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Post by KTJ on May 7, 2018 17:23:51 GMT 10
I've got a large DVD box set containing the complete original “Lost In Space”.
But I've never got around to watching it.
I saw quite a bit of it back in the day, but I did miss quite a few episodes.
One day, I'll get around to watching it all from start to finish....perhaps after I've retired and have plenty of spare time on my hands.
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Post by KTJ on May 7, 2018 17:44:15 GMT 10
I seem to remember each episode ending with a cliff-hanger.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:17:27 GMT 10
I'm three episodes in and still sitting on the fence.
I find the characters intensely annoying...the 'family' dysfunctional. Blimey, I work on a remote site and had to undergo a day of psych testing to see if I'd fit. This argumentative, non team-playing crew would have no hope of a start here!
And don't start me on the broken laws of physics!
Due to rapidly falling atmospheric temperature, a hole of water freezes in seconds while they stare at it happening, bare-faced with barely a hint of frosty breath or crystallised eyelash?
Ok, Ok,...I'll suspend belief and watch a bit longer but I'm not holding much hope...
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:20:10 GMT 10
I was about 12 when it first hit our TVs ... used to watch it after school each weeknight. Those were the days.  I loved the original series as a kid. Dr Smith was the most memorable 'Never fear, Smith is here' 'You bubble-headed booby!' 'Oh the pain, the pain!' |
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Post by pim on May 9, 2018 18:12:22 GMT 10
Jonathan Harris as Dr Zachary Smith was the best of the human characters. The robot however was the star!
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Post by KTJ on May 9, 2018 18:52:30 GMT 10
Do you know the original Lost In Space as first conceived had no Dr Zachary Smith?
They actually made a movie-length pilot for the television series, but then decided to re-write it and create the Dr Smith character, so the pilot wasn't broadcast.
However, many years later (it may have been in the 1990s), they showed the original pilot episode in North America.
The box set of the original television series I've got actuatually contains that original movie-length pilot amongst the box set's extras.
One day I'll watch it.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 6:51:29 GMT 10
Do you know the original Lost In Space as first conceived had no Dr Zachary Smith? They actually made a movie-length pilot for the television series, but then decided to re-write it and create the Dr Smith character, so the pilot wasn't broadcast. However, many years later (it may have been in the 1990s), they showed the original pilot episode in North America. The box set of the original television series I've got actuatually contains that original movie-length pilot amongst the box set's extras. One day I'll watch it. Yes, the pilot had neither Smith nor the robot scripted in |
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Post by KTJ on Jun 12, 2018 16:40:58 GMT 10
Well....I started watching the original Lost In Space television series on Monday evening, after I got home (I've been away and on the move for most of the past week-and-a-half).
“Oh boy, oh boy” (I pinched that saying from Will Robinson in the series) it sure is dated compare to what we are used to in television programmes today. And some of their ideas about future technology (remember that it aired from 1965 to 1968 and was set in the late-1990s) is actually rather hilarious. As is their near encouter with a close-moving comet in the second episode.
However, on watching it I can actually remember the original episodes. As I didn't watch it all the way through back in the 1960s and missed the occasional episode of the seasons I watched, I'm going to persevere and watch all 83 episodes, but at a rather leisurely pace, aiming to watch around four episdes per week.
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