Balto 3

yep Balto 3 is official. DW has posted it at the League. *jumps for joy* well ok i didnt really.. im not that excited by the news. it was kinda like oh look...another balto movie. i can see the land before time happening again.

omg omg omg!! wheN IS IT gonna be out??!! ^.^ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!!!!?!?!?!?!?! TOO EXCITED!!!! @_@

I'm a bit weary, I hope it turns out well, and that they stop at Balto 3.  I also hope that they don't screw up the release dates like with Balto 2...  *shakes head*  I'll post my thoughts more indepth at the League...

im not enthusiastic at all... i dont want to put a negative shadow over it right away...but i fear balto is going to "develop" out of the character we all love so much in the first place. i dont feel he was the same in WQ anyway.

If they stop at Balto III, I'll be fine with it. Look at An American Tail... wonderful original, two nice movies that follow...and then it ends. People like the number three.

As I've explained to White and Silver (and Blue and Lavender and..oh. Ahem.), I separate the Balto universes. Arthur Clarke (Author of "2001") explains it very nicely in the cover of one of his books. He wrote 2001 and three books afterward...but he doesn't connect them at all. Even though they feature the same characters, he asks us to think of it as though they are possible outcomes, or very similar events happening to similar characters in different universes. I'll have to find the direct quote.

I wonder what the theme of Balto III will be? If it really is a prequel, we won't have to worry about Balto's character changing, because we don't know what he was like as a pup. If it's not a prequel, there are so many different possibilites...

Hello

I really hope they don't make a prequel, because all of my Balto chars are FROM the prequel time.  *sighs* Oh well, I'd be glad to see another Balto movie....regardless .

~Silver Wolf

(Edited by Silver Wolf at 10:54 pm on Aug. 15, 2002)

i really really really am hoping for a prequel.

while ive been here in NY ive been in a Balto universe/heaven in Engel's room. Theres balto stuff everywhere! Balto watches me while i sleep...4 fold! *he has 4 posters* kinda creepy...

He agrees with me that WQ sucked but hey...hopefully theyll be able to get Kevin Bacon?

wait so did you mean that its in production or theyre just writing it?

will we be able to see Aleu's children??  THen balto and jenna will be grand parents!

I think they already wrote it. And I think American tail has about three or four movies that follow . . . I don't keep track. I do remember there being more than two, though. *cries* They're going to turn Balto into land before time! I just know it! But still, I can't wait to see the third. If it IS as good as the other two. *Is hoping Cartoon Network will show it so I don't do the wrong thing and go and buy it without having seen it*
Anyway, if Universal goes crazy with this one, I won't let the sequels ruin it for me. It's still a great movie, and always will be. ;)
*prays that it won't turn out like Secret of Nimh two*

(Edited by Kamotz at 12:50 am on Aug. 16, 2002)

If anyone doesn't mind, can I be ultra lazy and just refer to my post at TBL for my thoughts?  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thebaltoleague/message/5451

I like your explaination Snow. ;)  

I'll say it again, i'm not really interesting in finding out what happens to Aleu.  She's a good character and all, but the movie is supposed to be about Balto.

Just my 2 cents. ;)

a really do agree with snow and did dw say its written already? i know he said production starts next week.

how i look at it is, the makers are not going to say hey lets not suck the life out of balto with countless sequels..they arent going to look at us and say they want balto to be special and not like land before time, lets just leave it at 3...no instead they are going to look at how much money balto 2 made...and go hmmm ppl bought it...lets do it again...there is money in balto. and lets face it i will buy balto 3...even if its really bad...i will cos its balto...as i bet alot of otehr ppl will. there will be money to be made on balto movies till one really flops and then they will say well it was nice while it lasted...and balto will be a hollow shell where a great animation movie once stood. but what worries me more is that balto 2 wasnt exactly a blockbuster...ok so they would have madealot of money compared to what normal ppl make in a normal job...but compared to other movies? i know as a fact here it was really hard to get ahold of and it never even made it into the charts...and thats out of 100! they wont stop releasing balto movies till the figures go REALLy low...

ok thats my rant over im going round and round in circles in my head. hmm circles are a good thing?

I think ur right there, AC. Its all well and good to think that the producers of B3 are only interested in keeping the joy of the Balto we know and love alive. But the reality is that it's $$. Balto is another formula (like Land Before Time) that works and makes money, so it will be done to death. No fault of DW or Phil or even Universal. That's just how Hollywood works. I mean lets face it, parents will buy any video that has a cartoon on the cover. And no matter how bad it is, their kids will watch it over, and over, and over.... And that's really the audience they are aiming towards.
That's why it's kinda tough to be an adult fan of animation sometimes.
Anyhoo, my 2 cents *plink, plink*
~Cypher ^..^

I say we start a rebellion and seize control of the Balto character! If OJ Simpson can get off of murder, than the fans of Balto can seize the character. That's my illogical side, on the side of concrete thought, I realize the terrible truth of the matter is that while I am excited to hear about another sequel, I am also disheartened at the abuse our loved character is receiving. Balto is such a wonderful character that he deserves nothing but the best effort for any production.

