The film was such a massive hit that it even managed to outgross Disney’s animated feature that year. ![]() The brainchild of Steven Spielberg and animation titan Don Bluth, the original movie was a dark, apocalyptic adventure that followed an orphaned Apatosaurus named Littlefoot and his four friends as they made the treacherous journey to the Great Valley to try and reunite with their herd, all the while stalked by a vicious Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Land Before Time? Don’t we already have enough of those? Given the film’s thirteen sequels (many of which are less than stellar), it can be easy to forget how groundbreaking and powerful the 1988 classic was. Typing this I can hear the collective eye roll of our readership. The Land Before Time Poster for the original Land Before Time. Regardless of why that is, there are plenty of other properties featuring the ancient beasts that deserve recognition, and in some cases, expansion. They have been in animated family films, horror and action video games, and works of great literature, and yet none have quite resonated quite like Jurassic Park has. ![]() ![]() One of the earliest animated films was Gertie the Dinosaur, and since the advent of stop motion special effects dinosaurs have graced the silver screen in classics like The Lost World and King Kong. Dinosaurs have been a part of popular culture for some time.
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