I just read that Rhino will be releasing the complete 1st season of Land Of The Lost on DVD June 22.
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
Wow! That's great. I have 1 DVD with like 4 episodes, and an interview with Kathy Coleman and Philip Paley. I loved that show. They said they didn't even know where Wesley was (Wil), I always wondered if he sang the theme song- I loved it:
When I look all around, I can't believe the things I found, you know I need to find my way, I'm lost, I'm lost, find me, Living in the Land of the Lost.
I loved the Sleestacks and Enik. But my favorite was Dopey. We were always playing like we were in Land of the Lost on our front porch, if you got off the porch, Grumpy could get you, it was so fun to have those shows to incorportae in to your life.
I hope since they are releasing that one, then they will be doing more soon. Yippee!
Posted by HipsterMom27 (Member # 2161) on :
I had a minor crush on Wesley Eure, who was doing double-duty as young-boy-in-trouble Michael Horton on "Days of Our Lives" at the same time. The little sister, OTOH, was soooo annoying.
Now that I recall, I thought the dad was kinda cute too. Jeez...I must have had this Lolita thing for older men that far back.
Posted by Bionic Bigfoot (Member # 2490) on :
Hey Isis, I remember playing Land Of The Lost too. Except we would have one person be a sleestak and have to run from him. (our version of tag) To be safe you had to get to this big tree we called the Pylon. This was fun to play early on those mornings when it was foggy and you couln't see too well. I miss that so much.
Posted by sam hain2 (Member # 1964) on :
THEME SONG Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
That's the theme song that plays at the beginning-which I like, but the part I like the most, that I was writing the words to, is at the end of the show. I am almost positive it is Wesley singing- cause it sure sounds like him. I never knew his last name, because it only ever showed 1 name for him, and I thought when I recently saw it again- how many people go by one name unless they are super big like: Madonna Cher Liberace
I never knew if Wesley was his first name or last name. What happened to him?
I love Holly, infact if I ever had a daughter- I would have named her Holly- that's my favorite girl's name. I always wore pigtails(braids) like her, and wanted to be like her. I couldn't believe how much she changed, one thing is she's a brunette now and not a Blonde. She doesn't look anything like what I would have thought her to look like, and she's not that old, I think she's in her early 40's-and looks every bit that old. Philip Paley is exactly 40 right now -and he looks mid 20's-and he was nice looking-and looking at Cha-Ka-you would never know what was under there.
Posted by sam hain2 (Member # 1964) on :
his name is Wesley Eure
Posted by Bionic Bigfoot (Member # 2490) on :
Did anyone see the movie Evolution and catch the name of Will Farrel's character? He was Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly (get it? Marshal, Will & Holly.)
Posted by ValleyCat (Member # 1322) on :
Isis I'm starting to think we grew up watching the same shows. I loved "Land Of The Lost" as a kid. It was my second favorite Saturday Morning show.
It had every element a kid could ask for:
Adventure A Time Portal Dinosaurs (Don't forget the Dinosaur egg) Kids you rooted for & Sleestacks
I too would pretend to be a part of the "Land Of The Lost". Heck, because I refuse to grow up, I'm still runnin' from that T-Rex. I must say it's still fun though.
Posted by ValleyCat (Member # 1322) on :
Also, this was posted on the IMDB:
quote: Wesley Eure (also Mike Horton on Day's of our Lives at the time) sang the title song.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I know we have several "Land Of The Lost" fans here. I never finished all of the shows on my Season 1 DVD, so I'm breaking it out this morning and finishing them up.
Has anyone heard anymore rumbling about the "Land Of The Lost" movie? - Shhh don't move! I hear a T-Rex roaring close by. ...oh nevermind that is only Isis because she just read that Will Ferrell is going to play Will Marshall in the movie.
Which episode was your favorite as a kid?
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
yeah, me and isis were talking about the LOTL movie they're planning on making. i for one am real pessimistic -- i think they're gonna turn it into a multi-million-dollar special effects romp and the show is ABOUT being low-budget! it's ABOUT the crappy bluescreen and being able to see the zippers on the sleestaks' backs and the hand-puppet dinosaurs! all that corny stuff. it's great! and they're gonna make it all slick and it's gonna lose all of its charm. i doubt i'll even see it, to be honest.
you know, it's like what they did with godzilla. it's supposed to be cheesy, with a guy in a godzilla suit swatting at toy helicopters.
my favorites, then and now, are definitely the ones with the intelligent sleestaks (there's one with the sleestak from the past, and another with a sleestak with recessive genes); all the stuff with the pylons and the lost city is so imaginative and surreal to me. and the will/holly/dopey schtick never gets old.
we used to totally play sleestaks and pylons when we were kids. we'd go into imaginary pylons to hide from imaginary dinosaurs.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
they say wesley sang that song under the closing credits -- apparently they retracked him like six times, so it's like a half-dozen wesleys singing at once -- but who comes in with that harmony on the "fffiiiiinnnndddd me", i wonder? that totally makes the song! it sounds like a female voice to me.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I know about the remakes...I hate them...see I loved the 70's version of King Kong....and I thought it was awesome effects...the new one is all digital and computer done...it just is fake to me...real is a real person in a monkey suit...that to me is scarier and more real than knowing that monkey is a graphic...like a video game, and that doesn't scare me.
I'll probably go see King Kong, just to get the heck out of the house...cause there is nothing to go do any more...people don't go bowling, they don't go skating...they don't have matinees to go to...we use to play outside all day long, and play in the snow in the winter, and I am already feeling totally couped up already, and it has been an unusually warm autumn already...so by the time King Kong comes out...I'll need out....but then I know it will depress me...so ya can't win with new movies, especially remakes.
