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Post by Shonokin on Jul 12, 2004 20:30:53 GMT -8
Just got it for my B-day ;D
What a weird mix of goofy and very cool at the same time. This show had a cadre of excellent science fiction novelists and series authors writing the episodes. The overlaying story arc is really quite interesting; that of a "closed universe" filled with all types of mysteries like the pylons and the lost city, why the Sleestack devolved, how other humans made it there and back out.
The stop motion effects are well animated, though marred by the live video compositing. It was a shock to see those terrible video matts again, but I got used to it after a while.
Commentaries on the DVDs are interesting and a lot of fun. David Gerrold's commentaries are interesting, insightfull and informative. The stars commentracks are very funny. Unfortunately Walter Koenig's commentrack was completely condescending and even mean spirited at points. If he has such disdain for the show I don't know why he took the time to do the comments outside of to make a quick buck. I don't know why they went ahead and used it either.
The 1990's series was so unmemorable that, well... I barely remember anything about it, outside of the Chiodo Bros producing it. The original was Tres cool though.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 12, 2004 20:38:43 GMT -8
That is too bad, as he is one of my favorite Trek people, and always seemed down to Earth. No pun intended.
I'll pick this set up sometime soon.
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 13, 2004 10:14:34 GMT -8
Yeah, I met him in 1977 and he seemed pretty cool back then, a very nice fellow... and I imagine he still is.
He had *some* good things to say in his commentrack, but mostly was condescending. Even ended his commentary during the credits by making fun of the music and then saying "Tell me we're done!" like he was being tortured or something. Just didn't seem called for to me. Must be a story behind the bitterness.
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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on Jul 14, 2004 9:10:43 GMT -8
I never knew Bill Lambier, the infamous dirty white center for the Badbaoys Pistons teams was one of those lizard people thingies. They showed stuff about this on Sportscenter a few weeks back. Kind of a small world.
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 14, 2004 11:54:39 GMT -8
Yeah, they got all the tallest available athletes that they could to be the Sleestaks. I forgot how big those guys were compared to the rest of the cast! But it's kinda weird because the Sleestak are always bent in a crouched down position, so it was kinda hard to see just how big they were.
It's really fun seeing these episodes again, what a wild trip to a very influential tv show in my formative years.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 22, 2004 23:05:15 GMT -8
i've seen both sets now, and they are on my list.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 1, 2006 18:46:51 GMT -8
i wish i'd known they would release the whole set at once, i'd have waited. kind of annoying, but i'll still get the other two seasons.
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 3, 2006 16:31:55 GMT -8
Yeah I noticed that too. I think the set is better off in seasonal packages, since I try to ignore the fact that the third season exist.
All I can think of when remembering that season is "Uncle Jack", a two headed pleseorsor type thing and "Dimetrodon with a flamethrower". All amounting to a big "whoa nelly!?".
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Post by Shonokin on May 24, 2007 17:25:59 GMT -8
The lastest two issues of FilmFax have some pretty interesting articles by John Kenneth Muir about Land of the Lost. The articles in 113 focus on producers and directors with some neat (and at least to me) previously unknown info, such as there was a sales pitch pilot filmed that has never been seen.
The articles in 114 focus squarely on animation and makeup. There's an interview with Gene Warren Jr and some nice pics of several of the models and hand puppets (a couple of the pics have Wah Chang in them) from the time that they were on set and up to now, all distentigrated.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 13, 2007 20:53:27 GMT -8
i sure love this show. this first season has good commentary, though Walter Koenig could have used someone else to moderate his adequate commentary. i really like Walter, but he was quite snide at parts of his commentary.
anyway, i'm watching "The Hole" and listening to Wesley's and Kathy's commentary, they sound like they had a blast, and are having a lot of fun together.
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Post by Shonokin on Sept 17, 2007 7:44:23 GMT -8
It is a great show. It's too bad it seems the movie is going forward with Will Farrell in it. Just can't see that turning out making LOTL fans happy, since it was never a comedy.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 31, 2007 13:57:05 GMT -8
i agree- there was plenty of comedic moments in it, and it's can be quite corny, but it's sincere, which most movies these days are not. i dislike people that have to say they only like stuff like this because of the irony present in it now.
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Post by Hakaida on Nov 9, 2007 17:16:09 GMT -8
LOTL was such a great show! American Saturday mornings were so predictable: cartoons, cartoons, cartoons, cartoo--- Wait! What's that!?! A real person! Whoa, a whole real family! And hey loookit that!! Monkey people & lizard men! And dinosaurs!!! All together? Holy moly! Could this show have possibly hit anymore young boy hot buttons?! Woo-hoo!!
Now, as a grown (physically, at least!) man, I can only imagine just how amazing it could be if a talented director AND a skilled writer collaborated together to produce an updated version. Cast unknowns who have good interpersonal chemistry and can act. Get Rick Baker to do the Sleestak & Pakuni make-ups and Stan Winston/ILM to build the dinos. JUST IMAGINE! Doing this as a smart, serious sci-fi adventure film would just kick so much ass!! Not too gory or too scary (although the Sleestaks never really did much but still scared the bejeezus outta me as a tyke), and full of smart plotting & strong writing... this would be a legitimate tentpole powerhouse franchise that would have tons of staying power without going stale because the core ideas within the first season of LOTL are so rich and varied.
You almost can't ruin it... unless of course you do what the clueless asshats in Hollywood seem prepared to do: trash another beloved childhood memory and turn it into an insulting low-brow jokefest. Somebody stick these rectal-cranial executive types into a rocket and shoot it into the sun, PLEASE!
I've also similar fond thoughts of how cool a live action "Turok, Son of Stone" COULD be if it were done right.
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 24, 2008 20:27:39 GMT -8
At the sma forum there is a thread called 'those old time effects they're good enough for me'. Around page 7 there's two interesting things in regards to LOTL; Webster has posted some pics from Wah Chang's private collection. A nice close up of the Grumpy puppet and some pics of Alice, etc.
And Harry Walton, one of the orginal animators has made an appearance. Pretty cool!
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