The two hundred and thirty-seventh TV show: #213 Land of the Lost
There's something to be said about judging shows based on their own criteria. A 1974 action adventure with stop motion dinosaurs is always going to look dated to our eyes and with a kids' audience, there are limits to what it can do. But having immersed myself recently in Japanese tokusatsu, flowing out from Ultraman, and Doctor Who, which aims to hit a similar spot, this doesn't hold up. The production values are cheap, sure, with the focus going on the stop motion effects and the early blue screen availability, but there's no great story to go along with it - the stories never feel clever or interesting - and the acting feeling quite bad. None of the actors give that good a performance, which seems only partially age-related, and the whole thing just feels unconvincing.