Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

[@mathieuleader8601]

Doug McClure's daughter informed him that Doug was a big fan of The Simpsons. She said that while watching an episode Doug saw the character Troy McClure on the show and said, "Are they making fun of me?" Doug said he thought the parody was funny and his daughters would call him Troy McClure behind his back as a joke He also had a cameo role as a poker player in the 1994 movie remake of Maverick.

[@axelwulf6220]

Troy was supposed to be a parody of Doug, yes

[@7superdaimajin]

@@axelwulf6220 The name Troy McClure is a combination of actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure and the character is meant to represent any formerly popular actor who is in a career low point and trading on his past fame.

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

@@7superdaimajin "Hi! I'm Troy McClure! You might remember me from such films as THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF HERCULES!"

[@johnbockelie3899]

That was no home made refinery, it was the still.

[@snatchadams69]

"Hi I'm Troy McClure you may remember me from such films as Christmas Ape and Christmas Ape goes to Summer Camp"

[@philipmonihan8222]

No one ever makes Jim Henson Dinosaur jokes any more. Well done!

[@originaluddite]

I think the dinosaurs in this are just fine, but then again, I've seen The Land Unknown (1957).

[@dracometeors3010]

In this movie the Dinosaurs at least seem like dangerous, prehistoric beasts.

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

Got to love that tyrano!

[@brycevo]

Rubber dinosaurs and suitmation are always a favorite of mine. This is a classic

[@frankgesuele6298]

People are just spoiled by the Jurassic Park movies. This is the old school way.

[@theguyshow3392]

I saw this gem when it was released and as an eight year old I loved it.

[@69coolchris]

Great set of movies. I bought the DVD boxset recently. I watched these as a kid on Sunday afternoon TV and still love them.

[@MichaelLeroi]

I loved Doug McClure movies as a kid! Nice to find someone else who shares my passion

[@PUBHEAD1]

Parents took my brother and I to see this at a drive in when it came out. Germans, cavemen submarines, and dinosaurs. It totally blew my 5 year old mind

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

Me too : )

[@marilynmanson3302]

just recently discovered this channel, even though it's 5+years old, it's become one of my favorite episodes (so far;}

[@jliller]

This could actually be a movie worth remaking. The concept is good, it just needs improvement in pretty much every other way (effects, acting, directing).

[@69coolchris]

The syfy channel tried and failed making a terrible version starring C. Thomas Howell.

[@goldenvrpca7962]

it wasn't so bad, some good points, but the lack of money prevailed I'm affraid.

[@ajbahlam]

www.imdb.com/title/tt1410205/ Already remade in 2009

[@nostalgicarchives9463]

Hell, the same could be said for the Inspector Gadget Films. I really only enjoyed the sequel, thank you vhs trailers I binged till high school. Take some dedicated people with imagination and what ever good the movie had, edit the bad parts into something productive and you got a good popcorn flick

[@55Quirll]

@@69coolchris I saw it and was disappointed in it as well, started out like Gilligan's Island, instead of a lost continent they went through a hole in the Bermuda Triangle. Perhaps they could try and remake it the way Resident Evil or Starship Troopers was done in very good animation with voicing of good actors. I liked the 2 books, there was a third but I haven't finished it, didn't like the ending to the People that Time Forgot, Tyler and the girl and didn't die in that one.

[@gardener68]

I saw this movie when I was 7 years old at a drive-in theater in Granbury, Texas! I thought the dinosaurs were the most realistic I had ever seen! But then, I was seven. My expectations weren't very high...

[@JEMurl]

'Round these part we call your land: Tex-As

[@neilgabriel1436]

I was 11 when i first saw it. Greetings from UK. I was in Granbury in April. I love TX.

[@theguyshow3392]

Me too!

[@gardener68]

@@JEMurl That's okay. We're not terribly fond of our state at the moment either.

[@bobleclair5665]

Gardener68 , what year?

[@DJMahon]

The actor who plays Dietz was Anthony Ainley, who is better known as "The Master" from the BBC sci-fi series "Doctor Who". I almost didn't recognize him without the goatee.

[@DaisyIsKing]

+Dennis Mahon ...but the voice gave it away instantly, am i right?

[@simonsays2967]

agreed

[@Howyaduing]

It is the master

[@9999plato]

I stumbled across these films back in the 90s on late night TV. I actually read the source materials when reading classic sci-fi fantasy.

