{"id":130958,"date":"2016-06-29T17:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T23:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/the-return-of-lost-in-space-2.html"},"modified":"2016-06-29T17:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T23:58:20","slug":"the-return-of-lost-in-space-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/the-return-of-lost-in-space-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Return of "Lost in Space""},"content":{"rendered":"

The basic setup for LiS is a classic — stranded family battling for survival, alongside the man who caused them to be stranded. The original show, in its black-and-white first season, was high-tech adventure and even a bit of suspense (e.g., the picture below, back when Dr Smith was actually a sinister SOB, not the shrieking coward). Alas, once the popularity of Will \/ Smith \/ Robot was established with the audience, the show morphed into zany hi-jinx, tag lines, and plain goofiness.[1] <\/p>\n

But it didn't have to be that way. LiS was, in concept, the Man Against the Frontier tale that westerns of the era knew how to do so well. While TV drama today is looking for something more than Injuns and Buffalo Stampedes, the bones of the setup provide just the platform to provide it.<\/p>\n

In other words, I think there's a ton of possibility to do LiS well for a modern era, akin to the Battlestar Galactica<\/i> reboot. The 1990s movie, for all it's (myriad) scripting and direction flaws, pointed the way: the sense of isolation, the strained or broken family dynamics, the desperate family strengths, the sinister Smith[2], the threat of the unknown, the desire for adventure, the longing for home, the opportunity to not just survive but excel … this is all stuff that could be great.<\/p>\n

Though, honestly, the creative team here is not filling me with confidence. With that caveat, I'm fully behind this effort.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

[1] To be sure, the parallel Irwin Allen production, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,<\/i> suffered from increasing goofiness over time as well, but at least they tried<\/i> to play it straight, not as camp.<\/p>\n

[2] I loved Gary Oldman's Smith, so much so that I essentially ran him as an RPG character.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n10 New Episodes of Lost In Space Are Coming to Netflix in 2018<\/a><\/span>
\nThe campy, iconic scifi show Lost in Space is making a comeback. Eight months after Netflix first purchased the rights to remake the show, they’ve officially given the series a 10 episode commitment with an eye on new episodes airing in 2018.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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