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Will Ferrell to star in 'Land of the Lost' film.
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| 23 Apr 05
| Liza Foreman
Posted on 04/23/2005 4:30:42 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: flashbunny
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posted on
04/23/2005 6:27:07 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
To: KevinDavis
See post 18. That's Joy of the Bugaloos. She was British, and had one of those terrific British accents. Unfortunately, there were four guys that made the Wiggles look tough also on the show, so she didn't get a ton of screen time. ElectraWoman and DynaGirl, on the other hand...
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:03:32 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
To: Richard Kimball
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:16:41 PM PDT
by
paltz
(New York is a blue city talking for an overwhelmingy Red State)
To: Drew68
I was born in 1966, so Land of the Lost was a staple of mine too. I know the special effects were not always up to snuff, but I think the writing and plots made up for it. The third season with "Uncle Jack" wasn't the greatest but I liked the shows where they played with the pylons, encountered a Confederate soldier and of course, who can forget the Sleestak. The Sleestak still put some fear into me to this very day although I do admit they can't hit the broadside of a barn with the crossbows. The Library of Skulls in The Lost City were kind of eerie too.
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:25:47 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
(Lutheran, Conservative, Neo-Victorian/Edwardian, Michael Savage Listener - Any Questions?)
To: paltz
That's what I'm talking about!
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:30:50 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
To: Richard Kimball
I hear that while Judy Strangis has fond memories of doing the show, Deidre Hall just wants to forget about it and won't even sign photos of her from the show.
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:36:28 PM PDT
by
paltz
(New York is a blue city talking for an overwhelmingy Red State)
To: Nowhere Man
The Sleestak still put some fear into me to this very day although I do admit they can't hit the broadside of a barn with the crossbows. The Library of Skulls in The Lost City were kind of eerie too. The real freakiest thing about the Sleestaks was when the gray intelligent one (who just happen to speak perfect English) appeared and he had thought he went back in time and was studying the early ancestors of his race, but instead he finds out he actually went forward in time and was seeing the future fate of his race.
Pretty intense for a children's show.
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:44:19 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: paltz
Those ElectraComps were cool. Of course, nobody ever asked why women working for a magazine would wear such huge things on their wrists.
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:50:26 PM PDT
by
supercat
("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
To: Drew68
The special effects weren't quite as state-of-the-art as I remember them. Chromakey wasn't new, but marrying chroma-key video with film wasn't common. I'll admit I'm curious why they did the film at 24fps instead of 15fps or 30fps.
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posted on
04/23/2005 8:56:18 PM PDT
by
supercat
("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
To: Drew68
They can use Hillary to play a Sleestak.
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posted on
04/23/2005 9:12:02 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: qam1
The alien who's ship was just dots fo light was really cool and very freaky.
The Lost City was a spooky place. And the monster in the pit bellowing at the kids tied up in the net? Wow.
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posted on
04/23/2005 9:15:02 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: qam1
The real freakiest thing about the Sleestaks was when the gray intelligent one (who just happen to speak perfect English) appeared and he had thought he went back in time and was studying the early ancestors of his race, but instead he finds out he actually went forward in time and was seeing the future fate of his race.
Pretty intense for a children's show.
I know, I think it was all in the writing. I took a look at
www.landofthelost.com and I noticed there were a lot of good SF writers who wrote the stories.
Margaret Armen
Barry E. Blitzer
Ben Bova (noted SF author)
John Cutts
D.C. Fontana (wrote for Star Trek)
Peter Germano
David Gerrold (wrote for Star Trek, wrote the Tribbles episode)
Donald F. Glut (wrote some Star Wars books)
James L. Henderson
Bill Keenan
Walter Koenig (played Chekov on Star Trek, also writes SF)
Jon Kubichan
Ian Martin
Dick Morgan
Larry Niven (wrote "Lucifer's Hammer" and others with Jerry Pournelle)
Joyce Perry
Sam Roeca
Norman Spinrad (also wrote an "alternate history" book where Adolph Hitler came to the US after WWI and wrote SF books)
Greg Strangis
Theodore Sturgeon (wrote Killdozer (how can you get more 70's than that movie, although the original story was written in 1944)
Tom Swale
I got a big kick out of where Enik, the brown Sleestak, found out that he was in his future. I wonder how his race got that way? I also remember another Sleestak, one of the green ones, but he could talk and speak perfect English too. I remember the regular Sleestaks tried to sacrifice him to their "god" in the it until the Marshalls saved him. I'm surprised him and Enik never got together. I also thought the Zarn was interesting too.
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posted on
04/23/2005 9:18:44 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
(Lutheran, Conservative, Neo-Victorian/Edwardian, Michael Savage Listener - Any Questions?)
To: finnman69
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posted on
04/23/2005 9:56:50 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: cmsgop
To: RepoGirl
but the Sleestaks were still scary.I use to have the most horribley terrifying nightmares aboutthe sleestaks!But i always dressed up as a sleestak for halloween from 75 until 78 when they stopped making the costumes.Interesting bit of trivia notre dame and detriot pistons basketball star Bill Laimbeer played a sleestak on the show
35
posted on
04/24/2005 2:19:12 AM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(If you want to change goverment support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
To: Peanut Gallery
Marshall, Will and Holly ping
36
posted on
04/24/2005 3:56:51 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(I enlisted for the college fund. What's it to ya'.)
To: Drew68
Shakah say, Will Farrell Land of The Loser
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posted on
04/24/2005 6:41:34 PM PDT
by
sully777
(If anyone asks, I'm a monger-monger.)
To: Drew68
38
posted on
04/24/2005 6:49:11 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: Drew68
when I was 7 I had a real crush on Holly.
Chaka!!!!
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posted on
04/25/2005 6:56:38 AM PDT
by
LongsforReagan
(I hate Howard Dean and everything he stands for.)
To: LongsforReagan
when I was 7 I had a real crush on Holly. According to the imdb.com the actress who played her (Kathy Coleman) apparently now works in retail (as of 1997).
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posted on
04/25/2005 7:03:32 AM PDT
by
Drew68
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