Ok HEAR ME OUT....But I have a somewhat Dark Theory as to why that villain wolf looks so much like Steel (apart from sheer laziness.) Notice how Steel just disappears at the end of the first movie with no repercussions whatsoever? Or how he is noticeably absent from THIS movie? Well, it's possible that upon Balto's return and acceptance into the village, he runs away in sheer denial and resentment. Out in the wild is no place for a pampered dog, but he's determined to make it. However, things change when a notices a wolf pack in the area, and all of the pent up rage and resentment reaches a boiling point. He has even more contempt towards wolves, especially with the incident with Balto. He notices a young female in the pack and finds himself thinking with malicious intent. Maybe he just wants to take out his frustration, maybe he's just feeling sadistic. Maybe, just maybe, deep down, he wishes to bear half wolf offspring so that his legacy may one day achieve the same greatness as Balto. Whatever the reason, Steel is able to separate the young wolf from her pack and.......well......yeah.....Months later, a litter of pups are born, and the unwilling mother is shocked to find out that one her pups bear striking resemblance to her assailant. What happens between this and the movie is anyone's guess. Maybe the wolf seeks out his father just to meet him. Maybe it's to kill him. Maybe Steel lives the rest of his life alone and on the stretch, until he dies of natural causes. Or maybe, just maybe, he's alive in secrecy, plotting his revenge. Anyway yah, that's my theory. The writers definitely didn't intend any of this but it's fun to speculate.
THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT is a WAAAAAY better story I would PAY to watch!!!! OMGGGGG!!!!! 0,0 DUDE!! I'm so sad now bc that would have been awesome!!!!!
Ahhhhh, TYSM!!! I find myself very similar to you in that I'll see a random character or creature in a movie and brainstorm a whole backstory 😅. Anyway I'm so glad that u saw my silly rambling and liked it 😃. This goes without saying but ur POVs and other short stories are a HUGE inspiration to any stories that I come up with.
@Alteori Steeles fate was never shown in the movie because originally he was supposed to die. There is an unfinished deleted scene from the original balto that features Steele confronting balto again and all the dogs are supporting balto because he is the hero and the humans gave him a fancy collar and which inrages Steele and he attacks balto at the gold dredger and then in the fight Steeles collar got snagged on a lever Steele is hanging above a mine shaft and he struggles to get free but the lever release and he falls in as a bunch of coal barried alive! 😨 leaving only his collar behind hanging on the lever. The studio However thought that was way to dark for the movie so they chose not to finish animating the scene and leaving it out completely. But you can find it on RU-vid.
Well that theory is good and all but there's a deleted scene where steel dies by getting hanged in the town. This is after balto leaves the hospital after seeing Rosie and is accepted by the town and later joins the dogs where they accepted and apologize to him for their behavior. During the time steel shows up saying that its not right to accept a Wolf dog but they hold him down and take away his collar which is a symbol of sled dog leader but Balto refuses to wear it because he doesn't want Steel to be confused for a stray and this angers Steel so much where he lunges at Baltos throat but dodges and Steel ends up tied to the carpenters machine where he makes the coffins and in the process Steel dies choking and hanging.
Lol I was just about to point that out, she's only around 25% wolf while Balto is around 50% so like 🤔 glad I'm not the only one that that doesn't add up with
And? Her wolf genes were expressed more, and it's not uncommon to see genes skip generations. Just as an example, you can have two white skinned parents who'll have a black baby. Genes don't get diluted.
@@DaxterL I know, that's way over simplified but since a lotta people think that's how they work, it's not far fetched to think so did the creators of this movie
@@GirlofCulture I liked this movies when I was little, and when I was older and wanted to watch it again, I saw that the movie was kinda boring. How did I not realize that when I was little? I guess is because I saw movies better than this when it comes to wolves and then realise it's pretty boring.
@@STARRY8907 I accept her points. "Wolf Quest" have some stupid plotholes and stuff, but i still like Alou. Maybe i was in the right mood back then, when i first saw it. Balto 3 was absolutly nonsense.
