the only place safe from the LOTL publicity machine
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock recently it is pretty much impossible to be unaware that Will Ferrell has a new film coming out soon, a remake of the 1974-1977 television series, Land of the Lost. It’s pretty much a given that the Ferrell remake is going to rake in some serious money–last year’s mediocre Stepbrothers made over a $100 million dollars, and LOTL looks to be better–judging from the trailer which features a hilarious cameo by Matt Lauer.
For the sake of argument let’s assume that the library is going to purchase the movie, my question to you is, should the library order LOTL the TV series?
Before you answer though… I never watched this show when it was on. Instead I was doing all the things that teenage boys do on Saturday mornings. If my own sons are any indication, I was probably asleep so if it was on before noon it didn’t exist for me. The point is that I don’t have any memory of LOTL to draw upon. I did watch 2 episodes of LOTL this weekend out of curiosity during the LOTL marathon on the Sci-Fi channel and it didn’t impress me. But others more eloquent than I, think that LOTL is a wonderful show.
Just as a point of information, LOTL the tv series costs $44.99 through our vendor and were I to order it I’d probably add 8 copies.
What are your thoughts about LOTL the tv series?
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4 responses so far ↓
siloak // May 27, 2009 at 9:26 am
My brother and I watched LOTL when we were kids. Even then I realized how cheesy it was – but we couldn’t get enough of those Sleestaks!
Should we buy it for the library? Probably. I think it would be very popular, both among the sentimental adults and the new fans created by the movie. I’m sure people will ask for it if we don’t have it.
Will I watch it again? No…
siloak // May 27, 2009 at 9:35 am
Ooops – I’m not signed in as myself, and can’t edit my last response.
Anne
Michael Delury // May 27, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I watched it as a kid too, and thought it was great – when I was 10. I think the cheesy-ness factor was part of its appeal. Hey, Star Trek the series was cheesy too, and look how that franchise turned out. Why not begin with a few copies – say two instead of 8 and see how demand is?
Jim McCluskey // May 28, 2009 at 6:53 am
Cheesy? The whole dairy industry took a major hit when LOTL went off the air…LOL.
Actually though, I realized the other day that we purchased this title with J funds a while ago.
As to your suggestion for 2 copies, I rarely purchase less than 5 copies of anything because media is so popular that it becomes a major problem meeting the holds to copy ratio if one of the sets comes to Service Center to have scratches removed.
Thanks everyone for your comments!