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Summary: this wonderfull 70s show brings you back in time!
Review: as a child i was at the time of this show a young 5 years old .but buying this dvd and watching it for the first time brought me back in a time machine to that very year.i was so exicted in all the spended glory of the show as a kid.with the dinosaurs the creepy land scapes.mysteriuos lost city to the o so scary sleestack.so what i did then was grabbed my 2 and 5 year old and wondered if it was me or was this show just kick #SS.SEEING HOW THE two I WAS WATCHING THIS WITH WERE VERY MUCH INTO THE CARTOON NETWORK AND ALL THE GLORIOUS SPECIAL EFFECTS OF TODAY.i was just wanting to see if the would get the same reaction as i did as a kid.well it passed the test they were both glued to the tv set and but the end of the 4 set show.they were both either walking like chaka or making the sounds of the sleestacks and asking me all sorts of question about the show.ones that at the time i wished i could of asked my parents.so if you loved this show and want to be brought back to a time of great kids tv .this is not one to miss out on.watch it with your kids watch it with your wife or husband its just good family entertainment! i cant wait for more! also with a very funny interveiw with kathy coleman "holly" which is also a must see.
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Summary: Lost but found
Review: As with many other's, I too haven't seen Land of the Lost in twenty years. Indeed, this DVD is like a time machine and a truly great buy for the Generation Xer who wants go on that "routine expedition". However, after watching it, I realized it's only value is the nostalgia trip it provides. I can remember it being cheezy as a kid, but I forgot just how cheezy. It's not fair to slam the production values: We're talking about a weekly TV series from the 1970's. And when you take that into consideration, the FX do the job. Land of the Lost also tried to provide an edge for children with a blend of intelligent stories and Liberal moralizing: just listen to the intelligent Sleestack named Enik in "The Stranger." Land of the Lost ran between 1974/76 with something like 43 episodes, but has survived in syndication ever since. The video transfer to DVD is actually very solid. Kudos to Rhino for providing a great disc. The DVD provides a very interesting extra with interviews with Kathy Coleman (Holly) and Phillip Paley (Cha-Ka). This set of episodes from Land of the Lost is all from the first season.
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Summary: Lost but found
Review: As with many other's, I too haven't seen Land of the Lost in twenty years. Indeed, this DVD is like a time machine and a truly great buy for the Generation Xer who wants go on that "routine expedition". However, after watching it, I realized it's only value is the nostalgia trip it provides. I can remember it being cheezy as a kid, but I forgot just how cheezy. It's not fair to slam the production values: We're talking about a weekly TV series from the 1970's. And when you take that into consideration, the FX do the job. Land of the Lost also tried to provide an edge for children with a blend of intelligent stories and Liberal moralizing: just listen to the intelligent Sleestack named Enik in "The Stranger." Land of the Lost ran between 1974/76 with something like 43 episodes, but has survived in syndication ever since. The video transfer to DVD is actually very solid. Kudos to Rhino for providing a great disc. The DVD provides a very interesting extra with interviews with Kathy Coleman (Holly) and Phillip Paley (Cha-Ka). This set of episodes from Land of the Lost is all from the first season.
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Summary: Saturday Morning Nostalgia
Review: Despite the overt overacting (especially from Marshall and Will), which is sometimes necessary to engage a child audience, this classic Saturday morning series is engaging for young and old - most notably for some of the classic science fiction writing. A special treat was finding out one of the episodes (The Stranger) is penned by Star Trek alum Walter Koenig.
The transfer to DVD is passable, but there are some areas where the series definately shows its age and could use some restoration. The interview with Sid and Marty Krofft is very relaxed and low key and extremely interresting, too short for all these guys have done together.
The Holly - Cha Ka interview is definately for the adult crowd. A good retrospective of the series, and "Holly" is definately not the innocent young blonde girl anymore!
I was happy that my son, who is dinosaur crazy, found this as engaging as the modern, special effect laiden dinosaur tales.
Overall a good series, worthy of more DVD's.
