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Lost in Space - The Complete First Season
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Total reviews: 232
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
About the episode "War of the Robots" 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Right from the start I knew this was a well written episode. As the episode opens, Will,Robot and Dr. Smith are all fishing for space bass down at the pond. It's a funny bit, Robot won't let Smith"off the hook" when Smith starts in with the fish stories. But , in showing him participating in fishing like one of the boys, it also establishes the Robot as a valid member of the Robinson family,rather than an appliance. This helps heighten the tension later when the Evil robot threatens to replace Robot as the family's mechanical man. When the Evil robot made Robot look pathetic and outdated in order to gain the Robinson's exclusive trust, I actually felt bad for the big metal guy. So the family continues to put more trust in the Evil robo,unheedful of Robot's warnings. Only Will believes him, and as the Robinsons find out too late, Robot was right. Evil robot means to enslave them and turn them over to his evil overlords for "experimentation" This is a great episode, representative of the best of the series writing,acting and directing. And in giving the Robot emotions,which it recognizes as not"part of my original programming" the show touches on themes expounded on more fully in films like "Blade Runner". Well worth the cost.
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Lost in Space - Season 2, Vol. 1
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Total reviews: 69
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Editorial Review:
While Lost in Space may never enter the pantheon of great television programming, the 1960s sci-fi show certainly has its charms, all of them in evidence on this first volume of episodes from the second season. Produced by Irwin Allen, who would later be responsible for blockbuster disaster films like The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure, these 16 episodes from 1966-67 (spread out over four DVDs) find the show undergoing some changes, both technically (from black & white into color) and in terms of tone (more campy and tongue-in-cheek, especially as the season goes on). The latter is due in large part to the performance of Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith, who puts the "arch" in archvillain (it was his meddling that got them all lost in the first place). Harris's portrayal of Smith as cowardly, duplicitous, pompous, and not a little fey often goes right over the top, but the other characters (including Guy Williams as Prof. John Robinson, June Lockhart as his wife Maureen, and young Bill Mumy as Will) are so bland and generic that Harris, the family robot, and guest stars like Strother Martin and Wally Cox offer the only available relief.The Lost in Space storylines are predictable (almost always involving some alien-related jeopardy prompted by Smith's greed and foolishness) and the special effects and production values won't excite anyone used to the wonders of the digital age. Still, this is television, where budgets are smaller and schedules much tighter, so lowered expectations are in order anyway. Some users may feel shortchanged by the absence of extra features, or by the fact that the set doesn't include the entire season (the second part is available separately). But the transfers are good and the DVD menus easily navigable. But on the whole Lost in Space devotees--and there are many of them--should be well satisfied. --Sam Graham
Lost in Space - Season 3, Vol. 1
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Total reviews: 58
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Great show but bad DVD 3 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
I am a big Lost in Space fan. Some of my favorite episodes are from season 3. "Visit to a Hostile Planet" is a classic episode. I recently purchased this set and was really disappointed with the quality of the video. It is really fuzzy and blurry. It is only slightly better than a VHS copy taped off air at SLP. I was shocked by this when I compaired the video to the great work they did for the "Time Tunnel" and "Voyage to the bottom of the sea" sets. If you are a LIS fan, I can only say buy the set only if you are willing to live with a substandard verion of the show. Unfortunately, it is the only version currently available. I am heartsick at the thought that LIS has gotten such a raw deal on DVD.
Editorial Review:
Irwin Allen's LOST IN SPACE is classic sci-fi adventure at its best. Take the journey to this inspiring, intergalactic space odyssey with America's favorite space family in the 60's TV classic - LOST IN SPACE!Continue your collection with the first volume of LOST IN SPACE SEASON 3 on DVD today! Watch for LOST IN SPACE SEASON 3 VOLUME 2 coming in June 2005.
