# Lost in Space 2!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912 "2005-09-03T17:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/21 "2005-09-04T02:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, come on! They’ve already made Wild things3. And Cruel Intentions3. Surely there’s some money to be made. Kevin Smith once explained that he will be able to work forever in Hollywood. Because while none of his movies have ever been a great success, they all made a profit. Even _Mallrats_ (although that took DVD sales to turn the corner). The reason, Smith explained, was that he makes movies with lots of talking and movies with talking are cheap to make. So Kevin Smith and Woody Allen and Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch will always be able to make movies. And you will see endless sequels to _Wild Things_ and _Cruel Intentions_ and _Police Academy_ and _American Pie_ and _Friday the 13th_. But movies like _Lost in Space_ and _Die Hard_ and _Lethal Weapon_ and _Men in Black_ and _The Matrix_ take serious coin. So Hollywood loves them because they can earn huge money but if they show one gray hair they get dropped in a second for the next big multi-million dollar franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/22 "2005-09-04T06:04:30Z")
I accidentally saw Cruel Intentions 3 on late night cable. It was surprisingly good, considering it’s basically soft core porn. It also has absolutely nothing to do with the first one (no idea about the sequel) and I had no idea it’s what I was watching till I looked up the listings to see what it was I’d seen. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/23 "2005-09-04T06:29:31Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > You do know [_this_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067148) got here first? Errmmm . . . yeah, I knew that. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/24 "2005-09-04T13:23:21Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > 29 Days Later. Actually, 28 weeks later is on the way. Blade Runner 2 anyone? They could cast Rutger Hauer again, seeing as how he was a replicant and they could have made more than one of him… Besides, Rutger seems to be the king of the S-T-V market. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/25 "2005-09-04T14:17:02Z")
Although the money-related reasons already given are probably the reason why there was never a LIS2, I thought of another angle: The biggest problem is that the movie utterly failed to follow the gist of the series that attracts people to reruns of the show. The movie was styled after the first black and white season that attempted to be straight science fiction, however schlockily done. But most people hear “Lost in Space”, and they think of the high-camp second and third seasons. The show was really the adventures of mincing dandy Dr. Smith, boy genius Will Robinson and a straight-man Robot touring the freak-show galaxy. If they’d had the courage to make the LIS movie a comedy, there probably would have been a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaGdT3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@PoppaGdT3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaGdT3)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/26 "2014-08-31T16:14:27Z")
[quote=“Rube\_E.Tewesday, post:2, topic:319912”] All the movies you mention, though, had at least some kind of cult following. (Much as _Lost in Space_ did, before that god-awful movie came out.) Is there any record of anybody, anywhere in the world, watching that movie twice (not counting people who were screaming “Please, officer, I’ll talk, I’ll talk, just make it stop!”) Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and drink until I forget that movie again. I am not sure why you did not like “Lost In Space” because every person that I’ve ever spoke with about the movie found it entertaining and so did I. Maybe the problem rest not with the movie but with your expectation of what the movie would be or in what direction the producers would lead us. What ever the case may be I find it unfair that you insult those that did enjoy the movie. Every body has an opinion and I won’t judge you because of yours and I ask that you not judge me. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaGdT3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@PoppaGdT3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaGdT3)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/27 "2014-08-31T16:22:37Z")
> [@bubastis](#): > > Hey, just kidding. But seriously, why was there never a sequel made to LIS? Granted, the movie was shite, but that never stopped hollywood before. Surely it made some form of profit to warrant a sequel, even a straight-to-video release with a different cast. This gets my curiosity due to the ever-growing list of movies which are getting (largely pointless, and largely crap) s.t.v. sequels: American Psycho, Starship Troopers, Bring it On, Wild Things, Species… surely there must be some wicked politics in play to deny the continuing adventures of the Robinson family!! And so that this is not strictly a Lost In Space thread, any other movies that could spawn shitty s.t.v. sequels? Driving Miss Daisy’s Daughter, anyone? Catwoman’s litter? I too have been waiting many years for a sequel to “Lost In Space” and I am not sure how it did at the box office, but I love that movie and have seen it at least 2 or 3 score times. In fact I just finished watching it again 20 minutes ago. Hopefully a sequel is being made now and will be out sometime soon, as well as the sequel to “Clover Field” which is another good movie that should have a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/28 "2014-08-31T16:41:17Z")
Ummmm…no. Both movie sucked donkey-balls and if there is any justice in the universe neither will ever be spoken of again. Hollywood will find other garbage to make rather than sequels to previous garbage that didn’t make a cent. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/29 "2014-08-31T16:49:21Z")
If they can bring back a jail bait Lacey Chabert, I’ll watch LiS 2. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/30 "2014-08-31T16:51:31Z")
I’ve always thought a gritty reboot of Lost In Space ala Battlestar Galactica reboot would be hella cool! A family fighting to survive lost in an unknown region of space with a scheming creepy possible child molester that they may need to survive? Sounds cool as long as it is gritty as hell! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/31 "2014-08-31T16:56:56Z")
Zombies like LIS. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/32 "2014-08-31T17:32:06Z")
Zombies in Space! No, wait, they did that; they called it _Serenity._ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/33 "2014-08-31T17:46:09Z")
Wow, taking a look at the IMDB page for LIS it had some star power behind it. William Hurt Mimi Rogers Gary Oldman Heather Graham Matt LeBlanc That’s a lot of names to be in a movie that didn’t break even. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/34 "2014-08-31T17:52:01Z")
> [@PoppaGdT3](#): > > I too have been waiting many years for a sequel to “Lost In Space” and I am not sure how it did at the box office, but I love that movie and have seen it at least 2 or 3 score times. In fact I just finished watching it again 20 minutes ago. Hopefully a sequel is being made now and will be out sometime soon, as well as the sequel to “Clover Field” which is another good movie that should have a sequel. Ummm, I thought they did make a sequel to Cloverfield. It was called Pacific Rim…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/35 "2014-08-31T18:08:10Z")
The best part about the LIS movie was watching Mimi Roger’s and her enormous assets move around while wearing that outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/36 "2014-08-31T20:07:58Z")
> [@PoppaGdT3](#): > > I am not sure why you did not like “Lost In Space” because every person that I’ve ever spoke with about the movie found it entertaining and so did I. Maybe the problem rest not with the movie but with your expectation of what the movie would be or in what direction the producers would lead us. What ever the case may be I find it unfair that you insult those that did enjoy the movie. Every body has an opinion and I won’t judge you because of yours and I ask that you not judge me. Thank you. My expectations of the movie was that it have a minimum of logic and plausibility. Though the script making less sense than those of the Irwin Allen series (which I watched the first few seasons of) was an amazing achievement. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/37 "2014-08-31T20:22:38Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > The best part about the LIS movie was watching Mimi Roger’s and her enormous assets move around while wearing that outfit. Then you’ll love “The Door in the Floor,” in which Mimi displays every one of her assets in lingering detail. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/38 "2014-08-31T20:32:39Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > {…} Lacey Chabert {…} The best thing about > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > {…} Heather Graham {…} the two best > [@Odesio](#): > > {…} Mimi Roger’s {…} the three best things about _Lost in Space_! 😃 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912/39 "2014-08-31T20:48:05Z")
> [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](#): > > At one point, there was going to be a new LIS TV show. > > Any word about that? The set they built for it was recycled into the CIC of Battlestar Pegasus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-2/319912.md?page=1)