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I loved getting up on Saturday mornings to discover which Krofft Superstars show was going to be on. So I had a blast watching episodes many years later with my friend's seven year old son! Great!
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At first when I learned that the film might be a comedy I was disappointed. Now I learn that Robert Rodriguez may direct the film. He is perhaps the only person suited to pull this off as a comedy. Planet Terror is proof positive that he can easily pull of a masterful campy up to date version of the film bringing all the qualities any fan of the show loved. His balance of comedy and seriousness with Planet Terror is like walking a razors edge. He does it so well and makes such a nod to zombie flicks it was truly just amazing. Any LOTL film by him will surly be great. As a HUGE fan of the show I will pray each night that he does get the project. It has to be PG 13 though.
Robert Rodriguez is one of the most innovative directors alive today.
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For anyone who wants to remember a kinder, gentler (and yes, occasionally REALLY stupid) time in TV shows, go no further than this precious boxed set.
LAND OF THE LOST is a perfect '70s time capsule that works as both a nostalgia fix for those of us who are old enough to have kids and a show with enough absurdly cheap monster effects to please the kids of today who have been spoiled by sterling production values. Watch this with any kid nowadays, and you'll see that they love the show precisely BECAUSE it is totally and blessedly cheap-looking. Remember the Marshall family falling down that waterfall in the raft? It looks like somebody dropping a crumpled dixie cup into a kiddie pool. And don't forget, of course, the only "slightly" alarmed-sounding yells that the family make as they go down the waterfall and drop "a thousand feet below."
And don't forget those banjo-heavy music cues; again, so geeky that you really start to wish that the music would start playing every once in a while in your real life - in the office, in the car, anywhere.
Last but certainly not least, there is the great hairy Pakuni child named Chaka. What an incredible character - and clearly the inspiration for George Lucas to create Chewbacca in the STAR WARS films. Who hasn't wished that they had a little Chaka tagging along, speaking in Pakuni language and making a total nuisance of himself?
Basically, this show takes itself so seriously that you have to love it. And the "Uncle Jack" episodes in Season Three are fun, but they don't have the magic of Seasons One and Two. But there are always the Sleestaks to keep you entertained - ever notice there are only ever three Sleestaks at any one time? Cheapness, my friends . . . blessed be low-budget entertainment.
Bottom line: Perfect fun for the entire family, and a great antidote to the ultra-slick kiddie entertainment of the present day.
Buy this boxed set, and be forever happy in the LAND OF THE LOST . . . oh, and did I mention that there are really cheap dinosaurs with names like Spot, Big Alice, Grumpy, Dopey, and other names from the Seven Dwarves? See you there, friends . . . bring the screams, leave the raft.
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Loved it when it was on and was glad when I was able to find it.
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I have a friend...a friend who I have known since I was six...who tells me all the time that he is "frugal".You and I can read this as "cheap". So whenever he splurges on something totally outrageous I always look out my window to see if there are two moons in the sky or if Jesus decided to really come back. It's just a really rare thing that this guy takes good money and buys something on a whim.I think his last "unneccessary" purchase was diapers for his kid. Imagine how surprised I was when he brought his "spontaneous purchase" over the house; the Complete Land of the Lost DVD collection.
"C'mon, John...let's watch it...it'll be just like old times when we used to have sleepovers and watch it on Saturday mornings." And it was. I hated Land of the Lost when I was a kid and guess what, I still do.
Please don't think I'm being negative or have no sense of imagination, the show just wears really thin really fast.
"Oh, look at Chaka...oh, here comes Dopey the dinosaur. Oh, no a sleestak..."
Geesh.
We spent a whole Saturday watching every single episode in this collection. See? You can say I'm a devoted friend because truth is, if someone was to offer me a lobotomy with a potato peeler during this "extravaganza" I would've joyfully taken them up on it. By the end of the day my brain was mush, anyway.
I've had a lot of mind trips in my 42 years and I've never really been that fearful of not coming back reasonably sane. Altered, yeah...skewed, sure,...but this non-stop Land of the Lost fest did something to my brain that makes me wonder if I stepped over that proverbial edge. My friend should be getting something from my lawyer any day now. This case might be groundbreaking; trying to intentionally overdose someone from overexposure to Sid and Marty Kroft.Good thing he didn't bring over The Bugaloos...I'd be completely catatonic.
Now you, the reader of this review, might think that buying this DVD collection might be just a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. You want nostalgia? Here you go,in the words of the late Nancy Reagan...oh, wait...she's not dead yet, sorry, Nancy...just say, "NO!!!!"
Peace & Blessings, people...
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