Lost in Space - Seasons 1 - 3
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Total reviews: 9
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
reliving the adventure 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm 50 years old and was less than 10 when this show first aired back in the 60's. I grew up loving Science Fiction and have watched many of the series and movies. Lost in Space was one of the first series I watched. The special effects where great for the time but low by todays standards, but this is a 1960s era show. the first epasodes, are of course, in black and white, and that is ok too. I didn't buy the series to pick it apart, I bought it to relive the adventure. So if your quite a bit younger than me and expecting great special effects, forget it. enjoy the story line, and the way movies used to be made. It's just like I remember it, and I highly recommend this product. The concept of taking TV series and turning them into DVDs is a wonderful idea. Now when is the 4th season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea going to be reliesed? Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Seasons 1 - 3
Bobby Bristoe
Still a classic! 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you are a fan of Lost In space, then this is a must have for your video library. Every episode is here just the way they appeared 40 years ago. I know I'm enjoying watching them now as much as I did then.
Lost in Space - Season 2, Vol. 2
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Total reviews: 49
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Editorial Review:
As its second season progressed, and as these 14 episodes from 1967 attest, Lost in Space continued to swap science fiction for comic fantasy, and the show's ratings went into orbit. While Star Trek satisfied a smaller audience of serious sci-fi fans on NBC, Lost in Space (airing Wednesday nights on CBS) delighted a younger audience with the cheesy adventures of "Space Family Robinson," stranded on an isolated planet that nevertheless played host to an abundance of alien visitors. Here they include operatic Vikings, a disembodied mechanical head, a spacefaring buccaneer, a Scottish bagpiper in a haunted castle, and, in the deliriously entertaining episode "Revolt of the Androids," a silver-painted super-being whose primary purpose is to "Crush...Kill...Destroy!!" It's all harmless family fun, offering equal amounts of tongue-in-cheek whimsy and some scary highlights that kids, then and now, will find instantly unforgettable.Yes, it all looks quaint and innocent by present-day standards, and it's painfully obvious that series creator Irwin Allen didn't know what to do with the Robinson clan, a wooden variant of Ozzie & Harriett in V-necked velour, with June Lockhart playing happy homemaker while patriarch Guy Williams spent most of his time repairing damaged equipment. It's just as well, since season 2 is dominated by the scene-stealing duo of Dr. Smith (played by Jonathan Harris in the role he was born to play) and the sarcastic Robot B-9, who plays a scolding R2D2 to Harris's duplicitous, flamboyantly feckless C3PO, the latter delivering alliterative insults (like "you ingot of ingratitude!" and "you nickel-plated nincompoop!") in virtually every episode. Guest stars like Albert Salmi, Al "Grandpa Munster" Lewis, and John Carradine are in on the game, adding weekly flavor to a series that shares much in common with such later kid-stuff as H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost. Some may find it hopelessly ridiculous in retrospect, but Lost in Space still offers fun aplenty for those who enjoy its anything-goes approach to low-budget fantasy for the young and young-at-heart. Unfortunately for devoted fans, vintage 1966 radio interviews with Lockhart, Williams, and Harris are the only extras in this well-mastered four-disc set. --Jeff Shannon
Lost in Space - Season 3, Vol. 2
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Total reviews: 28
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Both sci-fi groups might have a "meeting of the minds" here! 2 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Back in the late 60's there were two camps of thought in regards to two shows: those that favored "Lost in Space" and those that favored "Star Trek". My sister belonged to the latter and I, the former.
But enough about familial disagreement.
Though I would've preferred that the entire third season had been presented intact in one set (thus, the reduction of two stars), there are some recommendations that can be made for the purchase of this set.
It's coincidental that the second half of "Lost in Space" has some stories that have a casting connection with installments from the first season of "Trek". "The Flaming Planet" features character actor Abraham Sofaer who appeared in the "Charlie X" episode of "Trek" as a one of the members of the mutant's race. The infamous "The Great Vegetable Rebellion" guest stars Stanley Adams, an actor that will forever be engrained in the collective consciousness of "Trek" fans as "Cyrano Jones" of the classic "The Trouble With Tribbles" episode.
Though much maligned by fans and critics alike, "The Great Vegetable Rebellion" boasts one of the series best non-John Williams' scores, music by Joseph Mullendore.
Also, two of the remaining episodes are quite good and elevate the bar somewhat for the campy series. "Target: Earth" is probably the closest the show in its later years came to "serious" drama, even with the over-the-top theatrics of Jonathan Harris. The show made a simplistic commentary about the desire to express one's individuality - a theme that was on the minds of every "flower child" of the day. Thus, like "The Promised Planet" episode, this installment was a reflection of the times.