[@quinnkribell4386]

I love the tone of this Dino flick from the 60s. I grew up watching it as a kid and loved it. Sure, it was campy and even hilarious at times. But it's enjoyable in the best ways. The Land that Time Forgot is a film that shouldn't be forgotten. It's great. Brandon Tenold, keep up the good work. Your videos are the greatest!

[@mheermance]

I saw "The Land That Time Forgot" at a drive in when it first came out. I was 9 and thought the special effects were amazing. The sub marine entrance into the hidden world was fun too.

[@varanid9]

Considering the film's limited budget the naval effects are pretty good. I think the prehistoric world stuff and the monsters would have come off more convincingly if they hadn't tried to be overly ambitious. Still, though, they're fun for me to watch to this day.

[@sliladim5999]

Very well done. It places everything in it is own spot. I watched all the movies when I was growing up. At the time we , kids, thought that those movies were the zenith of film making. Now I laugh at them. I even laugh more with Brandon’s comments added . Thank you Brandon.

[@elizabethshannon5404]

I remember going to see this movie when I was a child. My late father referred to Doug McClure as the "King of the Grade Zs". God bless him, he was right. But we still had fun.

[@ExodiaTheD1HATER]

My grandpa and me would watch this movie anytime i went to his house and he kinda say the same thing said " he was John Wayne but was zers actor" cause he also tried western nut was not as good were awsome memories only reason he watched this movie was cause of me bless his heart

[@samuelbrooks4828]

Is it just me or was there no sound in the intro.

[@delmerputnam1679]

dou jin what was the song he played before he took it out?

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@delmerputnam1679 I Am A Real American by Rick Derringer

[@mtsaqif267]

Copyright

[@judsongaiden9878]

One way to get around that is to edit it. Like altering the speed for example.

[@Quimper111]

Cancer copyright censorship

[@SilverSurfer166]

Does anyone remember the 80s TV show with Doug McClure as a Mayor of a small New England town? He was a side character, but the main focus was a young girl who learns that she is half Alien on her 13 birthday. She can talk to her Alien Dad in Outer Space thru a cube thingy, and she could friggin' Stop Time! Yeah, she could freeze time, but she could unfreeze people too! It was a weird show. I think it was called 'Out Of This World'.

[@kevingooley9628]

Yep, I remember that.

[@varanid9]

I never heard of it. Sounds odd for the time.

[@billcox8870]

I remember that show

[@alexanderscott9001]

I'd forgotten about that show ..yes it was "interesting". Lol never knew he was the mayor. Land that Time Forgot was a Saturday afternoon staple as a kid

[@danthomas2146]

I saw this as a Saturday afternoon matinee back in the 70's . Great fun!

[@bugvswindshield]

yes , I do own a few Doug McClure movies. Back in the late 80's early90's, my roommates and others made our "Doug McClure Fan Club" T-shirts. Of course the rule was just an ink pen on a T, because lets face it. That's what is true tribute the best B of 70's. After a wash the ink pen would have to be re-applied. I take it upon everyone who reads this to make this T-Shirt.

[@johnbockelie3899]

The land that time forgot I was 14 when this came out in 1974.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

What did it say?

[@bugvswindshield]

@@dwaneanderson8039 Doug McClure Fan Club

[@WilAdams]

I have ALWAYS been a Doug fan. I watched him in the cowboys shows on TV as a young kid, and then as a pre-teen I enjoyed his sci-fi shows like this one. He is the epitome of a 'man's man'. A two-fisted Alpha Male who took no shit from anyone, and unlike Michael Sopkiw (highlighted in other Brandon vids) Doug did not get beat up constantly. So, for doing this Doug-a-thon, Brandon, thanks. And for all those 'Hi I'm Troy McClure--you probably remember me from such films as--' fans, I say watch Doug's actual movies and see for yourself why he is such an Icon.

[@FreakDaMIghet]

I saw this movie once when i was younger. I barely remember it, so hopefully this review brings me back. lol

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I remember watching this on American Movie Classics as a kid - for all its shortcomings, it does maintain interest and a real sense of throwback pulp adventure (understandable considering that's what it's based on). If it does get remade, it should be closer to the film version of JOHN CARTER, which was WAY better than what critics said at the time.

[@TheMonsterProduction]

I remember buying a bootleg dvd of this film as a kid and I watch it all the time! It is not only the first Monster film I saw but also the firsr film that inspired me to make movies. I have to thank this movie for making me a horror film fan and a filmmaker.

[@Kowalskiboom90]

I know that movie from my childhood. However, I never remembered its title. Thanks to you, I can get this piece of B-movie jewel and watch it again.

[@markh5399]

I watched these in the 70s as kid. They are wonderful for kids and overgrown kids of 60.