@@GirlofCulture I did enjoy the plot for two and ya 3 was lame like balto Saved lives and proved himself his daughter went on a cool adventure got powers and led a pack then theres three its just a race
Personally, I was always weirded out by how Aleu looks so *little* like her parents. And with her blue eyes and sable coat, she ironically looks more like an actual Siberian Husky than her mother does! Also: Isn't Balto world famous at this point? The guy has a statue of himself in New York City! I realize that the events that lead up to the *real* Balto getting his statue were... very much *not* the same as how animated!wolfdog!Balto got his, but the point still stands. Even if Balto is only well known around Nome, why on earth wouldn't the citizens of Nome be clamoring to adopt his puppies? Especially the one puppy that vaguely resembles him more then Jenna?! Lol, this movie makes no sense. Even as a kid I remember being put off by it. As far as Balto sequels go, I think I'll stick with preferring "Wings of Change" over "Wolf Quest". Arguably even *worse* animation aside, "Wings of Change" is a return to form (Bringing the focus back on dog sledding!) and features a plot that's significantly more grounded in reality.
I read in the trivia section of balto wiki that the director of this movie didn't see the first movie. Which, I found strange and obviously a bad step to make a sequel.
aleu was bred from a dog to wolfdog pairing. she is a low content wolfdog and would never ever, literally impossible, look more wolf in appearance than balto who is an F1 wolfdog. the only way aleu would look more wolf than balto would be if balto had puppies with a wolf.@@fallen4812
I... actually like this movie. “Who you really are,” is a rather good song and my favorite part. Also the final part where Balto sees his mother was very mysterious yet touching.
It's because of Balto, I eventually became a zoologist, where I had the opportunity to study wolves and wolf hybrids, Wolf Quest reinforces popular misconceptions people have about wolves. First - Aleu is not the only wolf hybrid, _all_ of her siblings are second-generation wolf hybrids, just because they have a similar appearance to Jenna, does not mean they do not carry traits from Balto too, it's a frightening thought, but once Aleu's brothers and sisters come of age, their wolf genes will no longer be dominant, and this is the danger people get themselves into, when they realise just how risky it is to have wolf hybrids, remember, _they_ _are_ _not_ _dogs_ . Second, the film insists Aleu looks more wolfy than Balto, I disagree, her fur has too much sable, Aleu has a curly tail, blue mouth and blue eyes, this is more indicative of a husky, rather than a wolf, if anything, Aleu looks more like a husky than her mother. Finally, in the wild, wolves do not subsist entirely on caribou, they can forage and fish, plus there are other organisms they can hunt to survive, I also noticed Njiu, the Mark Hamill wolf, had blue eyes, this does not occur in the wild, wolves do not carry the gene that causes blue irises. It's also impossible for Aleu to be the new leader of the pack, she's unrelated to them, wolf packs are families, not human tribes or clans, moreover, Aleu has no experience in the wild, and has no upbringing for wilderness survival, this is the reason we cannot release wolf hybrids into the wild, they lack the means to rough it the forest, very likely and unfortunately, she lead the pack to their deaths, as they drift aimlessly on the sea on a ice floe, chasing a caribou herd that probably suffered the same fate. If you want a good animated wolf film, I recommend Wolfwalkers, it's perhaps one of the best depictions of wolves I have seen, Mebh and Robyn were the characters Aleu was trying to be, so give this a watch instead.
Hey, I really appreciate you taking the time to share with us. It's absolutely beautiful that an animation, helped shape where you would go in life and how you could help in the world. It's really inspiring! Also, I've checked out the show you mentioned and it's beautiful so far, The ambience, music, the animation, just awesome. and I can't wait to see what else it has to offer. I had to pause it and come back to find your comments so I could let you know that somebody has taken your suggestion and has fallen in love. ❤
Really shows how you either didn't watch the movie or don't remember it, your first point was already addressed in the movie, right before Aleu runs away after arguing with Balto, she was asking how come humans wanted her siblings despite them being part wolf too, it's because they don't look like wolves tho they inherited the red husky appearance.
I never thought Balto II was great, but it was entertaining enough. First one beats it by a landslide. 😆 "Who You Really Are" is a great song and sequence, though, imo...Probably my favorite part of the movie. :P I have never seen the third Balto. Is it considered worse or better than Wolf Quest? lol
I say it's a bit better but the animation took a HUGE turn for the worse (they introduced 3D modeling in it?!) And also they gave Boris a disturbing love interest and there was a LOT of scenes of them and I could NOT stand it XD
@daynacollett5837 the animation and visuals in the 3rd movie are better than in Wolf Quest, but yeah I agree that too much time was spent on Stella, and not so much on the relationship between Kodi and his dad
I remember when seeing Niju for the first time as a kid, I asked myself, "Is that Steele!?" I mean, come on guys, you couldn't come up with a design a little more unique other than having a bigger chin?
