Will Ferrell's LAND OF THE LOST---- Kill it! Kill it now!

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.

Probable Hollywood thought process: “Will Ferrell already played Marshall Willen Holly, so it’s a natural fit!”

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?

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.

Until this movie was announced, I had no idea that Land of the Lost was ever taken seriously. Seriously.

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)

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.

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…

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.