[@michaelstephens9826]

Saw all these movies in the theatres when they came out!

[@guilmon182]

6:19 Actually judging by it's size at that distance, and the shape of it's body, I'd say that's an Amphicoelius. Yes I'm a huge dino nerd.

[@_Bromine_35]

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@bennettfender1546]

guilmon182 most don't think the giant species exist the only confirmed species was about as big as a diplodocus.

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

How can you distinguish the shape of its body from that of Diplodocus when the only thing we had of Amphicoelias was a single vertebrae? That's an old timey Diplodocus and it's a stretch to assume the makers of a 70s b-movie bothered to seek obscure 1800s publications as reference.

[@vermis8344]

HoveringAboveMyself beat me to it by two months!

[@chubibi06]

playing smart ass ain't you ?

[@agnethaladuff8559]

Cool review of The Land That Time Forgot. Old school Dinosaur movies rock!

[@Cosmic86x]

Holy shit, the real life TROY MCCLURE! :D Absolute legend

[@LdNidd]

I don't know what it is, but I love the dinosaurs in this movie. Classic retrosaur designs with goofy practical effects...just hits me right, you know?

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

I don't think I've ever not enjoyed a Doug McClure movie. In other words, I think I've loved them all.

[@AJ82778]

My dad took me to see this for my 5th birthday back in 1975. Loved it (had nightmares from it, but still loved it). As corny as it is now, I still stop and watch it every now and again.

[@shirophoenix01]

As a person who understands Spanish every time the name Caprona came up I laughed out loud xD

[@chubibi06]

Google trad couldn't help me, what does it mean then ?

[@michaelccozens]

@@chubibi06 According to more slang-friendly translations, the word colloquially is the equivalent of the English insult meaning "female dog", if you take my meaning.

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

It is too similar to "cabrona".

[@chheinrich8486]

​@@michaelccozensoh we german have a Word for that😅 "schlampe"

[@BrolySayian]

this was one of my fav dinosaurs movies to wash as a kid on TV are VSH

[@ste309w]

Doug did pretty much anything that was offered to him at the time. He also stared in WW2 POW movie with Renee Auberjonois. It was supposedly set in Colditz castle, but it was obviously a studio backlit in Hollywood. Can't remember the name of it. But, you do have to wonder how Doug would have fared against the Gorn? Oh and great to see that clip from Red Dwarf!

[@ian_b]

I saw this at the cinema as a child. Loved it.

[@stornkolson]

I have no idea why you dont have more subs Brandon. Your reviews are really freaking funny. The only other review guy I can stand is Minty. But seriously, all other review guys on here are just terrible at editing, make unfunny jokes and come off as pretentious. Great job yo

[@JakesMetalChat]

I remember watching this film when I was little back in the 90s on a taped video that my Nan had recorded when it was on TV. Great review keep them coming.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Even before "Troy McClure," Doug McClure was doing a parody of HIMSELF, on the sitcom "Out Of This World."

[@scottessery100]

brandon you are by far the best advert for Canada ever :) keep it up

[@unclepatrick2]

"Say what you want, This is still better than Jurassic Park 3" LOL

[@louisduarte8763]

He makes a good point; the guys with guns in this movie are better shots than the ones in JP3. Or just about all the Jurassic Park and World movies.

[@r.shanethompson7933]

are you referring to the one where the Raptor shouts.... "ALAN!!!!" ????

[@johnbuggy9121]

Like most of the commentators and the reviewer, I grew up at a time when Amicus's movies were the talk of the school yard. Obviously we were too young to appreciate the dreadful production values etc. (even for the time that they were made). The nostalgia that these reviews have elicited have almost brought me to tears (no, not of laughter, although the reviewer's dry wit is amusing!). "The happy highways were I went and cannot come again."

[@russellbird7543]

Was this the inspiration for the game Land Where Time Stood Still? Absolutely loved that as a kid

[@spiderlime]

the caprona duology was a cult classic, even more than a decade after they were made. i grew up on them, as the first real dinosaur movies i ever saw. however, there were many changes from the original text.

[@jackeldridge4225]

Okay the almost constant Dinosaur gags were off putting, but the Message for you sir death scene made me laugh more than I should have. Good save.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

I saw this movie several times as a child back in the 70s and I totally don't remember that ending with the sub sinking.

[@winternow2242]

You may remember me from such helpful do-it-yourself guides as "Do Your Own Grave, And Save".

