response: On a routine expedition…
I am referring, of course, to the opening theme toLand of the Lost.
This classic Saturday-morning series was created bySid and Marty Krofft, the creative juggernauts behindH.R.
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Pufnstuf,Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, andDonny & Marie.
Very effective, especially if youre 8 years old and hopped up on Frankenberry.
It actually takes my breath away; Ive never been on a set of such massive scale.
Rocks look like fantasy rocks, in the best possible way.
Storybook moss creeps across rugged stone paths.
Best of all, theres a menacing lava pit surrounded by a bay of talking Sleestak-head oracles.
When theyre turned on, their eyes glow.
It gets totally Vegas in here, director Brad Silberling says, pleased.
Take heart, geeks Silberling is a bona fideLOTLfanboy.
I was really hoping to witness a David O. Russell-esque meltdown, so I am somewhat disappointed.
Arent directors supposed to throw things?
When do the writers get lowered into that lava pit?
Wheres the off-camera Sleestak melee?
NEXT PAGE: The 70s show only had three Sleestak suits to outfit an entire race.
The new movie has an entire Sleestak-only wardrobe tent.
