Let's Watch - We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

I always love the way this movie looks. It’s a unique style that seems to be exclusive to this film. It is trying to be a Disney or Bluth film story and character wise, but the style of the animation, colors, and lighting is not like any other animated film from the 90’s.

[@ANALBOOGER]

I dont mean to argue or make any negative light but i will say this. Is it ever really TRYING to be either of those movies tho? I think ppl get a bit over their assumptions when it comes to styles of animation n shit....like....guys...its a movie about dinosaurs comin back to new york city! WHOA! COULDA YOU IMAGINE?! whereas land before time was all LIFE SUCKS! YOUR MOM DIES WHEN YER 2YRS OF AGE FIND YOUR WAY TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS! HERES A FUCKIN MAPLE LEAF! NOW GIT GOIN AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE CEPT FOR CERA. SHES A DICK. And i think during the 90s was when dinosaurs were THE BEES KNEES. Everyone wanted to tell a story about em in some way or another. Trying to use the same characters? I would have to disagree...aside from there being dinosaurs i dont see how WERE BACK is trying to be a carbon copy of anything than just a fun idea. A movie to shut your brain off too. Yknow? But thats just of course my opinion. 🦕🦖🐊🦈

[@WonkyClownRibs]

the start of the movie reminded me of the land before time, but i don’t remember what that came out edit: just got to the bit where they mentioned land before time

[@jbwarner8626]

​@@WonkyClownRibsThe Land Before Time was 1988, this was 1993. So yeah, I'm sure the resemblance was intentional. This was the second film done by Amblimation, Steven Spielberg's short-lived animation studio at Universal. Their first was An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. So looking like Don Bluth was something they absolutely knew how to do 😆

[@WonkyClownRibs]

@@jbwarner8626 oh ok, thanks

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@jbwarner8626 Do you know they were gonna make a 2D movie of Cats, based on the Broadway musical and the book “Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats” (which the musical is based on)? Looking at the production art for “Cats” makes me wish it happened; as it shares the same artstyle of cats as they did with “Fievel Goes West”.

[@bryannedelgado6479]

Fun fact: there was a deleted scene where Screw eyes explains to the dinosaurs how he lost his eye. As a kid he took a nap under a tree when a berry fell near his eye and than a crow swoops in after the berry and takes his eye instead. He develops a fear of crows and eventually becomes insane and obsessed with conquering his fear and exploiting other peoples fears. That’s why he surrounds himself with crows and has a circus centered around scaring people. A good chunk of animation and pre-voice work were done. A shame they took it out.

[@born-environment-0002]

He'd be kind of like Scarecrow from Batman. That origin would have been cool.

[@geardog24]

Here's a crazy thought: What if Captain Neweyes started gathered up all of the dinosaurs, starting with Rex and his friends, but this time in order to save them. To do that, he created an oasis for them that would later be known as the Great Valley seen in the Land Before Time.

[@PortlandOregon4192]

"The FBI would like to know your location" Real talk: you might be onto something...

[@marcusblackwell2372]

That would explain why the dinos have intelligence, and why a lot of their culture seems to be adjacent to Native American culture

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

That's a nifty idea

[@Bezaliel13]

But then why do most "sharpteeth" not talk?

[@geardog24]

@@Bezaliel13 No one hugged them when they were younger.

[@CodeNameX001]

Gotta watch Pagemaster next. I grew up in NY, and on rainy days when wd couldn't go out during recess, they'd play a movie in the auditorium, most often The Pagemaster, A Goofy Movie, or Matilda.

[@animezilla4486]

I absolutely love the pagemaster

[@invaderhorizongreen8168]

@@animezilla4486 pagemaster was good and so is the book it is based on.

[@razorburn645]

Yes

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

Pagemaster is awsome

[@Scarshadow666]

Definitely! Pagemaster is really underrated/not-spoken-about-much!

[@dragongamerrylucius]

I just realize....that triceratops is eating meat...those sausages.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

So is the Parasaurlophus.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

They're hot dogs, which are comprised of mostly synthetic polystyrene and sea salt.

[@albatross4920]

It's kinda weird, but herbivorous animals like hippo, camel, tortoise, deer, chicken, rabbit, etc, will sometimes snack on meat if the opportunity is there (warming: looking it up is kinda cursed😵‍💫😵)

[@redlinrangerstudio5331]

I just realized they did something similar in jurassic world

[@isaiahgarza87]

@@albatross4920Also there’s this really interesting video on ceratopsians (the dinosaur family that includes triceratops) potentially being omnivorous kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXTZYpWfqtWHZ5Ysi=C9doqFUKwn-YUSyp

[@Quixotic_Dreamer]

Ok your 1st grade class can rot, this movie is AMAZING. The SONG, the ANIMATION, THE VOICES! I quote this movie to this day

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

I wish the rest of crew was back together again. I love hearing their laughter.