[@SailorBarsoom]

While this movie doesn't have the best dinos ever, they're a lot better than anything At the Earth's Core had to offer. I think Amicus blew their creature budget on this movie, and ATEC got the leftovers.

[@dAvrilthebear]

At the Earth's Core the dinosaurs were much more trippier, making for a better cult movie). In fact, everything was trippier in ATEC

[@SailorBarsoom]

This is true. The book was trippy in some ways, too.

[@Tareltonlives]

I would say that that the effects were better here, but I like Pellucidar more than Caprona myself, not to mention a better supporting cast in At theEarth's Core

[@Tareltonlives]

Also-this film is much more boring

[@mikesutliff9142]

ATEC also had those weird humanoid /hawk creature's that would hypnotize humans, fly and grab them, then would eat them, I guess. Freaked me out as a kid when I seen the movie.

[@joevaughn9241]

I saw this at the movies as a kid. I thought the dinosaurs looked rubbery and fake even then. When the caveman was taken be the pteradacyl I cracked up and thought about Sinatra singing Come fly with Me. My folks were Sinatra fans and it was weird times. Rubbery and goofy fun for all. 👍

[@rct3LP]

Greetings from Germany :) like your review style you got my sub :)

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

Sigh, I miss the Real American theme at the beginning. Goddamn KZbin. Ah well, suppose I could open another tap and play over the vid. On another note, could you review Crater Lake Monster? No rush. You do what you want. But still.

[@gojifan96]

I am so glad that you are still going after KZbin shut down the original channel

[@NickyNackerKnoo]

LOOOOOOOOLLLLLL at 7:15 rubber dinosaur bounced.

[@cannibalcarwash8388]

As soon as you said the phrase at 7:04-7:07 I instantly hit the like button

[@TapCat]

I only ever knew of Doug McClure from watching reruns of The Virginian as a kid (he was a regular on the show). Didn't realize that he'd starred in movies like this.

[@skug9bob]

Hey, if the Muppet Monsters reject you for not being believable, anger is understandable.

[@Othello484]

Doug is my new hero!

[@mcleary22x]

great use of the dinosaur tv theme lol

[@RichardWatt]

I've only seen this movie once before when I was a kid in the Odeon Cinema in Aberdeen, Scotland. I think my mum and I went to see it one rainy day, but I can't remember that far back.

[@002DrEvil]

The plot of this film has similar elements to King Kong. They both take place on an island that hasn't been mapped, and they both contain dinosaurs. The main difference is that Kong is an interesting character.

[@shiddy.]

Brandon's audio brought you from the beyond

[@danielstow1502]

hi im Doug McClue, you may remember my inspired character from such shows as the simpsons.........btw I made that reference before he explained the connection, I didn't know he would

[@radicalgear391]

is that god damed biolante at 6:46

[@kaijucifer3544]

No, it looks nothing like her.

[@baranguirus]

kinda looks like one of its smaller Venus flytrap heads.

[@Charley_Goji]

oh crap, somebody call godzilla

[@Gojirawars03]

Justin Evans BIOLLANTE

[@ethanos5650]

LOL!

[@alfonsoflorio]

You're such a nice person. You even add sound effects for them :-)

[@melina001a]

Wow a young Anthony Ainley! He'd go on to play The Master in Dr Who!

[@FutureDani]

One of my fav movies

[@_Bromine_35]

Does anyone else thing Doug kinda looks like Will Ferrell?

[@Nogura2200]

No, I think he looks like Brandon Tenold!

[@TimeAxisMedia]

I enjoyed this very much. Especially coming from someone who doesn't look like they were alive when these films came out. Heh. I'm actually quite fond of the way the dinos looked, great work at the time from Roger Dicken. I was there, saw it in the theater.

[@voronOsphere]

The plesiosaur scene is very well executed, in my opinion.

[@BeeF82002]

i used to have this movie on vhs as a kid you brought back back some memories here hehe

[@alfonsoflorio]

Much better than Jurassic park 3. At least I'm having a laugh with this one.

[@camerondodge2070]

Just realised that, quite sadly, the punches without sound effects and fights without music are some of the most realistic things in this movie!

[@varanid9]

That's why they are that way. The film has a very serious tone that's kinda sabotaged by overly ambitious-for-the-budget FX.

[@beth4893]

I watched this at the theaters when I was a kid and I liked it.

[@Arkus]

Nice touch with the Jim Hensons Dinosaurs music and baby clips.

[@solcutta3661]

You should do a whole amicus season of uploads... All those wonderful anthologies.... Please.

