The year is 1974 and I was obsessed with dinosaurs. I don't mean I liked them or I found they were really cool. No, I was full on obsessed with them. Everything I read dealt with dinosaurs. I knew all the names, what they did, when they lived, everything. So when this came out I was over the moon.
The story deals with the Marshall family, Rick and his children Will and Holly, who on a rafting trip wind up falling into the "Land of the Lost" which was another world of sorts where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures lived. And let me tell you the humanoid lizard bad guys in this, called the Sleestak, terrified me like you wouldn't believe. But the dinosaurs kept bringing me back week after week.
The special effects are laughable. The dinosaurs were stop motion, everything was shot in front of a blue screen giving it that unreal look and even the rocks had a fake look about them. But this was a Sid & Marty Krofft staple. They made do the best they could with the budget they were given. Seeing it years later and you can really see that it hasn't aged well.
It's an interesting product of the times including showing dinosaurs walking and dragging their tails behind them. What do you expect? It was the 70's and dinos were thought to be just big lizards.
It's a kid's show and maybe that's where it needs to stay.
The story deals with the Marshall family, Rick and his children Will and Holly, who on a rafting trip wind up falling into the "Land of the Lost" which was another world of sorts where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures lived. And let me tell you the humanoid lizard bad guys in this, called the Sleestak, terrified me like you wouldn't believe. But the dinosaurs kept bringing me back week after week.
The special effects are laughable. The dinosaurs were stop motion, everything was shot in front of a blue screen giving it that unreal look and even the rocks had a fake look about them. But this was a Sid & Marty Krofft staple. They made do the best they could with the budget they were given. Seeing it years later and you can really see that it hasn't aged well.
It's an interesting product of the times including showing dinosaurs walking and dragging their tails behind them. What do you expect? It was the 70's and dinos were thought to be just big lizards.
It's a kid's show and maybe that's where it needs to stay.