Netflix Remake of Lost In Space

[VK3DRB]

Many of you older electronics folk would have cut your teeth on Lost in Space and maybe dreamt of building your own B9 Robot one day.

Good news... Netflix is about to release a remake of the series.

Danger Will Robinson!


Goodbye, Penny.
Goodbye, Mr. Nobody.

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Series 1 was the best of the original Lost In Space. Series 2 was OK, but series 3 got pretty silly as it tried to compete with Batman for ratings. I own all box sets of LIS DVD's and know pretty much every episode, as I do the early 1960's Twilight Zone series. The 1998 movie was awful. Let's hope this remake will really good, and not full of effects and light on story. Will keep you posted.

Incidentally, I recently auditioned for Hard Quiz on the ABC, where my expert subject was Lost In Space.

"Never fear, Smith is here."

[BillB]

Hmmm. I hope the remake isn't a masking of a lack of original ideas.
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Someone can tell me if it is worth getting Netflix so I can watch it.

Nostalgia is about the only idea Netflix has, anymore.  It used to be a good service, getting blockbuster DVD/BDs and content from a variety of providers, but they've shifted to producing their own content.

They have a few decent original content shows, but much of it is recycled, made-for-tv quality.  Regarding the LiS remake, they've made a large number of changes from the original, for the sake of being different.  Time will tell if there is any compelling story behind what will most likely be just eye-candy special effects.

[Stray Electron]

   It's been my experience that remakes usually get worse over time and not better and even the original was pretty campy so I'm not holding out any hope for this one.

[AlfBaz]

Where the hell is Dr Smith

[BillB]

Where the hell is Dr Smith

She is there.

[rdl]

Where the hell is Dr Smith

She is there.

Change for the sake of change.
Or are they just copying Battlestar Galactica?

[Quarlo Klobrigney]

It will suck (not when I was a kid though) worse than the 60's version, after it went to the ridiculous talking carrot and so on. Moisture. Indeed.

Just look at our Overlord Doomcock's latest video:

Warning, righteous but understandable profanity when necessary.
 
Quote from: BillB on Today at 10:11:49>Quote from: AlfBaz on Today at 10:10:38

Where the hell is Dr Smith

She is there.

[AlfBaz]

Where the hell is Dr Smith

She is there.

I'm not surprised, I actually expected William Robinson to become Wilma Robinson
"Warning die hard fans, Warning!"
^see what I did there 

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Incidentally, I recently auditioned for Hard Quiz on the ABC, where my expert subject was Lost In Space.

"Never fear, Smith is here."

Does auditioned mean you got on?
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I always wondered why he was billed as a "special guest star" when he was a regular cast member. I found out it was because he was added to the cast after the others and the billing had been locked down in the actors contracts. So he was a "special guest star". It's all about the ego.

As for expert knowledge I could name the actors, Mark Goddard required a few moments, but I'd like to see how i'd go.  Not too well I suspect.

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No I didn't make it through. I got culled in the final playoff. There were two blokes in their 60's much faster than me who could answer general knowledge questions before they had finished asking them. Those blokes were freaks, but inspiring in that you don't have to slow down when you age. It was an interesting experience all the same. So far this year I have only seen 1 of the 50 applicants from my group on the show - it was the Indian whose expert subject was Sachin Tendulkar.

Besides Jonathan Harris, Guy Williams had a bit of an ego. He resented Jonathan Harris taking most of the lead role as the show progressed. I read Mark Goddard's autobiography recently. It is a very good read. He is quite a character in real life.

I wonder if any of the original main cast will be making guest appearances. Harris, Williams and Bob May (the robot) have since passed away. The rest of the main cast are still alive and kicking. June Lockhart is now 92 years old... makes me feel old even though I am still in my 50's.

"Crush. Kill. Destroy."

[vk6zgo]

Series 1 was the best of the original Lost In Space. Series 2 was OK, but series 3 got pretty silly as it tried to compete with Batman for ratings. I own all box sets of LIS DVD's and know pretty much every episode, as I do the early 1960's Twilight Zone series. The 1998 movie was awful. Let's hope this remake will really good, and not full of effects and light on story. Will keep you posted.

Incidentally, I recently auditioned for Hard Quiz on the ABC, where my expert subject was Lost In Space.

"Never fear, Smith is here."

"Oh the pain!"

I always liked Dr Smith.
Will?---- I hated the little turd, & always hoped the latest "big bad" would get him!

Anybody remember " Gentle Ben"?
That kid was nearly as obnoxious as Will!

Maybe if I'd been a little kid & not an adult, I would have liked the kids better.

[VK3DRB]

Where the hell is Dr Smith

She is there.