They wanted to make him Steele without actually making him Steele. Think about it, Steele was mean, cruel, a bully, a selfish narcissist. Not to mention he was willing to let the Children of Nome to die due to his actions. Niju was more of a "doing the wrong thing for the right reasons" type of villain. I wouldn't even call him a villain, as he wanted to save his pack
I honestly love this sequel, I love the mystic vibe (even if it is _very_ ham-fisted about it), and the "Who You Really Are?" song is the _first_ song I ever memorized, it just speaks to me. The movie isn't perfect, very few direct-to-video/DVD sequels are honestly, and they often have flaws and are much more "kiddie-friendly" and so on. Still, the movie got to my heart, so there's that. It has a lot in common with the _Land Before Time_ sequels...man they had a _lot_ of those. 4:13 It was a spirit, so this was all just a test in the end. The Bear was "Inner Knowing" or "Insight" and in this case, it was helping them learn. Alteori, I think you missed some of the crucial concepts of the movie, that those creatures aren't just "symbols" they are _actual_ spirits that are a part of Balto and Jenna's journey. As for the lackluster art design, it's a direct-to-video/DVD sequel, they often do that. The movies aren't meant to be big hits, just get a bit more money and maybe bring some mild entertainment and exploration of new things. They are pretty cheap, but I see appeal in this one nonetheless. I get others not liking it though.
I loved the original Balto, even though I was 20 when it came out, just because I think dogs are awesome. Thanks for this review, I have never seen the second one.
The wolves in the first movie always felt cool and mysterious, for me, making them just look and act EXACTLY like the dogs...eh, it takes away from that.
While I am partial to both Balto 1 & 2, I recommend a better film in which Mark Hamill played the voice of a villain: the English/Disney dub of the anime film, “Laputa: Castle in the Sky”.
Even though they say that the Balto sequels are terrible, Balto 2 is honestly my favorite between the 2 sequels i mean at least i find the story to be interesting. Balto's wolfdog daughter Aleu going on a journey of self discovery to figure out who she is and all that, and i think this film had some good songs as well "Who You Really Are" is one of my favorites! and of course Maurice Lamarche did an excellent job voicing Balto in this sequel i mean not as good as Kevin Bacon but still.
Same tbh, it holds up well as a sequel compared to other franchises in my opinion. I don't remember ever disliking any of the songs growing up, and listening to em recently they're still jams to me. Personally I love "Who You Really Are" and "Taking You Home" the most :D
The one redeeming quality about this movie was that they actually studied and focused on Inuit mythology/beliefs for it. This movie used to terrify me as a kid though, especially the massive wolf head with the glowing eyes that came out of the river at the start, or the disappearing wolverines. Also, all the spiritual things in it helped to solidify what I believe in, in a time of change
I'll be honest, balto 2 is actually one of my guilty pleasures 😆 I do agree that the animation is not that good like the first one, but somehow i do like this movie. I do wish that the plot about the wolf clan was shown a bit more early though, i did found it more interesting than the first half of the movie. Yea it's not a good sequel but i still do like to watch it sometimes 😄
I watched balto 2 before the original one.. for me balto 2 seemed mysterious, all the visions and dreams, when the shadow bear vanished .. I think they represent demons trying to stop them from completing their mission, and Balto was involved because he needed to help protect his daughter through this journey... in the end I still didn't understand why she had to go with that pack besides leading them, but it was her destiny to be there. Was so cool and the song really hits because I want to know what I am meant to do too.
Ah nostalgia, blinding you to how bad something really is. XD I used to love this movie as a kid, not as much as the first one but it was close. Never realized how lazy it was in a lot of places. Can't wait to see how you react to the 3rd movie though because apparently there is a 3rd movie that focuses on one of Balto's sons as a mail dog. Which I didn't know existed until my teens lol
As someone with mixed heritage, this movie meant a lot to me as a kid. It always felt like there was something missing from my identity. People like to hate on how Aliou (funny her phonetical name literally translates to " a wolf") was "more wolf than her father". People seem to take it in the literal sense and it's kinda frustrating to hear. But it was meant in the spiritual sense (which is the entire element of the movie.) "Aliou being more wolf than her dad" is supposed to be comparable to saying "person is more of a farmer than her dad". Because in the context of this movie, "wolf" is seen as an ethnicity, but also a sprituality. Aliou has inherited her grandmother's spirituality that was completely forgone by her father who was too busy chasing after his husky genes. (To each their own path).
