Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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I just saw the trailer on the Super Bowl and am SO excited!!!
I hope that it's just as bad as the original series!!! Looking for the trailer now... http://www.landofthelost.net/ ... |
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OK Mr. Sunshine!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Toronto
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I'm surprised at how intrigued I am... it looks pretty amusing
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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They might still be tweaking the visuals and CGI, but the first thing I thought was that the dinosaurs didn't look as good or real as the ones in "Jurassic Park"...15-plus years ago.
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Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
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Well, yeah..... but, the incredibly BAD special effects was one of the most enjoyable parts of the original. State-of-the-art visuals for the update would be Bad Form.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Then why don't they make them truly "bad" and do the choppy stop-motion and obvious matting/compositing, and play that aspect up, since that was the hallmark of that show?
It just looks like "made for Sci-Fi channel" CGI with those "rampaging atomic alligator" or killer giant cobra movies they're always showing on Saturday nights, starring Lorenzo Lamas. "Bad Form" is half-assed CGI (assuming improvements aren't made between now and release). But maybe that's the newer, 21st century take on bad-on-purpose special effects...it still needs to be CGI, but simply weak CGI. It might be so clever - and turned back on itself - that I managed to miss the joke entirely? |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I am a huge fan of the original 70's kids show. It looks like they are doing more of a spoof than a movie adaptation. The casting of Will Ferrell makes that obvious. I guess I am okay with that idea. I like Ferrell's other movies a lot, especially Anchorman, so this might be a cool movie.
It would still be nice if someone did something else with LotL other than this. I mean even though it was a show for kids, the stories were very good and written by some decent sci fi writers.... A more grown-up Sci-Fi approach like what was done with Battlestar would be great.. Maybe thats a bit too far-fetched.. JTA |
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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I dig the funky guitar track in the non-trailer parts of the site.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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If this is successful then Sigmund the Sea Monster would be a great followup, Big Daddy.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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"Oh, they're going to do it for yuks." Kinda like "Starsky & Hutch". Before I learned it was a Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson thing (with Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and Snoop Dogg, no less), I thought they were going to do a straight, modern-day take. I'm just happy (and, frankly, kinda surprised) the recent "Miami Vice" movie wasn't an Owen Wilson/Chris Tucker project, played for laughs. It certainly could've gone that way, had it not been handled by Michael Mann (who was behind the original TV show). This "Land of the Lost" will probably be worth a rainy Sunday matinee, at the very least. I'm sure it'll have some laughs. Much of Ferrell's stuff does, even though I fear he's on auto-pilot across so many of his movies (you can certainly draw a connecting line from "Anchorman", "Talladega Nights", "Blades of Glory" to "Semi-Pro"...an oblivious dimwit anchoring - no pun - a broad spoof of a particular period or movie genre). Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2009-02-02 at 07:32. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Lets see... What other old kid's shows can be make into movies:
Sigmund the Sea Monster (as has been mentioned Jason of Star Command Shazam Isis Ark II Electrawoman and dynagirl (when I was a kid I had a crush on dynagirl, but NOW after looking at old clips on YouTube, Electrawoman is the Hottie) Wonderbug Wonder Woman (looks like this is coming out) Lidsville HR Puffanstuff (sp?) Bigfoot and Wildboy Doctor Shrinker Far out space nuts (with the guy who played Gilligan) and The Lost Saucer... Unlimited ideas for Hollywood... I'm hoping for Electrawoman and Dynagirl. JTA |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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I'm currently singing the Dr. Shrinker themesong... haven't even gone looking for it on YouTube yet (don't need to, it's burned into my brain)
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feeling my oats
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Ultraman needs a major movie like yesterday
on The Banana Splits they had a mini show i loved each week, Danger Island but yeah, LoTL was so great as a kid...god, i hope they have the original song somewhere in the movie... g crazy is not a rare human condition everything is food if you chew hard enough |
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