Lost in Space (1998) Retrospective / Review
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Ah, the film that ended Titanic's monthly reign at the box office and became known as the Iceberg for a while. I always liked this one despite the flaws it had.
DAMN...I was coming here just to type that...oh well
yeah, this was the movie that knocked TITANIC out of 1st place.
that felt good
Yes i do remember this is the one that finally took Titanic from number 1 i do enjoy both but am glad this one was the one that did it!😄
@@aslan9334 and thi yer mzejs the 25th anniversary of lost in space
William Hurt: "I've never seen a Ship like this...."
Sam Neill: "Ah yes, that's the Event Horizon returning from it's Maiden voyage"
Truly appreciate this comment
It was our first attempt at black hole travel but it went to hell.
"Dad, Mom says get the hell out of there!" spoken by the Robot will always be my favorite line from this movie.
hey war thunder
joy
I know right, the Robot voice is so cool any line he says in that movie is iconic to me.
@@SammEater The Robot (1998) was voiced by Dick Tufield, the same voice actor from the original (1965-68) Lost in Space TV show. And you're right - his voice is iconic.
Penny: "That robot is so Fetch."
Will: "Penny, stop trying to make Fetch happen. It's never going to happen."
I was going to say! Between the Wild Thornberries and Mean Girls, there were more touchpoints than "1st season Meg" and "Hallmark Channel movies".
"In space, no one can hear you Fetch."
She had a weird cuteness in this movie which had me looking forward to her aging up - then like mentioned, I see her in Mean Girls and wonder what went sideways?
terry landess why don’t you take a seat over there? DANGER PENNY ROBINSON!
It was weird that they seemed to sex and slut her up like jailbait she was!! It was just creepy
"I love you wife" - Professor Robinson, Lost in Space.
"I hate you, agent." William Hurt. LOL
That's beautiful man
One of the worst lines ever spoken in a truly awful way. This film made me hate William Hurt.
@@TheDeppertLasseVogt It's as if William Hurt forgot the name of his wife's character and couldn't be bothered to remember lol!
@@LordMalice6d9 He clearly couldn’t be bothered to act... at all.
I actually enjoyed Lost in Space. It was a generic FX movie but definitely entertaining.
I grew up with the TV series. This movie started strong, and then WTF happened - it was like they wanted to make the movie, but after the first act - couldn't figure out what to do and it just got weirder and more contrived while simultaneously destroying any sequel possibilities.
@@terrylandess6072 So... Just like in the original show? What I meam is that the show also started strong, but it did got really weird later on, didn't it? 🤣
Only in the show we have vegetable people (including Celery Smith) and in the movie we got Alien-spider Smith. 😅
Agreed. Also liked it better than the show, which was crap (but there was nothing else on during its syndicated UHF time so every kid watched it). Even as a young kid I had at least one 'why wouldn't they______?' in every episode. Also, Johnathan Harris's Dr. Smith's alliterate tirades made me want to trade a month's allowance to watch a scene where Don blows him out of the airlock.
@@terrylandess6072 I totally agree and share your opinion. I have been rewatching the original series, and waiting for season 3 of the Netflix reboot! While very different than the original, and not liking it at first, I warmed up to it in the 2nd season. Still, I’d like to see yet another remake that is “retro”, and keeps some of the ‘60s look!! The original Jupiter 2 is STILL the best coolest space ship ever, (just needed to be bigger to contain all that shit)! Would LOVE to hear the original J2 engine sounds in a movie theater sound system!!
@@pca1987 It took 2-3 years for the show to go so bad. It shouldn’t have happened in 90 MINUTES!!!
I might be alone here but I think Matt LeBlanc should have had more of a movie career.
Really? The guy acts like a piece of wood? He has much intonation as a piece of stone. Hence why he was perfect for Joey.
@@nelsonc6173
I'm not saying he can star opposite of Daniel Day Lewis but I think he can pull off some decent blue collar guy roles.
