turnbull50
I have been watching and enjoying this film today on the SYFY channel and thought the beginning pretty exciting especially the spider attack on the other spaceship. I quite like the time travel theme and the conclusion. At least in my opinion it was a very enjoyable film. The cast all played there parts well the special effects on par with Star Trek The Next Generation. The CGI creature which I thought good for the time seemed to be modelled on the creature in the puppet series Fireball XL5.
Eric Stevenson
I do feel kind of bad for knowing very little about the TV show this was based on. When I first heard the title "Lost In Space" I thought it would be about the characters from "Lost" going into space. What? Everyone goes into space nowadays. Anyway, all I really knew was about Dr. Smith and a robot that kept saying, "Danger, Will Robinson!". This movie features a family going into space but uh, getting lost. There's this one weird creature they call Blarp who does virtually nothing throughout the entire movie. I honestly have no idea why this character exists. I actually do kind of like the reveal at the end.We see a future version of Dr. Smith who's actually pretty well designed. Of course, he looks ugly when he's entirely CGI. This movie was also just too long. I saw the longest version at 2 hours and 10 minutes. I guess the acting isn't that bad and some of the action scenes are kind of interesting, but it's mostly pointless. It's actually sad that there were intentions to make a lot more movies in this series as this one ends on an obvious cliffhanger. Honestly, they might have improved in sequels. **
Johnny H.
***Potential Spoilers Ahead*** Lost in Space is the '98 adaptation of the cult-classic show from the 60s. And... yeah: this movie is that. It has the name but the style is NOTHING like that of the show upon which it's based. The set design is more high-tech than the 60s low-tech feeling the original series gave us. I personally think the former is the more appealing design, because it actually feels like a legit scifi setting.Before Star Trek got the reboot treatment in 2009, there was this incarnation of Lost in Space in 1998. To be fair, Lost in Space isn't bad, but the visuals are stronger than the story it's telling. It's just a family getting lost not just in space, but the script as well. There's time travel, there's a future version of one of the characters... and the ending is a goddamn cliffhanger for a sequel that never happened! I loved this movie as a kid and part of me still loves it. But I know it's a sub-par space opera movie compared to all the other ones I've seen throughout the years. It ain't Star Wars, it ain't Star Trek, it ain't Interstellar or Serenity. Hell it ain't even Guardians of the Galaxy; but THIS film does have the original voice of Robot. That's a plus. The actor's voice is fantastic I reckon.Lost in Space; a film lost in itself and a franchise that never was. And a guilty pleasure.
pcpl1
I agree with Theo who commented on this movie in 2000. The plot is bad, the script is inconsistent, there are scientific errors and nonsense and this movie is too violent for nothing! It does not have the charm of the original series. Only good actors saved this movie for being a total flop!
AD
