Posted on 03/07/2018 12:25:52 PM PST by Simon Green
The first full-length trailer for Netflix’s Lost in Space is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzmM0AB60QQ
The new footage includes a first look at the planet where the Robinson family finds themselves stranded, our first look at Dr. Smith (Parker Posey), plenty of intense action, and several scenes revealing the show’s entirely reimagined Robot (which now is of a mysterious extraterrestrial origin).
“This is a true family adventure in the vein of the original Jurassic Park,” says showrunner Zack Estrin (Prison Break) in an exclusive interview with EW. “I don’t think there’s ever been another show like this on TV that has this size and scope, but also this emotion. There aren’t a lot of family shows that everybody can watch for themselves. There are very few things that are not reality shows that adults and kids can enjoy together. I’ve shown this to my father, who’s 70, and my daughters, who are 11 and 14, and they all fell in love with it for different reasons.”
The set-up: The Robinsons — led by stars Toby Stephens (Black Sails) and Molly Parker (Deadwood) — is one of hundreds of families chosen for a colonization mission that goes horribly wrong when their ship is struck by an unknown calamity. The Robinsons escape to an unknown Earth-type planet and struggle to survive, and soon discover they are not alone. The show is based on the original 1963 series that ran for three seasons, yet has been updated in several intriguing ways.
“Fans of the original show should know we maintain the core of what was special about that experience of watching that as a child — that here’s this incredible family that’s off on this amazing adventure,” said Estrin, who spent nearly two years bringing the updated series, which was previously revived as a 1998 movie starring William Hurt and Matt LeBlanc, to air. “For new fans of the show, there’s a certain baggage associated with the title — ‘Oh, that’s that campy show from the ’60s,’ or, ‘That’s that movie from the ’90s that was … what it was.’ We are taking that core of an idea — the Robinson family is striving to hold together and survive in this incredible circumstance — and as much as this show is Lost in Space, it could be a shipwreck on an island. It just happens to be in space and we think it’s going to have a broad appeal beyond genre fans.”
One of the biggest differences from the original series you’ll notice in the trailer is the radical redesign of The Robot that aided the Robinson family in the original series. This Robot is potentially lethal, with its own backstory and rendered with a combination of CGI and practical effects. “The Robot was one of the hardest pieces of casting to do in the show because it’s such an iconic thing and something you can really get wrong,” Estrin said. “And it’s a different experience watching the show versus the trailer. You fall in love with this character. It’s less about how it looks than who it is.”
One holdover from the original design is the use of lights in the Robot’s face to suggest how it’s feeling (also, that it’s just simply called “Robot”). “Whereas the original Robot was exactly what you thought it was, our Robot is a bit of a mystery that unfolds over the course of the season,” Estrin said.
Another major shift is the gender-twist casting of Posey as one of the planet’s non-Robinson characters, Dr. Smith, who comes across just as shady as the original (if not moreso). “The original Dr. Smith played by Jonathan Harris was so iconic, you couldn’t just try to do that again, and if you were to ask a male actor to fill those shoes, there would always be a comparison,” Estrin said. “We’re so lucky to have Parker, she brings such dimensionality to the role. She has a perfect mix of delicious villainy that lends a special piece of fun to the show.” The character will also fill some of the big plot holes in the original series, like: Why is Dr. Smith there? Why do the Robinsons keep him (now her) around?
Yet one element from the original series the team sought to utilize as much as possible was the show’s soundtrack, which was composed by a young John Williams (back when he was known as Johnny Williams), years before he became Hollywood’s top composer of films like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the aforementioned Jurassic Park. The new show’s composer, Chris Leonard, took Williams’ themes for the show and put a contemporary spin on them.
Here’s the official poster:
Is Netflix worth the subscription?
Another show that, instead of going for originality, attempts to hijack an already existing fan base and spitting on them by calling it a “contemporary” remake.
You try to figure out which parts are which gender.
Ozark is real swell, right up to the point where one male FBI agent is giving another male FBI agent a BJ. I shut it off. I am baffled at the love this show gets from FReepers.
Oooh,Julie Newmar...played a very tempting
devil on Twilight Zone.
Used to watch LIS as a kid.Thought it was dumb back then.
Now Wild Wild West that was great.Ruined that remake too.
Just because I’ll probably be corrected, I believe it was actually the case that the black FBI guy broke up with his white boyfriend, so the white guy got a BJ from a male prostitute. And, I’m given to understand there was more gay shit to boot.
I lasted less than 20 minues in the Get Shorty TV series because of an onscreen male/male BJ. In all my years of watching TV, I don’t think I’ve ever seen them having a woman performing in that manner, but two shows right together showing the gay version. WTF.
Looks awesome. I grew up on the original show. The movie was rancid tripe. This looks fabulous. I will probably wait until season 4 and then binge it. Since everything I love gets cancelled, this will probably not make it to Season 2.
Actually I have to laugh because a group of “diversity-oriented entertainers” can’t beat what old white men did 50 years ago, so they have to appropriate the content rather than produce good original ideas (which they must not have).
Great point.
I have come to terms we are no longer a white nation and that means you can’t have an all lily white cast on a show anymore. I will give it a chance. It matters more to me if it is genuine entertainment vs. preachy liberal propaganda. If it is just good old raw entertainment, I can go with the cosmopolitan flow. Everything just better fit is all. I will give it a chance.
Looks really good.
I’ll tune in, to see.
Here’s a clickable link to the youtube trailer....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzmM0AB60QQ
I’m impressed that the Robinson family appears to be all of same race (white) and no lesbo/homo marital relationship.
That is crazy. I wasn’t aware they shared plot lines like that.
Gilligans Island ran 1964 to 1967.
Lost in Space ran 1965 to 1968.
It looks like Lost in Space borrowed heavily from Gilligans Island. Both were CBS productions.
Now for the one really massive difference between Gilligan’s Island and Lost in Space.
Gilligan had “Ginger vs Mary Ann”. Lost in Space really offered no competition to Judy. Penny was way too young and not close to Judy’s league. And June Lockhard was too old.
Here is hoping it is fag free.
In the original Series first Season, the Robot was a threat because Dr. Smith had reprogrammed it to destroy the Robinsons. Later it would only obey him.
As the Show got more cartoonish in its later Seasons, the Robot became a cast character with a personality.
As an aside, I was watching Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on MeTV. One of the first season shows featured an Alien Spaceship that crashed into the Ocean.
It was the same Spaceship used in The Day The Earth Stood Still with a couple of modifications and lights put on the original flat bottom. I always thought it was the coolest Flying Saucer and of course Gort was the coolest Robot.
They even used the first scenes from the Movie showing the glowing Spaceship flying over D.C. I guess the Special Effects budget wasn’t that big. LOL
As LIS and VTTBOTS continued into later Seasons, you would see the same silly Aliens, Props and Sets used on both.
first season was pretty good.
“Oh the pain the pain.....”
Just watched the trailer for the Netflix reboot of “Lost in Space” and it actually looks potentially really good. High production value and a robot that is *very* different from the original series.
Hey, I’m a sucker for just about any sci-fi series if the acting is good and the plot is interesting.
Looks good Simon, Thanks
June Lockhard [sic] is still alive!.....................
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Lockhart
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