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I just got back from my weekly trip to the movies a little while ago, and I happened to be checking out the new posters. Apparently, they are making a movie based on the television series ‘Land of the Lost’. It is currently scheduled for release on June 5th of this year.

I don’t know how many of you guys remember that series, but I used to watch it every week growing up as a kid. After looking it up, there were two versions on tv. I most likely am remembering the 1991 series, which is unfortunately not available on dvd. However I’ve linked you guys to the dvd boxsets from the 1974 series, which is supposed to be very good as well. The 1974 series is the one the movie seems to be based on anyway.

I only vaguely remember the details, but I believe it involved a family that fell through a fault line while driving in an earthquake? Anyway, once they landed/crashed/whatever, then… it gets kinda hazy, but they somehow find themselves back in time, another dimension, or otherwise in a different place… surrounded by dinosaurs. They also bump into a race called the sleestaks, who become the bad guys for the rest of the series.

I’m not sure about you, but I’m going to spend the next couple weeks finding and rewatching the series. I’ll try to let you know if its as entertaining as I remember. However, I’m sure it will be entertaining, if for nothing else than the pure nostalgia.

Trivia: In 2001 Kevin Smith released a movie called Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Will Ferrel, who also stars in the upcoming Land of the Lost, played a character named ‘Marshall Willenholly.’ This name was derived from ‘Will and Holly Marshall’ which are the main characters in the original Land of the Lost, as well as the movie. It would seem that both Smith and Ferrel remembered this series from their youth as well.

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