On the positive, perhaps the publicity Balto is receiving will lead to a new line of merchandise? You have to just love capitolism: it works well to start anything and everything, but eventually yields only money-making corruption and ruin.

~ Jay ~
KSC FL

too bad that Universal doesn't merchandise stuff like Disney..

hey Do we have a poll button on this forum? . I wonder how many people would like a prequel or sequel. hmm?

oh yeah, merchandise....Maybe we should ask some master of replicas to make a balto 2 figure? An aleu figure? Custom made :P

Balto's good name being turned into a money machine....  I hope not.  I don't honestly know if I could deal with seeing ten or fifthteen more Balto movies released.... *shudders*

O_o haven't been here in awhile ;) I kinda wanted them to stop at balto 2 because in 3 there minght not be balto.:,( but I'll want to see it.

*head swims* B3 already? Wow! Well I hope fer a prequal..or a sequal with a looong flash back! I wouls really want to hear what balto sounded like as a puppy. And imagin steel and the trio as kids. and maybe even a toutching scene where one of balto's parents might have died. I mean how else would Anieu (sp?) become a mystic spirit. I doonno. Well if it's balto and has no corny songs I'm aaaaaaall for it!

*Chews on an armadillo skull*

Can someone please give me a source for this info?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thebaltoleague  Uhh... Look around for it, it's in there. lol.

I see what was said

Where is that person's source?

*yawns*  I'm tired...  Oh DW, he's the producer of Balto 2, and he's working now on Balto 3... They've just started production...

I wonder how long will they take to produce balto 3? Another 5 years?

Yes *that persons* source....was none other than the associate producer of B2, and hmm Kev it will probably take a little while, since they just got started on it. I think it would become silly to release a Balto film every 3 weeks like it seems Land Before Time is done.
Vesta

If they have begun actual production(as in actually animating) it will be about a year, give or take. If it is pre-production that they are in (i.e. writing, storyboarding, recording voice actors etc.) could be up to 2 years or more perhaps.
But then again, my experience has not been with Direct to Video animation  time-frames so this could be WAY off! lol
~Cypher ^..^

(Edited by CypherMutt at 2:53 pm on Aug. 18, 2002)

I think DW said the earliest Balto 3 would be out is some time in 2004...  

3 weeks?  That's just scary... ^_^;;;

I hope they put time into it unlike TLBT. Lets all hope that IF they decide that they can make money off of Balto, they'll actually give the movies storylines. ;)

Hopefully, it won't be as long as Blizzard's release on Warcraft 3. It was said that they took 8 years or more to make it O_O....normally games take up to a max of 5 years only, but their games are the longest. Starcraft started production on 1990.....around that year

Well movies don't usually take more than four years to do, and for a direct to video, I doubt it will take more than 2.

I can't wait for it to come out!

I just hope they don't put anymore singing songs on it

I won't mind songs, unless they're like Land Before Time. :P

Well, some people may have already said some of this but I'm sorry I was to lazy to read.

I think if they keep making them soon it well just drop balto all together and become Aleu.  Well, I know one think I think it is crazy but I'll still watch it.  I wonder if they will Finnish were they left off?  I wise they would show Balto when he was young so we could see his Farther.  

Well, I guess CGI isn't as hard as real time 3D modelling like Toy Story and others....so, it shouldn't take long.

Still, unless you've found a way to function for long periods of time without oxygen, I wouldn't hold my breath for a quick release.  I'd still say around 2004 or 2005 is when Balto 3 will be released.  If they're just starting production, it's hopeful that the same team that made Balto 2 will be used again.  I just hope they're skills with motion shots and such improve...

I really really hope that the prequel comes out later this year, and not in 2004 or 2005 like Silver says. I can't wait to see it!

Considering that it's already August, and that the movie was only supposed to start production this week, what you're asking for is they get it done in four months.  More power to them if they can produce a quality movie in that short period of time.

I think they should take as long as they want with deh movie. If they did, then they would have more time to develop the plot, make the artwork as beautiful as they think would do justice for the movie, and also maybe help them in their public distribution dates.
Bleh, another Balto movie? A prequel would be good, though I thought maybe they might do the live-action parts they had in the original Balto if it was another sequal. How Aleu or Balto could perform yet another accomplishment to make them a legend is beyond me.

