I just watched the new Jenny Nicholson video on The Land Before Time movies, and I just realized something. There is a movie where some alien dinosaurs show up to tell the main characters about space. This is kind of a really big deal, because this implies that an intelligent species with interstellar travel has landed on prehistoric Earth and found living beings that they can communicate with. This suggests that The Land Before Time movies are not just stories told through the lens of normal dinosaurs, but Littlefoot and friends are actually intelligent creatures, the first on Earth before humans ever existed. Did the meteor eventually kill them all and erase them from history? Or is The Land Before Time a prequel to Dinotopia?
Also, the fact that the aliens are such similar looking dinosaurs to the ones found on Earth suggests that the particular way life developed here is the common way it develops everywhere. What are the odds of two intelligent species from completely different worlds looking land functioning the same, after all? The aliens were quick to try to uplift them, too, so assuming their presence is benevolent, they must have been convinced that the Earth dinosaurs were just as intelligent and capable as them to start exploring space.
But, before they could, an extinction level event destroyed them all, leading to the rise of mammals instead. Perhaps, on a cosmic scale, intelligent dinosaurs are the norm, and WE are the anomaly. Do you think that’s why we see so many UFOs but none of them have tried to contact and uplift us yet? Do you think those space dinosaurs are fascinated by this unpredictable turn of events, and are more interested in seeing how a rare mammalian culture would progress to space age without alien interference?
OR ALTERNATIVELY
Prehistoric Earth dinos DID get successfully uplifted, and they were able to leave the planet before the meteor struck, intending to come back after a few million years to repopulate their original homeworld once it has healed, only to find a bunch of weird ass mammals running around thinking that they own the place, and the dinosaurs aren’t not even mad, ‘cause that’s amazing.
Either way, this means that in The Land Before Time extended universe, inside of every blurry picture of a flying saucer there is a velociraptor looking down at us, scratching its chin in deep contemplative thought.
Once upon this same earth, beneath this same sun, long before you, before the ape and the elephant, as well; before the wolf, the bison, the whale, before the mammoth and the mastodon, in the time of the dinosaurs.
Post ten GIFs of movies you loved as a child, then tag ten people. Optional: Tell us why you love(d) the films you picked.
1. The Aristocats
This is probably the first film I ever loved! My mother says she watched like a hawk for the day it came out on VHS so that she could get it for me. My dad used to sing “Everybody Wants to be a Cat” with me…luckily for both of us, this was before social media. XD I could still quote this movie by heart!
“You’re not a lady…you’re nothin’ but a sister!”
2. Land Before Time
These movies were a cornerstone of my childhood! We watched every. single. one. of these when they came out. The original is still my favorite, though!
3. The Fox and the Hound
Does anyone have to explain why they love Fox & the Hound? It’s an absolutely beautiful story of both friendship and found family. I still cry every time Todd gets left in the woods! :’(
4. Jurassic Park
Ah, the days when my brother and I both swore we wanted to be paleontologists! We read very dinosaur book our library had to offer after this movie came out! We watched it so many times the tape busted…then we taped it back together and watched it some more! XD
5. Star Wars
My father grew up with these movies and was so excited to share them with his children! I watched the first one when I was 4 and fell in love. When The Force Awakens hit theaters, I cried from the nostalgia of the opening scrawl…when I first saw that yellow text scrolling up the screen, my dad had to read it to me because I couldn’t read yet! These movies still hold a place near and dear to my heart.
6. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone
I was THAT kid in school. The Harry Potter fanatic that was the first to read all of the books as soon as they came out. The first movie is still my favorite and is such a faithful adaptation of the book. This series marked my first major foray into fandom and fanfiction, and so will always hold a special place in my heart…even if JK Rowling is a bitch.
7. Mulan
I still watch this movie when I’m having a bad day. Beautiful animation, catchy songs, and a lovely story of doing what is right and struggling to find your true self. Disney at its best!
8. Beauty and the Beast
Another nostalgic childhood fave. I saw so much of myself in Belle as the bookworm and town oddity who wanted more than the simple life society had allotted for her. The animation and music are also stunning!
9. Pocahontas
90s Disney was the best Disney. Hands down. Even though this story couldn’t be much further from the truth of history, I still love it for having a strong, courageous heroine…as well as one who chooses her people over her fella at the end!
10. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
I LOVED horses as a kid and this is definitely one of the best horse movies! I didn’t even notice as a kid how little dialogue it has for the most part. The animation is beautiful and Bryan Adams crafted a killer soundtrack! My dad didn’t even mind me watching this one on repeat!