As some with mixed heritage, and also understanding of spirituality, unless stated in the movie in a clear way, it's just head canon. And nothing says it's spiritual more so than literal. And so she likes to (I assume) hunt, run, and howl. So what? Despite what this movie implies, most dogs as a matter of fact still like or do wolf like things at their core. It's they are usually made dependent on humans and less trained or built for the environment like they are used to in some dog breeds. Also her being the ONLY one that remotely seems almost boarder line BS. You expect me to believe just ONE looks like balto and yet somehow despite never being around a wolf, and having more dog in her, and never seen a wolf, she just some how acts more wolf? And not ONE of her siblings out of a gazillion (extreme over exaggeration to emphasis she had a lot of pups) of them had atleast a similar: build, grey fur color, or some Spirit of the wolf in them at least a tiny bit? I am going to call CAP. Plus, being a red husky is more rare than grey, so if anything, all but ONE should be grey, if this was more realistic. Or they could have atleast made her a albino which aside for being valued now as rare, back then due to health issues would be deemed undesirable for a working or sled dog. Thus her being not adopted. Could have made story worked around finding a place in the world as a canine deemed essentially "crippled" and wanting to be more than something to point and look at. But as she is written, she comes of sounding a bit like a marry sue at times with everything and how they raise up in the story. I get self discovery as someone with mixed heritage, but this movie essentially saying you got pick a "side" (which imo is just cringe and I have come to tend to have negative connotations with that word with how it's used and the people who have said it) it's just dumb and demeaning in my eyes. And as someone who was put down for not being a full blood and expected to confirm to a stereotype norm by either heritage of me has always made my "mixed" blood BOIL. But, people are free and justified to view it as "literally" more wolf blooded, due to no sound emphasis that logically gives the invocative of being spiritual is given through out the movie that would be easy to grasp for the at least the decent capable minded at the very most imo.
@@zionthedragon8866 your opinion is valid. Especially with the colours. If she was born albino/white like her grandmother, the Wolf emphasis would have been easier, as Balto would be comparing her with his own mom. And when ya think about it, balto's colour is Infact husky colour because he got it from his husky dad!!!
@@hollybock8463 who said it was only a color? We know it's a condition, and the word albino comes from a word meaning/relating white. And it's a very rare phenomenon, which is why it was used? I don't think you understood the context of the comments in what we were trying to say.
Same here I remember seeing this film on Cartoon Network as a kid and feeling weird that I liked Aleu as much as I did. Maybe because of her design and how she was voiced by Eliza Thornberry’s VA (Lacey Chabert)
This was actually one of my favorites as a kid! I think because there was more wolves than in the first lol As a kid I found the music to be really fun, but I was a kid and this was more geared towards kids & milking the franchise lol. I think Nijou's henchwolves are just there for comedic relief now that I see this review, and even back then I noticed how similar to Steele Nijou looked. His henchwolvves being there for comedic relief could also be why they have exaggerated body parts and the background wolves look more like real wolves...sans the thick muzzles wolves have, and yknow, real wolf colors lol. Actual wolves also don't have the socks that Balto and the background wolves have. That's a trait solely to dogs/wolfdogs.
All the three movies are good with sens. But Balto 1 is the principal référence, logically. But it is all. Of course, there are defaults in the Sequels (plus about the third), but these movies are not bad yet.
2:19 - "Father, tell me... *yassified Pinocchio's voice* when can I leave with a human of my ooooooown? I've got the whole worlddussy!" 4:34 - "Alright missy! Who gave you drugs?!" 5:08 - Behold the new villain: looks like Steele, insults Balto pointing out his mixed blood (don't know if he call him "mutt" even in english or there they used other insults) like Steele, has a follow of three character (one being the "dumb one" of the trio) like Steele and has the eyes of a color that pure adult wolves can't have (unless they have a genetic defect) and are the same as Steele's... so, they decided to scrap Steele death's concept not 'cause it was too dark, but 'cause he had to go bang a wolf and make her give birth to the sequel's villain.
You know, Disney's cartoon depiction of American native culture has got me thinking... Imagine this, Europeans do what Europeans are good at doing, ending up in weird places in the world by getting lost on the way to the bathroom. They end up in North America. "This isn't the bathroom at the brothel in England! Oh well, may as well settle here and build a new bathroom. What's this, natives? They will ruin my plans to build a new bathroom! Better get rid of them!" Native Americans are then like "Oh yeah? How are you going to get rid of us?" Europeans then answer "We have diseases and guns." Native Americans are then like "Surprise bitches! We got magic!"
