Yeah I know.. I made it a hard to search title..

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=419775

I did a search for Will Ferrell, so forgive me if I don't remember who the hell Marshall Wilenholly is!

Chris

p.s. I'll add the mods to merge the threads, but also to update the title to more correctly reflect what the hell we are talking about.

love Anna Friel but I hope they dont make the dinosaurs really cartoony looking.

I have a bad feeling about this movie. Will Ferrel doesnt seem like a good match for Land of the Lost.

Wrong. She received a nomination, but the award went to Tina Fey (the only TV award for any of the "big four" networks). Considering how fascinating and scintillating the award show was, I can't believe everyone doesn't remember.

Bad-Ass I love this show as a kid,It was chessy but Cool as School.

Truly an understatement. I've never seen a good film with Ferrel as the star; the only things I've seen with him in it that I liked were "Old School" and "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back". And as far as that goes, only his appearance in "Old School" was any good (and it was quite good, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then). His work in J&SBSB sucked major balls. Everything else he's ever been in that I've seen I could barely stomach, and would not/could not re-watch.

so he'll have to pay everytime he directs a movie?

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...the-lost_N.htm

First look: Kitschy 'Land of the Lost' gets a modern makeover
By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY
Get back! It's a Sleestak attack!




Fans of the kitschy adventure series Land of the Lost will remember these villainous lizard creatures with the single horn and giant eyes. The latest evolution of the species is preparing to menace Will Ferrell in a big-screen remake.

The Land of the Lost film is now shooting on multiple sound stages at Universal Studios, and the Sleestak surface in a temple where Ferrell's character and his two companions (comedian Danny McBride, Pushing Daisies' Anna Friel) are hoping a giant crystal will return them to their own dimension.

The plot involves three adults (not a dad and two kids as on TV) accidentally thrust into a realm ruled by dinosaurs, monkey-men called Pakuni and the murderous Sleestak.

Director Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) says he fought to keep the human shape of the Sleestak from Sid & Marty Krofft's original production, and not give into the urge to render them as spindly computerized beings.

In the '70s TV show, they were guys in lime-green pajamas — and looked it. The Sleestak are much sleeker now, but the film is largely a comedy, so the guy-in-a-suit look has its charms, Silberling says. "There is a sense of humor that I loved from the original show that can only come from an actor trying to negotiate the suit. If it became CG, they'd be too perfect. For the Sleestak to remain in people's memories, it tells you that it was about who was in the suit."

One difference: Instead of toting crossbows, the Sleestak draw quills from their spines and fire them like arrows.

Marty Krofft says nostalgia is a major part of the movie's appeal: "I think they'll cheer when they see the Sleestaks."

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The crab from Harryhausen's Mysterious Island is cool, but I still have doubts.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...land-lost.html

Can we get a mod to merge this info?

i grew up with the early 90's show, looking forward to this but Will Ferrel seems mis cast. From the clip, the T-rex at the end looked pretty bad, looks like its going to be really cartoony and disspointing.

this was a 90's show? i think much earlier...

i would have liked a more realistic, serious approach. i remember the bejesus being scared out of me by those damn, dirty sleestacks.

Um..."Land of the Lost" WAS cartoony and disappointing. This looks better than the show ever was.

maybe so, but the actors sure took themselves seriously.

What ever it was great fun watching "Land Of The Lost" when I was kid!

That T-rex in would scared my little-bro all the time.

The original 1970s "LOTL" was great fun....this looks to be...greatly disappointing...and that's putting it VERRRRRYYYY mildly. I hate Wil Ferrell in anything but a supporting role, co-starring at the very most. His best (and really, his only good) movie was Old School.

Not playing it straight is a disappointment.
Another Will Ferrel vehicle.

the T-rex looked silly

There was a 90's show as well as the original 70's one. This one seems to be a spoof of the 70's version.

There was the 70's show and an early 90's remake.

This movie looks like shit, just another Will Ferrell vehicle, but at least those cocksuckers decided to keep the Sleestax

I don't know much about this original but this looks terrible. So because it's universal they can use the same (albeit much worse looking) T-rex from Jurassic Park?

Will Farrell looks like he showed up on the wrong set. I think there can really only be one comedy/adventure actor, Brendan Frasier.

This looks terrible. I don't mind there being humour (if not it'd be dry and dull) but why a spoof? Was Miami Vice the only serious attempt to remake an old show?

I didn't even know there was a 90's remake.

Part of the fun in watching the old 70's show now is the cheesy special effects and the 70's style quality of it. It would be hard for them to do this without it being a comedy. If they were to try to do it seriously, would it be much different than Jurassic Park 2 when they were on the island?

If Will is in it I'm watching!!! I'm glad this movie is not taking it self seriously. It makes it more 70's style.