Rant: The Land before Time

When I saw The Land before Time at the old Showcase Cinema in 1988 or so, I loved it even though I was scared of the T Rex at the time. But as the years went on, they released a direct to video sequel in 1994, it was okay. Then they released another sequel in 1995, that one was okay as well. But some classics should never be messed with in the way that they are messing with this one.

True, there have been over 20 James Bond films about Agent 007 but seriously, do we really need ten direct-to-video sequels to The Land before Time. Absolutely, not! When I see a movie, I usually like watching the entire series at the same time. This series--not so easy. Why, you ask? They come out with a new film each year! Instead of coming out with a new film each year, they should have made it into a TV series way back when.

Honestly, I used to appreciate the series...I have the first two in video but then, they released another one...and another. And another. The list goes on and on. Just look here:
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994) (V)
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995) (V)
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996) (V)
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) (V)
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (V)
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) (V)
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001) (V)
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to the Big Water (2002) (V)
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003) (V)
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) (V)

To make matters worse, they are doing what they should have done back in the day: airing a TV version on the Cartoon Network come 2007. Will I be watching this one? It's doubtful that I will. We're talking about a series that has been killed with as many video sequels as it has.

As the saying goes, they should quit while they are ahead. They've released so many that I still need to catch up on them--and that will be highly doubtful.