"Danger, danger!"
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Lost in Space [Netflix] [YouTube] [Official Trailer] The Robinson family, part of a highly trained mission to establish a new colony in space, is unexpectedly pulled off course forcing them to crash land on a lost planet.
Another planet, another colony, another chance, another remake.
posted by JanetLand at 4:22 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by JanetLand at 4:22 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Escape from the Planet of the Sad Pianos.
posted by Artw at 4:24 PM on February 25, 2018 [16 favorites]
posted by Artw at 4:24 PM on February 25, 2018 [16 favorites]
If the robot actually has a low voice, I'm out. Campy robot screaming "DANGER WILL ROBINSON" or gtfo.
posted by GuyZero at 4:37 PM on February 25, 2018 [14 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 4:37 PM on February 25, 2018 [14 favorites]
Wait, there's Will, his sister, his parents and one more entering the ship... so is the young female PoC Dr. Smith?
posted by sammyo at 4:38 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 4:38 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
so is the young female PoC Dr. Smith?
Parker Posey is listed as Dr. Smith.
posted by mph at 4:41 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Parker Posey is listed as Dr. Smith.
posted by mph at 4:41 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
The space backpacks seem quite Space 1999-ish.
posted by biffa at 4:41 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by biffa at 4:41 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
Agreed on the robot voice, He's supposed to be the audience stand-in, like Data in Star Trek. Someone who receives a bunch of exposition. If Will and the robot are to be conversing often, that Darth voice will get tiresome quickly.
posted by Zedcaster at 4:49 PM on February 25, 2018
posted by Zedcaster at 4:49 PM on February 25, 2018
So is the new Dr. Smith going to be coded gay too?
(full disclosure: my first exposure to Lost In Space was Dr. Smith's inexplicable appearances on Freakazoid)
posted by Countess Elena at 4:59 PM on February 25, 2018
(full disclosure: my first exposure to Lost In Space was Dr. Smith's inexplicable appearances on Freakazoid)
posted by Countess Elena at 4:59 PM on February 25, 2018
Was anyone really asking for this? I mean, it's got to be better than that god awful movie but I'm not sure what the point is.
posted by octothorpe at 5:09 PM on February 25, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 5:09 PM on February 25, 2018 [8 favorites]
It probably would not have outright killed anybody if we could have avoided another "whiteys in space" show and just been a mixed race couple, but, well, we'll check it out and see what happens.
The Terror on AMC starts today as well, and that looks pretty cool!
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:12 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Terror on AMC starts today as well, and that looks pretty cool!
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:12 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
Maybe they are going to pull a Heathers* and make Doctor Smith the cool one.
* the new Heathers by all accounts totally does not do this and should not be watched by anyone.
posted by Artw at 5:13 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
* the new Heathers by all accounts totally does not do this and should not be watched by anyone.
posted by Artw at 5:13 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
The Terror doesn't start for another month on Monday March 26.
posted by ShooBoo at 5:33 PM on February 25, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by ShooBoo at 5:33 PM on February 25, 2018 [4 favorites]
Fond memoery dept. calling: In late 97/early 98 I was working at a Venetian straunt on 53rd street or so. I was told one night I'd be having a PX ten top, everything had to go perfect, etc. I was new-ish to the place so this was also a step forward in trust on their part.
Anyway I greet the table and start taking a cocktail order, and get around to the guest of honor and he cocks his head a bit (but I still can't see his face, I'm standing right behind him) and barks out "I'll have a Tahnquery and tonic with a splahsh of Dubonnet" and in spite of myself I said "Dr. Smith!" It was just before the 98 movie came out, I think the whole starring cast was there. But it was the first "celeb" I can remember waiting on in NYC, and I used to watch reruns on channel 56 or 25 or 38 in central Mass. as a kid. Dr. Smith was very real to me and I'm so glad I had the chance to bring him that drink.
posted by vrakatar at 5:34 PM on February 25, 2018 [9 favorites]
Anyway I greet the table and start taking a cocktail order, and get around to the guest of honor and he cocks his head a bit (but I still can't see his face, I'm standing right behind him) and barks out "I'll have a Tahnquery and tonic with a splahsh of Dubonnet" and in spite of myself I said "Dr. Smith!" It was just before the 98 movie came out, I think the whole starring cast was there. But it was the first "celeb" I can remember waiting on in NYC, and I used to watch reruns on channel 56 or 25 or 38 in central Mass. as a kid. Dr. Smith was very real to me and I'm so glad I had the chance to bring him that drink.
posted by vrakatar at 5:34 PM on February 25, 2018 [9 favorites]
Little hat-tip to (one of) the original TV themes at the end of the trailer. They better not mess that up. Really. Just don't.
posted by klarck at 5:40 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by klarck at 5:40 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
The Terror doesn't start for another month on Monday March 26.