That was my takeaway from Lost in Space too. I hadn't seen Friends at that point so wasn't aware who he was, just thought he was a new actor to the scene, but thought he was very good indeed and had a bright future as an action star- i guess a million dollars an episode for Friends put a stop to that.
Unfortunately, it seems you're not alone.
All I had ever seen him was friends. He only fits certain archetypes well but I liked him as a military character. He was snarky and a bit of a hot shot but had skills to justify it and was serious when it was time to work and loyal to his comrades. It was funny when he was griping about his fate as he was locking down the ship and dislike for cryo sleep. I loved when he busted out that iron helmet and went shooting gallery on the spiders. With the right direction and project he could have transitioned to sci-fi or action movies if he wanted.
Oliver Harper: And now a retrospective/review of Lost in Space.
Me: Oh, the pain! The pain of it all!
"Silence, you cackling clad!"
Joey in space
How YOU dooooin (in space)
@@ChadwickTheChad drank the fat though
General Ross and Commissioner Gordon in space
Not even close to that, Ganbayar Ganbaatar
; Joey was oversexed and (mainly) stupid, while Don was smart, heroic, and resourceful.
You mean "Jerry - in Space"? :D
Gary Oldman is the GOAT, he can play anything, probably stuff like a mountain or a tree as well, and you`d never know it was Gary Oldman until you watched the credits xD
This film had massive potential for sequels, now days it would set up a series easily.
"Virtual set" used in Mandalorian will enable all sort of Sci-fi series to be produced under budget whilst keeping the movie-esque quality.
It's "nowadays", not "now days"! What planet are you from? DUNCE-00 Most likely!
@@michaelsimkins7078 so a grammar NAZI and a victim of micro penis? How do you keep going. My hero xoxox
Thank God it was made in then days.
Especially considering that, at the end, they are STILL in the future.
"DANGER, OLIVER HARPER! DANGER!"
Perfect
Gary Oldman has been in some great films in the 1990s. He was the highlight of this movie by being the villain.
He plays a great villain.
He was terrible here. It is not his fault, though. The role was written terribly to start with.
After this, New Line Cinema's next production would be Lord Of The Rings....and the rest is history.
having grown up at the end of the campy scifi. I still return to this movie every now and again. It is one of my favorites.
Saw this movie on VHS with my family on Christmas day a year after it's release and it's pretty impressive! I don't care what Critics say, I love it!
Same!
I love the arc at the end.
Damn, didn't know Bill Mumy could've played an older version of himself in the movie. How cool would that have been?
He dodged a bullet.
And I didn't knew he was in this show... for me he was Lenier in Babylon 5
He had said he WANTED the part, but they blew him off! It would have been one more reason to actually like this dumpster fire!
It's doubly stupid because he actually does look like an older version of Jack Johnson unlike Jared Harris who feels like a completely different character.
@@ManOutofTime913I guess Harris got cast as he looked like Professor Robinson so there’d be some ambiguity over if he’s a crazy version of Professor Robinson or someone else
10:54 "Pennyvision" predicted social media stories
And the childish "look at me, I need attention" generation that social media created.
I mean, people were doing this with video cameras, which was the inspiration, but sure, why not.
I'm really splitting hairs and I'm not fun at parties.
Holy crap, that was Jared Harris?!?!?!?!?! The actor form "The Terror".
Oh. My. God.
@@trevorml1362 I only just found this out, a crime against cinema and the guy himself. Dickhead(s) who made that decision.
He’s awesome in The Expanse too
Very underated actor
I was 9 when this came out, and I loved it. Judged it a lot less critically as a kid. To this day, I still love its charm.
I was the same age and loved it so much. For YEARS afterwards I was in love with Lacey Chabert because of this film
I remember when I saw this in theaters, the audience cheered and applauded when the actors from the show appeared on screen and when the robot started talking.