Honestly, it's one of those ideas that I've always thought about. I guess meaning because of how Pocahontas kind of depicted things LOL. Depending on how much content so the story would get, like inform of a franchise or comic series or something, I can easily see maybe some Nordic characters who know some magic that was passed down due to the natives many hundreds of years ago when they were exploring Newfoundland.
@@AJ42K I mean these are from a long time ago with multiple companies using the same animators to compete with the animation of other companies. May be what inspired the joke were Spider Man was competing for a woman's affection from Peter Parker.
I actually like this movie lol And yeah, pure white wolves aren't a thing. Either they are silver or a very light gray. Sometimes, if a wolf is old enough, they will be white, but since wolves don't live long in the wild due to natural causes, that's rarely seen. Wolves can be black and various shades of gray as well as a sort of reddish tone, but never white. Edit: To clarify, I'm talking about the species Balto is mixed with, the gray wolf. Arctic wolves, who are another subspecies, are all pure white to help blend into their surroundings.
@@littlelady9801 Yeah, arctic wolves are all white, but I'm mainly talking about Balto's species, which is a gray wolf. Probably should've explained that better lol
Yeah the only way I could explain that is probably albino or something. Even then they don't tend to survive long since predators and prey alike will easily see them. Also, fun fact, black is another fun thing in wolves since no pure wolf is black. If a wolf is black it has some dog somewhere along the bloodline
I had just finished watching your review of the first film yesterday and said in a comment that I hope you do the sequals and here you are 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Nevertheless, some positive things about this movie include: The wolf designs are still pretty good despite some animation errors, some of the music and songs are nice, and the voice actors of Maurice LamaMarche, Mark Hamil, Rob Paulson and Jodi Benson know how to work with this material.
I loved it!! I relate to it deeply and am thankful it was made, regardless of the lazy animation. The song about finding yourself and connecting to the land is still profound in my little world. The symbolism of American animals and their representatives was also a nice touch ❤
*sips coffee* there’s a Balto 3, involving one of his other pups but all grown up. It’s cool because I didn’t expect the other pups to be very relevant other than being more dog than wolf
This... is honestly not a terrible movie. Storywise, it's a by-the-numbers 2000s sequel that follows the adventures of a child of the main character who wants something that society doesn't like. Unlike many others, the child doesn't return home in Balto 2 - Aleu chooses the life of a wolf, despite being more dog than wolf & honestly spending a lot of time in the film denying her lupine heritage, since she's only ever seen it as "something bad" (she did almost get hurt, after all). Aleu is young and I can understand why someone would call her unlikable... but she's been lied to all her life about what she is & who she's supposed to be. Blame her parents for that, really. If you can't tell, Aleu is my favorite part of this film. Her path of self-discovery is interesting to watch, even moreso with her dad learning with her about the wolf life along the way. Plus, the animation may be awful at times, the backgrounds & creativity of using native Inuit totems & spirit animals is pretty impressive, not gonna lie. I'd call it the best film in the trilogy... But seriously, I hope you tackle that third movie. I really want to hear your opinions on it!
The bear was a spirit meant to test them, so I don't think it actually wanted to kill them. Personally, one thing I really liked about the movie is the fact that the young one was really afraid of change while the old one accepted it, since that's so often portrayed the other way around. And I like that the wolf villain was motivated by fear.
With all of the problems that this film in the third film have, in all honesty I still love the entire trilogy. It definitely has to do with nostalgia bias, and there is absolutely a dip in quality, but dammit are these films amazing. Great video!
What is your writing project? Is it a story or something? I do admit that even though the sequel films aren't as great in terms of quality, some of the stories and elements have sparked ideas in me for the longest time. Mainly with the setting and the idea of traversing through the tundra like an open-world game.
@@JLCL01 I try to keep much of my work private, but it is about a wolf who lost his family at a young age and as he got older he goes into a murder rampage before coming to terms with his grief and he goes to raise a young wolf pup who was abandoned by her mother
Balto 1: Hypothetical version of the true story of the life of a dog in a old time Alaska village. Balto 2: A mix between trying to milk the franchise and going on a little trip after putting a little something something in the peace pipe if you know what I mean. Balto 3: That one is actually good.
