It just gets more and more amusing to see depictions of hippies, beatniks or whatever else you can think of in these old shows, from Beverly Hillbillies to Star Trek to Lost In space.
Here, we are given four survivors of a journey made by 28, I believe he said, underprivileged teens, basically serving as some sort of guinea pigs, into outer space and they too land in the giants backyard.
Actually adventure-wise, this episode worked, to an extent. The focus of the regulars to assist the hoodlums even after they had threatened the females is good development.
The two klunkers? One is Zalman King's portrayal of James Dean or Marlon Brando or whoever his inspiration was here.
The funniest bit was I swear if his hair was longer and he had the beard, he would be Charles Manson (who essentially is mimicking or part of this era as well, thankfully I am now hearing that Manson is responsible for ending this hippie era, something I had always deduced in silence anyway) Right off the bat, the four punks are suspicious of the Spendrift crew, which quite honestly, doesn't make a lot of sense.
"You're spying on us for the giants." King gives it all its worth, by far his most amusing moment is when he is put in the cage along with his brother, he flings himself against the cage, screaming bloody revenge upon Captain Steve.
I especially got a kick out of the first attempt the little people made to free the brother, Johnny.
Notice King does this intense falling back from the cage TWICE! Oh, he's going to get that cage open! Oh, no, he is going to get that cage open!!! HE IS GOING TO GET THAT CAGE OPEN!!!!! It won't matter how much you try to enjoy the simplicity of the adventure and the outsmarting of the giant, you are brought back down by King's intense depiction.
UNDERSTAND????? For some odd reason, this made the hippie lingo, 'do you groove to this beat?' -- 'you dig?' and the bongo playing stand out all the more.
I then had to think, and they departed in 1983? Totally different era, but I think we all know how this works out in TV and Hollywood.
It's always the present, never the future.
Here, we are given four survivors of a journey made by 28, I believe he said, underprivileged teens, basically serving as some sort of guinea pigs, into outer space and they too land in the giants backyard.
Actually adventure-wise, this episode worked, to an extent. The focus of the regulars to assist the hoodlums even after they had threatened the females is good development.
The two klunkers? One is Zalman King's portrayal of James Dean or Marlon Brando or whoever his inspiration was here.
The funniest bit was I swear if his hair was longer and he had the beard, he would be Charles Manson (who essentially is mimicking or part of this era as well, thankfully I am now hearing that Manson is responsible for ending this hippie era, something I had always deduced in silence anyway) Right off the bat, the four punks are suspicious of the Spendrift crew, which quite honestly, doesn't make a lot of sense.
"You're spying on us for the giants." King gives it all its worth, by far his most amusing moment is when he is put in the cage along with his brother, he flings himself against the cage, screaming bloody revenge upon Captain Steve.
I especially got a kick out of the first attempt the little people made to free the brother, Johnny.
Notice King does this intense falling back from the cage TWICE! Oh, he's going to get that cage open! Oh, no, he is going to get that cage open!!! HE IS GOING TO GET THAT CAGE OPEN!!!!! It won't matter how much you try to enjoy the simplicity of the adventure and the outsmarting of the giant, you are brought back down by King's intense depiction.
UNDERSTAND????? For some odd reason, this made the hippie lingo, 'do you groove to this beat?' -- 'you dig?' and the bongo playing stand out all the more.
I then had to think, and they departed in 1983? Totally different era, but I think we all know how this works out in TV and Hollywood.
It's always the present, never the future.
