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hamish
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Once the path down from the plateau
Oct 8, 2002 12:20 PM
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was blasted open again, wouldn't the apemen come down to the plains to see what's doing with the rest of the world?
And those flying things, wouldn't they be able to fly all round South America and be seen, rather than just stay on the plateau?
Maybe the book explains this.
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LadyFlier
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Oct 8, 2002 11:55 AM
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YESterday was a busy, hectic day.
Did everybody like the ending of THE LOST WORLD? Challenger surrendered notoriety and world fame in order to save the jurrasic creatures, ape colony and Indian culture of THE LOST WORLD from the intrusion of future adventurers and real estate land development? I thought it all ended on a note of nobility... but that's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for you.
I'm going to run one more short thread and highlight how the new movie short-changed viewers from the big ending of the 1924 movie. No kidding.
Check it out.
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Brooke
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Oct 8, 2002 8:37 AM
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you are one busy lady
I could never keep up with
you should we meet
I sure of this!
Have a peaceful day Lady
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dasNdanger
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Oct 7, 2002 1:54 PM
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(warning: never read book)
Although it would have been nice to understand that she played a bigger part in his decision to go on this 'adventure', it is obvious that Malone is quite smitten - so maybe it will all work out in the end. My impression from the movie is that he wanted to stay behind with her...but when she started on about the kinda guy she wanted...and then went gazing at what's-his-name...well then...he was just impelled to go. They may have done it that way to 'condense' the story a bit. Now, since I don't know the story, you can correct me here...but the way they've done it in the movie, Malone comes across as an innocent lad with boyish jealousy when it comes to ladies. It makes his character sweet...very likeable.
I'm looking forward to tonight...it's the first thing I've seen on A&E in a while that has made me excited to watch the ending. Loved the end of part one - I didn't expect that!! Thought they'd find a cave or something (well, they did...i guess). So I'm happy with it so far...and happy that I don't know the story...helps me to be less critical.
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LadyFlier
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Oct 7, 2002 1:22 PM
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with a big stick, instead.
I think we can safely surmise that the Herbivores are the sweet friendly guys, and the carnivores (who stand and run upright on two legs) are the bad dudes who gaze upon the explorers as tonight's snack-on-the-run.
Yes. I'll be watching tonight to see if the explorers ever dig up that fanatic zealot missionary again. He needn't reappear in the final episode... because he never really existed in the real written first episode. But he WAS a good touch.
Disappointment: The "Gladys-Malone" romantic relationship was grossly underdeveloped and now, I fear, the ending will suffer. What she said and did to Malone had much to do by way of instigating the young man (23) to venture out and join the expedition and to get funding underwriting from his newspaper to set Challenger up for his second run at the Amazon. Gladys, Gladys, Gladys was IMPORTANT. They fluffed off her character and let her disappear into the wallpaper back home in London. She is a very big part of the ending and the feelings we share with Malone at that point. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Why do screenwriters do this?
The 1924 movie was much more faithful to the development of essential characters. Wallace Beery played Challenger. Very well done. And the actress who played Gladys was given her due ... and she played her role as emotional catalyst impressively.
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hamish
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Oct 7, 2002 12:11 PM
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I liked the episode and look forward to the conclusion tonight.
I shall record it later this week when they run both segments together.
Peter Falk is one of my favorite actors. I didn't know that BBC created the part just for him. My Doyle reading is currently limited to the Holmes canon.
So I wonder if we will see him again tonight?
No cigar, no raincoat but still acting like Columbo. The beard didn't fool me a bit <ggg>
The scenery is incredible and those animals are cute, in spite of their appearance.
The unexpected ending of the first part was excellent. I was thinking that the dinosaur was actually trying to be friendly and he was misunderstood. I pictured him catching up to the explorers and licking them<g>
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LadyFlier
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Hahahahahaha, hamish, at least he didn't have to wear the raincoat!
Oct 7, 2002 11:37 AM
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and he wasn't smoking a cigar.
The character he played was not in the original book or in the early movie. BBC created this for him.
Then he kicked down the tree trunk, and all the explorers condemned him for doing that. In the 1925 movie, a Brontosaurus kicked down the tree trunk.
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hamish
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Oct 7, 2002 12:02 AM
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Peter Falk cannot seem to lose that Columbo accent, style and swagger.
Oh, well - not too bad.
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