that this isn’t an image board.
- And finally the serious one that makes extremely relevant, but inanely boring comments that most people skip or pay no real attention to. If all posters were flavoured drinks, this one would be water. But we all need water every now and then, right?
Posted on 16-Jul-08 at 10:25 pm | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
I’d say all five of those archetypes have posted here. The only thing better than reading a good article is reading the commentary on it by various people.
Posted on 20-Jul-08 at 5:36 pm | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
And I drink NOTHING but water, come to think of it.
Posted on 22-Jul-08 at 9:01 am | Permalink
mr1986 wrote:
Hmmm… I know anybody who stalks this thread (like me) will likely get agitated at my three comments in a row, but I just noticed the last sentence of the article: “If you’re a fan of the land before time series, KEEP AN EYE PEELED FOR THE LBT XIV” That doesn’t sound like an attack on fans of the series, unless it’s meant to be sarcastic…
Posted on 02-Aug-08 at 8:45 pm | Permalink