[@TheDataByteChannel]

I miss Hirosashi's laughter.

[@Niskara]

Did something happen with them or do they just not have time anymore or something?

[@Senpeye_]

@@Niskara That's what I've been wonderin' too

[@GhazMazMSM]

Well, one of them definitely can't.

[@Niskara]

@@GhazMazMSM why's that exactly?

[@inconveniencestore_]

I loved dinosaurs as a kid and still love them, but this movie used to scare me specifically because of what the villain did it was just uniquely terrifying to me for some reason

[@MelonTartVA]

Gonna be honest, Stubbs' ending monologue is amazing. It's always my favorite part. But then it's followed by the crow scene and that always terrified me as a kid.

[@rebeccabecbeku]

Those reverb farts legit got me doubled over wheezing and uncontrollably laughing. I love me a good fart reverb, I don't care if it's childish. Thank you Saber, for the best laugh I had all week.

[@WasatchWind]

Walter Cronkite just has such a cool dignified voice. He also was like main reporter on the Moon landings. He seemed like a very decent man.

[@ThatRPGuywithtoomanyOCs]

Most people consider him the bastion of truthful journalism, and his death to have been the end of it to be replaced by sensationalism.

[@saladthewasp9485]

I swear the fart reverb actually made me start to cry from laughing so hard

[@micshork]

The part where he sniffs a hotdog into his nose was hilarious

[@pennysanchez7656]

"You want a hot dog, or do you want a hot-DAWG?"

[@emperordrago9413]

Sharptooth was the reason why I loved dinosaurs in the first place, I know it was trying to kill the kids, but I just loved how terrifying it looked

[@simmonsjustice7000]

Wow, such a blast from the past! This was one of my top 3 favorite animated movies when I was a kid!

[@animezilla4486]

Mine's too

[@skyliner114]

my pediatric dentist's office was decorated with We're Back characters and i've still never seen the movie but it's very nostalgic even still.

[@djmanat1775]

I had to pause the video after the bit at 18:31 because I was laughing so hard that there were tears in my eyes and I couldn't breathe, holy shit. It's only compounded by Screweyes being played by the same guy who voiced King Triton and I just. I'm dying here man. Help.

[@ToHoldNothing]

It's so weird he voiced this villain, but then did a character that came around and also a sweet old longneck dinosaur in Land Before Time

[@KingExalted]

Cecelia is voiced by none other than the same person who did Lisa Simpson When I found that out I said “yeah that explains why she sound like a nerd”

[@AndersonTenecela]

If there’s one thing I’ll agree with Watchmojo, this put this film on their list for “great animated films that don’t deserve a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes”

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Not only was John Goodman the voice of Rex here, but he also was the narrator of When Dinosaurs Roamed America.

[@spinningpeanut]

I actually love this movie even if people think it's dumb. I adored just how the dinos just accepted their newfound humanity, the wishes were so damn special, the demon circus was something I'd absolutely want to attend as a weird adult. No idea why the crows devoured screweyes. The story is solid for most of the way and I felt a real connection with the kids, being a neglected child myself who just wanted to run away and be happy. There's a lot of really good moving parts to the story.

[@gabriellebutkerait9684]

Poor Saberspark, all he wanted to do was show his class a good movie. No one cared though ;w; I too enjoy this movie. I find a solid charm about it.

[@malachitep4276]

I don't think many folks point this out, but one thing I still love about this film is how beautiful it is art and color wise. The inside of the ship is so warm and calming, the circus is appropriately nightmarish with it's toxic greens and deep hues, and the parade scene just captures the vivid color against the monochrome city. This movie is seriously underappreciated as a visual feast, with or without it's bonkers plot lol

[@cuteskeleton9381]

The fart reverb part had me laughing until my stomach hurt, lord have mercy 🤣

[@Not_Fish]

I used to sing along to ALL the songs and I remember watching it 5 times in a row when I was sick, it’s a really fun movie and it brings me joy as a dinosaur ( and other prehistoric creatures) nerd :)

[@Hack_Man_VII]

I haven't seen this movie sinse Doug Walker reviewed it. I found it amusing that he didn't get the point. The movie's message is clearly telling kids running away from home is dangerous, and shows them not to trust strangers.