Who said LiS had no redeeming social value???
Another bit of trivia involves "The Time Merchant" episode. Guest star John Crawford appeared, at some time or another, in most of producer Irwin Allen's productions, including the theatrical films "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno".
Arte Johnson, who would later be part of the comedic ensemble that made up TV's "Laugh-In", is featured in "Princess of Space," along with Mrs. Irwin Allen herself, Sheila Matthews. Matthews had also appeared in the second season episode, "Space Vikings."
And the future "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus" of "Hill Street Blues", veteran heavy Michael Conrad, appears in pre-Planet of the Apes-inspired makeup in "Fugitives in Space". Coincidentally, Conrad's future co-star, Daniel J. Travanti, appeared in an earlier LiS season three episode, "Collision of the Planets"...as a space hippy, no less.
Therefore, six of the nine episodes in this collection have something going for them and make it a worthy addition to a sci-fi/fantasy/Irwin Allen/television history fan!
It's still too bad that Twentieth Century Fox skimps on the extras that we DVD buyers expect, causing the disc to lose its third star.
'Too bad the four-star series was shackled with a two-star package!
Editorial Review:
It's the third and final season of the far-out tales of TV's most lovable space crew! Complete your mission with these intergalactic adventures! Join in as the Jupiter 2 crew attempts to finally return home to Earth, with more help from the wily Robot B-9, more antics from master meddler Dr. Zachary Smith, and of course, more "Danger, Will Robinson!" Along with out-of-this-world extras not available anywhere else, this collectable DVD installment of Irwin Allen's LOST IN SPACE presents the final 9 episodes of America's favorite space family.
Lost in Space Forever
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Total reviews: 23
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
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The first indication that this made-for-TV tribute to Lost in Space was hastily slapped together is its choice of hosts. Instead of picking somebody associated with the show, or with show creator Irwin Allen, or even with science fiction, the producers picked sitcom star John Larroquette. That's the first of a series of awkward choices (Larroquette's banter with the Robot is particularly awful), which reaches its nadir in a segment in which Billy Mumy, Jonathan Harris, and the Robot reunite--in character as Will Robinson, Dr. Smith, and the Robot--on the reconstructed deck of the Jupiter 2, and pretend to get lost in space... forever! Ick.The fact that Billy Mumy was a producer and cowriter on this project only erodes the credibility he built up for himself by being half of the musical duo Barnes & Barnes (whose "Fish Heads" video was directed by character actor Bill Paxton). Was Mumy really "one of the busiest and most versatile child actors of the decade"? (Busiest, perhaps.) Was the premiere of the 1998 film version of Lost in Space really "the most eagerly anticipated in motion picture history"? Doubtful. But there are some nice moments pulled out of the archive. Clips from the original pilot are shown in length with no annoying commentary, and the screen test of Guy Williams (Prof. John Robinson) shows a charming man who might be described as a '60s version of George Clooney. Recommended for hardcore fans of the show who are willing to sort through the modern-day crap for the archival gems. --Andy Spletzer
Lost in Space Seasons 1-2
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Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 2.5 of 5
Another FOX ploy to get more cash! 3 out of 5 stars.
73 of 79 people found this review helpful.
Everyone got bent out of shape when Fox decided to release the second season of this marvelous cult science fiction series in two parts instead of one. Supposedly Fox claimed they would sell more DVDs if people could buy the second season in installments. Now to add insult to injury, hot on the heels of the release of the last half of season two, they put out this boxed set with all of both seasons! If that weren't bad enough, the "extras" are the same meager offerings from the individual sets. Nothing new here at all folks! Come on Fox, why not just put out all three seasons as one boxed set and then break it down by seasons and a "best of" DVD for the people who don't want everything. It's obvious now that you will release season three in multiple parts and then FINALLY put out the boxed set of everything. Are you saving the cast and crew interviews and commentaries for the mega box so fans will have to buy it in order to finally get a few decent extras? How about the promotional spots, documentaries, or the animated pilot? I for one am keeping my VHS copies of the series and saving my money until Fox gets its act together and puts the series out in a proper box set with the decent extras this fun show so richly deserves. Call me when you figure it out Fox!
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