This is my all time favorite movie I'm so sad you thought it was trash this movie taught me about family and to love myself for who I am maybe try to watch it again and really pay attention to the messages it might change your mind 🐺
She also missed a lot of things that would explain things she criticized for example the bear who was actually a spirit and not a real bear among other things
Better question would be, why was Balto 3 made? I like the wolf villain better than Steel (if this proves that I don't even care to spell his name correctly.) and the music's still my favorite. Shame we don't have a soundtrack. This Is a sequel that I'll regard as a good sequel, better than All the LBT sequels that we got where they forgot Littlefoot's mother for reasons. Now Balto 3 is another story. Tear that one apart please.
I actually really loved this movie when I was little, mostly for the music lol. I still get that "Who You Really Are" song stuck in my head sometimes. I still have a soft spot for it as an adult, but I can see its many flaws.
Maybe this is nostalgia speaking outta me but am just gonna say it anyway, as someone who first saw this movie and for the longest time had no prequel to compare it to I actually thought the movie was pretty good. It wasn't a masterpiece but I really enjoyed the symbolism and dream visions, apart from the polar bears I thought the characters were good even Aleu was enjoyable and I love the song who you really are. Basically as a standalone DVD film I think it's pretty good (I've seen much worst), as a sequel? yeeeeaaaaah I see your complains
I remember vaguely seeing this film on Cartoon Network back in the day and remember not thinking it was too bad. I remember liking Aleu though and was quite invested in her. 20 years later, I still have a soft spot for it even if it’s not at all historically accurate and does have some flaws. I do like the inner conflict stuff though
Well I still really like Balto two and the song sung by the mouse is my second fav after the song from the beginning. As a kid I watched it more times than the first Balto.
I never watched the sequels when I was a kid. I was aware of them but never made an attempt to watch them. I think some part of my kid mind just knew they would not be of the same quality.
Tbh the fur color of Aleu & her siblings & which one is more wild is just doesn't matter lmao. Cuz realistically, the adopted pups are most likely going to have a hard life because they're F2/2nd generation wolfdogs. & They're also most likely still have lots of wolves in their DNA, making them upper-mid-content or high-content wolfdogs. Plus, their owners are definitely never experienced owning a wolfdog Soo.. yeah.. kinda felt bad for Aleu's siblings🙃 But hey, this old movie's fictional! So y'all can ignore me for trying to be logical towards children movie lol :'D
When I was a kid, I only had balto 2 on VHS and didn't see the first movie before I was older. So Balto 2 sits close to my heart and was defenetly my introduction to being the wolf obsessed kid in middle school. Its not perfect, but its defenetly nostalgia to me.
You feel the pain and rage of your fellow furry fandom members, when a beloved IP iconic to us all, is savaged beyond recognition by greedy corporations. Sucking the life out of it like a pack of vampires. You feel our pain, and we feel your pain, little sister.
I adored both films. The second film had a very different tone and direction, but it still had its shining moments. It's sad seeing so much hate for it.
I’m not gonna lie I actually really like Balto 2, but I admit it’s nothing terrific. I really like the wild Alaskan setting, the cold, the visuals, the atmosphere. I liked the songs quite a bit, especially Who You Really Are. I liked the conflict in the third act between the wolves, and both Mark Hamill and the late David Carradine are great in their roles and elevate them. Maurice LaMarche also does a flawless Kevin Bacon imitation and makes the role his own. They dump the annoying side characters and kinda go for this big, epic feeling story even if the animation isn’t quite as good as the original. Again, the wild cold Alaska vibe is my jam. There’s a lyric in The Grand Design where it says “like the rain that fills the ocean” and man. The cold ocean being filled by a heavy, relaxing rainstorm is a wonderful visual. Ever since I was a kid, honestly the first song when the puppies are being adopted made me bawl my eyes out. I know they’re all still going to live in the same town and not be that separated, but man it still killed me to see the siblings separated. And it’s quite touching honestly to see kids adopt the puppies as the song talks about how they’re going to love them because… same? I love my dog. And Jenna crying actually really gets me every time. I’m tearing up just writing this silly paragraph. Again, I won’t say this is a masterpiece. But it’s one of my favorite minor animated films from my childhood.
Personally i love this movie, nothing can change that since it was a pretty big part of my childhood. BUT you do make several good points in this video.
I had Balto 1 and 3 growing up. I loved the first movie! The third was good. It was much later, when I reflected on the 3 on the Balto 3, that I realized there was another movie in between. It was heartbreaking to see how much the quality had dropped compared to the third and thirsty movie.