Owh! My mistake.
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:43 PM on February 25, 2018
Owh! My mistake.
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:43 PM on February 25, 2018
I don't see what point of reviving this property is, no one chews a scene like Jonathan Harris. Any production of Lost In Space is bound to be upstaged from the grave.
posted by Catblack at 5:44 PM on February 25, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Catblack at 5:44 PM on February 25, 2018 [7 favorites]
Heh. OK.
That out of the way, can I please gush about how much I loved the movie that came out when I was a kid? I'm not going to do any research to refresh my memory.
I loved that Dr Smith was that actor from Fifth Element. I loved the cowboy pilot from friends. I was of the age to be really interested in the sister with the black eyeliner. The robot got a much-needed makeover. I still think about the cool eyeball fighter jets that the friends guy flew in the beginning. I really liked the spaceship they came across, full of spider aliens. I am a HUGE fan of the time bubble, and the old dr. smith and old nerd will inside of it. And when smith gave birth to those spiders and they ate him and he got zapped, that was amazing! I think the family ended up.... fine? I think? Oooh, ghoulish Dr Smith, so sinister! It was a really amazing "What If". Big fan of that film. I wonder if it's aged well?
posted by rebent at 6:17 PM on February 25, 2018 [8 favorites]
That out of the way, can I please gush about how much I loved the movie that came out when I was a kid? I'm not going to do any research to refresh my memory.
I loved that Dr Smith was that actor from Fifth Element. I loved the cowboy pilot from friends. I was of the age to be really interested in the sister with the black eyeliner. The robot got a much-needed makeover. I still think about the cool eyeball fighter jets that the friends guy flew in the beginning. I really liked the spaceship they came across, full of spider aliens. I am a HUGE fan of the time bubble, and the old dr. smith and old nerd will inside of it. And when smith gave birth to those spiders and they ate him and he got zapped, that was amazing! I think the family ended up.... fine? I think? Oooh, ghoulish Dr Smith, so sinister! It was a really amazing "What If". Big fan of that film. I wonder if it's aged well?
posted by rebent at 6:17 PM on February 25, 2018 [8 favorites]
Am I wrong to want the voice of the robot to be John DiMaggio?
posted by SPrintF at 6:23 PM on February 25, 2018 [10 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 6:23 PM on February 25, 2018 [10 favorites]
Needs more Joey.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:36 PM on February 25, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 6:36 PM on February 25, 2018 [6 favorites]
FIX EARTH INSTEAD WILL ROBINSON
posted by gwint at 7:01 PM on February 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by gwint at 7:01 PM on February 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
Phhhhhut! Will never even come within a parsec of the original.
*waves clothes dryer arms madly, blinks lights, spins around*
"Danger Will Robinson! Danger!! Danger!!!"
posted by BlueHorse at 7:03 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
*waves clothes dryer arms madly, blinks lights, spins around*
"Danger Will Robinson! Danger!! Danger!!!"
posted by BlueHorse at 7:03 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Oh the pain...the pain!
posted by rhizome at 7:23 PM on February 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 7:23 PM on February 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
> octothorpe:
"Was anyone really asking for this? I mean, it's got to be better than that god awful movie but I'm not sure what the point is."
Judging from the age of Will, it's a reboot prequel, or a preboot.
posted by rhizome at 7:26 PM on February 25, 2018
"Was anyone really asking for this? I mean, it's got to be better than that god awful movie but I'm not sure what the point is."
Judging from the age of Will, it's a reboot prequel, or a preboot.
posted by rhizome at 7:26 PM on February 25, 2018
Judging from the age of Will, it's a reboot prequel, or a preboot.
Requel?
posted by Thorzdad at 7:44 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Requel?
posted by Thorzdad at 7:44 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Will was pretty young in the original LIS.
