"The Lost World" (1999) TV series 1999-2002

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Writers:

Durnford King (writer)
Scott Kraft (episode)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

2 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure

Plot:

The adventures of a band of explorers stranded in a mysterious land inhabited by dinosaurs and other dangers.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Stranded | Expedition | Lost World | Exploration

Awards:

1 win

Cast

William Snow	...	Lord John Roxton / ... (66 episodes, 1999-2002)
Peter McCauley	...	Professor George Challenger / ... (51 episodes, 1999-2002)
Rachel Blakely	...	Marguerite Krux / ... (51 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jennifer O'Dell	...	Veronica / ... (51 episodes, 1999-2002)
David Orth	...	Ned Malone / ... (36 episodes, 1999-2002)

Also Known As:

"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World" (Canada: English title) (complete title)

Runtime:

60 min (66 episodes)

Country:

Australia | Canada | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Coote Hayes Productions

Trivia:

Jennifer O'Dell designed her own skimpy skirt-and-top costume for her character to wear.

Quotes:

[Roxton's preparing for a jousting match at Camelot ]
Ned Malone: Please tell me this isn't your first joust.
Lord John Roxton: Sorry. How hard can it be? All I have to do is stick him before he sticks me.
Ned Malone: Wouldn't it be easier just to shoot him?
Lord John Roxton: Spoken like a faithful squire.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Lost World (1998)

This one has taken me back at TV!

What else can i say? This show RULES! excellent, delightfully campy (in the best way) has the powerful, nostalgic sense of some good old (and underrated) series like the "Tales of Golden Monkey", "Adventure Island"... films like "The Man of Bronze" or these Kevin Connor's camp adventure classics like "Warlords of Atlantis" (all of them as "the missing link" between the old Republic Serials and "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). I've been wondering myself why these TV guys have forgotten how to do a good, enjoyable TV show á la old fashion style and the answer came to me as this wonderful piece of fantasy.

All on this show works with the accuracy of a clock, the main characters, the story, the locations. Even each time, over and over again, when i see the powerful main titles it turns me on like the most childish kid (the images... the amazing and far over the average "heroic" score). The following has all which anyone could ask for: lots of adventure, beautiful and wild babes, really bad guys and terrible monsters (well, still a bit cheesy but... who cares? "Valley of Gwangi" is, even today, a hell of entertaining despite the Harryhausen's ancient models).

Beyond the fact they grabbed only the name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's to make their very own gem, this TV show has a strong spirit as i haven't seen since much time ago, and i'm seriously considering into my all-time classics (sharing honors with Twilight Zone, Miami Vice or Airwolf). Many people could think i'm exaggerating a little, but i fell this one has something else than many other (may be much more successful), but cold and empty programs, and i'm not talking only to the people who think Simon Wincer's "The Phantom" was a misunderstood good movie.

My only wish is to know if they going to release the seasons on DVD. And my suggestion is to give the creatures a major presence on the story... the dinos still look like the "guest stars" in many chapters.

"Two Thumbs Up!"