[@josephschultz3301]

I watched this movie a lot back when I was a little kid. As an adult, I'm not sure if it's a good movie. All I really know is that I still love it.

[@enbycham]

I can't count how many times I watched this as a kid- literally my favorite children's movie of all time (but who wasn't obsessed with dinos)

[@conandabarbarian]

The scene where the evil professor is describing how he keeps crows around him in his cave because he wants to conquer his fear of them made me think of batman lmao 😂😂 (and the following comment by the dinosaur lol)

[@RaphBlade7]

Well, Saber, you aren't alone as I loved this film as a kid! It's a pity that it bombed & some consider it a bad film, but I think it was judged way to harshly & cause everyone tried to compare it to other films like Land Before Time & Disney! Heck, some even tried to compare it to Jurassic Park, which I personally feel was wrong as its an animated film! Sure, it's not anything mind-blowing, but to me, it's a solid film for kids & I always did like the song, Roll Back The Rock!

[@LittleMissLounge]

I loved this movie as a kid. It was always in my VHS rotation. I was surprised to learn what a flop it was when I was older. Also, Kenneth Mars had range, damn.

[@MrSTVR]

I still can't get over this movie being written by the same guy that did Moonstruck and Doubt

[@nobod2567]

Who?

[@Little1Cave]

Holy crap. 😂

[@TheSparrowBatman]

What a nostalgic trip! We're Back! is definitely one of those films you don't remember the plot, but the character designs most. Definitely a film for the late 90s and early 2000s kids to remember. I love this movie as a kid! 🥰

[@wildguy4773]

Fun fact, studio that made this movie also made two more, American tale 2 and balto

[@1faithchick7]

Despite the issues with the movie, I still like We're Back. It is such a weird movie, bazar script, and strange concept. I can't think of anything like it.

[@TheRetroguitar]

17:26 that laugh is just hysterical😂

[@a.j.m8264]

One thing I love about this film is that it’s as easy to love and appreciate as it is to rip into and make fun of. I think most people get that vibe from this movie. Especially saber

[@DrasticFox2004]

This movie did not deserve so much *hate.*

[@RaphBlade7]

The funny thing about the contract the kids signed is that in many cases, minors can't be held to the terms of a contract until they reach the age of majority. In other words, a minor has the right to opt out of a contract, even if the other party is an adult and is bound by the terms. Therefore, from the minor's perspective, a contract in most instances is a good faith agreement but not a legally enforceable one, so yeah, ScrewEyes didn't have a legal leg to stand on, not that the kids or Dinosaurs were legal savvy enough to know that its not really a plot hole as the kids & Dinosaurs are likely ignorant of contract law! Though given how the blood turns into a signature, you could argue it is some kind of magical contract. Thus, there might be consequences for breaking it, especially since it was literally signed in blood!

[@FreakoftheAngels]

Saber loves this movie too! Grew up on this one and i loved it. Good to know he has great taste 😂

[@BronzeFacade]

Legit, I love this movie. I seriously think if it just had an extra half hour or so to flesh out the characters a bit it wouldn't be as memed on, but it's such a unique experience, for better or worse

[@calebschultz9935]

I remember watching this as a kid even though I was born in 2003 My parents raised me of of these kind of movies from the 80s 90s and 2000s especially Disney, Warner Brothers, and Universal Studios on the light of their era!

[@Normel-man]

Dude I loved this film while younger, I’d still watch it.

[@quaesitorfabularum2381]

Man, this movie brings back memories. I haven't thought about it for who knows how long, but it is nice to know that I wasn't the only one who enjoyed it.

[@CrimsonFox36]

Movie requests! Brave Little Toaster, Cats Dont Dance, Fivel Goes West

[@WasatchWind]

Lol would love Fievel goes west

[@Karthonic]

You know... I would have LOVED a drunk recap of this. 😂

[@CHOPCHOPPERWOLF]

this used to be my favorite movie when i was little. i used to watch it all the time when i got sick and had to stay home from school. definitely got more obscure as i grew up

[@LeBongFairy]

LORD GERTIE WAS MENTIONED! You are accepted and recognized by the cult of Gertie

[@crowwingedangel5401]

We're Back! and Kiki's Delivery Service are the 2 movies I have my earliest childhood memory of having ever seen. They both mean soooo much to me. Kiki gets plenty of love but I feel this movie gets bashed so much and that makes me sad. I still love this movie a lot!!! It brings me joy!!

[@danielmalinen6337]

In Finland, this Spielperg film is known as Dinosaurukset New Yorkissa - Dinosaurs in New York. When I learned that the name of the movie is completely different in English, I was surprised because I originally thought it was the same as the English part of the Finnish name of the movie.