But that’s besides the point: there’s already enough LIS in the world. This is simply unnecessary.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:53 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
But that’s besides the point: there’s already enough LIS in the world. This is simply unnecessary.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:53 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
This will only be worth it if Parker Posey plays Dr. Smith exactly the same as the original actor. Exactly.
I watched some LiS last year. It debuted out a bit before Star Trek but the production looked much better. Being in black and white covered up flaws, but I think CBS was more invested in Lost than NBC ever was in Trek.
posted by riruro at 8:10 PM on February 25, 2018
I watched some LiS last year. It debuted out a bit before Star Trek but the production looked much better. Being in black and white covered up flaws, but I think CBS was more invested in Lost than NBC ever was in Trek.
posted by riruro at 8:10 PM on February 25, 2018
These days, everything is either a Revival, Remake or Reboot of something made before, especially in the SciFi genre. If they can reboot "Reboot", there are no limits...
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:16 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:16 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
"The rest of human history begins... now."
You can't argue with that logic... as long as there are humans, the rest of human history always begins "now".
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 8:17 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
You can't argue with that logic... as long as there are humans, the rest of human history always begins "now".
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 8:17 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
It debuted out a bit before Star Trek but the production looked much better.
I think they had a considerably larger budget.
posted by Chrysostom at 8:37 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
I think they had a considerably larger budget.
posted by Chrysostom at 8:37 PM on February 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Somebody end this now while he's thinking about me! Won't somebody take a lamp or a bottle or something and END THIS?
posted by fairmettle at 8:53 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by fairmettle at 8:53 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
Maybe they are going to pull a Heathers* and make Doctor Smith the cool one.
Doctor Smith was always the cool one.
posted by lagomorphius at 9:11 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
Doctor Smith was always the cool one.
posted by lagomorphius at 9:11 PM on February 25, 2018 [3 favorites]
>>It debuted out a bit before Star Trek but the production looked much better.
>I think they had a considerably larger budget.
Not so big a budget that they didn't constantly recycle sfx footage so noticeably even to this 7 year old viewer
posted by Fupped Duck at 9:26 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
>I think they had a considerably larger budget.
Not so big a budget that they didn't constantly recycle sfx footage so noticeably even to this 7 year old viewer
posted by Fupped Duck at 9:26 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
This will only be worth it if Parker Posey plays Dr. Smith exactly the same as the original actor. Exactly.
I'm so sick to death of reboots and superhero movies, but Johnathan Harris' Dr. Zachary Smith is what made the show watchable, the same way, say, Nellie and Mrs. Oleson made Little House on the Prairie tolerable. Without these characters, the shows are unpalatable saccharine. Lost in Space, in particular, had a cast of fairly uninteresting characters, excepting Dr. Smith and maybe Robot. Dr. Smith was the key to the original show working, to the extent that it did.
The trailer says nothing, and impresses me none. Who knows what it will be about. I'm willing to bet it, too, will let me down.
posted by 2N2222 at 9:51 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'm so sick to death of reboots and superhero movies, but Johnathan Harris' Dr. Zachary Smith is what made the show watchable, the same way, say, Nellie and Mrs. Oleson made Little House on the Prairie tolerable. Without these characters, the shows are unpalatable saccharine. Lost in Space, in particular, had a cast of fairly uninteresting characters, excepting Dr. Smith and maybe Robot. Dr. Smith was the key to the original show working, to the extent that it did.
The trailer says nothing, and impresses me none. Who knows what it will be about. I'm willing to bet it, too, will let me down.
posted by 2N2222 at 9:51 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
I loved the cowboy pilot from friends
The headcanon that makes the 1998 movie watchable is that it is from the Friendsverse and it is a movie where Joey Tribbiani has a supporting role.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:59 PM on February 25, 2018 [7 favorites]
The headcanon that makes the 1998 movie watchable is that it is from the Friendsverse and it is a movie where Joey Tribbiani has a supporting role.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:59 PM on February 25, 2018 [7 favorites]
Anything with a robot was worth watching on summer vacation weekday mornings, and Jonathan Harris' alliterative insults were an inspiration in cursing. Besides, Bill Mumy went on to do "Fish Heads," so maybe there's hope?
posted by Graygorey at 10:57 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Graygorey at 10:57 PM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
This Prometheus sequel looks like it's going to suuuuuuuck.
posted by stevil at 11:01 PM on February 25, 2018
posted by stevil at 11:01 PM on February 25, 2018
Needs more Joey.