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Summary: Land of the Lost
Review: I bought this because I grew up watching this show and I thought it would be neat to have in my collection. I wasn't expecting much from this DVD, but was hoping at least that my daughter would watch it. Although it did bring back memories, I felt that I would have rather just rented it, as after watching the typical poor effects, and all my reminiscencing, my daughter or me wasn't interested anymore in watching the ... stop motion of the dinosaurs or of the poor costumes and sets. The only plus to the DVD was that I was able to see a few of the stars and what they look like now. There are multiple episodes on this DVD, but watching 1 is usually enough for the average person to say, "oh yeah, I remember this show, What else is on TV?". They also have some commentary. I guess we sort of got spoiled with these new age special affects. The DVD is good for an adult that might actually enjoy the show, but I doubt any kids of age will want to sit and watch this, as mine didn't. Have to be a devoted fan to appreciate this buy.
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Summary: A must for your collection
Review: I had not seen any of these episodes in approximately 20 years, so when I purchased them just last week I was excited to relive some of my childhood memories. I wasn't disappointed! I cannot wait until additional volumes are released. The special effects are cheesy when you compare them to todays shows, but that just adds to the show's charm. I just hope that my 19 month old son loves these as much as I did so that I don't look as foolish sitting in front of the tv watching them ("just spending some quality time with my family").
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Summary: Great Nostalgia Trip
Review: I hadn't seen episodes of Land of the Lost in 15 years or so. What a wonderful way to relive bits of my childhood. I still love this series as much as I ever did. Yes of course the special effects don't stand up to today's standards, but the story is still effective and I still love the clay dinosaurs. Now I just hope they will release more volumes or a box set of the complete episodes!
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Summary: Great Nostalgia Trip
Review: I hadn't seen episodes of Land of the Lost in 15 years or so. What a wonderful way to relive bits of my childhood. I still love this series as much as I ever did. Yes of course the special effects don't stand up to today's standards, but the story is still effective and I still love the clay dinosaurs. Now I just hope they will release more volumes or a box set of the complete episodes!
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Summary: Great show, and not just for kids--
Review: I hadn't seen this show since I was about 5 or 6 years old, so when I saw this DVD at the store, I grabbed it immediately. I don't know how kids today will react to it, given all the high-tech special f/x that are taken for granted. The fact is, this show really had a lot of good ideas behind it and it stands up well. From an adult perspective, it's fun to look at how horrible the f/x look, and wonder how I ever was convinced it was real. Some of the stuff in these four episodes is pretty far out. Consider the part when ape-boy Chaka comes over for dinner, and little Holly gets all dolled up with make-up and perfume. As Chaka becomes apparently very attracted to the young girl, her brother and father chuckle about how she's "becoming a woman." Then later, Chaka and his ape-parents kidnap Holly and take her back to their home where they can't stop oogling her and sniffing her body (supposedly its because of the perfume). Pretty weird... The DVD is a good value for the price. There are four episodes which run approximately 22 minutes each. For bonus features there is a very interesting 16-minute interview with Sid and Marty Krofft and even more entertaining a 14-minute new interview with the actor that played Chaka and the actress that played Holly. The adult Chaka is a relatively composed and dignified man. The woman that played Holly, however, laughs hysterically throughout the interview. She seems kind of demented. And boy oh boy-- I had a crush on Holly as a kid, but I would have never thought she would look like this today-- Yikes!
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Summary: This Is A Freaking Time Machine!
Review: I remember being completely obsessed with LOTL when I was a kid. This show had everything a boy could ask for in a TV show in the early to mid 70's: dinosaurs, adventure, scary monsters, and an underlying creepiness that tingled the spine. LOTL is indisputably a classic to those of us who were growing up 25 or so years ago. In a group of your friends, sing "Marshall Will and Holly." Chances are you'll hear a resounding chorus of "On a routine expedition" in response. The five stars is for the quality of the show, particularly the enclosed episodes. The extras are interesting, but too brief. The interview with the Krofts peaked my interest in many ways, but I feel that a lot of intersting stuff was edited out, particularly relating to their early years (there's a bit about how holyman Billy Graham condemned them at the Seattle World's Fair in the early sixties because of sexy topless puppets featured in a show of theirs, which of course helped them to be the hottest show there, for example). The bit with the actors who played Chaka and Holly was interesting and all, but I wish they could have got more players involved to show up. Also, while the four episodes are excellent, I wish they would instead release the entire series chronologically as a box set. Honestly, this teaser just whets your appetite for more.
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