I just started watching this video, but I gotta comment this because it's all that's on my mind. As terrible as this movie might be (I might have watched it, but idr what happened) but anyway I appreciate the fact that they did something new by not making the male children look just like the fathers and the females look just like the mothers that seems rare to me in animation movies and stuff though I also don't watch that many so I could be wrong but I still think it's cool that they made the one who looks like Balto a girl.
I am glad i found this video, as a kid, watching Balto 2, I normally as a kid never talk bad about the movie's for kids or rated that way XD but for some reason i felt something off on the second movie. After its been explain and broken down, I can see why and, it's confusing, specially the ending part. I do understanding its suppose to be touching. He sees his mum again, but, this movie couldnt land, it's good in some area's but i do indeed feel the work could have been better. They try there best. I hope they did ^^; There are some good parts, Balto and Jena together, some shippers out there, Balto has a family and much like him as part dog and part wolf. Some of the kids have unquie designs which maybe mini tv series could have gone into it? One as a Mail delivery, Family dog, perhaps a helper or healer. Aleu finding herself and accept for who she is.. speaking of.. Would you review the 3rd one?
It's strange that Balto gets 2 Sequels besides the First Movie bombed at the Box Office. It's even stranger that Big Name Celebrities Mark Hamill and David Carradine are Voice Actors in this.
Honestly as a kid I never noticed how lacking some sequels are. Which is fine, a lot of kids don’t notice cheesy stories and art errors. But if a studio is going to produce something they may as well do it right. And hello big bucks can also come from movies that parents can tolerate better. Weird example but a lot of parents don’t mind Bluey in place of other kids shows because they took the time to make it enticing on every level. Kids like animals talking, sound, colors, and even simple to complex stories but seriously. Consider the rest of the audience that sits through this stuff. Idk I guess thats more of a thought now vs then since so so so many adults unapologetically love cartoons these days so putting thought into how older viewers see stuff is a… newer concept to some degree, them viewing and buying merch for them selves not just kids.
1. Why do they say Alue looks more like a wolf than Balto when she has Husky features and he looks purely wolf? 2. Why didn't the humans want Alue? I know the humans were untrusting of wolves, but surely they'd jump at the opportunity to adopt the pup of the legendary hero Balto. 3. Why did they make Jenna so ugly?! 4. Why did Alue need to read the Bear's mind? Why not just look over the ledge? 5. Where was Jenna in all this? Surely she should help her mate find her lost daughter. 6. Why did Anaiu ditch her lost son right after reuniting with him? Why disguse herself and test him when encountering him? Bad parenting right there. 7. Why did it take just a month for Alue to reach adolecence? I'm guessing the writers don't the moon cycle is completed after a month or that dogs age rapidly. 8. Why do they look like they have cyanosis in some scenes?
It's been 15 years since I first seen this movie. I only saw it twice and how this woman (narrated) the movie is 100% accurate. I laughed at the Wile E. Coyote joke. That was hysterical yet so true.
Hi! I know this was posted a while ago but I would like to point out a few things I think you misunderstood about the movie (from my interpretation at least) 1. (3:43) The bear does not "pass out", on average bears are 400-600lb, if I weighed that much I would have trouble getting back up too. Also the bear does not attack them because the bear is a spirit sent by Aniu who is both Balto's mother and the great spirit of the wolves. The bear was not there to hurt them, but rather to help encourage Aleu to find her place. 2. (6:03) Although I see how you think it could be "convenient" I believe that Aniu is looking out for her granddaughter and sends her (and Balto follows) to help her find her place among the pack, as she would have continued to be unhappy in Nome. 3. (6:28) I see your point, but I believe that the way Nava said this did not imply that the two requirements were linked, rather it being "the one who is wolf. And who also doesn't know" Doesn't know what? well we end up finding out that Aleu didn't know what she was destined for. 4. (9:56) That weird looking frame is actually called a smear frame! It's a technique animators use to depict fast movement. If you look up smear frames you can find a bunch of different examples of silly looking frames like this, especially in older 2d media like looney toons! Although I can totally see some of your points, I still thuroughly enjoyed the movie as it helped me realize that I don't have to change to fit in where I'm from, but rather I can find somewhere else I can fit in. The movie is straight to DVD and has some animation errors and that is quite heart breaking for a sequel of one of my (and I'm assuming yours) favorite 2d films. A sequels deserved better, but for what we got, I enjoyed it for what it was. A rushed piece of media with a unique take on a popular theme with some of my favorite characters. P.s. I also like the parallels to the first movie as it enforces "like father like daughter", and i think it's cute to see her face some of the same danger
Well I didn’t think it was that bad of a movie but you’re right it was nothing to the original. And it’s my least favourite out of a trilogy, mostly because it was a bit upsetting at the end.