How you doin', Dr Smith?
posted by scalefree at 12:19 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
How you doin', Dr Smith?
posted by scalefree at 12:19 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
Weird, the movie didn't do that well-
can I please gush about how much I loved the movie that came out when I was a kid?
Dammit, this is "Huhn, they're making another Billie Jean King movie? Oh wait that was 20 years ago and I am so, so old." all over again.
Still, this has Molly Parker. Can't be all bad with Molly Parker.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:24 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
can I please gush about how much I loved the movie that came out when I was a kid?
Dammit, this is "Huhn, they're making another Billie Jean King movie? Oh wait that was 20 years ago and I am so, so old." all over again.
Still, this has Molly Parker. Can't be all bad with Molly Parker.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:24 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
In the original, Little Billy Mumy played a generally uninteresting character, but he came off of multiple previous appearances in Twilight Zone, including as the kid who "wished people into the cornfield", so there was a suggested potential for something dangerous there. (He later grew up to do Dr. Demento music and play an alien diplomat on Babylon 5) So there is some still unfulfilled potential to the Will Robinson character.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:43 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:43 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
That Reboot reboot is going to be a load of suck.
posted by mikelieman at 12:44 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by mikelieman at 12:44 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Was anyone really asking for this? I mean, it's got to be better than that god awful movie but I'm not sure what the point is.
I'm betting this is getting made because Netflix has a greater market than only the US. The original "Lost in Space" TV series may be well known in the US, but outside the US that's a different story.
posted by Pendragon at 4:30 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
I'm betting this is getting made because Netflix has a greater market than only the US. The original "Lost in Space" TV series may be well known in the US, but outside the US that's a different story.
posted by Pendragon at 4:30 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
Okay, so I obsessively watched the original on SciFi back in the day when it was called SciFi. I preferred the black-and-white ones to the colour ones, because that was when they were trying to be a bit serious, but then there's Tybo the Carrot Man (and how delighted am I that someone's come up with a Twitter account for him? VERY.)
And I read the damn comics, which then were cancelled during a 12-part arc that had cliffhangers at the end of each episode and it's only now that I discover that Bill Mumy was able to finish the series when it's like impossible to find the graphic novel version.
And the movie...okay, no. I still can't deal with the movie. We won't discuss that.
But Parker motherfucking Posey as Doctor Smith? With a picture like this? Oh man, if I don't get "Your parents don't understand you the way I do, Will, they don't understand your talent, I can be your new mother, Will..." creepiness, I will throw a table.
That and I happily await the possibility of plenty of John Robinson/Don West, because Toby Stephens has already played one bisexual captain filled with sexual tension - I'm sure he can do it again.
So I was initially "What? Really? Whatever." but now I'm on a one-woman hype-train of ridiculousness.
posted by Katemonkey at 4:45 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
And I read the damn comics, which then were cancelled during a 12-part arc that had cliffhangers at the end of each episode and it's only now that I discover that Bill Mumy was able to finish the series when it's like impossible to find the graphic novel version.
And the movie...okay, no. I still can't deal with the movie. We won't discuss that.
But Parker motherfucking Posey as Doctor Smith? With a picture like this? Oh man, if I don't get "Your parents don't understand you the way I do, Will, they don't understand your talent, I can be your new mother, Will..." creepiness, I will throw a table.
That and I happily await the possibility of plenty of John Robinson/Don West, because Toby Stephens has already played one bisexual captain filled with sexual tension - I'm sure he can do it again.
So I was initially "What? Really? Whatever." but now I'm on a one-woman hype-train of ridiculousness.
posted by Katemonkey at 4:45 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
I dunno it looks from the trailer as if they're trying to go for seriousness and drama rather than silly campiness (the robot winning an alien beauty pageant!). I don't think LiS can survive seriousness and drama, that's what killed the movie.
posted by sotonohito at 5:59 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by sotonohito at 5:59 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
If every episode doesn't start with an over-the-top countdown from 7, it's worthless to me. That was the one thing I loved watching about the original back in the day.
posted by xingcat at 6:08 AM on February 26, 2018
posted by xingcat at 6:08 AM on February 26, 2018
It probably would not have outright killed anybody if we could have avoided another "whiteys in space" show and just been a mixed race couple
That was about my first thought too, or more precisely my first thought was "wow, that's a lotta white for no good reason."