Penny was my first movie crush
19:39, the movie soundtrack is impressive and I was disappointed that the trailer music didn't make the cut of the movie. Oh, well.
Jared Harris is an insanely good actor, did not remember that he was in this.
I didn't know he was also on Resident evil apocalypse
He plays Dr Ashford in the movie
I was just watching this the other day... Great movie. 98 was a good year too.
I was obsessed with this movie. It also made me fell in love with Gary Oldman and I had an enormous crush on Matt Leblanc. Ah, precious childhood memories.
Oliver Harper retrospectives have quickly become one of my favorite channels on youtube, excellent content mixed with great commentary, insight, and the fabulous voice with British accent. Well done Ollie.
Wow, thank you Les!
To much faith in digital effects, they didn't learn a thing.
Dark City, perfect use of practical and CGI effects 😐
@Trump4Prison2021 whine much
Which is a damn shame because the pratical effects with the ship models and the Robot are pretty good, if they went all pratical with a few CGI shots to spice things up it would have been better.
@Robert Koch! Science Fiction is like that, just watch the dumb things on screen.
To and "Too" are NOT synonymous!
Too much dependence and faith in digital effects! They didn't learn a damn thing.
Lost in space was ahead of its time the graphics were really good for the time, I've seen the film loads and really enjoy it 🙂
The unknown alien ship looks straight out of Lifeforce. Now that would be a movie I'd pay to see...Lifeforce vs. Lost in Space. C'mon...get'r done!
Yeah really. That would of been an epic way of connecting the two movies. Which would of left the door wide open for multiple sequels too.
That score by Bruce Broughton deserves classic status. Orchestrations by Don Davis too, so it sounds like The Matrix in parts.
A friend and I went to see this in theaters. As the credits rolled, I came out underwhelmed and my friend came out of a nap.
Am I the only one who thinks LaBlanc missed his calling? Dude made for a *MUCH* better action hero than he ever did a tv comedian.
When I saw this in the theater I was thoroughly impressed with "joey" as an action hero. He was right up there with Brendan Frasier. Almost.
@@stephenharris5532 Oh good, so it's not just me then :)
Granted, me saying this doesn't really do him much credit as I think he's a pretty poor and obnoxious comedian.
But from what we see in LIS I would have really like to have seen more of it from him.
And yeah, Brendan Frasier is a good example. I absolutely LOVE the character of Rick O'Connell and Frasier pulled it off BRILLIANTLY. The Mummy is one of my all time favorites.
@@stephenharris5532
I found him almost unwatchable.
He was impressively creepy.
I'll give him that.
I saw this in the theaters when it came out, and I’ve owned it on vhs dvd and blu ray. This movie doesn’t get the appreciation it deserves, it’s a fun over the top campfest.
I saw this in the theater. I remember being underwhelmed at the time, but couldn't understand why. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious. Thanks for covering it!
For me the biggest problem with this movie was its reliance on time travel and paradox which is virtually guaranteed to make any plot indecipherable.
Heather Graham is so hot in this one
She's even hotter in Boogie Nights as Rollergirl.
@@MasterJediDude her hotness is at her peak in... Diggstown!dang her angelic features shines through in that one!
@Threehundredpages Pages con man James Woods puts up fixed boxing matches!Diggstown is a decent movie!
@Threehundredpages Pages hahahaha!yeah!shes probably did 2-3 times more producers than boyfriends back in the day!
Thank Oliver, great retro and I really always had a soft spot for this movie, still have. I didnt know that those original cast actors had a cameo.
Thanks, Eddy!
Great movie. I loved it as a teenager. I had it on VHS, but I never bought it on DVD. Gary Oldman steals the show and an awesome end credits theme by Apollo Four Forty.
I was nine-going-on-ten when this came out. I remember seeing it in theaters twice. And honestly... this was a hell of a movie for a nine-year-old. I remember loving it (I guarantee I probably referred to it as "the bomb" for months after it came out), and I remember getting some of the tie-in toys and begging my mom to buy the VHS tape when it came out.
