# Danger, Will Robinson! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750 "2016-06-30T01:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/21 "2016-06-30T20:44:37Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > The LiS universe, obviously! Where the men are neuter, the women large-breasted and even the rocks are craft foam. “Ginger or Mary Ann?” then becomes “Penny or Judy?” :o ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/22 "2016-06-30T21:03:02Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > Why are they mutually exclusive? It could be dark ‘n’ campy (actually I don’t know how they’d pull that off, but it could be interesting), or retro ‘n’ gritty. Dark + campy? This might be up your alley: **Lexx** , episode 1:[“I Worship His Shadow”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRe4nl8ugM). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/23 "2016-06-30T23:53:35Z")
First “Full House”, now “Lost in Space”. Netflix is committed to reviving the crowning achievements of Western civilization. Can “My Mother the Car” and “Cop Rock” be far behind? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/24 "2016-07-01T00:00:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Ginger or Mary Ann?” then becomes “Penny or Judy?” :o The original Penny, was, IIRC, a teenager. At that age, it’d be a creepy. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/25 "2016-07-01T00:25:55Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > The original Penny, was, IIRC, a teenager. At that age, it’d be a creepy. :eek: She turned out to be quite hot as an adult! :o [![](https://www.nndb.com/people/252/000025177/cartwright.jpg) ](https://www.nndb.com/people/252/000025177/cartwright.jpg) I was a teenager back then too, and she always did it for me! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/26 "2016-07-01T01:16:30Z")
As an eleven year old I thought the original “Lost in Space” was the best thing ever! Now it’s painful to watch. I was watching it Wednesday evening, June 8th, 1966, and was annoyed that the local TV station kept breaking in for weather announcements. Then, just before the show was over, the tornado sirens went off. A good part of our city of Topeka was tromped by what would later be classified as an F% tornado. I recall many details of that day, but I sure don’t remember what episode was showing that night. No way to find out, but it would still be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/27 "2016-07-01T03:07:25Z")
[QUOTE=not quite what Amateur Barbarian said] Next up, I fear: “Car 54, Where Are You?” set in a [del]gritty[/del] _ **grimdark** _ urban jungle with a mixed-race pair of patrolmen with dark, troubled pasts. [/QUOTE] FTFY Sorry for modifying your quoted text, I hope that is sufficient to not be breaking the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/28 "2016-07-01T03:21:12Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > The LiS universe, obviously! Where the men are neuter, the women large-breasted and even the rocks are craft foam. And the carrots eat you! ---
**Author:** ![Commodore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Commodore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commodore)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/29 "2016-07-01T03:26:49Z")
No one could possible hold a candle to Dr Zachary Smith, Jonathan Harris is a master actor, he made the whole show. The show is him ! Without him the show was nothing, everything revolved around him. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/30 "2016-07-01T03:42:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As an eleven year old I thought the original “Lost in Space” was the best thing ever! Now it’s painful to watch. > > I was watching it Wednesday evening, June 8th, 1966, and was annoyed that the local TV station kept breaking in for weather announcements. Then, just before the show was over, the tornado sirens went off. A good part of our city of Topeka was tromped by what would later be classified as an F% tornado. I recall many details of that day, but I sure don’t remember what episode was showing that night. No way to find out, but it would still be cool. According to [this](https://sites.google.com/a/depauw.edu/lost-in-space2/home/episode-overview), the episode was “Ghost In Space.” A F% tornado is F5, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/31 "2016-07-01T04:01:40Z")
Neil Patrick Harris as Doctor Smith ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/32 "2016-07-01T11:20:30Z")
It was so bad that maybe everyone missed it, but [Lost in Space has been revived once already.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120738/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/33 "2016-07-01T11:33:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It was so bad that maybe everyone missed it, but [Lost in Space has been revived once already.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120738/) Mentioned several times in this thread already. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/34 "2016-07-01T12:20:24Z")
I predict disaster. Watching some of the old eps on Youtube is a laugh riot. The mom is always expected to cook and the girls help her, while the men folk do the men stuff. The girls are all, “c’mon girls, let’s show the men we can survive until they get back!” and then they’re all fussing about their hairdos. They always find a way to lecture the aliens: “in our culture, women are considered the equals of men!” I could see it as a spoof of the culture of the time. Or, they’ll feel the need to update it for politically correct reasons and everyone will be race and gender-role swapped. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/35 "2016-07-01T12:29:09Z")
> [@Commodore](#): > > No one could possible hold a candle to Dr Zachary Smith, Jonathan Harris is a master actor, he made the whole show. Yeah, he was a real David Hyde Pierce. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/36 "2016-07-01T12:36:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Neil Patrick Harris as Doctor Smith Eh. There’s no way he’d get within a light-year of this career-sinker, but no one in the game could do Dr. Smith/2016 better than Benedict Cumberbatch. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/37 "2016-07-01T15:46:49Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I predict disaster. Watching some of the old eps on Youtube is a laugh riot. Hopefully it’ll sink quietly into oblivion like the \*\*\*Prisoner \*\*\*and _ **Time Tunnel** _ remakes. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/38 "2016-07-01T17:23:19Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Hopefully it’ll sink quietly into oblivion like the \*\*\*Prisoner \*\*\*and _ **Time Tunnel** _ remakes. :mad: There was a time tunnel remake? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/39 "2016-07-01T17:28:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There was a time tunnel remake? > :dubious: A pilot was produced, yes. I think you can still see it on YouTube. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the original series. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750/40 "2016-07-01T17:35:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > A pilot was produced, yes. I think you can still see it on YouTube. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the original series. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson/758750.md?page=3)