The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.
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Did you know
- TriviaDick Tufeld reprises his role from Lost in Space (1965) as the voice of the Robot.
- GoofsAs the Jupiter I is lifting off from Houston, the pyrotechnics used to simulate the rocket motor blast actually causes the entire top half of the ship model to jump up and separate from the lower half briefly.
- Quotes
[Launching the Jupiter-1]
Major West: And the monkey flips the switch.
- Crazy creditsWhen the closing credits are ending you hear Penny's infamous line once more, 'This mission sucks!'.
- Alternate versionsScenes where Penny, Judy and Maureen encounter a giant alien life-form on the planet they crash-land on was cut from the film but appear in some of the additional footage included in the DVD release. This footage includes:
- After escaping the planet, "Older Blawp" appears on the ship again after "baby blawp" hops onto Penny's shoulders. The older alien was removed in the final cut.
- More dialogue between John and Don before they get attacked by "future robot".
- The inside of the "time bubble" was originally sunny and orange, but was changed to cold and blue in final version.
- More dialogue between Smith, Don, John, and Judy in the "Hydroponics" garden on the "Proteus" after finding Blawp.
- Several scenes in the time bubble were cut including: scenes showing different time portals including "THUNDER PORTAL" and "SNOW PORTAL"
- ConnectionsEdited into Lost in Space: Deleted Scenes (1998)
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Rating: * out of ****
Based off the old 60's television series, Lost in Space certainly had the opportunity to be a suspenseful and imaginative sci-fi adventure, but it ends up feeling like little more than an overlong pilot episode for a failed television series. What the movie does have going for it are some occasionally nifty special effects and a fairly tense scene set on board an abandoned spacecraft packed full of hungry giant spiders.
What the movie has going against it is generally everything else. The cast is thoroughly unconvincing (even William Hurt and Gary Oldman), a good portion of the special effects are second-rate, and the subplot involving time rips and time "bubbles" feels tacked-on and pointless. This is a silly adventure film that lacks tension and fun, or even competent film-making and writing. I'm certain kids will probably enjoy the movie, but most everyone else will probably feel mentally adrift by the time the end credits roll.
Based off the old 60's television series, Lost in Space certainly had the opportunity to be a suspenseful and imaginative sci-fi adventure, but it ends up feeling like little more than an overlong pilot episode for a failed television series. What the movie does have going for it are some occasionally nifty special effects and a fairly tense scene set on board an abandoned spacecraft packed full of hungry giant spiders.
What the movie has going against it is generally everything else. The cast is thoroughly unconvincing (even William Hurt and Gary Oldman), a good portion of the special effects are second-rate, and the subplot involving time rips and time "bubbles" feels tacked-on and pointless. This is a silly adventure film that lacks tension and fun, or even competent film-making and writing. I'm certain kids will probably enjoy the movie, but most everyone else will probably feel mentally adrift by the time the end credits roll.
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $69,117,629
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,154,919
- Apr 5, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $136,159,423
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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