Cut to over twenty years later. A movie-buff friend whose cutting down his physical media collection recently sold me about 100 movies on Blu-Ray, and _Lost in Space_ was among them. I ended up watching it last night for the first time in probably over fifteen years. It definitely wasn't good... but I'd be lying if I said it didn't supply enough nostalgic laughs and thrills to keep me entertained. For me, it was a (very) guilty pleasure. I don't think I'll be rewatching it too often... but I could see myself popping it on every couple years to relive some childhood memories.
Mimi Rogers and Heather Graham.... daaaayaam 😎 Russ Meyer casting director
The movie is actually very good, especially hyper space.
His voice is so soothing. I would be freaking out if I knew I may never see another Playstation update.
This is a guilty pleasure. Is it perfect? No. The effects haven't aged well. But I still love it.
The practical effects have aged well but most of the cgi hasn’t
The CGI-exclusive effects like Spider Smith and the monkey haven't aged well. Everything else looks great. This film is from the best era of special effects and it shows.
The TV show didn't start out as a silly comedy. It began with great special effects and a serious tone. I don't know about the UK but in America TV shows are a 'bait & switch' product...they begin with a good budget and good writing and then the networks gradually remove the budget and the quality de-evolves. They rely on the audience's familiarity with the characters to keep them tuning in. In the case of "Lost In Space" it de-evolved into a comedy show about Dr. Smith since that was a low-budget approach that still entertained the kids.
I very much prefer the black and white episodes now. Why didn't they stick with this more serious tone in later seasons.
@@evertonporter7887 Yeah me, too. The show had a big budget and was doing impressive things...but as always happens they immediately begin reducing the budget after showing the high-end version of the show. The fans get used to tuning in and never realize how much less is being spent on the production since they have developed an enthusiasm for the show and it's characters. They will keep watching and don't notice that the money isn't being spent anymore to make the great show they first started watching.
They had a talented comedic actor playing Dr. Smith and they basically gave him the show. Just have Dr. Smith entertain the audience with his comedic schtick while using cardboard backgrounds and cheap monster suits. It literally got so bad that the show looked like some kind of cheap school stage play with horribly fake backgrounds. All the other actors were virtually ignored and just used as straight men for Dr. Smith.
I was watching "The Six Million Dollar Man" last fall on DVD and I noticed the same thing...At first the show is expensive and he goes on exotic James Bond-style adventures with clever writing and cutting-edge scientific concepts...
But after a few seasons they have no budget and he's going undercover as a construction worker, lumberjack or a school counselor - things that can be filmed with no budget. What a waste of a six million dollar spy!
Such a underrated movie
Jared Harris is amazing in THE TERROR
He’s good in everything, from The Expanse, Fringe, Mad Men, and Sherlock Holmes to Chernobyl.
Watch Chernobyl at your earliest convenience. :-)
Wonderful retrospective! 👍 What I remember the most about “Lost in Space” is that it was the first DVD I purchased as to which I’ve never seen before.
Yeah many of friends picked up Lost in Space as their first DVD when the format was in its early years.
Yeah, I remember I used one in a fight, when dvds were new and it was just a little sharp object with Lost In Space written on it. A famous first for me
I like this movie despite it’s flaws . Also . I love the remix of the theme song .
Agree
12:24, love Dick Tufeld, as he voiced the crazy drill instructor in an episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a bodyguard.
Actually, (pushes glasses up nose) the original LiS was pretty serious. In fact, Dr.Smith was quite evil. It wasn't until later that it got REALLY campy. I like how Harris secretly started to camp up his character's dialog with the Robot. Harris telling the story of how the head guy found out, and then told him to keep doing what he was doing, is hilarious. EDIT (22:02) Read the part at the top of the second column that begins "You have to remember that the television show changed over time..." ;)
I had such a huge crush on Lacey Charbert after watching this movie back when I was 14.
