Netflix greenlights new "Lost in Space"

[Gingerbread Demon]

I loved Maureen's balloon ride and the moment her sensors picked up the radiation and that half "fu.." that comes out of her mouth, line was delivered perfectly.

My favourite episode was episode 6 if only for the end scene. Poor will and poor robot.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I loved Maureen's balloon ride and the moment her sensors picked up the radiation and that half "fu.." that comes out of her mouth, line was delivered perfectly.

My favourite episode was episode 6 if only for the end scene. Poor will and poor robot.

I was a bit frustrated by Will's lack of any attempt to instill the robot with any explicit deep rules of ethical behaviour, but rather he just seemed to assume the robot would intuit what behaviour was acceptable. He is but a child, of course, and his parents and siblings were perhaps too distracted to consider the matter deeply. Not sure why the robot remained so mute - it obviously could process and understand human speech.

 

[Markonian]

About the robot being sent off the cliff:
It is clearly an advanced machine but we don’t know if it’s sentient or not. Thus, I’d err on the side of caution and treat it as sentient being until proven otherwise.
So, we have got Will Robinson potentially committing murder, and nobody cares about the act because it rids the Humans off the dangerous robot.

(Love the series and characters. This is the only thing that bugs me).

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

About the robot being sent off the cliff:
It is clearly an advanced machine but we don’t know if it’s sentient or not. Thus, I’d err on the side of caution and treat it as sentient being until proven otherwise.
So, we have got Will Robinson potentially committing murder, and nobody cares about the act because it rids the Humans off the dangerous robot.

(Love the series and characters. This is the only thing that bugs me).

The usually accepted meaning of sentient is the ability to sense and perceive the world subjectively at a conscious level. I think you mean is the robot consciously aware of and able to modify its self-behaviour by reflecting at a conscious level of the likely outcomes from different responses to external stimuli. Even many humans aren't very good at that. The robot appears to be about as intelligent as a semitrained hunting dog. Probably much less so if it has no sense of self preservation.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

See that scene stands out for me because (and this is my own interpretation) while watching it I could not help but think the robot was showing fear as Will asked it to go over the cliff. It looked like it was afraid, and that's a brilliant bit of acting by Brian Steele the guy in the robot suit. Emoting without voice is hard, and throughout the series he did such a good job.


Oh and have to add this a fan made this video and it uses the original season 3 music from the old show but made for the new one.

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[Asbo Zaprudder]

Someone should perhaps have educated Will about Asimov's three laws of robotics for him to pass on. Let's ignore the zeroth law. Might not stick though if the robot's brain isn't positronic (note: tongue-in-cheek remark).

 

[Mudd]

About the robot being sent off the cliff:
It is clearly an advanced machine but we don’t know if it’s sentient or not. Thus, I’d err on the side of caution and treat it as sentient being until proven otherwise.
So, we have got Will Robinson potentially committing murder, and nobody cares about the act because it rids the Humans off the dangerous robot.

(Love the series and characters. This is the only thing that bugs me).

It's the "dog's gone rabid" scene, okay?

Yeah, I cried.

 

[Trekker4747]

The robot is likely sentient but not sapient. (Let's not mix up what those words mean, a'la Trek)

 

[Mr. Adventure]

The "We're the Robinsons" scene, the clapping to see the flowers, and let's not forget creating the gun for Will after the vision of the Resolute would suggest to me that there is something going on in the head of the robot.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The "We're the Robinsons" scene, the clapping to see the flowers, and let's not forget creating the gun for Will after the vision of the Resolute would suggest to me that there is something going on in the head of the robot.

The Iron Giant.. That was the flowers scene.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Speaking of the theme/intro, I found it odd that it used both a short title screen and full intro sequence depending on the episodes, but without consistency. It wasn't even done alternately, but randomly. The only reason I could think them doing that was episode length. That intro reminds me a lot of the imagery in the Enterprise intro. Nicely done.

 

[Tallguy]

The Iron Giant.. That was the flowers scene.

When he left the robot in the cave I said "You stay. I go. No following."

 

[Redfern]

It's the "dog's gone rabid" scene, okay? Yeah, I cried.

I thought the same thing, "Oh, no! It's that scene from 'Old Yeller', only with a robot!"

 

[Australis]

Nice review from Aust ABC News website.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-29/how-netflixs-lost-in-space-reboot-mirrors-our-humanity/9704264

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Nice review from Aust ABC News website.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-29/how-netflixs-lost-in-space-reboot-mirrors-our-humanity/9704264

Thank you for that I'm going to post in it in the Netflix reboot group. Lovely article.

 

[Gryffindorian]

Toby Stephens has evolved and matured a lot since his days as a Bond villain in Die Another Day. I didn't recognize him at first. As John Robinson, he plays a dedicated American soldier, estranged husband, and protective father to the kids. Looking forward to the next season!

 

[Tallguy]

Toby Stephens has evolved and matured a lot since his days as a Bond villain in Die Another Day.

No. WAY!

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I didn't realize how much of a pommy accent he has. His voice is so different in interviews.

 

[Gryffindorian]

I didn't know his mum was Dame Maggie Smith! Blimey!

 

[Australis]

Saw him years ago in a miniseries called 'Perfect Strangers' (US title: 'Almost Strangers'). He was good then. And you do know he was in 'Black Sails'?