[@mario-mario822]

I couldn't praise the emotions in this movie enough as a kid and as a adult.❤Amblimation is peak in their talented animators 🎥 Those "I wish I had a friend" "let no bad happen!" And seeing seeing the girl in the photo with her family at the end really hit the heartstrings ❤

[@Randerson2409]

I unironically still kinda love this movie. I can see how flawed it is, but it is still something I'll put on if I'm unwell or feeling low. It's just so unabashedly corny

[@Scarshadow666]

I remember watching this movie so much when it would appear on TV for the Thanksgiving holiday, alongside the Land Before Time movie (and most of it's sequels). It may sound odd, but it had made my kid brain associate dinosaurs with the holiday/winter season lol. ^^ And just realized that Walter Cronkite and Julia Child was in this movie! Grew up with them and didn't even realize it!

[@ext0skele]

this will forever be one of my all time favorite childhood movies

[@15smitha117]

This is one of my favorite childhood films hands down. Thanks so much for covering it. ♥️

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

There's a deleted scene that makes Screweyes a much more interesting character and explains why he's missing an eye, why he's obsessed with scaring people, and why he keeps the crows around despite the fact that he's clearly scared of them. It also kinda frames the scene at the end with the crows in possibly a more abstract light - not that they literally took him away, but that once he lost his circus, he was so overwhelmed by his fears and that he went off into obscurity and was never seen again. Possibly. This movie's fuckin' weird.

[@yoshi_chuck05]

I remember watching this movie with my family. It was pretty memorable and looking back at it. It is still a hidden gem for me.

[@WolfHreda]

I ADORED this movie as a kid.

[@you2angel1]

Yeah this one came out in my early teens I still got the original VHS. It's a good movie. There are scenes that occasionally pop up in my mind throughout the year. That's how you know you have a classic if it's relatible over the course of several decades °~•.☆.•~°

[@GarnetHeartIllustrations]

That moment when Rex does that purr just weirds me out so much lol

[@ronnofan8567]

LOL those farts crack me up!!!

[@brycevo]

Truly one of the best films

[@hihi-kv8kv]

Is saber okay? I mean this in the least rude way possible, but his laugh every time he plays the fart sound sounds like he's dying 😭

[@ChocoMothYT]

This was my favorite movie growing up, I loved dinosaurs since I was very little. Thank you for giving me the feeling of nostalgia

[@TheSunflowerGiraffe]

Movies to consider watching (Some of these are niche so...) : - The Land Before Time (The original) - All Dogs Go To Heaven - An American Tail - The Rescuers (Down Under would be cool too!) - The Fearless Four - Rover Dangerfield - Millionaire Dogs

[@ToHoldNothing]

Funnily they do briefly look at Land Before Time in the last 3rd. Saber even has some funny freeze frame moments with Littlefoot's mom, like her angry face rushing at the Sharptooth

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following is the opinion of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "So nice to see the crows in this be depicted as saving the day as that crow pressed the button that freed Rex from ScrewEyes control! Also, the flock taking down ScrewEyes at the end was awesome & makes perfect sense as us modern birds are avian dinosaurs, so the crows were just helping out their non-avian cousins (while Rex should have feathers, it was pretty common in the 90s to depict T-Rex & Raptors without them & we have to remember this film was made by Steven Spielberg's company Amblimation & did feature an Easter egf of a Jurassic Park movie poster as the film was released the same year as Jurassic Park)! Also boo for not listening to Little Ricard's cover of Roll Back the Rock, which plays during the credits!"

[@mercuropheliac]

“President Kennedy has been shot…” *THUNDEROUS FART SOUNDBYTE*

[@job489]

I never knew Steven Spielberg was involved with this movie. It's interesting reading about this movie's production.

[@boru25]

I love the reaction of Woog’s gluttony at 1:47.

[@AriTheWeirdo777]

I remember watching this movie when I was little and I never remembered it's name, *runs to get the movie*

[@CelticMagician]

Saber, your first grade self had good taste. uwu No, but really, I legitimately enjoyed this film as a kid as well. I feel your need of nostalgia here. ;w; We're Back may not be the best movie out there, but damn do I love that it is a weird romp AND ROLL BACK THE ROCK IS A GREAT SONG. Though, I do agree with Rishi on wishing the film would have leaned a little more into the darker aspects. Even as a kid, I found that angle enormously more interesting than the rest of the film. I also haven't seen this film in ages, but definitely do see the strangeness with the digital aspects of the animation. The shift to digital colouring for animation (or even adding 3D elements) at this time was indeed rougher for some studios than others, and it is a little jarring to see it today for sure. We've come a long way on that.

