What makes it different from others?

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

It all began on the last day of my sixth grade. My father gave me the 1st season of Little House on the Prairie, and after I watched the 1st episode "A Crop of Friends", I just couldn't stop...Afterwards more seasons came along...a year after that I owned all the Little House Books, next Christmas I owned Highway to Heaven, which is also a good Michael Landon production, though not as good as THIS! I grew up from a sulky teenager to a happy girl! Along its nine seasons, Little house aborded several themes, like slavery, family issues, friendship, gold fever, risky jobs, deadly diseases..on the whole, after watching this you find yourself an altogether different person, also a better one who tries to make the world a better place. Trough the Ingalls and their little house in Walnut Grove, you'll fall in love with their beautiful family, learn to hate the Oleoson womenfolk, and meet a whole bunch of real, funny, witty, sarcastic, aggravating people. Once you see this,you can never Forget it. This Christmas I'll finish these series, and I know I'll die and cry at the same time.To me this is still a wonderful series after many years. Good for any age,too. I read that Michael Landon had wanted this to be a series to watch in family...To me that was right. From all these compliments,I think that by now, you know I LOVE THIS!!!

I'm amazed this show actually lasted nine years. But then again, it was that unreal era when NBC mastered in the art of shows that sucked. For example, CHiPs, C.P.O. Sharkey, Different Strokes… and the even more unbearable spin-off The Facts of Life.But without fail, every week my mother and brother would watch it. Every once in a while I'd hang out with them and try to suffer through an episode. To be honest, it was only because Melissa Sue Anderson was my age and for lack of a better word, "doable".The first thing that bothered me was the hair styles of all the male characters in the show. They either had a curly perm or a 70's shag cut, neither were available or known in the 1800's. It really destroyed the authenticity and believability of the show. Apparently there was such a stigma against short hair back then, that they even made war movies where the actors (supposedly in the military) had haircuts that were no where near regulation.Second thing, was the incredibly bad acting of the twins (Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush) that played Carrie. A bad casting choice that became painfully obvious as time passed. Thankfully, they eventually eliminated her (them) having any lines.But after seeing a few episodes, it got to the point I could predict the outcome - the guest star would always die a horribly tragic death. Unfortunately, like a bad case of chlamydia, the show went on for years and years and grew worse and worse.The show's descent into the black hole of all that sucks started with the introduction of the character "Albert" (Pa's new drooling adopted son). Then, when they ran out of guest stars to kill off, they throw Mary's character under the bus. "Hey, lets take the only semi-attractive cast member, have her go blind, marry an annoying douche and leave her newborn in a house fire." Great wholesome family show right?But it gets worse. Suddenly Laura becomes a teacher, meets a pedophile the same age as her dad and marries him. And I'm only guessing, but in order to make sure viewers around the world would need a barf bag, she call's him "Manly".In the end, after killing off 9 years worth of guest stars in every way imaginable, blinding the only attractive character, making her a baby murderer and having the main character hook up with a perverted pedophile, all that was left for the final episode was blowing up the entire town.This show is 9 years of proof the Landon was the master of sentimental, sappy, soap opera drama overkill and the all time king of suck.

A long-running drama based upon the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House on the Prairie" follows the lives of the simple, farming Ingalls family: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie and then Grace and the later adopted Albert, James and Cassandra, who settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s. Often narrated by Laura, the series follows her simple farm upbringing from her childhood until her adulthood with Almanzo Wilder with whom she starts a family of her own. While the series is based upon the Little House books (and thus the real life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder), it is a very loose adaptation, with mostly only key events and elements of fact surviving the transition from book to TV series, the most important being Mary's eventual blindness, and Laura's future. Several other fictitious (some factual) characters make up the friendly community of Walnut Grove, including teacher Miss Beadle (succeeded by two other teachers, then Laura, then Etta Plum), Dr. Hiram Baker, Rev. Robert Alden, Mr. Hanson (of the Hanson lumber mill), and the well-to-do Olesons, owners of the local mercantile, and also the primary rivals of the Ingalls family (except the Oleson patriarch). Family friends include the Edwards family, the Garvey family and the Carters, who, in the final season, move into the Ingalls' little house.

i personally love the series and that it shows life as is and that life was not all that bad or good.as for the characters that is everyday in this world just a different time. just too sad that no remaining children live on to see the love and gratitude that the book brought on to the world. the books are still a best seller. the websites are great also thanks to the readers and all . so lets be honest how different is the life other then the times of the pastalso wast here proof the they took on 3 other kids on to there family if where am interested. also where is all of the kids buried and the parents just curious and wanting to find out more.