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Lost but found
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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this wonderfull 70s show brings you back in time!
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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Excellent science fiction series
The Land of the Lost was an excellent science fiction series-- especially given that it aired on a Saturday morning. Granted, the third season wasn't as good as the first two, with writers ignoring much of the internal logic that had previously been established, but even the third season was better than much of the Saturday morning fare today.

To clear up some misconceptions about the series, the Marshall family did not travel back in time; they fell through a time doorway which transported them to a small, closed universe, which included, among other things, three moons in the sky. In this small universe, a balance was maintained. In order for anyone to enter, the same number of people had to leave (and vice versa).

The presence of the dinosaurs (one of the attractions of the show for many) may be why people think the Marshalls went to Earth's past. But other features, such as the Lost City and the pylons, which TARDIS-like are bigger on the inside than the outside, are signs of a highly advanced culture; one, which we later learn, built the Land of the Lost. The pylons controlled the environment of the land, and some contained time doorways leading to other dimensions.

Oh, and for the record, the dinosaur named "Alice" is called that because she's an allosaur. It's a nickname.

There was a later version of Land of the Lost in 1992, and while it had better effects and slightly better acting, the original was "Masterpiece Theatre" by comparison. While the original Land of the Lost does have some flaws, it at least had interesting scripts and looked like it was another world; and it had a certain quality to it that the remake-- which was filmed in some park-- lacked.

There are currently eight episodes available on video, with four of them re-released to DVD. Like I said, the Land of the Lost isn't perfect (though many of the eight episodes available are considered among the better ones, especially "The Stranger", "Elsewhen" and my personal favorite, "Circle") but it's better than a lot of the stuff on today.