Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Melanie Bouvet
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Edwin
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
kerndtsr
1974? That would make me... well young enough to enjoy this show, but old enough to realize it's Trekkie "space-time continuum" sub-plot. Ever notice on the opening credits that only the name "Wesley" is used for the lead role Will Marshall? Go to YouTube and see for yourself! Was this guy ashamed on being on a kids show and chose to hold back his last name in case he got a real job? The Love Boat and Fantasy Island are coming soon! I always wondered why they did not go to the sleestacks cave where they slept and cut a few heads off? C'mon! they knew where they lived, and they hibernating! Waste a few and leave a note telling them not to fu*k with the Marshall's!
Sonnyboy
I caught a marathon of this show on SciFi a few months back.I'm pretty sure I caught the gist of the show.First--The Acting.Awful. I remember Marshall being a particularly bad actor. They couldn't say a line without looking like idiots. I remember the episode where Will gets zapped by a yellow crystal. That was some of the worst television acting I've ever seen.Also, those little monkey people are very bad actors as well. What were they?... Pylons?...Second--The Scripts.Bad again. Almost so bad it's good, but it's... not. Every episode ended in a cheesy unfunny joke. And the dialog was always choppy, poorly said, and corny.Third--The Special Effects.Ha... the shows one redeeming quality...These are indeed so bad they're good. From puppets to claymation reused from every episode, these are indeed the worst special effects I've ever seen.You should also expect a lot of still-image backgrounds, bad picture control, and picture-in-picture graphics.Fourth--The StoriesI'll be honest. Most of the stories are not bad. Although... I remember once... A caveman miner is lost in the land, and when the gang walks in his cave, he holds a match over his cannon and says "Freeze!" or something like that... lol!!!And, of course, the stories eventually got tired...Fifth--The CharactersMarshall, Will, and Holly were immaterial. Their characters were stale, bland, predictable. Will was a intellectual, the children were typical brother and sister, and the monkey people were annoying.Overview--The show is not good.Still... with it's bad acting, cheesy characters, low budget special effects, and lazy stories, it has an undeniable charm... And that is why I will watch it the next time there is a marathon on SciFi. That is why I will watch it. It is worth watching, with all the awfulness included, if only for the camp value. Watch it. Appreciate the bad music. The special effects. Watch it, and remember...
jim-2441
This was the best show I remember from my childhood. The Sleestak were clearly big-eyed representations of "The Man". Anywhere you went, they were lurking there to kill your buzz.There was one Sleestak that was friendly. He was an old man who knew how to use crystal, I mean crystals to get s**t done.Chaka was that one foreign kid you hung out with. He didn't make any sense, but he was hilarious to watch. The father figure was OK enough. At least he didn't keep the kids from going out and looking for crystal, I mean crystals, and teasing dinosaurs and such. If Holly and Chaka had a thing, I think he would have fed Chaka to a dinosaur or thrown him off a cliff.
smiodice
First off..I must reiterate that there was no trap door. The Marshall family ended up in the Land of the Lost by traveling down a waterfall.Secondly, I must stress that this show may have been the most entertaining and original of all time. Where else do you get to see pea sized boulders being hurled at the main characters? Where else to you get to see mini wok befriending anyone other than Han solo? There is also something I need to bring up...I find a striking, almost shocking similarity between Jamie (the brother from Small Wonder) and Chaka the hairy little beast that has a schoolgirl crush on Holly? This show ranks among the best...mash, cheers, st. elsewhere, land of the lost - that is my take.