Now for a rant on the second movie, as I was late in adding to this topic. Hooray. The spiritualism of the movie was okay, but I just found it odd how they took the Balto movie in a whole new direction. I don't think Aniu and the white wolf from the first movie are the same, although my mom does. They differed in personality as well as looks. (7 years must do something to your eye color, eh?) When the white wolf turned away from Balto and walked a little away, if Balto hadn't howled, then he/she wouldn't have came back. Probably, I don't write for them. Maybe that isn't the point, though. Odd writing mood. Anyway, in the second movie, Aniu basically threw him into the situation by forming it greatly giving him the dreams and making the spirits of the totem pole appear (As well as giving Aleu the ability to see across the ice towards the caribou running across.).

I'll have to agree they might turn this into a corporate production thing and suck the life out of it. You know what you see anymore? Two words: Animated. Sequals. All Dogs Go To Heaven had one, two if you count the Christmas video. Lion King had one (I actually like that movie. "Roasty-toasty princess! Roasty-toasty princess!"). Thumbellina (sp?) had one (Forever and a day since I watched it, ditto with you too, Nimph.) and so does Peter Pan. Classics aren't classics anymore, because money is the key word, though let me just say if I make any books into a movie that's good (*Snort.* Like someone'd make an animated movie out of my books. =P), and they want to make a sequal unrelated to what happens in the books, or something I don't like, they can do it over my dead body. =P

Sorry for the longness of the post, but as I mentioned, I've been away for a while.

[Edited to fix some parts of the post I thought were said wrong.]

(Edited by ShadowWolf at 7:12 pm on Aug. 21, 2002)

hmm......what about gundam sequels? There are over 5 Mobile Suit Gundam (the very first mobile suit gundam animation sequels...gundam wing or g-gundam are not mobile suit gundam sequels....they have totally different storylines.....)

That's a based on an anime TV show Kev, not an American movie... We're talking about the American animated movie industry, not Japan's. :P

Hmm.. The thought of an Invader Zim movie actually going to theathers crossed my mind, then I think of how odd it would be. =3 Another thing to add to my list of things to think about when bored.
Anyway, to the topic again.. What I find the weirdest part about the Balto 2 movie is that the first Balto movie was supposed to let us remember the Alaskan epidemic as it was based off it, right? And then they made a sequal about it. Although that could have just been a favor for us Balto fans to show it hasn't been forgotten. ^_^

oooo.....X.X *is out of topic*

Nothing to brag here guys, but someone just forwarded me a letter form DW. He talked a bit on Balto 3 in it. I've put it up on my site. Perhaps that should give us some outline on the movie.
http://www.geocities.com/zykwulf/balto3_updates.html

Who's your friend? Does he work for universal or just the animation side of things? That must be cool!

oooo.....Alan forwarded it to you!! I didn't know Alan and DW communicate with each other on e-mail

Yeah, so do I. I never knew it before either. I guess he's is just a close to DW, that's all. (when I say close, I mean CLOSE) �:biggrin: �

*muses* 18 Months...  Wow, that's not long at all!  But knowing Universal they'll probably keep us waiting for 2 more years.

Oh yeah DW used to drop by during weekly Balto League chats.  There he became friends with a good deal of members. ;)

Yeah I wish I could join in the chats too. Somehow I just couldn't boot my PC for it.

18 months is not too long, but considering the hold-up by Universal...I just hope they'll be putting up plan for mass-merchandise and stuffs! :bigggrin:

I'm still waiting for decent Balto 2 merchandise.  It's not like they couldn't have floated a few plushies or a soundtrack by...  Somehow I don't see Balto 3 merchandise in the making, although I hope I'm dead wrong... ^__^;;;;

Yeah, I haven't seen anything that says we gonna hav mercs for WQ or Balto 3. Nevertheless, I'm hoping there's merchandises for both the movies. (make that 3 of them!) :biggrin:

The soundtrack...hmmm...guess we'll have to rip the music of the DVD and compile them. Wonder if Universal really plans of releasing an official copy.

How about asking DW? He might give us some news on that ;)

Merchandise!  I'm with you all; I hope to see some later. However I have big doubts about the soundtracks; sequel scores are very rarely released.

Now, if I remember correctly, wasn't there someone here awhile ago who said they saw Aleu plushies at Universal studios? Maybe they were wrong, but I want to go down there and check anyway. ^_^;;

Aleu plushies? Never heard the news before, but wohoooo...that ought to be good! *Gets his old Tigger plushie and tears all the fluff out, opps* Boy are you gonna get a mate. :biggrin: No offense, CW....!

