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From what I can determine, there appears to be a scant offering of fanart for the TV series "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World " out there, so here's my small part in remedying that.I know it wasn't the most amazing show ever. It took a lot of liberties with the original book and could be rather hokey. But it was hokey in a fun way. Also, the show featured a pretty strong/likable cast of characters and the CGI dinosaurs weren't bad for a TV production from over a decade ago with a budget a tiny fraction of what Spielberg had available. And let's not forget the well-endowed woman in the skimpy outfit.
Someday, I'd actually like to do a comic that resolves the cliffhanger the third season ended on and/or wraps up the story, just because I hate the way it ended so much. But that idea is perhaps overly ambitious for now and will have to indefinitely remain on the back burner, along with all the other neglected personal projects that have yet to see the light of day.
Jennifer O'Dell as Veronica Layton
David Orth as Edward "Ned" Malone
Lara Cox as Finn
Michael Sinelnikoff as Professor Summerlee
Will Snow as Lord John Roxton
Rachel Blakely as Marguerite Krux
Peter McCauley as Professor Challenger
One may also glimpse Tribune (Jerome Ehlers) lurking in the background.
I do intend to color this, but I'm a bit preoccupied with other stuff atm and anyway, I'm pretty happy with it the way it is.
I mainly used the DVDs of the show as a reference, except for Veronica's pose, which I based on a photo by *Tasastock
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I'm working on an animated film adaptation of the original novel.
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THIS SHOW WAS TRULY SUPERIOR THAN THE BOOK!!
This show was everything to me! EVERYTHING!
I would support you if you ever did a comic that resolves the cliffhanger! That's my dream too!
Glad to find a fan of this show as well!
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Nice to hear from such an ardent fan. Honestly, I like the book as well; it's a very different animal from the series. But I read it as a kid, years before the series was made; I can see how if someone read the book after seeing the series, they might be like, "Where the hell are Veronica and Marguerite?" The book's plot is fine for a movie or miniseries, but it would have been difficult to stretch it out to fit an episodic TV format. The makers of the series found a cool way to expand the premise in a way that allowed for a greater range of stories to be told.
On a somewhat positive note, at least Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens made public their unrealized plans for how things would have unfolded in the fourth season, including how they intended to end the show. So, if I ever do do a comic (far off down the road, probably), at least I'll have some sort of framework to work from.
Thanks for commenting.
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I read the book in honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself and the tv show I enjoyed when I was young.
I loved the novel, I did set in mind that this was in the 1911's and blunt racism and
British's colonization ideal was apparent in those time even including strong sexism
towards women and early evidence of prehistoric beast (half off them were wrong),
It was still a wonderful book to read.
The Tv Show had awesome amazing women defending themselves and having adventures
like Marguerite and Veronica, basically showing that the idea of jungle adventures with pre-historic
monsters is NOT a boys club anymore.
That why I perfer the show over the book! 
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I very much appreciate the thoughtful reply. Yeah, the book did have some unfortunate racist elements, which were probably unintentional; I don't think Conan Doyle was a racist. But it's certainly outdated in several ways, as society has changed and as we've expanded our scientific knowledge. As a kid, I was not so aware of or concerned about that, however. I mean, when I first read it, I was naive enough to think the Lost World, or something like it, could actually exist.
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Actually...Doyle was pretty sexist and prejudice: He really didn't believe woman
should be involve in men's adventures and literature even though he
did have some contradiction of creating Irene Adler, The woman who outsmarted
Sherlock holmes, and while he probably(?)had no hate for POC, he did say something about only Britain's control
can turned "savage" people (POC) into proper almost "WHITE"upstanding view.
I feel like Peter Jackson or G. Del Toro can do a film based on the TV show that was based on the book!
That would be awesome!
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Hmm, I guess I'm not really familiar with those views, if he did have them. I have at least a couple books on Doyle, including one that collects his correspondence, but I'm afraid I haven't read them thoroughly. The one biography of his that I've read was years ago and probably aimed at younger readers. I admit there are some objectionable things in some of his writing. On the other hand, I can't help thinking of the Holmes story "The Yellow Face," in which it turns out the big secret his client's wife was hiding was her half-black daughter from previous marriage, whom she feared her new husband wouldn't accept. That story had a heartwarming conclusion, and I thought it was very progressive for its time.
Probably the only way we'd ever see versions of the characters from the TV show again is with a reboot, since so much time has passed since its cancellation. Any future adaptation of The Lost World, though, is more likely to be an adaptation of the book than the show. Then again, I seem to recall other adaptations that have added female characters, so it might be wise for any director to look to the TV show for that instead of feeling the need to create all new characters from scratch. I do agree that either of the directors you cited would probably do an amazing job with the material, though I kinda feel like Peter Jackson already sort of did his own version of The Lost World with the Skull Island section of King Kong. Boy, if the plateau had been more like Skull Island, that intrepid band of explorers would have been lucky to last a week, let alone three seasons.
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I always believed People are capable of change if given the chance.
I saw all film adaptations of The Lost World; the original 1925 film to the 2001 BBC film of the Lost World,
I did find a joy to watch but they always seem to lack that special something the TV series had/have that made
it special to me.
The TV show would be a great film adaptation, maybe a trilogy or at least five films of it!
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I'd watch 'em.
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Oh my God.
You would not believe what I found when I was searching
more info of the Tv series and looking for the actors.
Jerome Ehlers, the awesome actor famous for playing the cunning Lizard-man Tribune,
sadly passed away this year, this month.
Ehlers died in Sydney on August 9 2014, after a ten month battle with cancer.
Oh my God.
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Holy crap, that sucks. I really loved him as Tribune. Thanks for letting me know.
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I can be honest and accept that Sir A-C-D would be turning in his grave if he knew this claimed to be based on his work.
HOWEVER.
I loved this show, it was great. It was cheesy, pulpy, adventure filled goodness. It had a likeable main cast, an interesting setting and for all intents and purposes, a great sci-fi nonsensical plot. Brilliance.
It helps to think of it as a show based on ''A'' Lost World where lost things wound up, rather than ''The'' Lost World, as written by Sir A-C-D.
Top work.
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hahahaha love it- the lizard in the bushes is a crack up
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Loved this show! Looked forward to it every week. And the episode with the costumes that possess them? FANTASTICALLY WONDERFUL!
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Good to know I wasn't the only TLW fan.
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Not even close. There are two of us.
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as silly as the show was it was still fun to watch and the effects were pretty good given what little budget they had and the time production took place.
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