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TCM showing

posted 18 years ago by funkychuck
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It's funny that I wasn't the only one who watched this on TCM this weekend, as most of the posts here are one day old.

Was anyone else struck by the obvious parallels to the TV show LOST? I mean, you have your obvious 'mysterious island,' but some of the strange clues, monsters, etc. made this seem like a prehistoric version of LOST to me. Of course, I had no familiarity with the original novel, so when Nemo came out of nowhere I was totally derailed. I had just made peace with the fact that these people lived in a world where "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was historical fact (duh, this is the sequel).

Anyway, cool flick. When the ship showed up on the horizon, I said "If those are pirates, this is the coolest movie ever."

Sure enough, the next shot is the Jolly Roger flappin' in the breeze.

[–] pykespeek 18 years ago

I am watching this right now and I totally agree, amazing parallel to 'LOST' I bet JJ Abramms saw this years ago and is using chunks of it for his show. When they go into the Nautilus I couldn't help thinking of the 'Hatch" and the volcano is comparable to the destructive force that the "hatches" "button" is preventing.
very interesting.

[–] slywy 18 years ago

I've got to see this movie someday (it was released the year in which I was born). I wondered when the trend started of titling movies "[Author's Name's] [Book Title]" began. I thought it was relatively recent, but it looks like I was mistaken.

I am just about finished reading the novel, and the movie sounds absolutely nothing like it!

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[–] superbadger 18 years ago

I watched it this weekend.

But, I wouldnt compare it to LOST, LOST is too wierd. LOL

(Sorry, never could get past the Guest Star: The polar bear on LOST, I mean I like to use my imagination, but yeesh)