I do not think this is something I'm going to watch, much as I share the Parker Posey love. Those exo suits look cool, but I don't see why they'd be wearing them to get ON that really very nice looking spaceship, that does not look like a spaceship that won't maintain your typical sci-fi "life support" systems (and indeed, there's another set photo that seems to show they don't need them on the ship). Add to that the fact that one of them is carrying a folder with expositional text and the other one is carrying a symbolic pillow even though it makes EVEN LESS sense that if they are fully suited up to get on their ship, they don't already have everything they need aboard, or alternatively if they really don't, then everyone should have their arms full....all in all, a bunch of choices to make visual statements that are individually expressive but taken together don't make any kind of damn sense. And that's just in a ninety second trailer.
posted by solotoro at 6:19 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
That was about my first thought too, or more precisely my first thought was "wow, that's a lotta white for no good reason."
I do not think this is something I'm going to watch, much as I share the Parker Posey love. Those exo suits look cool, but I don't see why they'd be wearing them to get ON that really very nice looking spaceship, that does not look like a spaceship that won't maintain your typical sci-fi "life support" systems (and indeed, there's another set photo that seems to show they don't need them on the ship). Add to that the fact that one of them is carrying a folder with expositional text and the other one is carrying a symbolic pillow even though it makes EVEN LESS sense that if they are fully suited up to get on their ship, they don't already have everything they need aboard, or alternatively if they really don't, then everyone should have their arms full....all in all, a bunch of choices to make visual statements that are individually expressive but taken together don't make any kind of damn sense. And that's just in a ninety second trailer.
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posted by solotoro at 6:19 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
Lost in Space is one of those shows I remember from endless afternoon and early evening reruns back in the "your TV gets 12 channels" era, along with Leave It To Beaver, I Love Lucy, Star Trek, The Honeymooners and The Beverly Hillbillies. I didn't particularly like any of them, but I still watched them because not even I could play Atari 2600 all day.
posted by The Card Cheat at 7:14 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 7:14 AM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
The thing about Lost in Space that kept me from enjoying it as much as anything was the very idea of it being about one family wandering the stars. I mean as much as I loved my family, even a car trip to Montana was painful enough to make the idea of being lost in space with them for the foreseeable future a real nightmare, one not made better by the addition of a giant robot and wacky troublemaking scientist either.
posted by gusottertrout at 7:25 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by gusottertrout at 7:25 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
Will Dr. Smith and the Robot finally get it on?
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 7:50 AM on February 26, 2018
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 7:50 AM on February 26, 2018
no one chews a scene like Jonathan Harris
especially when blown up to giant size!
"How? How can you help a freak? A sport of nature? (sobs) I might as well be dead! (sobs)"
posted by flabdablet at 8:02 AM on February 26, 2018
especially when blown up to giant size!
"How? How can you help a freak? A sport of nature? (sobs) I might as well be dead! (sobs)"
posted by flabdablet at 8:02 AM on February 26, 2018
I saw the original Lost In Space infrequently when I was a kid because we didn't have a TV. But it was far and beyond the most fascinating and terrifying show because it always ended in a cliffhanger. ("That alien monster just woke up and they're all going to die!" Ok, now I won't see it again until we visit Grandma at the same time it happens to be on.) That idea made me think of the ending of Alien Covenant and then made me wonder if Walter and David the good and evil androids are some sort of subtle remix of the weird relationship between Doctor Smith and B9 or just Doctor Smith and Doctor Smith.
Was Lost in Space the first show out the door with the "humans in an alien zoo" trope?
posted by lagomorphius at 8:28 AM on February 26, 2018
Was Lost in Space the first show out the door with the "humans in an alien zoo" trope?
posted by lagomorphius at 8:28 AM on February 26, 2018
I don't see what point of reviving this property is, no one chews a scene like Jonathan Harris. Any production of Lost In Space is bound to be upstaged from the grave.