Same, I loved her voice.
Yeah me too. She was a babe in Big Daddy.
I meant daddy daycare
@@willlauzon3744 LMAO
I'm just realizing both this and Godzilla (1998) were released just around a month apart from each other. Both were hyped-up beyond imagination by the advertisements but failed to live up to expectations and thus were pretty much forgotten about within a few weeks.
I never hated LOS but despite some nice visuals and Gary Oldman's performance, the whole thing just comes off so flat and lifeless. It was like three movies stitched together into one and sadly each is worse than the last.
10:35, she was originally considered for Ellie Satler in Jurassic Park.
Who
Heather Graham?
Watched this with my first girlfriend in the last drive-in theatre in the state a few months before it closed forever. It's pretty special to me.
Let me tell you, to a boy at that time
1. The Robot
2. Matt Leblanc's Helmet
3. Matt Leblanc's Gun
4. Lacey Chabert
... We were having a great time at the movies!
I vaguely remember watching this when I was a kid, but I don't remember much. A lot of those shots look reeeeally good for 1998 😮
In an alternative timeline this is the acclaimed thriller that lead to a promising action career for that guy from Friends, and a starring role in the Marvel cinematic universe.
I still like it, even with all it's flaws, it has a certain charm about it.
I know even if now i know is different from the tv show i still ❤ it!😄
JOEY! NOT "JERRY"! No way was that just because of an accent. Lol, anyway, I kinda liked the movie. Nothing to watch over and over but not terrible. Good review. Thumbs up.
I relistened, and it's Joey, just a bit of an accent makes is loose.
He definitely didn't say Jerry. Oliver is from the South of England and is middle class. He therefore does not have an accent. This is just how things sound when pronounced properly.
This is easily in my top 25 favorite sci-fi movies of all time. So awesome to see it looked at in depth!
it's cool this movie launched Matt LeBlanc on a long and illustrious Hollywood career.
I wish Matt LeBlanc's character wore that awesome protective helmet more throughout the movie, which would have made it more appealing to the younger audience. Can't believe they had him wore that just once...
I love all the effort and information you provide, I learn alot from your videos. I especially love when you discuss deleted/lost scenes. Thanks for all the hard work 😄
Brilliant, as always. Oliver you’re unparalleled in Retrospectives and you’re only going from strength to strength. Been watching for years, to learn, to relax, and even to get to sleep sometimes - a new Oliver Harper is a genuine day-maker. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2004), Evolution (2003) and The Time Machine (2002) are reccos from me if you’re taking them! Gonna get cosy with some food and a blanket and really settle into my Sunday with this. Thank you so much, and keep up the excellent work!
He's on my soothing voices to sleep to list as well.
I loved this movie as a kid and always wanted a sequel.
I swear every single review you do is fantastic!
I remember my mum telling me she watched the show when she was younger, so when lockdown came we bought the box set and binged the whole thing. I was surprised it wasn’t completely crap! The banter between the robot and Dr Smith was the best part of the show. Reminded me a lot of 60’s Who but campier. The movie on the other hand, was such a drag! Didn’t need to be two and half hours long (can’t remember if it was, but it sure felt like it)
Re: Lex Lang- he's most noted for his VA role for Power Rangers In Space as the voice of Ecliptor around the time of LOS '98
He was a voice actor for crash bandicoot
To this day I quote "I love you wife" to my wife. And it NEVER gets old.
I mean, this takes place in the future and we say things like, "lol" or use the word, "literally" for emphasis.
Language has probably dumbed down and mixed with direct translations from other languages.
Wow graphics were top notch
The best 90's adaptations of 60's shows were The Addams Family 1&2 and Mission: Impossible.
