Lost in Space: Season 1 [8 Discs]

Lost In Space: Sea.1 (6Pc)

Overview

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonize.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2004
UPC:	0024543102502
Original Release:	2004
Source:	20th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	23:41:00

Special Features

Closed Caption; [None specified]

Editorial Reviews

In 1965, veteran sci-fi potentate Irwin Allen created this space-age updating of The Swiss Family Robinson for CBS, and it quickly became one of the best-loved genre shows of the pre-Star Trek era. Set in the "futuristic" world of 1997, Space followed the intergalactic travels of an adventurous family catapulted beyond our solar system due to the machinations of a sabotage-minded stowaway. TV series veterans Guy Williams (Zorro) and June Lockhart (Lassie's "mom") starred as John and Maureen Robinson, husband-and-wife scientists accompanied on their outer-space explorations by son Will (Billy Mumy), daughters Judy and Penny (Marta Kristen and Angela Cartwright), stalwart pilot Don West (Mark Goddard), and the supercilious saboteur Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris). The first-season episodes, collected in this box set, were clearly the best; they stressed action and adventure in the grand old space-opera style, and each installment finished with a suspenseful cliff-hanger ending designed to lure viewers back the following week, just like the Flash Gordon movie serials of an earlier era. Before the first season ended, tongue-in-cheek story lines elbowed their way into the continuing narrative, and Dr. Smith -- initially a sinister character -- was softened considerably to provide comic relief. An undisputed favorite of baby boomers, Lost in Space served as the Wednesday night lead-in to fish-out-of-water sitcom classics The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. Viewed today, its fanciful settings, trend-setting special effects, exciting action scenes, and cheeky humor add up to a welcome blast of kitsch from the past.