Comments on: GamerFamily Playlist – May09 http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/06/01/gamerfamily-playlist/ Games from a Parental Perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Anderson http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/06/01/gamerfamily-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-24337 Mike Anderson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:39:38 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2475#comment-24337 Sadly the early reviews on the film say it is pretty terrible ... but not in the delicious way the original series was ... Sadly the early reviews on the film say it is pretty terrible … but not in the delicious way the original series was …

]]> By: GamerDad http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/06/01/gamerfamily-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-24189 GamerDad Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:36:49 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2475#comment-24189 I did watch it as a kid. I can remember insane details from all their trippy shows like the Bugaloos (Phyllis Diller was the bad guy), Sigmund the Sea Monster, HR Puffenstuff and the crown jewel - Land of the Lost. My kids aren't laughing but they're young enough to take it more seriously. And I think that "unknow" quality is something I mentioned above: The show is quality science fiction. I just watched an episode where they meet a Confederate Soldier and Marshall, at the end of the episode, suggests that maybe they're in a "pocket dimension." That and the flesh colored Sleestak guy, and the weird electrical obelisks, makes the show seem more like old Doctor Who. Low budget but very rich in terms of mystery and stuff. I'm actually not kidding. It's not GOOD but I can't think of many kids shows willing to explain sooo little. In fact, I bet the Wil Farrel vehical (a much different kind of show) actually does explain where they went and why they're there. And nobody will really care much. Anyway, I study kid lit so I actually do think about this stuff all the time. Matt - glad you didn't see Jurassic Park that early then. You'd fear outhouses. And look again, the T-Rex roars at the screen and you can totally see it has no throat and is unmistakably a puppet. I did watch it as a kid. I can remember insane details from all their trippy shows like the Bugaloos (Phyllis Diller was the bad guy), Sigmund the Sea Monster, HR Puffenstuff and the crown jewel – Land of the Lost.

My kids aren’t laughing but they’re young enough to take it more seriously. And I think that “unknow” quality is something I mentioned above:

The show is quality science fiction. I just watched an episode where they meet a Confederate Soldier and Marshall, at the end of the episode, suggests that maybe they’re in a “pocket dimension.” That and the flesh colored Sleestak guy, and the weird electrical obelisks, makes the show seem more like old Doctor Who. Low budget but very rich in terms of mystery and stuff.

I’m actually not kidding. It’s not GOOD but I can’t think of many kids shows willing to explain sooo little. In fact, I bet the Wil Farrel vehical (a much different kind of show) actually does explain where they went and why they’re there. And nobody will really care much.

Anyway, I study kid lit so I actually do think about this stuff all the time.

Matt – glad you didn’t see Jurassic Park that early then. You’d fear outhouses. And look again, the T-Rex roars at the screen and you can totally see it has no throat and is unmistakably a puppet.

]]> By: Dr. Matt Carlson http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/06/01/gamerfamily-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-24188 Dr. Matt Carlson Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:07:22 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2475#comment-24188 Ah, Land of the Lost... I enjoyed the saturday morning show, but it was also the source of my main reoccuring nightmare as a child. Me, in a tent, about to get eaten by the tyranosaurus rex from that show... I think they lasted well into 3rd or 4th grade. (Not every night, but at least monthly or so I think...) Ah, Land of the Lost… I enjoyed the saturday morning show, but it was also the source of my main reoccuring nightmare as a child. Me, in a tent, about to get eaten by the tyranosaurus rex from that show… I think they lasted well into 3rd or 4th grade. (Not every night, but at least monthly or so I think…)

]]> By: Mike Anderson http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/06/01/gamerfamily-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-24155 Mike Anderson Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:02:54 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2475#comment-24155 GamerDad - did you watch Land of the Lost first run as a kid or was that before your time ... my kids laugh at it now, but at the same time it is amazing stuff for some unknown reason. As I said in the other thread I'm pretty much decided I'll be trying out Sims 3 as my first Sims experience ... GamerDad – did you watch Land of the Lost first run as a kid or was that before your time … my kids laugh at it now, but at the same time it is amazing stuff for some unknown reason.

As I said in the other thread I’m pretty much decided I’ll be trying out Sims 3 as my first Sims experience …

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