Lost in Space reboot coming to Netflix

[doc7924]

Probably old news but I just read about this.

I'm torn because I loved the show as a kid and can't see a reboot really working - but the Galactica reboot was well handled and very good so..........

I did like the 1998 film for what it was.

[FatherXmas]

They did try a grittier TV pilot back in early 2000s called The Robinsons: Lost in Space.  That reimaging was horrid.  Maybe this time they'll do better.  Well being on a paid channel helps it I think.

[doc7924]

They did try a grittier TV pilot back in early 2000s called The Robinsons: Lost in Space.  That reimaging was horrid.  Maybe this time they'll do better.  Well being on a paid channel helps it I think.

Really? I never heard of this at all.

[Tenzhi]

I never got into the original, but hopefully it's *not* as awful as SyFy's sexbot remake of Galactica.  So far Netflix Originals have been more consistently enjoyable than SyFy's, though, so I'd likely give a Lost in Space series by them a chance.

[hurple]

I never got into the original, but hopefully it's *not* as awful as SyFy's sexbot remake of Galactica.  So far Netflix Originals have been more consistently enjoyable than SyFy's, though, so I'd likely give a Lost in Space series by them a chance.

As long as they land on a planet of intelligent vegatables, I'll be happy.  Ha Ha Ha!

Seriously, I thought the news was they bought the rights to stream the original show, I didn't realize there was a new one coming.  Sorry, but without that robot and Jonathan Harris it's DOA.  It would be like Gilligan's Island without Bob Denver.

[doc7924]

As long as they land on a planet of intelligent vegatables, I'll be happy.  Ha Ha Ha!

Seriously, I thought the news was they bought the rights to stream the original show, I didn't realize there was a new one coming.  Sorry, but without that robot and Jonathan Harris it's DOA.  It would be like Gilligan's Island without Bob Denver.

You do know the original pilot and story line had no Smith or Robot. They were added after the series got the go ahead.
That's why the first 4 or 5 episodes of the first season have the family traveling in the Chariot, and Smith and the Robot stayed on the ship.
That was footage from the pilot drawn out into about 4 episodes, intercut with new footage of Smith and the Robot.

Then when they did the cartoon - I think only Smith and the Robot where there from the original show.

[hurple]

You do know the original pilot and story line had no Smith or Robot. They were added after the series got the go ahead.

Yes, I know.  But they became the show.  I believe, completely, it would've been a one-season show without them.

That's why the first 4 or 5 episodes of the first season have the family traveling in the Chariot, and Smith and the Robot stayed on the ship.
That was footage from the pilot drawn out into about 4 episodes, intercut with new footage of Smith and the Robot.

Then when they did the cartoon - I think only Smith and the Robot where there from the original show.

Oh, god... I forgot about the cartoon.  Or, blocked it, more likely. 

[FatherXmas]

Really? I never heard of this at all.

Too much DRAMA!  But it was a CW pilot at the time.  Here's the pilot in 5 parts.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5650A43C64FE863

[hurple]

Too much DRAMA!  But it was a CW pilot at the time.  Here's the pilot in 5 parts.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5650A43C64FE863

Another thing I had successfully blocked from my memory.

Thanks for ruining my life guys! 

BTW, I know a guy who built a replica of the LiS Robot from a copy of the original blueprints.  It is AWESOME!

We're trying to get through the BLu-Rays of the original series now, but having to juggle them with the Blu's of the original Star Trek, Mission Impossible and Batman, and The Monkees complete set will be coming out in January, so it'll have to be added to the rotation, too.

And, I keep threatening to start digging through the Doctor Who DVDs and watch them in order from An Unearthly Child until we get caught up with Capaldi (and use the BBC Audios for the missing stories) but that seems an impossible dream right now... Ha Ha! (Why, yes, I have collected every single DVD release for the original Doctor Who, and every BBC Audio release, and kept up with Big Finish until release 100 then decided I'd rather feed my family than continue subscribing.  I also have every Doctor Who magazine until the relaunch, I quit keeping up with them, then, because they retooled as more kid-friendly)

Can you believe all those shows were contemporaries?  The Monkees, Batman, Lost In Space, Star Trek, Laugh In, Mission Impossible... was there ever a more fruitful, influential period in TV history as those 5 years 1965-1970?

[doc7924]

Yes, I know.  But they became the show.  I believe, completely, it would've been a one-season show without them.

Oh, god... I forgot about the cartoon.  Or, blocked it, more likely.

Well you will be happy to know that it will be in the new Lost in Space Blu Ray set.

I do have on old bootleg VHS of the cartoon - I need to watch that again. And the Star Wars Holiday Special - then I can shoot myself.

[hurple]

Well you will be happy to know that it will be in the new Lost in Space Blu Ray set.

I do have on old bootleg VHS of the cartoon - I need to watch that again. And the Star Wars Holiday Special - then I can shoot myself.

You will believe a Wookie can sing.

[doc7924]

You will believe a Wookie can sing.

The two things I remember most from that time are the holiday special and the SNL with Carrie Fisher from 1979. She did a Leia in a bikini a few years before Return of the Jedi.

[Battlechimp]

Well you will be happy to know that it will be in the new Lost in Space Blu Ray set.

I do have on old bootleg VHS of the cartoon - I need to watch that again. And the Star Wars Holiday Special - then I can shoot myself.

To help make the star wars special a bit more tolerable, the guys who did Mystery Science 3000 who now do riff trax have the holiday special with commentary you download or stream.  It doesn't make it good.... but it is far more tolerable :-)

[doc7924]

To help make the star wars special a bit more tolerable, the guys who did Mystery Science 3000 who now do riff trax have the holiday special with commentary you download or stream.  It doesn't make it good.... but it is far more tolerable :-)

Oh cool. I love MST3K. I will check it out. Thanks

[Mandu]

Too much DRAMA!  But it was a CW pilot at the time.  Here's the pilot in 5 parts.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5650A43C64FE863

Wow.  I forgot Adrianne Palicki was Judy.  Of course she was a total unknown at that point so I suppose there is no reason I should have remembered her.

[FatherXmas]

Wow.  I forgot Adrianne Palicki was Judy.  Of course she was a total unknown at that point so I suppose there is no reason I should have remembered her.

Wow!  Didn't notice that.  Then again I didn't notice Caitlin Snow in Flash was the plant controller in Sky High.