# Will Ferrell's LAND OF THE LOST---- Kill it! Kill it now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376 "2009-02-18T06:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/41 "2009-02-19T07:46:56Z")
As influential as Star Trek? Really? _Really?_ Maybe you’re right - there have been at least 3 ST-related threads in the forum over the past week. Let’s see how many Land of the Lost discussions have been held over the _past ten years._ Or have Dopers decided that this is the one thing that interests them that they refuse to talk about? Is there a massive Land of the Lost conspiracy of silence on the SDMB? Seriously, **Sampiro**. This is one instance in which you have truly parted ways with the cultural zeitgeist. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/42 "2009-02-19T15:20:45Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > But I’m kinda curious what the though process was behind the studio that decided to make this film. Probable Hollywood thought process: “Will Ferrell already played Marshall Willen Holly, so it’s a natural fit!” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/43 "2009-02-19T16:38:14Z")
A cultural touchstone to Gen Y? I find that hard to believe. I was a tiny thing when the 1974-1976 series was on, & I don’t quite consider myself Gen Y. I did watch some of the 1991-1992 revival. (Now you mention it, there was a sense of circular time in one episode, which was arguably spooky cool.) Is that what you mean when you speak of a Gen Y following? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/44 "2009-02-19T16:57:19Z")
The thing I remember most of LotL watching it as a kid was that obvioulsy toy boat going down what looked like a bathtub drain. Sorry, **Sampiro** but I am with most of the others here, it just wasn’t that much of a cultural touchstone you percieve it to be. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/45 "2009-02-19T17:28:31Z")
Until this movie was announced, I had no idea that **Land of the Lost** was ever taken seriously. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/46 "2009-02-19T17:34:34Z")
I have no attachment to or even memory of the original, and in general I find Will Farrell grating, with occasional exceptions, such as Elf. But I watched the trailer and it looks like a hoot. Certainly worth a Netflix rental. (I’m a sucker for CGI) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/47 "2009-02-19T17:39:58Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > A cultural touchstone to Gen Y? I find that hard to believe. I was a tiny thing when the 1974-1976 series was on, & I don’t quite consider myself Gen Y. I did watch some of the 1991-1992 revival. (Now you mention it, there was a sense of circular time in one episode, which was arguably spooky cool.) Is that what you mean when you speak of a Gen Y following? I wasn’t even _born_ yet when the original series was on. Perhaps there’s a slight mislabeling of generations? Or I’m of a younger generation than I’d thought. I am rather disgusted by the idea of this movie, though. Mainly because it looks stupid and it’s more of Will Ferrell doing everything Will Ferrell shouldn’t do. Then again, _Night at the Museum_ had looked equally stupid and I ended up loving that movie. The odds of Will Ferrell’s _Land of the Lost_ having a surprise reveal of a sexy pharaoh with great abs who makes **Caerie** love the movie seem to be rather low, though. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/48 "2009-02-19T18:06:29Z")
After looking at the trailer here is what I am hoping for. The Universe that Will finds himself is somewhat realisitic and consistent, at least as much as Sci Fi can be. The character that Will plays is the biggest gasbag/dufus known to man trying to get thru said universe. I could live with that… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376/49 "2009-02-19T18:29:37Z")
You know, I think the same sort of thoughts about the asswipes who dug up the corpse of that chessy-but-fun show Battlestar Galactica and fucked it in the ass. But apparently it’s OK to shit on that memory for some reason. Maybe becuase the new show is so dark, edgy and political.:rolleyes: Will Ferrell was actually very good in Stranger than Fiction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrells-land-of-the-lost-kill-it-kill-it-now/486376.md?page=2)