[@satchmodog2]

I'm pretty sure Pterandons spent most of their time gliding, too. They were quite heavy and would expend too much energy flapping. Also, how exactly were they going to refine that oil into diesel? Oh yeah, plot convenience lol. Go to the U boat in the Chicago museum and see exactly how fucking silly that is. You couldn't even take a good dump in a U boat.

[@victorm152]

Saw this movie as a kid on TV...very fun adventure story

[@peaou]

note: any animal with high wing span don't flap their wings that often. there are couple of strategies how to gain altitude without flapping wings, but all of them includes rising air currents. check how vultures fly if you want an interesting example

[@dbsommers1]

Half the book takes place on the sub. It changes hands 3 times I think. I think the shot then cut one if them, which is why there was an inconsistency early on in it

[@mrsmith9031]

Loved this movie, and good review

[@DokkaChapman]

Blimey, the Master's acting every un-camp in this.

[@Gojirawars03]

I remember watching this as a kid. I actually remember getting really sad when Om died(or however you say his name)

[@voronOsphere]

Same here.

[@tobywebb8918]

This movie was one of my favorites when I was a kid.

[@DchanZockt]

When Jurassic Park came out in theaters, there was a big “Dino Day” on TV here where they showed all kinds of old movies that had something to do with dinosaurs (including Tammy and the T-Rex). Man, the kids who were too young to go to the movies were probably pretty disappointed when they found out later that the dinosaurs in JP didn't look anything like the ones in these movies.

[@LaDracul]

Also failed to mention he played a parody of himself on the TV show "Out of This World". :)

[@PfalzD3]

Ok, where did doug get a WW2 Afrika Corps Gas mask container?

[@yuoogami4885]

i just saw the styrofoam triceratops fly when the sub fired.

[@juanarasa2298]

Are you kidding me?!? He was my childhood hero! Those movies were the shit back in the day.

[@itowmyhome797]

I am so happy that you got away from doing these low energy presentation videos, the ones you do now are much better

[@ianbeale2527]

Loved this as a kid back in the 70's.It was soooo real back then through the eyes of a child. Today it's virtually unwatchable.(So I bought my other half the Doug McClure box set one Christmas and had to endure ALL of his films over the festive period, serves me right). Love the way the dinosaur they shoot at from the sub changes shape with each cut back from being large enough to eat a man whole to being a small head slender necked plesiosaur with longer teeth . Notice how it loses some of it's teeth when it hits the deck. Oh, and the original Jabba the Hutt then serves it up for dinner before later having a fight with a German. And the naked chicks bathing in that (whatever it is). I remember as a kid wanting the camera to cut closer. Oh well, far away titties and rubber dinosaurs. Never mind, eh ?

[@omayralopez28]

It’s a dinosaur movie with dinosaurs and weird creatures. That is the best prehistoric movie ever!

[@chadbrick67]

Nice bluray collection of these old films

[@jamieforrest6575]

Saw this film aged 8 or 9 with alot of others in our small town Cinema/Movie Theatre, I liked the end ing.

[@charcasc7462]

My dad took me to see this movie at a drive in when it first came out. If you want to do another Doug McClure movie, you should check out Satan's Triangle, a made for TV movie made in 1975 with Kim Novak. Movie explores two mid 70s pop culture obsessions--Bermuda Triangle and Satanism.

[@randomguy2518]

I liked him in cannon ball run

[@virochanaasura8521]

As a kid in the late 70's the dinosaurs looked fine after midnight on the Bob Shrieves Past Prime Playhouse.

[@CountessMaryaZaleska]

The first third is actually really good with the Germans / sub / lost continent /underwater access to the island. And the final few moments do have a real sense of gravitas and tragedy. It's just unfortunate that everything else in between is really terrible. John McEnery's performance as Captain Von Schoenvorts was entirely over dubbed by German actor Anton Diffring.

[@salvagemonster3612]

For those of us born before 1975. We all roundly remember Doug and his movies. Who usually were found playing on Sunday afternoons antenna tv whenever rain stopped a game. Or as a end of the year treat for us in elementary school. I mean the man kills a Freaking Plesiosaur with a machine gun on the deck of a German U Boat. I mean what else needs to be said!

[@derptank3308]

At least the German Sub crew has a more convincing German-English Accent...

I used to watch this movie once and again when I was 4 in the Super 8 my father bought. The movie was in German and I didn't understand a word, but I didn't care. The special effects were nice for the year it was made (in fact some of the dinosaurs were real size); the music was just amazing and the sounds and the roars of the dinosaurs were pretty neat. I have seen the movie recently and, as you well said, it is much better than Jussaric Park 3...