I'm sure a lot of you have seen the 1998 remake "Lost in Space"... does it have any redeeming qualities whatsoever? Is $5 too much to pay for a DVD copy of it?
My kneejerk reaction is: no, it is not worth watching; yes, $5 is too much. You may want to rent it first so you can decide for yourself. If you like very silly movies that are confused in their own plot with disappointing special effects, hey, you might like this.
Yea, I saw this one at the theater and it isn't very good. The ship was ok, but the film is very forgetable.
You actually paid money to see it? I saw it on cable and felt ripped off. I'd demand my money back.
Yep, paid money to see it and wasn't thrilled. All I remember was that the volume was way to high. The TV show was one of my favorites. Danger Will Robinson Danger. Oh and Dr. Smith.
I agree with Menard 100%. I watched the tv series as a kid and was really looking forward to the movie. What a total let-down. "Confused in their own plot" is about the best, most apt phrase to describe LiS.
"and the monkey pushes the button"
Let's face it. The TV show had cheesy effects, cheesy plots, and nobody took themselves too seriously; it was a treat. The movie had cheesy effects, a confused plot (actually, I don't think the writers had a completed story even half way through production), even worse science than the series, zero chemistry (a big zero) between Leblanc and Graham, and they took themselves seriously. (Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the show?)----( :
I'd buy it for five dollars, but then again we are talking different currency [which means it would be closer to $2.50US] and factoring my unusual fetish for trashy sci fi films like Wing Commander and Battlefield Earth...
I thought the film was stupid in all, but I found it semi-enjoyable to watch. Damn plot was annoying as all hell.
Ah well, trash is trash...
Nah
Saw it at the theater, was majorly let down. Thought the opening dogfight was decent looking, if pointless other than to show off the effects they did to Leblanc's eyes and to demonstrate he was a typical "maverick hotshot pilot".
Not even the hamming it up of one of my favorite actors, Gary Oldman, could save this flick. The acting was either dull (William Hurt, Mimi Rogers), annoying (the two yougest kids) or nonexistent (Heather Graham). The CGI pet they found was so fake it distracted from every scene it appeared in. And the plot was such an episodic, boring mess, the final climatic was so jumbled and stupid I was convinced it was one of those "room full of monkeys with typewriters" rough drafts. It was the first time I learned to hate the name Akiva Goldsman, who has written or co-written plenty of stinkers since.
The one thing that would've saved it (for me, anyway) would be if they got Bill Mumy-- the original Will Robinson-- to play the older version. Mumy's a very cool guy; if you didn't know, he went on to be half of Barnes & Barnes (of "Fish Heads" fame), who I've always thought should be ranked up there with Devo and the Residents as one of the great gonzo underground bands of the 70s. I'd be willing to wager that they offered him the role, and he understandably turned it down.
I had a friend who could do a perfect Dr. Smith imitation: "Oh, the pain! The pain!!", which he would trot out to ceaseless acclaim for all the appropriately painful episodes of childhood -- We all loved the robot & wanted one for ourselves -- when we played "Lost in Space", everyone wanted to be the robot, nobody wanted to be the father or the pilot 'cause they were so colorless.
Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet made a few guest appearances as the robot's nemesis. The only show we were all devoted to even more strenuously was The Wild Wild West.
'60's prime-time TV was created for 10-year-old boys: The Man From Uncle, Lost in Space, Wild Wild West, The Avengers(We all agreed that if we had to like girls, then they would have to be minimally as cool as Diana Rigg), Honey West, The Outer Limits, It's About Time, Time Tunnel, The Prisoner, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea -- I could go on . . .
I look at modern TV & see . . . what? Where are all the great trash/camp/imaginative shows like these? I've had people tell me I should give The Lost a try, but I watched an episode & well . . .
It seems like syndication is the only place for things like this today, eg. Stargate, etc.
peter johnson/denny crane
peter johnson wrote:
> I look at modern TV & see . . . what? Where are all the great
> trash/camp/imaginative shows like these? I've had people tell
> me I should give The Lost a try, but I watched an episode &
> well . . .