I personally loved this movie only for the fact I loved the first one and I've always liked the movies that shows what there lives are like after. I think one problem with this movie is the fact it has no true history in it as the first one did. Which of course they left somethings out of the original and added things in to make it entertaining. And I get why they didn't add any facts of what happened to Balto and his team, it is terribly tragic, but its also some what disrespectful to make people think he just went on to have a happy ever after.
i loooved this movie as a child (primarily because i didn't really understand the story/plot due to how young i was and i just. saw wolves and went WILD) but as an adult it's ... very much confusing
Welcome to DIRECT TO HOME DVDs. The lack of budget REALLY SHOWS! But hay they got a few memorable songs out of this movie at least. Thankfully the next movie is better, much better.
I remember this movie spooking the hell out of me when I was little. Balto's dreams and the uncanny CGI, the wolverines, the bear, and especially some of the visuals in Maru's song.
i like aleu to be honest now i did believe she acted stupidly with the hunter but that's also her father's fault for not telling her about some people be hateful of wolves which im unsure why anyone would hate such a amazing creature but anyways that's just what i think :,3
I LOVED the Balto movies as a kid, although I really hated how his daughter was supposedly more wolf than him when she was only 25%, raised with humans and he was 50%, and raised more wild.
I personally love the first balto it mezmorized me as a kid I was confused but amazed? Then I cried because I found out it was a real life story and that he died but the first movie was better than the sequel for sure
I never knew this movie existed, I only had the Balto sequel where his son is part of the mail sledding team and Balto is like really into airplanes for some reason
Always had a soft spot for this movie, plot holes and all. As I got older, though I hate it, I accepted that probably not every one loved Balto. Heck, in the true story some people hated Balto for "stealing the glory" from a dog named Togo (when in actuality all dogs really care about is food and love and real talk; everyone who took part in that serum run is a hero). Because you WILL have people in life or work for example that just will not like you no matter what you do. Is that a hard thing to consider in this cartoony version of a dog? Heck yeah but it can also be a bit of a hard lesson that we can apply to in real life. Letting go is also a good lesson, sometimes in life its time to move on, let your partner, friend, significant other or whoever go and let them live their own life without you. The ending still tugs on my heartstrings to this day and I respect it for that. -Could Aleu's backstory been handled better? Yes. Instead of ripping off "Oliver And Company"'s opening, you could show that humans can't handle Aleu who probably tears up furniture, is noisy and loud with her howling at night and always tries getting out when she's not allowed to. Showing that she loves the wild more than being kept cooped up in a small house. Done. Also drop the "who am I?" plot as well. "where do I belong" is enough. -The animal spirit mid plot should have been dropped entirely, Universal wanted that spiritual journey vibe in the first place as confirmed by the writer Dev Ross and she did put in some Native American spiritism/shamanism. Evangelical parents didn't like this and threw in hate mail saying "you're teaching our kids spiritism/witchcraft!" same as when Harry Potter came out. Hence why they dialed back on Balto 3: wings of change making Balto 2 the black sheep of the trio. -By the time Balto and Aleu get to the wolf pack it just feels like they wondered into a different movie and by this point the movies almost over thus making it a little hard to care. I would have liked to see more of the wolf clan (namely that mahogany & white wolf, that blue wolf and black wolf) besides the ever so cliche and painfully unfunny Yak, Nuk and Summac but oh well this is what we get. It would have been better overall if they met up with the pack halfway, get rid of some songs and have us learn what makes "Aniu" so great.
11:18 that’s because in the first movie the white wolf was actually male and baltos wolf side came from his dad while his dog side came from his mom the second movie pretty much disregarded that which is why it doesn’t really line up with the first movie
Niju is voiced by Mark Hamill, if I remember correctly Joker from Animated Series eyelids were also black maybe that's the reason Niju eyes look the way they do as sort of a homage to Mark Hamill's characters. Sometimes animators add little details like that.
Wow, it feels so weird hearing you say my name in 0:55 because my name is Ariel, it really just felt weird because I watch a lot and most of you're videos.
Ah yes, no one in this town that hails Balto as a hero would want his pups to use on their sled team or even just to say they had his puppy as their pet, total outcasts. Also I cannot get over how bad the sky and water look in this movie like what were they even doing with those.
