Monday, October 30, 2023

Fantastic Journey (TV pilot, 1977)


Something possessed me to watch this on Tubi. I had watched the show some in the '70's. It was on less than one season, ten episodes. It was a little strange that child actor Ike Eisenmann, then 13, was its big star. Was probably a wise move since child actors are more affordable. Roddy McDowell joined the cast later.

Researchers enter the Bermuda Triangle. One brought along his tween son. They're attacked by a big green cloud and find themselves shipwrecked on an island. In each episode, they pass through time portals into different periods in the future. 

It was pretty cheap which might have been less of a problem if it hadn't dragged on for two hours. Even in the '70's it bothered me that people from the future had 1970's hairstyles. 

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