Director: Albert Barillé
Airing date: October 16?, 1982
Rating: ★
Review:
In this second episode of ‘Il était une fois… l’espace’ the feisty little robot Metro gets his name.
Metro joins Pierrot and Petit Gros on their first mission. The trio explores a Jurassic planet inhabited by large iguana-like people who communicate by telepathy.
If anything, this episode shows how differences between cultures can lead to aversions and misunderstandings. Nevertheless, it is one of the slowest and weakest episodes of the series.
Watch ‘Les Sauriens’ yourself and tell me what you think:
This is the 2nd episode of ‘Il était une fois… l’espace’ (Once Upon a Time… Space)
To the 1st episode: La planète Omega (The Planet Omega)
To the 3rd episode: la planète verte (The Green Planet)
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June 8, 2015 at 03:53
All Graduates | Mandarin Translation Services
It’s an interesting film, would have been better if English subtitles (or other subtitles for that matter, aside from French) so that the film will be best appreciated by other nationals. However, it does prove a point: differences in cultures will always lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
June 8, 2015 at 08:55
Gijs Grob
Unfortunately this is the only copy on the internet. The original series had been broadcasted with dubs in many languages. I’ve based my reviews on the Dutch version, for example.
February 20, 2019 at 06:43
Chris Sobieniak (@ChriSobieniak)
I’m watching an English dubbed version that was made available on the French DVD release sometime ago, it’s pretty much consistent in that respect. The best anyone could say is they visited a planet of lizard people who do things their own way and Pierrot is all too trigger happy when the danger arises!
February 20, 2019 at 10:47
Gijs Grob
Quite so!