I'm not surprised, I actually expected William Robinson to become Wilma Robinson
"Warning die hard fans, Warning!"
^see what I did there 

Wilma Robinson. And Benny Robinson.

The feminist militia would love the role reversals. There was one episode in 1967 that featured a planet full of domineering men-hating women. It's leader was Noble Neolani. That episode was some years ahead of its time. Helen Reddy and Germaine Greer were not even on the radar when that episode was made.

"That does not compute."

[Electro Detective]

Why don't they just re-run the original Lost In Space, save themselves a wad of dough, and save everyone yet another sci-fi remake facepalm   

It appears many in the movie industry are either smoking cheap ice mixed with Cold Power and dried horse droppings
and or believe any halfassed remakes still sell to the rabble if hyped up and flogged enough
with suspicious multiple 'Like' numbers on Faceb00k

I hope they pass on and leave well alone other classic series like Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea... 


Still recovering from ploughing through Star Trek Descovery Discovery and The Ordeal Orville              

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THE SHOW IS ON NETFLIX NOW.

I saw the first episode last night. it seems to be shallow, has cheap effects, is a little slow and somewhat cheesy - typical of the majority American Sci-Fi films these days. It is also dark, which is in keeping with the original series at the start - the humour came later. One major flaw... they were out in the extreme cold and yet they were not shivering, had no icicles on them or foggy breath. Where's Don, by the way? The personalities have all changed. Plenty of plot holes and bugs too, which I guess is keeping with the original series. It is not a remake, but a different series really. They should have called it something else rather than Lost In Space. Hopefully the series will get better. Anyone else feel the same?

So, Dr Smith is a woman. Let's be happy that Will Robinson wasn't a cross dresser appearing as Wilma Robinson.
For those fans of the original series, here is the best interview with the ORIGINAL Dr. Smith. No-one can replace such a fine character actor.

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Just saw the second and third episodes. I literally went to sleep for most of the second episode.

[Electro Detective]

Just saw the second and third episodes. I literally went to sleep for most of the second episode.

Thanks for the mini review, mate   

I already wasted enough viewing time on Star Trek Discovery and The Orville 

I might give this Lost In Space thingie a shot in the future if it sneaks on Youtube,
...and doze off on the couch if too tired to click elsewhere 

[BillB]

After rolling my eyes through the first few episodes, I've actually come to almost enjoy the series so far.  I'm rooting for the robot to come to its senses and kill everyone. 

[james_s]

I never liked remakes of classic shows. A spinoff would be fine, but I don't recall ever seeing a remake that was anywhere near as good as the original. It just shows a complete lack of ideas.

[hamster_nz]

Talking of Netflix, I am very much enjoying Stranger Things at the moment.

The soundtrack is the music of my yout - Joy Division, The Clash, Peter Gabriel. Just needs The Cure.

Strange for all the British music in a a show set in small-town America.

[james_s]

I dropped Netflix after they lost almost every show I wanted to watch and started focusing so heavily on their original content. I've gone back to buying used DVDs and blurays but now I rip everything and put it on my Plex server. It's like Netflix only I control the content and nothing ever goes away.

The other thing that really put me off with Netflix is they started adding ridiculous features like playing awful music in the UI or starting to auto-play content if you pause for too long navigating the menu. It got so I was habitually navigating around back and forth just to have enough time to read the synopsis without it starting to play. I cannot begin to understand how somebody thought that was a good idea. They are completely deaf to user feedback too, so I voted with my wallet, unlikely I'll ever return.

[Electro Detective]

I never liked remakes of classic shows. A spinoff would be fine, but I don't recall ever seeing a remake that was anywhere near as good as the original.

It just shows a complete lack of ideas.

...and bad weed 

[nctnico]

Talking of Netflix, I am very much enjoying Stranger Things at the moment.

I kinda like Lost in Space. It is not bad but I don't know the original series though. Stranger Things is not for me. I wrestled through the first season to see if it went somewhere but enough is enough.

[Harb]

There is no way they could ever Re-Make doctor smith.......

[Electro Detective]

Those classic one- liner come insults, and the actual Doctor Smith vibe were actually a concoction of the actor himself, Jonathan Harris (RIP)

Apparently the show wasn't going anywhere at one stage so he kicked it up a bit in the hope the show might either get into gear to keep his acting job,
or get pulled and look for work elsewhere     

It was a good gamble, the producer Irwin Allen liked it and gave him the go ahead to blab whatever he liked,
and the rest is history   

Mr. Harris explains it on interviews on Youtube   

[rdl]

Anybody remember these comic books?

Space Family Robinson