My favorite Land of the Lost episode was the one where they thought Marshall was going to die...I think Wil goes to get help from Enik, and Holly has to get Marshall up in the basket...and I loved that...cause it was real...she ran up and down the rocks...sticking rocks in the basket, and pulling Marshall up, I love when she jumped in the basket...to save him, cause here comes Grumpy.
We use to play Land of the Lost on the front porch...that was our cave, and we had our sleeping bags out there...and I remember having this kids camping set that had a canteen and binoculars in it, and we would pretend to make a fire with branches from the hedges, and use gravel out of the driveway for a fire pit...it was fun playing back then...because TV sparked your imagination...which is a great thing.
We use to play in the woods too, and make cabins just out of tree branches and it was so fun...because if you watched alot of tv shows in the 70's...everyone was outside in them...doing things in the woods and they weren't glued to the internet...or their cell phone or a video game...they were out having fun and living, it is such a drag now to not see kids playing outside.
Last night some 3 year old little girl got lost in the woods near my home, and they had a search and rescue patrol out for her....they found her at 1am in a barn...but you wonder...where the heck were the parents at?? Crazy..the way the world has become.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
quote:Originally posted by ISIS: My favorite Land of the Lost episode was the one where they thought Marshall was going to die...I think Wil goes to get help from Enik, and Holly has to get Marshall up in the basket...and I loved that...cause it was real...she ran up and down the rocks...sticking rocks in the basket, and pulling Marshall up, I love when she jumped in the basket...to save him, cause here comes Grumpy.
i love that scene too. i get all choked up when holly begs marshall not to die... "don't die daddy!" really kinda heavy stuff for saturday morning tv!
i think it DID spark the imagination more, t.v. in those days. the special effects were so low-budget you sorta still had to picture the place in your mind. now the special effects are so good it's all there, right in front of you, and it's sorta paradoxical that it doesn't capture you in the same way...
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I enjoyed that episode too. My favorite one as a kid was called "Follow That Dinosaur"...it's the one where Grumpy & Big Alice tangle while Mr. Marshall, Will, & Holly follow the clues to a journal to try find their way back home. For the 70's the FX was incredible, especially when you consider this was a Saturday morning show.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: I enjoyed that episode too. My favorite one as a kid was called "Follow That Dinosaur"...it's the one where Grumpy & Big Alice tangle while Mr. Marshall, Will, & Holly follow the clues to a journal to try find their way back home. For the 70's the FX was incredible, especially when you consider this was a Saturday morning show.
funny, i just got disk 3 in the mail last night. wow, that season finale is GENIUS. pure GENIUS. i was amazed! turns out a bunch of those episodes were written by bigshot sci fi people -- ben bova, larry niven. i thought there was a reason i liked em.
i'ma move on to season 2. have you seen any of those? i get this sinking feeling they might not be as good.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: I enjoyed that episode too. My favorite one as a kid was called "Follow That Dinosaur"...it's the one where Grumpy & Big Alice tangle while Mr. Marshall, Will, & Holly follow the clues to a journal to try find their way back home. For the 70's the FX was incredible, especially when you consider this was a Saturday morning show.
wait. was that the one where they're fighting over the big valley? that was a pretty good one.
holly riding dopey and waving -- now THAT's just painfully cute.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Mr. Tia, that is actually a different episode, but the one you mentioned is great too.
I think season 2 is still great, but stay away from season 3 because it just doesn't compare to the first two seasons in my opinion.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: Mr. Tia, that is actually a different episode, but the one you mentioned is great too.
I think season 2 is still great, but stay away from season 3 because it just doesn't compare to the first two seasons in my opinion.
i started season 2 and yeah, i like em. the writing isn't quite what it was in season one so far -- they're sorta more action-adventurish, less hard sci-fi -- but i'm still thoroughly enjoying em.
oi! season three. obviously once i watch all of seasons one and two ima HAVE to see season three, no matter how bad it is. just to see if they make it home. Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Mr. Tia, stay away from Season 3....stinks like Sleestaks. The first two are what childhood dreams are made of, but Season 3 is like what happens to the weather when you play with all the crystals in the pylons.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
Stinky Sleestaks ...Oh No!
Remember the episode where they find that historical guy down in the tunnel...and he says that the Sleestacks taste like Lobster???
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I don't like Lobster either if that helps. You have to admit that Season 3 was when Land Of the Lost jumped the Happy Day's Shark so to speak. They even replaced Rick Marshall with Uncle Jack Marshall....no way even for a kid.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
i was just watching that one last night! downstream. that was one of LotL's more disturbing moments. um, dude, don't eat the sleestaks, okay?
other disturbing LotL moments:
1. when holly puts on perfume for cha-ka in the paku who came for dinner (um, what exactly are the nature of holly's feelings for cha-ka, exactly? ) and
2. when rick gets captured by the sleestaks and put in the library of skulls and they blow that smoke in his face that makes him all mellow and hallucinating. nice message for the kids, guys! dag.
that said, i love the library of skulls episodes. and sorry, i HAVE to see season three. i know it's gonna be lame but i just have to.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
third season.
wow.
this is really bad.
i know you warned me, but i had no idea. i had hope -- you know, kathy and wesley still seemed game and they lost spence but they got the two-headed thing, which is all right -- but when cha-ka opened his piehole and english came out, i knew there was no hope.
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I must say it's still fun though.
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...oh nevermind that is only Isis because she just read that Will Ferrell is going to play Will Marshall in the movie. 
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You have to admit that Season 3 was when Land Of the Lost jumped the Happy Day's Shark so to speak. They even replaced Rick Marshall with Uncle Jack Marshall....no way even for a kid.