Well, there's this.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 8:31 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Well, there's this.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 8:31 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
I just know they're going to fuck up the robot, they won't be able to help themselves.
posted by rhizome at 8:50 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 8:50 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
I was a Trek boy in the 60s and never impressed by Lost in Space. But I did enjoy Dr Smith and having Parker Freaking Posey play the role opens up some really great possibilities. They can screw up the damn robot all they want. I want Parker going DARK with this, fiendish and manipulative with just a bit of whining.
posted by Ber at 9:09 AM on February 26, 2018
posted by Ber at 9:09 AM on February 26, 2018
Wait, so Toby Stephens is going from playing Cap'n Flint to THIS? What are the chances the scripts will be as good as those for Black Sails? Now what are the chances that Amazon pays more than Starz or the Beeb? It's looking like a pass for me.
posted by infinitewindow at 9:34 AM on February 26, 2018
posted by infinitewindow at 9:34 AM on February 26, 2018
I don't think LiS can survive seriousness and drama, that's what killed the movie.
The WB's The Robinsons: Lost in Space was a 2004 attempt to turn Lost In Space into a grim Battlestar Galactica-style reboot. The pilot's online now, but it never made it to TV. I haven't seen the '98 movie since then, but I didn't hate it. I thought it was a fun, unremarkable, sci-fi flick.
It's hard to imagine that many people have been begging for a new Lost In Space remake. I wonder if the economy of production is such that Netflix expects to make the costs merely on nostalgia- and Parker Posey-watching alone.
Obligatory: Bill Mumy's "The Ballad Of William Robinson."
posted by octobersurprise at 10:21 AM on February 26, 2018
The WB's The Robinsons: Lost in Space was a 2004 attempt to turn Lost In Space into a grim Battlestar Galactica-style reboot. The pilot's online now, but it never made it to TV. I haven't seen the '98 movie since then, but I didn't hate it. I thought it was a fun, unremarkable, sci-fi flick.
It's hard to imagine that many people have been begging for a new Lost In Space remake. I wonder if the economy of production is such that Netflix expects to make the costs merely on nostalgia- and Parker Posey-watching alone.
Obligatory: Bill Mumy's "The Ballad Of William Robinson."
posted by octobersurprise at 10:21 AM on February 26, 2018
I never saw the TV series but I do have a fondness for the original robot voice actor and the one in the trailer does not move me. I don't think anyone will be happy with whatever voice is chosen so I vote for a celebrity cameo voice appearance due to the robot's voice files being corrupted in the chronosomethingflux. They could cycle through the original voice, then go to Siri, Kelsey Grammar, Willie Nelson, Kristen Schaal, Betty White.
posted by Tacodog at 10:24 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Tacodog at 10:24 AM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
The natural voice for the robot is whoever did/does Kang & Kodos on The Simpsons.
posted by rhizome at 10:46 AM on February 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 10:46 AM on February 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
Was anyone really asking for this?
They don't care. They know there's a certain audience who will pay to watch any hokey shit about people zooming around in space to escape rubber monsters, even if just to complain about how it doesn't meet their high standards for hokey shit about people zooming around in space to escape rubber monsters.
posted by pracowity at 10:46 AM on February 26, 2018 [4 favorites]
They don't care. They know there's a certain audience who will pay to watch any hokey shit about people zooming around in space to escape rubber monsters, even if just to complain about how it doesn't meet their high standards for hokey shit about people zooming around in space to escape rubber monsters.
posted by pracowity at 10:46 AM on February 26, 2018 [4 favorites]
Heh. I know I’ve said in the past I’ll watch any old shit with robots and spaceships, but a recent surplus and some of it being so very shit means that really isn’t the case anymore.
posted by Artw at 11:01 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 11:01 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Will Dr. Smith and the Robot finally get it on?
How you doin', Robot?
posted by scalefree at 11:17 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
How you doin', Robot?
posted by scalefree at 11:17 AM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Being in black and white covered up flaws
At the risk of showing my age, I seem to recall only the first season was in black and white. It being the 60s and all, the color scheme of their outfits was very interesting -- I recall John's tunic was a distictly lavendar shade, and there being a lot of mint green, purple, and yellow in the others' outfits.