> It seems like syndication is the only place for things like
> this today, eg. Stargate, etc.
> peter johnson/denny crane
yeah I have to agree with you Peter. Theirs maybe one or two shows I watch faithfully that last like 5 seasons then are off. Buffy, Angel ,X- Files are some of the shows I used to watch. people raved about the lost so I checked out also. Couldnt stand it.
I watched part of one episode of The Lost and thought it did not look too bad, but was not really in the mood for it. It seemed like a waste of time, in the sense that I was thinking how in the world are they going to make this go on and on? Maybe as a miniseries I would have been interested. Can we say modernized Gilligan's Island?
(The little bit I saw seemed to trot out plot devices to keep the suspense..)
I don't have cable (or sat), so whenever we stay in a motel, it's a treat for me to watch cable. When I can tear myself away from The History Channel, I watch SciFi (usually). A couple of years ago, I was in Portland for a week, and due to the time change, was getting up about three hours earlier than I needed to; it was great, sci-fi then had Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on every day, and I was glued to it. Brought back many memories from hanging out watching it with my Dad when I was young.
TV is terrible now in comparison, no doubt about it.
This movie is terrible. Stay away. DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!
You must see this. Why? Two words.
HEATHER GRAHAM
George wrote:
> You must see this. Why? Two words.
>
> HEATHER GRAHAM
That's kinda funny...until you guys mentioned it on this thread, I completely forgot she was in this piece of drek. Yep, that's what I call a memorable film appearance.
Ooh, yeah--forgot her immortal reading of "I don't like the sound of that sound!"
if only to see a movie with heather graham not showing any skin. (????)...sure, give it a whirl. also has a 'just too young to look at yet' lacey chabert (or however you spell her name-the little whining one from party of five)
I like this one enough to own it. It's not great, but it's enteratining and visually fun to look at. I won't defend it to my grave, but I enjoy it for the big steamy piece of cheddar it is.
I won't defend it to my grave, but I enjoy it for the big steamy piece of cheddar it is.
That's the b-movie spirit!!
I sort of liked parts of the movie, until they crashed on the planet and the movie turned to crap.
Good things: Heather Graham, the fact that they got the original voice actor for the robot (Dick Tufeld) and a few of the lines.
Bad things: Stupid plot, over-use of CGI (helmets that completely disappear into their collars), stupid CGI creatures, annoying characters...
George wrote:
> You must see this. Why? Two words.
>
> HEATHER GRAHAM
Two more words
BOOGIE NIGHTS
The only reson to watch it was to see the older daughter in her form-fitting pressure suit or whatever it was. Of course, she was so frigid it would make a feminist cringe. But maybe with the mute button on, and if there's a chapter on the DVD that starts with that scene, I don't know. Might be tolerable.
Well, Scott is not the only one to pay good money to see this in the theater. I did, too. Besides Heather Graham, there is another reason to watch it.. Besides Guy Williams, who's deceased, and Billy Mumy and Jonathan Harris, who were offered cameos in it, and turned them down, the stars of the television series can be seen in cameos in the film. Though, I must admit, the only one I recognized, was June Lockhart.
Peice of crap thast pretty undredeemable. Just say no.
Vermin Boy wrote:
> The one thing that would've saved it (for me, anyway) would be
> if they got Bill Mumy-- the original Will Robinson-- to play
> the older version. Mumy's a very cool guy; if you didn't know,
> he went on to be half of Barnes & Barnes (of "Fish Heads"
> fame), who I've always thought should be ranked up there with
> Devo and the Residents as one of the great gonzo underground
> bands of the 70s. I'd be willing to wager that they offered him
> the role, and he understandably turned it down.
>
Thats what i heard, Vermin Boy. Bill had too much taste to waste his time. Too bad the other old cast members coulden't feel the same.
Bill Mumy, btw, was the only T.V. kid i thought was some one i might actualy like to pal around with. We're close to the same age, so i was seeing him as a peer.