Land of the Lost

The new Land Of The Lost was a total disappointment to me. I thoroughly loved the original - it had great dinosaurs for the time, and the new one had dinosaurs that weren't good for this time. The family in the original was very real - the kids fought, but their love for each other shone through. The original sleestaks were far scarier than the newer ones, and the backgrounds, the special effects, were so cool on the original. The story and effects on the new Land Of The Lost were so crazy - a jeep, a bush bunny named Christa, and an extremely unreal looking baby dinosaur. All that said, I hope that the new one will somehow be as much of an enjoyment, a life-changing, never-to-be-forgotten experience as the original was for this LOTL-er when she was seven years old.

The special effects are amazing. So amazing, in fact the same scenes must be reused over and over - and it never gets old! The episode with the dinosaurs was just great. Those Sleestaks always gave me nightmares when I was little; creepy! Ed Gale does such a great job in this show. 15 years later and I still sing the theme song in the shower every morning!! "Doncha turn your back -- you'll become a snack!" I have all the action figures, and they reside on my mantle. As I grow older and my hairline recedes, I look more and more like Stink every day. LOTL will hold a special place in my heart 4eva. In conclusion if there's anything to be learned from LOTL it is to always wear your seat belt and steer clear of potholes.

As a major fan of the original Land of the Lost, I was excited to hear there would be a remake. I was unsure whether it would be a retelling of the original story, or something new. I was disappointed by it initially, but it grew on me over time. It would have benefited by having better writing! Having missed the first episode, I was confused by Christa at first. I thought maybe she was supposed to be Holly, years later! Even though it turned out to be an "alternate universe", and not the original Land, I still enjoyed it. Christa was great, with her pet triceratops. The Sleestak were OK, but I felt like they should have been called something else - they were more like orcs than Sleestak. The one part that bothered me the most was that the family never ran out of batteries or fuel! Maybe it was some mysterious unknown quality of the Land... batteries never die!

Ok first of all, their mother died before they left for vacation(before they visited the "lost world"). Secondly, it was cancer that killed her not a T-Rex; therefore, they were not trying to get back to their mother. "Living in the Land of the Lost" or just "Land of the Lost" was a brilliant show that had limitless possibilities. This show had a chance to become one of the longest running series on television but it was denied the opportunity!

funny thing is, I never forgot about this show, and im 26 now. the theme song would get stuck in my head randomly. however I happen to be in the library recently that has a lot of older videos, and I couldn't believe I see a videotape of this show that had 2 episodes on it. needless to say, I grabbed it and watched it when I came home. holy moly, that intro REALLY brought back waves of memories that I had almost forgotten. that theme song still catchy as ever! of course with my adult eyes I can see just how cheesy the show is, especially the acting, like that teen kevin with is LA 'tude but it was still great to see this awesome hilarious kids show as an adult and it sure was nostalgic to see it! now I've seen tim bottoms in many different things but I always knew him first as the father from land of the lost.

I've never seen or heard of a 70's version of this show as I was a 90's kid so I only know this version. I looked up the 70's version out of curiosity and jeeeeez I didn't think it could be sillier then the 90's version but my my, it is much worse. plus the 90's version had Christa, and that automatically raises it for having a hot babe.

all in all, I have such fond memories of watching this show with these characters, this was in a time when kids shows were allowed to be a little silly and cheesy, usually had some kind of moral or message and weren't trying to be all super sassy and attitude problems like they do today. this was in the golden age of nickelodeon, and sadly you wont see something this silly and charming today because everything sucks today, and that's not just my opinion.