In a Hulu binge years ago (...I don't even know if Hulu still carries it...) I actually enjoyed more than a few episodes, though there were a number I couldn't bear more than 5 minutes of.
posted by aught at 1:23 PM on February 26, 2018
At the risk of showing my age, I seem to recall only the first season was in black and white. It being the 60s and all, the color scheme of their outfits was very interesting -- I recall John's tunic was a distictly lavendar shade, and there being a lot of mint green, purple, and yellow in the others' outfits.
In a Hulu binge years ago (...I don't even know if Hulu still carries it...) I actually enjoyed more than a few episodes, though there were a number I couldn't bear more than 5 minutes of.
posted by aught at 1:23 PM on February 26, 2018
Until I was about 10 in 1974, every TV show was in black and white. I saw all 79 episodes of Star Trek multiple times before I ever saw it in color.
posted by octothorpe at 1:37 PM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 1:37 PM on February 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Also, what was with all the T&A in the Lost In Space comic book?
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 1:46 PM on February 26, 2018
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 1:46 PM on February 26, 2018
My brother and I used to watch "Lost in Space". Then that fateful day came when my mother said "Kids, there's a new show called 'Batman'; maybe you'd like to watch that instead". I never thanked her for that, but I should have.
My feeling is, "Lost in Space" was a space version of "Swiss Family Robinson" (1812), which was a Swiss family version of "Robinson Crusoe" (1719); maybe it's time to ditch the characters and do another rethinking of the plot.
posted by acrasis at 3:47 PM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
My feeling is, "Lost in Space" was a space version of "Swiss Family Robinson" (1812), which was a Swiss family version of "Robinson Crusoe" (1719); maybe it's time to ditch the characters and do another rethinking of the plot.
posted by acrasis at 3:47 PM on February 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
so is the young female PoC Dr. Smith?
She appears to be playing Judy (one of Will's sisters).
posted by thefoxgod at 4:03 PM on February 26, 2018
She appears to be playing Judy (one of Will's sisters).
posted by thefoxgod at 4:03 PM on February 26, 2018
Just found this, the original CBS pitch to advertisers for Lost in Space. It looks a lot more Star Treky and much less campy than the series ended up being.
posted by octothorpe at 7:21 PM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 7:21 PM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
>> Judging from the age of Will, it's a reboot prequel, or a preboot.
> Requel?
Well if the show doesn't live up to its promises, it might turn out to be a Requel Welsh.
I'll get my coat.
posted by Sutekh at 8:00 PM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
> Requel?
Well if the show doesn't live up to its promises, it might turn out to be a Requel Welsh.
I'll get my coat.
posted by Sutekh at 8:00 PM on February 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
New information has come to light regarding how long it would take the moon to reach pretty much anything at all at sublight speeds.
Not that this is a total dealbreaker, hear me out now... TRANSDIMENSIONAL Space: 1999.
And it's a period piece.
Just maybe not quite starting in the 1999 we knew.
posted by Artw at 1:42 PM on March 6, 2018
Not that this is a total dealbreaker, hear me out now... TRANSDIMENSIONAL Space: 1999.
And it's a period piece.
Just maybe not quite starting in the 1999 we knew.
posted by Artw at 1:42 PM on March 6, 2018
There was a planned Space:2019 series a few years ago but it seems to have gone into development hell.
posted by octothorpe at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2018
posted by octothorpe at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2018
New information has come to light regarding how long it would take the moon to reach pretty much anything at all at sublight speeds.
I think we had a lot of modern physics down pretty solid in the late 70's.
Not that this is a total dealbreaker, hear me out now... TRANSDIMENSIONAL Space: 1999.
Meh. Turns out we live in the same solar system where Firefly and BSG take place.
posted by GuyZero at 2:07 PM on March 6, 2018
I think we had a lot of modern physics down pretty solid in the late 70's.
Not that this is a total dealbreaker, hear me out now... TRANSDIMENSIONAL Space: 1999.
Meh. Turns out we live in the same solar system where Firefly and BSG take place.
posted by GuyZero at 2:07 PM on March 6, 2018
You'll like the episode where they visit the Earth where Babylon 5 never happened.
posted by Artw at 2:08 PM on March 6, 2018
posted by Artw at 2:08 PM on March 6, 2018
1970s Antihero: "Full trailer."
Looks like it might not be totally terrible.
posted by octothorpe at 2:25 PM on March 6, 2018
Looks like it might not be totally terrible.
posted by octothorpe at 2:25 PM on March 6, 2018
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