"Lost in Space" appreciation thread

[KingOrfeo]

Lost in Space. In the first season they tried to make it serious SF (but not very hard SF; in the first episode, the ship was damaged by the heat from a comet ). Then somebody heard the Call of the Camp, and we were seeing space pirates and space cowboys and giant talking carrots, and Dr. Smith morphed from a scary villain into a cowardly butt monkey. "Oh, the pain! Oh, the pain!" Which do you think was better?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Comets aren't hot.

 

[Maidboy]

Asking which season of Lost in Space one prefers is a bit like asking which Trump brother one likes best, imho. That was one truly ridiculous show, and the only reason I could fathom ever watching it again would be for camp value. It did have a trippy kinda '60s psychadelic feel to it though. And why would any parent in their right mind let their child go out alone anywhere with that creepy Dr.Smith is beyond me. Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!

 

[Parminderjeet]

Comets aren't hot.

DURRRR

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Lost in Space. In the first season they tried to make it serious SF (but not very hard SF; in the first episode, the ship was damaged by the heat from a comet ). Then somebody heard the Call of the Camp, and we were seeing space pirates and space cowboys and giant talking carrots, and Dr. Smith morphed from a scary villain into a cowardly butt monkey. "Oh, the pain! Oh, the pain!" Which do you think was better?

I know your a fan of massive Summer Glau pics but are you a fan of the Lost in Space reboot that they made with Matt LeBlanc & Gary Oldman? Incase you're not familiar with the movie, here's a pic.

http://imgur.com/TZbGXW0.jpg

 

[KingOrfeo]

Comets aren't hot.

Exactly.

 

[Ms_Ann]

The thought of yous guys beating off to June Lockhart is kinda quaint.

 

[Rightguide]

Comets aren't hot.

We may have stumbled onto what traumatized KingOrfeo as a child.

 

[KingOrfeo]

I liked the one with the Teenager Planet.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Shit, would you fucking believe they're rebooting this show?

 

[KingOrfeo]

We may have stumbled onto what traumatized KingOrfeo as a child.

Seeing bad science on the screen always did give me shakes and nightmares. I still have PTSD flashbacks to the "Kessel run in under 20 parcecs" line.

 

[phrodeau]

I know your a fan of massive Summer Glau pics but are you a fan of the Lost in Space reboot that they made with Matt LeBlanc & Gary Oldman? Incase you're not familiar with the movie, here's a pic.

That movie needed more Heather Graham and less Blarp.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

That movie needed more Heather Graham and less Blarp.

The CG characters in that movie were horrible.
Flying through the planet was pretty fucking horrible as well.

 

[cleaver]

you should realize the context
that the original sf based show
was essentially up against
the hugely popular, new
and indelibly campy
adam west batman series...

camp was the solution to what was otherwise
going to be a very short run... "lost in the ratings"

also,
that jonathan harris' dr. smith was originally to be a guest star
then eventually out...

but the actor's quirky and oft ultra-camp take on the character
not only made him a permanent "guest star"
but central to most of the episodes

in a way, the batman/lost in space hex
helped propel the over the top/campy
production career of exec-producer irwin allen

 

[cleaver]

The CG characters in that movie were horrible.
Flying through the planet was pretty fucking horrible as well.

yes...
but even to this day,
any pendulous prolonged view
of mimi rogers upper torso in motion
can be...

perplexingly pleasant


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c4/5e/57/c45e578ec6e3eabfc73c87483ecce83a.jpg

certainly not as captivating as she was in
the rapture... but....

 

[KingOrfeo]

you should realize the context
that the original sf based show
was essentially up against
the hugely popular, new
and indelibly campy
adam west batman series...

camp was the solution to what was otherwise
going to be a very short run... "lost in the ratings"

The Sixties . . . you had to be there . . .

My favorite Batman ep was the one where the Joker became a modern artist.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The thought of yous guys beating off to June Lockhart is kinda quaint.

Honestly, Marta Kristen.

Really honestly . . . Angela Cartwright.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*watches new star trek, looks forward to new lost in space*

 

[pointless]

i like how they always left the kid with the man who tried to kill them all. the robinsons were excellent parents.

 

[KingOrfeo]

i like how they always left the kid with the man who tried to kill them all. the robinsons were excellent parents.

And yet somehow that usually did not turn out to be a bad decision -- Smith might hide behind will, but he also clearly would rather die than harm him.

 

[KingOrfeo]

I also liked the one with the space pirates.

 

[magicalmoments]

Comets aren't hot.

Except at point of impact!

 

[magicalmoments]

June Lockhart!

 

[RobDownSouth]

Honestly, Marta Kristen.

We can thank Hitler for Marta Kristen.

She was the product of the Aryan breeding program in WW2....German Aryan daddy, Norwegian blonde blue eyed mommy. Building a better, more racially pure Nazi, dontcha know.

WW2 ended and Marta was dumped off at the local orphanage, ThankYouVeryMuch. She was adopted by an American couple and brought back to the USA.

She has aged well and gracefully.

 

[KingOrfeo]

We can thank Hitler for Marta Kristen.

Thank you, Hitler!