: Oh yeah, there is Roxton/Marguerite action worth discuccing in the pilot!
: It starts already in the beginning when Marguerite offers to finance the expedition on condition that Callenger allows her to come along (of course he had no other choice). Roxton laughs at her because of that ("The Amazon area is nothing for a lady like you" - don't know if that's the right translation, something like that), well, and Marguerite's reaction? She shoots at him!

I think the real line was "The Amazon is no place for a lady." but I might be wrong. Its been awhile since I've seen the 2-hr movie pilot, too.

: Another fantastic scene is when they all have a break on their journey to the plateau. Roxton watches Marguerite taking a bath in the river, a "crocodile" attacks her (the dialog right before that is really funny) and Roxton saves her by jumping on the crocodile. Afterwards he wants to carry her back to the camp because she got hurt, but she doesn't want that at all, so he simply drops her!

Hmm. I must've missed that scene. I'll have to look for it. Thanks!

: Well, there are several other scenes like that (e.g. in the treehouse- that scene is fabulous, you'll know what I mean when yoou see it).

Also worth watching is the scene where Ned gets swept up by a vine/tree and nearly devoured. A clip of the scene is used in the opening credit sequence of the tv series. The movie is also the only time we see the friendly tribal people that befriended Veronica after her parents disappeared. As I have mentioned before, there was a trend to show more cheesecake in the early episodes, and the pilot is no exception.

So, the pilot is worth watching, particularly if you have only just recently started watching the show. It'll help fill in some of the gaps. I think it was available for sale on Amazon.com for awhile, before it was turned into a series, but I may be mixing it with one of the other adaptations of Doyle's book.

Enjoy!