[@Duckkis]

I had this movie on VHS with the Finnish dub when I was a kid. After many, many years I came across it on KZbin just yesterday. Talk about a blast from the past. It was one of my favorite movies back then, and it actually still is. I now understand certain aspects of it so much better. Back when I used to watch it, it was mostly just a fun dinosaur movie with a really catchy song. I'm so happy that people are still talking about it because it should never be forgotten.

[@r_t1609]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who still loves this movie-

[@indyj16]

Cecilia is voiced by Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson.

[@Teag_Brohman15]

one of my Animation Professors worked on this movie!!

[@Cecona]

I love this movie so much, I have a copy in what I call my nostalgia collection. It’s also why I love hall of the mountain king and associate with evil circuses

[@Wolfcreed117]

I remember this as a kid loved it.❤ Although I do wish they keep that deleted scene were we get more of a back story into Prof. Screw-eye.

[@TS-ws6uo]

I watched this movie over and over again as a kid. You better not shit on it in any way. I love this fucking movie man. Hell yes.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

3:01 "I've made a fortune off of my brain grain cereal." Yeah... give that two-seconds thought people. If that stuff can do that to these dinos, just imagine what it does to humans!

[@caseymurray1994]

The next movies you should take a look at and react one day, if you get the chance. *Bartok the Magnificent *Freddie as F.R.O.7 *Igor *the Elm Chanted Forrest *Happily Ever After *Ferngully *Pippi Longstocking cartoon movie Not going to lie, Cecilia Nuthatch was one of my ladycrushes when I was growing up...next to Jenny Foxworth from "Oliver and Company" as well as Roxanne from "A Goofy Movie", Tanya Mousekewitz from "Fievel Goes West", Thunderella from "Happily Ever After", Crysta from "Ferngully", Pippi Longstocking from "Pippi Longstocking", Fluff the Rabbit from "The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit", Shanti from "The Jungle Book", Princess Melody from "Little Mermaid 2", Lilo Pelekai from "Lilo and Stitch", Tanis Mummy from Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, and Anne-Marie from "All Dog's Go to Heaven". RIP Judith Barsi. Edit: the Clown is Martin Short

[@Jaygandr]

Y'all threw farts sounds all over a quintessentially terrifying moment from my VHS childhood

[@bionicdragon5]

17:02 FurAffinity flashbacks.

[@meganbaute4254]

I never saw this movie as a kid, if we were in the same classroom as children I would watch this and I would think it was awesome! :)

[@yvonnejeffreys1723]

You’re right THIS IS CINEMA!

[@Del129]

I was watching this while laying in bed relaxing and laughed myself awake at the suspicious looking "horns" and proceedings fart show😮

[@flyingtiger4808]

18:32 the fart meme jokes when the villain unleashes the gas. LOL

[@rasputincharlemagnemalahayati]

me and my friends can’t escape this movie

[@caidalee1994]

I loved this movie growing up! Good choice, Saber! Well done! Those classmates didn’t know what they were missing! Edit: autocorrect

[@infinitedragonnightfuryira8850]

One of the great 2D animation I saw in the 1980s.

[@brianlevine871]

I also have a nostalgic soft spot for this movie. But even then, there's tons of room for improvement quality-wise. Still a better animated trip to Manhattan than "A Troll in Central Park," that's for sure.

[@Suspiciousskin]

Growing up on this movie just makes me want to cry watching it again

[@lousywrks4468]

This is my childhood movie. This film was always on repeat on my DVD player.

[@MrShinoTheBugman]

loved this movie. to this day i say "museum of natural history" with the same cadence as they do

[@KZesty]

I used to watch this at my grandma's house on VHS and it's so rare to hear other people talk about it!

[@n33dlebabe80]

I've never seen nor heard of this movie until Saberspark. But I was happy to share in something that means so much to someone else.

[@Ravenfang93]

I loved this movie too as a kid ❤️ I'm glad someone else appreciated it just as much ^_^

[@animezilla4486]

I definitely appreciate this movie

[@DarciousMaluki]

The fart reverb part had me wheezing

[@ToHoldNothing]

If you've seen the Secret of Nimh 2 one, he does kind of abuse a different fart sound. Wish I knew where it was from

[@SgtScorpious]

Im with Saberspark, I fuckin loved this as a kid and still do now

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

2:28 "Your Majesty!" lol

[@hihi-kv8kv]

i know nothing about this movie, but from the first thirty seconds, i love the colors