# Lost in Space reboot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295 "2018-02-21T21:09:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/41 "2018-02-22T17:28:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Don’t confuse Penny Robinson Angela Cartwright from Lost In Space with J5 Angela Cartwright from the TV series Logan’s Run. [That came 10 years later.](http://www.angela-cartwright.com/part6after.html) Neither was _The Sound of Music_ Angela Cartwright, but yes, for me she was age-appropriate. 😉 Still is, for that matter. What got to me was that Don and Judy were obviously going to be a couple, but that left Penny with only her bratty little brother. Maybe there were going to be some unconventional arrangements on the planet? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/42 "2018-02-22T17:32:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > People say it was terrible but I watched it in the original run on TV, when I was eleven. It was the best show in the universe then!!! Now, maybe not, but I adored it. > > . YMMV, obviously. I was only a little older, but I actively loathed the show. So did a young film student named David Gerrold, who said of the show that it was like propaganda that was beamed into everyone’s house to make science fiction look bad. He went on to wrote “The Trouble with Tribbles”, among other things. yeah, I know, some people love the later episodes for their camp qualities and apparently deliberate awfulness. But when they started out, they were pretty clearly trying to be a semiserious (if aimed at juvenile) SF drama. There ain’t no other way to explain all their ballyhooing about bringing in Michael (Klaatu) Rennie as a guest star in the first season two-parter “The Keeper” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/43 "2018-02-22T17:37:47Z")
I’m a spacecraft fan, then and now. The show was worth it just to see the Jupiter 2 (Angela and Robot were a bonus). I watched “The Invaders” mostly for the flying saucer, and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” for the Flying Sub. Irwin Allen was truly a benefactor of mankind. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/44 "2018-02-22T17:42:42Z")
^ **Elvis** , would you join me in a shriek of disgust for the movie Jupiter 1 (later 2)? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/45 "2018-02-22T17:43:59Z")
The entire movie, including the ship? Certainly. _Aiiiiieeeeeee!_ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/46 "2018-02-22T17:57:47Z")
_ **Arghhhhhhh** _, I arghhhhhhhed! I truly loved the “Land of the Giants” Spindrift; it was a nifty model kit–the little people in it fit right into my sisters’s hamster’s mouth. Made a great picture! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/47 "2018-02-22T18:04:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Yeah, but > > 1.) The original BG at least had decent special effects > > 2.) Lost in Space was more puerile and far, far worse. > > I’m not saying BG wasn’t really and truly bad – it was abysmal. But it’s badness doesn’t affect how bad Lost in Space was. Yeah, but, you can take a premise that was done badly decades ago, take it seriously, and wind up with a decent show. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/48 "2018-02-22T18:38:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > People say it was terrible but I watched it in the original run on TV, when I was eleven. It was the best show in the universe then!!! Now, maybe not, but I adored it. Can I tell a story about something that happened while I was watching? > > On June 8, 1966 I was watching. It started at 6:30 PM local time. There had been severe weather warnings and I was upset because there were breakins to to show, for weather updates. Then, about 6:55, the tornado sirens went off. A monster tornado that would have been classified as F-5 went right through the middle of town. I sstill remember the fear. Our house was not in the path, but it was less than a mile from the point the tornado entered the city. > > There was only one TV station at the time, and the temp anchor did such a good job on air, being calm and giving directions and updates, that network execs noticed him. That was **Bill Kurtis** , who made it big on television announcing. And he’d never planned on it, he was a law student then. I was the same age when it was first broadcast and I loved it too. Never had seen cliffhangers before so I used to wonder how they would get out of it. Eventually I figured out none of them would be killed: no one had a red shirt. Nowadays I think fondly of it for the Smith insults of the robot, that bubble headed booby. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/49 "2018-02-22T19:08:29Z")
It’s on Netflix so no extra money. I’ll watch it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/50 "2018-02-22T19:42:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, but, you can take a premise that was done badly decades ago, take it seriously, and wind up with a decent show. Yes, you _could_. I’ve seen it done. But it’s far easier to take a bad premise, take it seriously, and end up with something as bad or worse than the original. I’ve seen that happen more often. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/51 "2018-02-22T20:16:48Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Neither was _The Sound of Music_ Angela Cartwright, but yes, for me she was age-appropriate. 😉 Still is, for that matter. > > What got to me was that Don and Judy were obviously going to be a couple, but that left Penny with only her bratty little brother. Maybe there were going to be some unconventional arrangements on the planet? Not that Irwin Allen cared the slightest about accuracy or plot continuation but in the first episode the newscaster talks about it being the first attempt that may have as many as 10 million people a year going into space. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/52 "2018-02-22T20:46:04Z")
What a good idea. Take a crappy SF series that was bad at the time and looks even worse now, update it by throwing in a token black woman and making Dr Smith a woman because, hey, diversity. Then shake it all together and serve. What could possibly go wrong? At least the first series had Jonathan Harris and the crappy movie the great Gary Oldman. And this one has who? Parker fucking Posey. You’ll forgive me if I stay far far away from this stinking turd. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/53 "2018-02-22T22:10:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Yes, you _could_. I’ve seen it done. But it’s far easier to take a bad premise, take it seriously, and end up with something as bad or worse than the original. I’ve seen that happen more often. Oh, absolutely. But if the new version sucks, it’s because it sucks on its own. Not because the original sucked. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/54 "2018-02-22T23:50:56Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > What got to me was that Don and Judy were obviously going to be a couple, but that left Penny with only her bratty little brother. Maybe there were going to be some unconventional arrangements on the planet? With Will Mumy? Hush. It would be good. It would be real, real good. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/55 "2018-02-22T23:57:37Z")
I was the right age when the original was on, but I only lasted two seasons before it sucked too much for me to watch more. The trailer seems to be full of stock footage. You’d think they’d have filmed something exciting before putting it out. Well, since it won’t cost me anything to see the first episode, I might try. But if it looks half as bad as the movie, I’m out of there. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/56 "2018-02-23T05:10:10Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Come on. Angela Cartwright was 13:eek:when the show started. And I was 10… what’s the problem!? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/57 "2018-02-23T06:18:46Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > And this one has who? Parker fucking Posey. Queen of the Indies - I _like_ Parker Posey :D. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/58 "2018-02-23T13:24:33Z")
Yeah, but will any of the new cast members go on to [co-create](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_%26_Barnes) a classic song like _[Fish Heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No)_??? (Video directed by the late great Bill Paxton!) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/59 "2018-02-23T16:03:58Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > What a good idea. Take a crappy SF series that was bad at the time and looks even worse now, update it by throwing in a token black woman and making Dr Smith a woman because, hey, diversity. Then shake it all together and serve. What could possibly go wrong? > > At least the first series had Jonathan Harris and the crappy movie the great Gary Oldman. And this one has who? Parker fucking Posey. You’ll forgive me if I stay far far away from this stinking turd. Awwww, come onnnnnn…! What if I bring popcorn? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295/60 "2018-02-23T16:57:37Z")
What this reboot really needs is to get J.J. Abrahms involved so they can find a tie-in with the Cloverfield universe! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-reboot/809295.md?page=4)