Land of the Lost Marathon on SciFi

[the 4th hanson bro]

All day long. I was 5 or 6 when this show came out and it has not aged well.

My 8 year old looked at it and said "why does this look so old?"

A nice little swim through memory lane.

 

[Kelso]

Oh, I don't know. It's held up better than I expected it to.

Tell your 8 year old that it is a 35 year old TV show.

 

[theenglish]

That's all right. Back in the mid-nineties I showed the Star Wars trilogy to my (then) then year old brother and he made the same comment.

 

[Gertch]

I was about 13 when this came out. I thought it fun but hokey even back then. But I have watched a couple today. My girls (7&8) are really getting into it but have remarked about the bad graphics. Kids sure are spoiled these days.

 

[webb3201]

I grabbed the episodes on Netflix and my kids really enjoyed them. The stories are very well done, with some great writers doing what that could to tell a deep story in a kids show. Unfortunately the production budget was so low that is looks really corny.

Larry Niven
David Gerrold
Theodore Sturgeon
Ben Bova
Fontana
..and other great writers were involved. I wish that story could be given the big budget treatment rather than the comedy version.

 

[Kail]

The movie with Will Ferrel looks kinda funny.

 

[paudemge]

I grabbed the episodes on Netflix and my kids really enjoyed them. The stories are very well done, with some great writers doing what that could to tell a deep story in a kids show. Unfortunately the production budget was so low that is looks really corny.

Larry Niven
David Gerrold
Theodore Sturgeon
Ben Bova
Fontana
..and other great writers were involved. I wish that story could be given the big budget treatment rather than the comedy version.

Yes, the stories and the whole idea actually (pocket universe) is leaps and bounds beyond the rest of the production. And i'm sad the remake it is getting the comedy treatment.

 

[Forbin]

The movie with Will Ferrel looks kinda funny.

Too bad that's not what the show was supposed to be.

And, sorry, Will Ferrell isn't funny. At all.

 

[Tom]

The concept has great potential as a serious rebooted series. I also feel the same way about Starblazers. Both shows as so campy for many to see the brilliant concept underneath.

 

[od0_ital]

Well, I lasted from 7:30 to 12:00 before I had to change the channel.

The cheesiness was just too much.

I may go see the new movie, if I can get in for free, or something. If not, I'll wait 'til the DVD.

 

[theenglish]

I prime time version with the family viewing values of something like Kyle XY would make for a really nice series. Or a more adult oriented version could be done.

 

[Gertch]

Did the first season end with them going home and season two finds them back? I walked into the room when they went through a time door and then the loop started again. But I didn't get what was going on.

 

[Forbin]

Enik discovered they could only leave if an equal mass entered the Land, such as three other people. Rick rationalized that, in a time loop, they themselves could be the three other people. So they stepped thru the portal at the moment their earlier versions fell thru the waterfall into the Land. Thus simultaneously saving their current selves, and dooming their earlier selves to repeat being trapped. But the timeline then diverges, so they can have a whole new season of different adventures.

 

[Gertch]

Thank you for the explanation!

The pylon switching between worlds reminds me of the Iconian gateway in TNG.

 

[Peacemaker]

This is actually kinda fun. It's interesting to see how they were developing the show some in Season 2 so that the kids could learn the Paku language. If you watch carefully, there's some translating going on, so you sorta pick up bits and pieces here and there.

Gotta run to the gym now. I want to see Aftershock for a particular reason, and it starts at 11.

 

[Kelso]

This is actually kinda fun. It's interesting to see how they were developing the show some in Season 2 so that the kids could learn the Paku language. If you watch carefully, there's some translating going on, so you sorta pick up bits and pieces here and there.

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I translated the Pakuni language when I was about 12 years old. I was determined to speak fluent Pakuni so I would watch every episode and write down every word spoken by Chaka, Ta, or Sa. My older brother used to laugh at me and say that it wasn't a real language. I was gratified to later learn that the language was developed by a linguist. I wish I still had that old notebook.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

The kids wanted to watch a couple more tonight, so we did. The stories were pretty good, the presentation was just a product of its times and budget.

This was must see TV for me on Saturdays. I even had a Land of the Lost lunchbox. Wish it was still around.

I also didn't realize that former Detroit Pistons great Bill Laimbeer played a sleestak in a few episodes.

 

[Peacemaker]

This is actually kinda fun. It's interesting to see how they were developing the show some in Season 2 so that the kids could learn the Paku language. If you watch carefully, there's some translating going on, so you sorta pick up bits and pieces here and there.

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I translated the Pakuni language when I was about 12 years old. I was determined to speak fluent Pakuni so I would watch every episode and write down every word spoken by Chaka, Ta, or Sa. My older brother used to laugh at me and say that it wasn't a real language. I was gratified to later learn that the language was developed by a linguist. I wish I still had that old notebook.

Ooganza Besasa!

 

[jbny67]

Will Ferrell isn't funny. At all.

I totally agree.

The few scenes that I've seen from the new movie, during the marathon, look even worse and more un-funny than his usual crap.

 

[Mysterion]

BTW, the complete series is out on DVD tomorrow (26 May).

Watched a big chunk of the first season awhile back on DVD, and was impressed by how high-concept a lot of the science ficiton was on this show. I was 12 or 13 when the series first ran in the 70's and I think I was just watching for the dinosaurs and lizards, but I really appreciate now what David Gerrold was trying to do with the show given the restraints of budget and such he had to work against.