Land of the Lost Trailer — T. Rex is Looking Good

By Brian Switek

smithsonian.com
February 2, 2009

Last night, most people were watching the Super Bowl to see whether the Cardinals or the Steelers would take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy, but I was more interested in the commercials. Among the slew of advertisements was the first trailer for the upcoming Land of the Lost movie.

I will have to wait until June to see if the movie is as hilarious as the trailer makes it seem, but the Tyrannosaurus looks pretty good.

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