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This isn't a discussion on WHAT flaws are in the movie. Its about people who hate the movie because of stupid flaws i.e. "ALEU DOESN'T LOOK ENOUGH LIKE JENNA I HATE THIS MOVIE" etc etc

That's true - this isn't about the flaws in the film, whether they be animator-flaws or not.

I believe these "stupid flaws" are mainly by the younger, naive members of this forum that don't know any better and choose to blame their hate of WQ to the bad animation and the other "bad" things about it. Yes, there are a lot of very stupid reasons that people feel the film shouldn't have been made, but it's hard for them to realize that they can't really do anything about it. The company made that choice to take a risk and give Balto a sequel (as well as a better animated yet lackluster finale a couple of years later). It wasn't perfect, I know that (and I'm sure we all know that in our own ways), but can we think about it for a minute that without WQ there would be no WoC?

Besides, I think WQ was the better of the two because of the fact that WQ was a risk. WoC was, IMO, way too safe by returning to a similar plot and subject matter as the original, while WQ experimented with new things yet maintained the predictable stereotype of the overprotective dad and the rebellious child that we've all seen in similar sequels.

Sorry for going on a little tangent, but the basic three flaws that were mentioned on the first post - Aleu's over-the-top attitude, Niju's cat-whiskers, and Aleu's not-so-wolfish physical design flops - didn't really bother me at all. I was more interested in the storyline and where the plot was leading up to, not the drawing flops and the so-called "bloopers" that everyone seems so focused on.

Of course, that's just me.

- Juuchan17

Thx for "debunking" the flaw of B2:WQ i hope that can change the people's mind to stop hating that movie.

I thought that WQ had the best animation of the 21st century Balto Movies. Not surppasing Balto 1 cuz everything in the 90 seemed more realistic than the animations today

we all have our mess-ups and there's nothing we can do about it... ApauloWolf is right how animation in the 90's looks better than todays animation!

She, Alue, is kinda not mature by a whole lot and she dosen't look like a wolf because she has curled tail and pointy ears like her pure breed huskey other, Jenna.


Niju has whiskers like a cats.

no movie's perfect.

i think that they did all this just to add some character to them.
its different then live action, when its animated, they can do whatever they want with them.
niju's big chin is to give him a edgy, mean look. i don't know about the whiskers, but i guess they thought they would look nice on him.
the only thing that bothers me in the movie is how in the wolf pack, some of the wolfs look like cody! red with a white stomach. are they wolves or huskies?

I support you in your cause good sir, we need to stop the Wolf Quest hate!

I understand that the story direction was a little surprising, but is it really that bad?
I find the plot incredibly better constructed than Wings of Change, which was practically a film adaptation of "Balto For Dummies" in my opinion.
To hate a story just because it took a different perspective is utter foolishness in my book, I LOVE Wolf Quest because it's not like the others.

I showed a film buff friend of mine Baltos 2 and 3, and a complaint he had about Wolf Quest compared to Wings of Change was the character interaction.
I found that was a little unfair seeing how the plot of Wolf Quest just doesn't require every character to talk to every other one.

Also, things such as bad animation and anatomy errors should not be so strongly addressed in a straight-to-video sequel.
They're a given, the filmmakers had a lesser budget and couldn't give you perfection, deal with it.

I also wrote a tiny little article on debunking some religious nut's issues with Wolf Quest, you can read it here:
http://boltrobankai.deviantart.com/jour ... -279780561

I don't think the story direction was bad either. Honestly, it worked like a suspenseful fanfiction - having the obvious "child that resembles the outcast parent" and having that child seek out who they are in an unknown world - and it's the only movie in the series that I'm willing to watch over and over again.

Actions spoke louder than words in WQ. That is all.

Also, I'm faving that piece of writing. I'm glad to see that someone knows the better sequel when they see it.

- Juuchan17

Thanks so much Juuchan ^^

I agree with Juuchan man. Even though there were obvious flaws, the adventure is still exciting.

Tiny little article with big feelings.......mine were slightly jostled.

Im not going to go into that, as it goes way off topic.



Suffice it to say I enjoyed the film and could care less about whatever "flaws" are in it.

Wolf Quest was a DTV film - that in itself almost guarantees there will be flaws. On top of that, it had a cheap production budget, it was VERY constricted for time (18-month production, as opposed to over 36 for the first film), and superiors who insisted on few changes to an amateur's screenplay.

Even so, it IS a great film. People complain Aleu is too whiney - duh, she's a teenager when you convert the years to humans. But I have to say, it was VERY pleasant to see the supporting lead be a female, which you rarely really get. (Currently the most popular film with a female lead is The Hunger Games.)

Religious stuff in there was pretty...interesting. Again, that's the work of an amateur screenwriter. It's easy enough to see past that and enjoy the rest of the film; in fact, I find I enjoy it more when I DO ignore that, as it creates a ton of plot holes.

There's more, and I'll edit this post when I have more time to elaborate.