Film Original Version of The Good Dinosaur

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Is there anything in The Art of The Good Dinosaur Book, or any other The Good Dinosaur related book for that matter that would have detailed anything related to Bob Peterson's original version? And if so, could anyone please share that information here? 

 

I have been collecting any info that I can find concerning this original version and have already collected quite a few pieces of concept art and other information revealed through toys. I also have some info from the Art of Book, which also depicts a young yellow parasaurolophus alongside the other dinosaurs revealed in the article. I name her Lucy because she has no official name, and it seems to fit the same kind of names that the other three (four counting Vivian, another young ankylosaurus that you can get as a toy that comes with a little critter, look her up) cut dinsoaurs. I'd be happy to share any info with anyone who is interested [smile] I can even email to you across OneDrive/Google Drive if anyone wishes to see it all. 

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I was very into finding the original script after I saw Sohn's version. You see the problem is that Bob Peterson's script never got finished cause Peterson just couldn't get past the third act at least of what I heard from interviews and articles that was made in mid 2014 when The Good Dinosaur was revamped and completely changed. 

 

However after doing some searching on the net around late november 2015 I found an interesting article that digged more deep into the story of Peterson's script. 

 

this is the closest I got to Bob's script from this article it mostly explains about the characters that never appeared but was part of the merchandise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/by-thinning-the-good-dino_b_8738842.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment

 

If you combine every interview and article that was made before The Good Dinosaur was revamped in mid 2014 you get the story like this.

Arlo was originally going to be a young adult in his early early twenties in Peterson's script, The characters Sam, Vivian, Mary Alice, Jack and Will were all friends to the apatosaurus family and worked together on a farm. Arlo had 3 siblings and Arlo wasn't really born into a strong apatosaurus and he felt very different and wanted to do other stuff than work on the farm. he was obsessed with bugs and protected them from the other dinosaurs who saw bugs as pests [this pretty much gave the title The Good Dinosaur implying that Arlo was the only good dinosaur towards bugs, but in the final film the title is misleading since there's no bugs to protect.] For Arlo's curiosity he one day sees a very colorful believed to be bug but that later turns out to be Spot who is camouflaged in different colors. Spot appears to be a little younger in Peterson's script maybe 3-4 years old. After this Arlo breaks out on a quest to prove himself worthy to the family while the little cave boy goes along. Not much is known what happens after this since not that much information was revealed but small concepts shows that there was not going to be a tragic death in the family and there was no river that swept Arlo away, simply the movie was more looking for a message about finding confidence and be proud of being different.

 

The Art Of The Good Dinosaur includes some interesting concept art from the original but mostly it's from Sohn's version. Maybe more secrets will be revealed when The Good Dinosaur comes out on Blu Ray and DVD.

 

I hope this helped you out if you didn't already know it

Edited January 13, 2016 by IwasBornAsVentus

[Riku21Terr 214]

I was very into finding the original script after I saw Sohn's version. You see the problem is that Bob Peterson's script never got finished cause Peterson just couldn't get past the third act at least of what I heard from interviews and articles that was made in mid 2014 when The Good Dinosaur was revamped and completely changed. 

 

However after doing some searching on the net around late november 2015 I found an interesting article that digged more deep into the story of Peterson's script. 

 

this is the closest I got to Bob's script from this article it mostly explains about the characters that never appeared but was part of the merchandise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/by-thinning-the-good-dino_b_8738842.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment

 

If you combine every interview and article that was made before The Good Dinosaur was revamped in mid 2014 you get the story like this.

Arlo was originally going to be a young adult in his early early twenties in Peterson's script, The characters Sam, Vivian, Mary Alice, Jack and Will were all friends to the apatosaurus family and worked together on a farm. Arlo had 3 siblings and Arlo wasn't really born into a strong apatosaurus and he felt very different and wanted to do other stuff than work on the farm. he was obsessed with bugs and protected them from the other dinosaurs who saw bugs as pests [this pretty much gave the title The Good Dinosaur implying that Arlo was the only good dinosaur towards bugs, but in the final film the title is misleading since there's no bugs to protect.] For Arlo's curiosity he one day sees a very colorful believed to be bug but that later turns out to be Spot who is camouflaged in different colors. Spot appears to be a little younger in Peterson's script maybe 3-4 years old. After this Arlo breaks out on a quest to prove himself worthy to the family while the little cave boy goes along. Not much is known what happens after this since not that much information was revealed but small concepts shows that there was not going to be a tragic death in the family and there was no river that swept Arlo away, simply the movie was more looking for a message about finding confidence and be proud of being different.

 

The Art Of The Good Dinosaur includes some interesting concept art from the original but mostly it's from Sohn's version. Maybe more secrets will be revealed when The Good Dinosaur comes out on Blu Ray and DVD.

 

I hope this helped you out if you didn't already know it

Thanks Ventus I really appreciate it buddy  

[IwasBornAsVentus 396]

Thanks Ventus I really appreciate it buddy

No worries  

Edited January 13, 2016 by IwasBornAsVentus