Its funny how people relate balto with Land before time
one thing evry land before time has gay songs in it while balto doesnt have any and wolf quest only has 2 but there good ones. Balto has dogs and wolves, LBT has imaginary dinosaurs that should be tearin each others limbs out instead being oh freindly and happy
and dont know what anything is ect.
Balto is more exciting and Lbt well it just sucks and it never was good.  if Balto does turn into LBT though i can just imagine what ill see ( Balto is walking and all of sudden a avalanche falls and theres a giant bracheosaurus that says "HI, Im little foot")  

*shudders* THat sounds scary.....

Me want Prequal!!

I wouldn't mind having alot of Balto's....but if it takes on a kindergarden tone, I will..uh....do something not nice.

I"m glad we have a buddy of a buddy in the bussiness. We can track it's every movie mwaaa!!

Oh and welcome to that boards gray wolf

Another wuff with my avatar....that makes three counting me. Don't feel offended, Gray Wolf, I don't care you have the same one as me.

Yeah. That kindergarten stuff just makes me wanna puke.
BTW, wolf quest had 4 songs. ;)

ooo...i'll buy all the merchandise if they sell!! :P

it does
i can think of muru song and the inuit rock song oh yes and the one where balto is giving away the puppys
if you mean the one at the credits that doesnt count
besides thiese songs are good and there not sung by the main characters which is good.

Ack! �That's just scary! �The comparision really comes from the quanity versus quality issue with LBT. �Everyone just hopes that Balto doesn't turn out like that.

The was Muru's Chant, the Grand Design, Taking You Home, and Who you really are. ;) But Grand Design was sung by the main characters, and Muru's chant was, too. They were good, though.
Gah. Please dun' let Balto turn out like TLBT!
Aleu: Niju, you have to learn about respect and being nice!
*Excuse me while I puke*

Yes, and don't forget the background music. Try and listen to them. One good example is when Balto & Boris pass the totem pole (or was it when they meet with the Scottie?) True, most of the songs have a Native American -like essence to them, but the music is somewhat very much to the first movie, more 'orchestral' I think, if that's more appropriate. I hope they'd put those in too, if the soundtrack is ever going to be realeased.

Maybe if we all bug Universial they'll release a soundtrack...  It worked for getting Balto on DVD. ;)

Oh you guys did that? For real? Whoah now that's neat! Probably we can try and work something out for Wolf Quest. *Runs around shouting* Draw up the petitions! Put your votes in...no, not for me!! *stops and slumps down on the couch* Whew, I guess we'd better talk to DW about this... :wink:

BTW, I'll be off for a few days. I'm flying back to my hometown for my semester break here. See ya guys later! :biggrin:

Well someone did start a Balto on DVD petition well over a year ago, and Balto websites help spread the word. �I'm not sure how much it did, it could have influenced Balto being re-released with Wolf Quest, or it might have just happened.

Have a good trip! ;)

I think, if there was a big demand, Universal might do it. They would get money for it, after all.
Balto II was sitting under Best-Sellers when I was walking through Target tonight. That's worth something. But they should re-release the Balto soundtrack along with it. Hey, they re-released the movie, didn't they?

I think the idea for a Balto 3 movie will end in disaster. I was extremely disappointed the way Balto 2 came out...the animation wasn't nearly as good as the first one, and the characters left something to be desired. The storyline was pretty bad, as well. Hopefully, I will be proven wrong about the third movie, and it will be good.

hi clovera welcome to TIB hope u enjoy your stay.
i think we covered those points already lol
but as we all know dtv movies arent always best in quiality animation usually its just for somthing for the kids to enjoy.

I'm back! Now where were we? Ahaah yes...hello Clovera, see that you're new here. Let say we have a chat, huh? *Pass some catnip he saved for supper* My treat. :biggrin:

Hmm I have similar tastes with you on WQ, but not that serious! Cheer up, I don't think it's that bad. Besides being a DTV movie, it's all new in other aspects- the production crew, the techniques... You can't really expect WQ to be similar to the first one. And yes, it wasn't as good as 'Balto', but I can't let my spirit down yet. Not now...! I'm putting high hopes on Balto 3, I sure am... :wink:

I don't know about you guys but i have a feeling that the 3 balto will be a prequial. I still can't wait though.

i said originally that i would like it to be a prequel. hope the production guys listened lol.

hallo how are you all doing today?....anyone wanna email me go ahead my email adress is [email protected]
and i am a 16/f/canada

Hello darkwolf16 but I don't think that post goes here.

no offense Loner but that's for the mods to decide. Welcome to the club Darkwolf

thanks

Hi there Darkwolf! Welcome,welcome! But I must say this is a very weird place to post a greeting. Oh,forget it!

Balto 3 is due for 2004?...maybe they should have it on IMax

(Edited by LongBow986 at 12:36 am on Mar. 1, 2003)