Talk:The Good Dinosaur

Bob Peterson

Why is Bob Peterson still listed as the director of the film when it was confirmed months ago he was removed and is developing another project? Pixar's own website does not list his name for The Good Dinosaur, and confirms that Peter Sohn is still co-director. Christianster94 (talk) 1:52, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Well at this point its unknown if hes gonna receive a co-director credit since he directed part of it, but we can probably add Peter Sohn in. Koala15 (talk) 04:16, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

"Pterodactyl" vs Pterodactylus vs Nyctosaurus

In the plot summary the pterosaurs in the film are referred to as "pterodactyls". There's no objective problem with that, but the more technically correct term is "pterosaur". The greater concern I have is that they are directly labelled as Pterodactylus in the credits when they are clearly Nyctosaurus. Because "pterodactyl" redirects to Pterodactylus, I have amended all hyperlinks to Nyctosaurus, and I have also amended all mentions of the pterosaurs in the text to "pterodactyl". I would like some consensus on what terms are going to be used to describe the pterosaurs: pterosaurs, pterodactyls, or Nyctosaurus? You are welcome to override my edits in favour of any of the other three listed above. Pterodactylus, however, will not suffice because it is clearly the wrong genus of pterosaur. Lythronaxargestes (talk) 07:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I have a question: Did Peter Sohn, or ANYONE in the production team for this movie, actually confirm in writing or verbally that Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus, or is that just someone's wishful thinking? Because I gotta tell ya, I'm getting really tired of people adding their "species headcanons" to legitimate wiki pages. People did it on the Dinosaurs (1993 sitcom) page by assigning species, which hadn't even been discovered at the time it was made, to characters (Ethyl was listed as an Indosaurus, which hadn't even been discovered yet, and I'm even more skeptical of whoever changed that to "Edmontonia"/Robbie is listed as a "hypsolophodon," when the show's concept artist clearly state that the Sinclair kids are meant to by hybrids of their parents), with zero confirmation from the show's writers or directors. This is annoying, and worse yet, it's dishonest. Wikipedia is not a platform to theorize, people use it to gather information. If the showrunners or team behind the movie didn't explicitly say, in press coverage, interviews, or anything that was published, that "Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus," it's not our job to do it for them. The merch for these characters lists them all as "PTERODACTYLS," and I know, it's like nails on chalkboard for me too, but chances are pretty bleak that anyone on Pixar's writing staff would know the difference between a rhamphorynchus and an Azhdarchid, and unless whoever started the Nyctosaurus thing can provide tangible proof if it, I think we should just accept "Pterodactyls" and thank our lucky stars they didn't give 'em bat wings. Please either confirm this or change it, because the Disney wiki page for The Good Dinosaur is following your lead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.237.126.109 (talk) 20:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

unless whoever started the Nyctosaurus thing can provide tangible proof if it, I think we should just accept "Pterodactyls" and thank our lucky stars they didn't give 'em bat wings. If it is who I think it is, the person who first started claiming that Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus in this article is the same career troll who insists that Pegleg Pete "is a wolf" because he whined so. That, and as the IP user eloquently stated, fan-identification of species in a work is WP:Original Research and is strictly prohibited in Wikipedia under any circumstance.--Mr Fink (talk) 21:33, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

I mean if we're gonna do that, why not arbitrarily assign various maniraptorians to the velociraptor pack? Maybe one of them is a deinonychus, maybe the one who "lost his favorite toof" is a utahraptor. Maybe one is a Dakotaraptor. Who cares if the last one wasn't described during production? Hell, Poppa Henry might be a mamenchisaurus. Butch is an oversized dilong, he just had a shave and plastic surgery. Spot is a hairless raccoon. I mean since they didn't go by the official word for the Pterosaur species, who says any of us need to?

See how stupid this is?

Apatosaurus vs. Brachiosaurus

Are we sure both Henry and Ida were apatosauruses? Ida certainly was, but Henry seemed to have more brachiosaurus features, especially his forelimbs being taller than his hindlimbs and the head shape. Arlo could very well be a hybrid apatosaurus-brachiosaurus as would his brother and sister. Ace^(T•CON) 02:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Does the movie or the official materials officially and or explicitly state that Henry was a Brachiosaurus or that Arlo is an Apatosaurus-Brachiosaurus hybrid? Otherwise, Wikipedia editors are explicitly forbidden to make WP:Original Research identification.--Mr Fink (talk) 02:32, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Yoshi's Island link?

Why is there a link to Yoshi's Island in the See Also section? I see no other reference to the game at any other point in the article, so why is it there? What relevance does it have to this movie? ModernTenshi04 (talk) 14:25, 2 December 2015 (UTC)