#we're back! a dinosaur story

[disney-is-mylife]

THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. I just wanted to highlight some beloved and underrated nostalgic classics.

I am NOT counting: Studio Ghibli, DC, Marvel, Scooby-Doo, sequels/prequels, and most other franchises. I also chose to cut Dreamworks, because I wanted to give as much love as possible to other nostalgic films. There's a LOT to cover in the 80s-90s, hence why I split the two polls.

80's Poll

Happy voting! ❤

[howieblings]

I made a crazy risk. You gamble and it's - about to pay off.

[king-k-ripple]

[edgar-allan-possum]

You know, if it wasn't for the illegal child labor, I'd go to Professor Screweye's Eccentric Circus. It looks like it could be an interesting horror attraction.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Riot Kings, page 149

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[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament: Megatheropod Bracket; Round 1D, Poll 2/8

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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Producer: Steve Hickner | Studio: Amblin USA, 1993

[theabbystabby]

They are the same. And I'm here for it.

[ararebreedstory]

What are your top 10 favorite Dinosaur Movies that aren't Jurassic Park?

(In no particular order.)

1. Planet Of The Dinosaurs (1976)

2. Carnosaur (1993)

3. The Last Dinosaur (1977)

4. At The Earth's Core (1976)

5. One Million Years B.C. (1966)

6. The Land Before Time (1988)

7. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

8. Prehysteria! (1993)

9. Adventures in Dinosaur City (1992)

10. Theodore Rex (1995)

[rhinowalker]

30 Years Later..

Happy 30th Anniversary to We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story!

[brilliantsnafu]

Rewatching We're Back! tonight. The late 80s and 90s were truly the pinnacle of kids' movies and tv. Everything was slightly fucked up, dark, and/or scary enough to imprint on your brain forever.

[theinternetisaweboflies]

we all wanted the breakfast sandwich rube goldberg machine from we’re back

[king-k-ripple]

[themattress]

Random Ghetsis Thoughts

Not sure why this suddenly occurred to me, but it did and I want to talk about it. 

Concept art confirms that Ghetsis’ right eye is scarred, which is why he covers it up with a fancy eye piece. It’s possible that however this happened is the same reason he has such a weak, hardly-able-to-be-used right arm. I’m not sure if this was the intention, but I really, truly believe that a Pokémon was responsible. Possibly even his Deino/Zweilous/Hydreigon, since as everyone is aware it reached its full evolution at a level before its species is normally able to and has a very powerful Frustration attack; which is an attack that is stronger the more the Pokémon hates its trainer...all signs that Ghetsis heavily abused this Pokémon in order to make it achieve this kind of power.  Now, the first thing that came to mind when I thought about this was the High Evolutionary, villain of the recent Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, who is also a psychotic narcissist who suffered facial disfigurement from an animal he abused. However, all things considered his relationship with said animal is more akin to Ghetsis’ relationship with N than with any Pokémon; in both cases the narcissist thought so little of his victim that said victim managing to turn against them and even out-do them drove them mad. 

And that’s when my mind drifted to a far more obscure cinematic villain.

Professor Screweyes was the stand-out of the otherwise mediocre We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (well, him and John Goodman as the lead dinosaur), and as he explains in the deleted scene above it was a crow pecking out his eye that led to him having a metallic replacement, and it also led to him to develop a fear of crows and what they are capable of. This is a fact that his narcissistic ego wouldn’t let stand, and so he collected a bunch of crows that he keeps under firm, tyrannical control in order to show that he is “the master of his own fear”.

And then, after he’s defeated, this happens: 

In attempting to control his own fear in such a cruel way - abusing the crows and making them despise him - Screweyes only ended up causing his worst nightmare to come true.

......Wait.

He doesn’t die like Screweyes and instead is imprisoned like the High Evolutionary, but the same principle of what befell Screweyes is at work here in the Pokémon Adventures manga. The implication is obvious: a Pokémon he couldn’t control fucked him up, making him scared of Pokémon he can’t control, and as a result he decided to become “the master of his own fear” by controlling every Pokémon, through hurting them in the most unimaginably cruel ways. As a direct consequence, he finds himself faced with his worst nightmare: he’s on the shitlist of practically every Pokémon in Unova, and they refuse to be controlled by him. Their glare is the same as Zekrom’s, suggesting the same thing “If you dare try to worm your way out of prison and mess with us again, we will fuck you up”, cutting right to that same fear he felt when his right eye and right arm were destroyed and making him lose his goddamn mind.

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Tumblr's favorite animated movie!

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What fans say:

In This Corner of the World:

Love the animation style and story telling.

Animation and music are beautiful. I also love that it's told from the perspective of an artist whose head is always on the clouds. So many historical events are happening, but she's just living her life as best as possible in her little corner of the world. It's also interesting to see the WWII from the perspective of Japanese civilians.

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story:

Does anyone else even know this movie? t I want to give it a shout out because it was such a fun oddball of a film.

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament: Ornithischian Bracket; Round 1C, Poll 6/8