Random thoughts

[rkniner]

Some people may know that last year, I picked up a DVD of "The Secret of NIMH" last summer, a 1982 animated movie directed by Don Bluth (and pretty darn good, at that). At the time I got it, this DVD release was a relatively new re-mastering (done under the direction of Don Bluth) of the original film, available in two aspect ratios: the

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[haunter_uk]

Really must get round to picking up All Dogs Go To Heaven on dvd, it's so much better than its sequel, which I do have.

[rkniner]

Being better than the sequel(s) is kinda expected with Don Bluth's stuff ("sequels" plural to cover the 13 that happened with Land Before Time, and the 3 for American Tail, to say nothing of their TV shows). Much like a lot of movies, even.

And don't get me started on the NIMH sequel...

[haunter_uk]

Actually, I seem to recall Land Before Time II through IV being the peak of the series, rather than I...

[rkniner]

Maybe because they were more kid-friendly than the original... (random breaking out in song, more anvilicious in delivering their aesops)

The problem was, they deviated noticeably from the original work's style.

[haunter_uk]

...They had aesops?

[rkniner]

Mostly related to "listen to your elders"