tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post3515618750600316674..comments2024-03-21T14:20:51.746-07:00Comments on Cult TV Lounge: Land of the Giants, season 1 (1968)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-70932970090131782802018-06-27T02:39:49.908-07:002018-06-27T02:39:49.908-07:00According to Gary Gerani's "Fantastic Tel...According to Gary Gerani's "Fantastic Television" book, Land Of The Giants was not AN expensive series - it was THE most expensive TV show ever made up till then, with a budget of $250,000 per episode.<br /><br />I did used to wonder about the title, though - given their situation, did it ever occur to the group that their new environment was normal-sized, and they had all been shrunken by whatever it was they flew through? <br /><br />With you on the Spindrift design, too - you start at the front, looks great; then start going back to the doors and engine pods...OK; after that it all kind of fizzles out. In fact, when you see it in its entirety, it looks slightly ridiculous.<br /><br />But who am I kidding - at the age I was when it came out, I'd watch anything and everything in a similar vein!B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.com