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Same here. It was flawed but I wouldn't have it any other way. But as for Balto 3...

If I did,I'd have Aleu say goodbye to,Balto(she did),Jenna(she asked Balto to do so),and "Uncle"Boris(she never did)

Yes, I'd remake all of it, actually. Either make it a prequel or make it more based on the true story after Balto saved Nome.

But considering its still the same movie, just a few changes, then this is what I'd do (i dunno if its what the topic asks, or not, but oh well).

1) Give the plot an extra 10 minutes of thought.

--An extra 10 minutes of thought is just enough time for me to figure out that the movie sucked with all of 99.9% of the magic. It would let me (and my crew) think of something like this: Jenna and Balto have puppies, with a less lame introduction (cuz face it, things like "They're so beautiful...just like you." are cheese-tastic) I would love to go into detail in this, but this is already gonna be a long post.

2) Change everything about Aleu: change her voice, her personality, and her looks. (Reasons why located here at my first post: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7214&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30)

3) Give Jenna more screentime, action, and a less-lame personality. I know her personality wasn't the most elaborate in the first movie, but the sequel is a perfect chance to fix any "mistakes" in the first movie.

4) Make Muk and Luk less retarded and give them an actual purpose in the movie, like in the first movie. Like, without them in the first movie, Balto would've drown.

5) Exclude most, if not all, magic.

6) Give interesting characters like the vixen more screentime.

7) Make Niju more wolf-like and give him a more in-depth character. Like what did he have against Nava? Why was he afraid of change? Why was he the worst antagonist on the face of the earth?

Get rid of Nuk, Yak, and Sumac. Just because its a Balto movie, doesn't mean it has to have a "trio" to save its comic relief.

9) Make Nava less loony.

10) Explain why Aniu was so "great" cuz they pretty much leave people thinking "What's so great about Aniu anyway?" She doesn't even have 30 seconds of screentime. I'd also make her not white (I'd make her glowy, see-through, something not-white). Cuz anyone who knows what an Arctic wolf looks like sees nothing special in a white wolf. Besides, if you're bored out of your mind and think deeply into the fiasco that is Wolf Quest today, you will find the white wolf thing a little racist. I would also not make her Balto's mother (religiously, maybe, but since animals are not known to have any kind of "religion" that won't be included. Besides, people throw fits when movies have something religious in it, anyway, especially if its incorrect)

11) I'd make Balto explain his past a little more clearly. Like a flashback. Know what those are? Those are nice.

12) I'd put the characters in very dangerous danger and not make it a huge joke. Who is Balto and Aleu to crack not-funny comments while their life is on the line fighting a huge rabid bear? They're not imortal and they sure as heck ain't experts in any type of combat (Because face it, Balto is not a fighter, otherwise he would've did some biting and fighting and OWNING in the first movie) And in turn, I'd have some character deaths. Maybe I'd actually kill off Nava and Niju. Maybe Aleu does get crushed by the impact of the iceburgs. Who knows? It'd be dramatic, and sad.

13) I wouldn't change the backgrounds too much (maybe have Grah do them >D) but the animation, for SURE. I know a buttload of people who can animate ten times better than anyone who animated B2.

14) I wouldn't have Aleu become the leader of the pack, unless she was at least 4 years of age. A one year old leader doesn't contribute anything to my happy side. It just screams "Yeah, we're like Weed." Sure, I'd make her and any other sibling I decide to throw in there become a MEMBER of the pack, but not the leader. I'd just throw in a new character who would become the leader (and probably giving Aleu or whoever a love interest in the process) or just keep Nava as the leader or something, I dunno. Anything's better than making a one year old pup a leader of an entire wolf pack when it decides the fate of it.

There's more to mention, but if I feel like editing it later, I will.

I'd change this movie a lot.

1: Let's start with Aleu. I'd make her outline all husky(So it'd make sense that she didn't get she was part wolf) but keep the wolf colorings the same. I'd also try not to change the fur color about five times through out the movie. Her voice would change too along with personalty.
2: Jenna needs more screentime. I really don't know where to put her in though.
3: All of the pups would speak to end the arguments of their names. And I'd change their voices and looks.
4: I'd make Jenna at least look a little bit older! She don't really see her age in any of the movies.
5: Aleu would not become the leader! Like Cat said. A one year old pup as leader? Not happening in this life time!
6: Aniu's look would change. She'd turn light gray and her eyes wouldn't look so...bleh *pukes*
7: Nava would die! It makes stuff better even if it's a kids movie.
8: Actually let Aniu speak!

I wouldn't remake it, well maybe the animation a little.

Meh, I'd probably just completely get rid of it. There only ever needed to be one movie.

Wolf Quest would've been decent, but it got ruined. Here are my changes.

1. NO 3D: The 3D animation did not blend well and I find it distracting. I hate it when cartoons mix 3D and 2D together. It looks ugly as crap.

2. Have Balto's past a little clearer. A flashback would be great. It might help with the plot if you can add things that will connect Balto's past.

3. Change Aleu's voice. I don't care what she looks like! Give her a new voice and new lines. The "I know what I am but I don't know who I am" new-age trash gives me migraines. Stop it.

4. Instead of all the mystism and prophecies of doom, I think it would've been better if Nava's pack was fighting a rival pack for food. Putting Balto and Aleu on opposite sides would've made it interesting too. The magic in there was just cheesy, like "one with the tree" stuff.

5. Put the fighting in slow motion. Fighting is always better in slow motion.

6. Put Steele in there. I don't know where, but somewhere.

7. Put some love in there. Love stories make every story better because people identify with it. Make Balto fall in love with a girl wolf, and make Aleu find out about it! Scandalous!

8. Draw Nuk, Yak, Sumac better. At first, I didn't know if they were wolves or lynx cats. Make them normal looking or make them menacing looking instead of drunk.

9. Not have Mark Hamill voice the villain. It just doesn't work.

10. Death. Someone has got to die. The story hits betters if that happens.

I would.

I want to remake that none of mystical things will appear, like Nava and Aniu. Balto 2 is completely different than 1 and 3 because this one.

Yeah, its like it was made cheaply or something, great story but I don't like the end so much. Yeah there are so many.. they're not glitches but mistakes? I don't know I think they should make it again.. and Aleu is too whiney and I agree with everything Gauntlet is saying.

Given the fact that it had a small budjet I think it was as good as it was gonna get. I'm not too picky about animation, as long as the story is good than it's fine. Although as an actor I think I would have re-cast some of the performers... I won't say who.

Well the only thing i would remake about WQ is the small artistic errors it had.

I didn't even notice them on my first watch.

The one thing that I should be remake when Aleu DOESN'T go with the wolf pack and she and her father Balto helps Nove swim through and than Aleu and Balto go home.

There are a few things I'd change, I'd probaly make Aleu a better fighter, I definiently make Niju a bigger threat, heck he looks like a cat, I'd defiently have to change that. As much as I'd like to give Jenna a bigger part, she really didn't fit in the adventure since it was supposed to be Wolf Quest, Jenna's a purebred dog, she doesn't exactly fit there but I would add the scene discribed in this fanfic I wrote viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19536
I'd keep Aleu's psychic thing, you know how she could see things no one else could and read the bear's mind, that was a cool aspect of her character but I'd probably make it show earlier in the film so it doesn't seem so random, maybe even when she was a pup, which of course would result in it not suprising her as much..