Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The First Photo Of Enik From The New Land Of The Lost Movie

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: The Los Angeles Times / Avery Guerra

A few days back the Los Angeles Times posted the first photo of Enik from the new Brad Silberling $100 million big-screen adaptation of Sid & Marty Krofft's popular 70s children's show, "Land of the Lost".

Fans my remember back in April the USA Today scored the first Sleestak photo from the film. In that photo the reptilian nemesis of a group of explorers who get trapped in another dimension, looked pretty much spot-on with the originals from the TV series. This new photo, however, may leave fans of the original "Lost" shaking their heads.

Now, as many of you know, I am a huge fan of the original "Land of the Lost" and I feel that gives me a right to express my....well....displeasure at this new vision of a character I treasure dearly. You guys over at Universal screwed it up....there I said it! Whats with the giant head, big googly eyes (okay the original Sleestak had huge eyes.) and pointy thingies on the side of his head? Look, I know this movie is supposed to be a comedy, but did you really have to make Enik look so cartoonish? Damn!

OK....sorry I just had to vent.

Oh, and by the way, that is comedian Will Ferrell who plays a disgraced paleontologist in the movie standing next to "Muppet Enik."

Sigh......tell me if I am over reacting.....

Anyway, heres a little history on the original Enik from the 70s' series. Walter Koenig, of Star Trek fame, wrote what may be the shows best episode, The Stranger, which introduced Enik a more evolved Sleestak from an earlier time who ultimately aided in the Marshall family returning home. Koening originally called the character, "Eneg" in his script as a tribute to "Star Trek" creator, Gene Roddenberry. Somewhere along the line the name got misspelled as "Enik" and thats how it ended up in the episode.

See Also: Surprise! The New Sleestaks Look Like The Old Ones! / Land of the Lost (TV 1974-1977)
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