Netflix greenlights new "Lost in Space"
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Good. 
The original Lost in Space 1965-1968 series began great in season one and then became infected with '60s Batman "camp". I hope that after multiple attempts to reboot in 1973 animated tv pilot, 1998 film and 2003 tv pilot that this first 10 episodes season works.
The original Lost in Space 1965-1968 series began great in season one and then became infected with '60s Batman "camp". I hope that after multiple attempts to reboot in 1973 animated tv pilot, 1998 film and 2003 tv pilot that this first 10 episodes season works.
There was a 2008 film???
If they are going to go with an all new theme, (LOVE the original! would be fine with me if they just used it again but they gotta go new...) I so hope they can get John Williams to do or update it!
I didn't care for the LiS movie. For one thing, it went overboard on making the family dysfunctional and unlikeable. It's possible to have conflict among good-natured characters who like each other, if they face genuinely challenging issues with no easy answers (e.g. in episode 6 of the show, "Welcome, Stranger," where John and Maureen debate whether to send the children home to Earth or keep the family united). Just having them be a bunch of screwed-up jerks is the laziest way to generate conflict, and it didn't make for a very enjoyable film. I felt Dr. Smith's characterization was lacking as well. They actually had him say he was evil. Villains don't see themselves as evil! The original Smith was simply a hedonist, a narcissist, and a coward, willing to put his own greed, comfort, and safety over others' well-being, but not actively malevolent as an end in itself. This was a waste of Gary Oldman -- who was otherwise just about the only really interesting member of the cast, other than Lacey Chabert, who totally stole every scene she was in and was the movie's primary saving grace.
Also, for a film called Lost in Space, it got far too caught up in an overcomplicated time-travel story. The only reason for the time-travel element seemed to be that they were hoping to get Bill Mumy to play the adult Will, but once that fell through, the whole thing became rather pointless. They should've focused more on the actual lost-in-space part and saved being lost in time for a potential sequel.
As for the John Woo pilot, it was unrecognizable as LiS. I didn't like it at all.
Also, for a film called Lost in Space, it got far too caught up in an overcomplicated time-travel story. The only reason for the time-travel element seemed to be that they were hoping to get Bill Mumy to play the adult Will, but once that fell through, the whole thing became rather pointless. They should've focused more on the actual lost-in-space part and saved being lost in time for a potential sequel.
As for the John Woo pilot, it was unrecognizable as LiS. I didn't like it at all.
I liked the movie when I was a kid, but I haven't watched it since it's home release, so I don't know what my opinion of it would be as an adult.
I'm really curious about the new series. The basic premise is simple they could do almost anything they want with it. I hope the series is fun, and they don't go to dark and gritty with it.
I'm really curious about the new series. The basic premise is simple they could do almost anything they want with it. I hope the series is fun, and they don't go to dark and gritty with it.
Yes, it was a 1998 film.
Christopher, well stated. Agree, this why the 1998 film and the 2003 tv pilot failed.
My favorite version of LiS is the '90s Innovation comic that was largely written by Bill Mumy. It went back to the tone and characterizations of the first few episodes, with a more ensemble flavor and a more dangerous, multifaceted Smith, and went in a more adult and sophisticated direction without losing the spirit of the original characters or completely ditching the show's sense of humor. Granted, since it was a '90s comic, it did throw in a lot of gratuitous cheesecake shots of the Robinson daughters in underwear or bikinis, but at least it tried to balance it with gratuitous beefcake shots of John and Don with their shirts off (and rather more muscular than they probably were in real life).
Agree, the '90s Innovation comic version is the best. I liked the revised Jupiter 2 exterior hull detailed like the Millennium Falcon and the Robot changes too.
^I rather hated the overdetailed redesign of the ship. It seemed unnecessarily cluttered.
I like the original Jupiter 2 hull without detail. I just thought the detailed Innovations Jupiter 2 was an interesting choice even if it seems cluttered.
Doesn't that pretty much describe every design from '90s comics?
The 1998 LIS was very entertaining I thought. Some of the acting is sub-par, and the kids could have been less annoying but the production design fit my idea of technology in it's stated time period more than most movies and a refreshing change from the "Alien(1979)" style interiors we'd been getting in most movies around that time. Even today I still think it's some of the best production design for a space-based movie.
The 2004 pilot is unfinished so that has to be noted. With a change in some of the casting I think it could have made it to series.
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The 2004 pilot is unfinished so that has to be noted. With a change in some of the casting I think it could have made it to series.
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The best thing about it, in retrospect, is the opening space-battle. The FX in that were way ahead of its time and still hold up well today. I think they blew most of the well-publicized budget in that opener.
Doesn't that pretty much describe every design from '90s comics?
I dunno, I'd say most '90s female costume designs were unnecessarily uncluttered...
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