Land of the Lost Marathon on SciFi
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The few episodes I caught last night seemed interesting -- well, a couple did, but one was more of a forgettable bottle show. The production values made classic Doctor Who look expensive, but the effects were ambitious and imaginative given the severe limitations they were under. And the worldbuilding did seem interesting and rich, from the glimpses I got, anyway.
It's a shame that most Hollywood executives aren't really familiar with the source material their films are adapted from and just try to fit them into set formulas. They hear "remake of old Saturday morning kids' show" and they assume "goofy comedy." This could've made an interesting drama, though with all the complex worldbuilding, a single movie isn't really the way to do it justice.
Come to think of it, though, I think this has already been kind of remade, and I'm not talking about the literal remake that the Kroffts did in the '90s. I'm thinking of the syndicated Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World from the same decade. I didn't watch that show regularly, but I gather that it retconned Doyle's plateau where dinosaurs never died into a parallel or pocket universe with time warps bringing people in from various eras and worlds -- just like LotL. I'd be surprised if that wasn't a deliberate homage.
It's a shame that most Hollywood executives aren't really familiar with the source material their films are adapted from and just try to fit them into set formulas. They hear "remake of old Saturday morning kids' show" and they assume "goofy comedy." This could've made an interesting drama, though with all the complex worldbuilding, a single movie isn't really the way to do it justice.
Come to think of it, though, I think this has already been kind of remade, and I'm not talking about the literal remake that the Kroffts did in the '90s. I'm thinking of the syndicated Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World from the same decade. I didn't watch that show regularly, but I gather that it retconned Doyle's plateau where dinosaurs never died into a parallel or pocket universe with time warps bringing people in from various eras and worlds -- just like LotL. I'd be surprised if that wasn't a deliberate homage.
And it is available with the lunchbox
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Lost-Com...=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243355298&sr=1-11
I looked at IMDb, and apparently the new movie is replacing the Marshall children with adults named Will and Holly. I really hope they aren't going for a romance between Anna Friel's Holly and either of the male leads, since that would be kind of creepy given that they're based on characters who were family in the original.
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That teaches us that the original is always the best. It always does.
I taped the final hour, so here goes..
Last episode was called 'Timestop', written by Tom Swale.
A tremor opens one of the previously sealed doors in the Marshall's s3 Dharma temple
, revealing a hidden tunnel where the siblings find the long lost Altrusian Temporal Regulator Key(tm), which allows the user to reverse time at their leisure. Continuing s3's destruction of Enik's character, he demands they give it to him so he go home, rather than say, opening the portal for them first, then using it himself. Enik seals the doorway to his cave and says he'll open it only if they give it to him. Uncle Jack agrees-but only if Enik opens the entrance first. Enik does, and moving closer to hand it over, Uncle Jack flips the small plaque holding the key, while holding on to the key and high tails it out of there. Way to go Jack, you're such a wonderful role model for the kiddies. 
Searching for the right pylon-the key pulses in it's direction, Chaka winds up stranded on a slab of rock stinking into the marsh. They find the pylon and get inside but can't leave while the hairball is in danger, Enik and his Sleestak crew catch up to them, and they once and bargain...let Jack use the key to go back in time to save Chaka, and then he'll give it to Enik. Because he's been so dumbed down for this season, Enik agrees! Without batting an eyelash! Well, if Sleestak had eyelashes...
Time rolls back, and Jack leaves the pylon preventing Chaka from getting in trouble. Only, he doesn't remember his temporal displacement, as the key is now back on the plaque (Enik gave it to him). As they discover the pylon, the fire dragon stealthily appears (how do these giant sized creatures always manage to walk up to people, without ever making noise?) 
...the quartett hide behind the pylon, as torchy blasts away at them, then bored, leaves... They emerge to enter the pylon only to discover that the heat blast fused the pylon keyhole...they can't get in. Uncle Jack laughingly declares that Enik can have the key now. Way to go Jack-maybe he's related to Dr Jack Sheppard. They head for home all smiles as the sun sets, banjo music wailing away....
Saw the trailer when I went to Star Trek...guess what..it's Holly and Will Ferrell's character. That grossed me out.
^If they were going to go that route, they should've changed her character name.
On the other hand, the thought of Will Ferrell as anyone's romantic partner creeps me out a little...
On the other hand, the thought of Will Ferrell as anyone's romantic partner creeps me out a little...
I taped the final hour, so here goes..
Last episode was called 'Timestop', written by Tom Swale.
A tremor opens one of the previously sealed doors in the Marshall's s3 Dharma temple
Searching for the right pylon-the key pulses in it's direction, Chaka winds up stranded on a slab of rock stinking into the marsh. They find the pylon and get inside but can't leave while the hairball is in danger, Enik and his Sleestak crew catch up to them, and they once and bargain...let Jack use the key to go back in time to save Chaka, and then he'll give it to Enik. Because he's been so dumbed down for this season, Enik agrees! Without batting an eyelash! Well, if Sleestak had eyelashes...
They head for home all smiles as the sun sets, banjo music wailing away....
Thank you for all that.
It really sounds familiar. I wonder if I did watch it all first run and not just the first season. Do anyone think this could be a viable series if they approached it similar to a SG-1 seriousness/fun way?
Actually, it made me throw up in my mouth a little. LOL
They probably kept her character name just so they could keep the theme song.
Silly, really.
What's odd is that I have absolutely no memory of any s3 episode. Nothing. Not that they moved from the cave to the temple, or anything. I was stunned at how they turned Enik into a mustache twirling villain. Wow, was it that bad that I blocked it all out for 30 years?
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