The spiderlike monster is as bad as "The Rock" being a real scorpion monster in "The mummy returns"
Except 4 years earlier, so it's not quite as bad. I remember thinking at the time it looked pretty bad, especially compared to the rest of the movie, which for me looked amazing at the time. My kid brain just thought they ran out of money since it's at the end of the movie.
The best parts about this film was the production design and the soundtrack. As much as I loved this movie as a kid, it's always the universe they built that interested me and how they portrayed that. For instance, I love that the area where the robot it kept, you can see spare parts stored in those bubbles, or that their neat little space suits come in vacuum molded plastic containers. It was a lot of world-building for a story that kinda underserved it. As someone who watched the original series when he was little, and loved this adaptation as a pre-teen, I definitely think it's still a decent movie. Could it have stood on its own as a singular piece, outside of the franchise? I think so.
To be honest Predator 2 is Stephen Hopkin's best movie in my opinion.
Agreed, Judgement Night was good too. I think Hopkins also did the first series of 24.
@@jimd385 The Ghost and The Darkness was also good.
@@shadowleon659 one of my favourite 90’s movies, Awesome cinematography, Kilmer and Douglas are excellent, and Jerry Goldsmiths score, I’ve got that on disc.
Judgement Night and Ghost In The Darkness.
Jared Harris who plays older will also plays the lead role of the scientist in the great Chernobyl series
I always liked the scenes between will and his father especially older will, there was a lot of heart in them
He also played Dr Ashford In Resident Evil Apocalypse
Both versions of Dr Smith (show and movie) were great casting choices.
Always look forward to these retrospectives. Quality content.
RIP William Hurt
"I love you, wife."
Great work on this retrospective and review Oliver, I have waiting for this. I watched this in the theatre as well and LOVED as a kid, Recently got it for $5 and agree with all of what you say but I gotta say it is a guilty pleasure of mine.
I watched this as a youngster and loved this movie. Old fans should free their minds instead of being stuck in the past.
What do you mean
@@aslan9334
That we should turn off our brains when we watch films probably.
I wish I'd been able to turn off my ears so I couldn't hear the dialogue.
@alanpennie8013 apparently we should have turned off any sense of story telling, intelligent science fiction or drama as well, not to mention design, the movie failed in all these aspects, mostly, it had moments that worked but mostly it was laughable, edging toward painful, as I sat watching I found myself wishing for the experience to be over, it felt as though it had been written for an audience of 8 year olds, slow 8 year olds at that, just embarrassing and sad considering the potential talent involved
Fantastic Retrospective! You never disappoint Oliver.
I wonder if modern actors have a clause "no dubbing of my voice w out permission?"
Matt Lee Blanc is playing Joey in friends, as an actor in a Sci Fi movie called "Lost in Space"
This was a fun little sci-fi film. The Robot attacking the ship, the spider attack, and spaceship miniatures were great.
Of the cast, Gary Oldman was the standout. The rest were ok. It was nice to see the original cast in cameo, especially the original robot voice.
Couldn't agree more. I couldn't stand the Netflix series, but I really liked what they were trying to do with this movie.
I am going to be honest, I loved this movie and I loved the original series..I know many ppl don't and that's fine but I like the tighter story with the stakes being humanity being wiped out and a time limit to get the job done..Gary oldmen was a great Smith..great tension between a scientist father and a battle harden soldier..also loved the jazzed up tempo reworked lost in space theme. And finally, this movie has a very Fantastic four family feel to it and no one can tell me there isn't a Reed Richards Dr Doom feel between John and Smith esp in the last act of the movie.
Always good to see a new review from Oliver. Greetings from Jamaica.
That wavy LiS logo, Something crumples up inside me, every time I see it.
This brings me back. Apollo 440 on radio 1 and playing playstation. Doesn't get more late 90's than that
Apollo 440 and radio 1?
Is that a British thing?
I love this movie! So cozy...like warm blanket in a rainy night. The very definition of guilty pleasure.
Don't recall if I ever watched this but it did have a catchy theme tune we listened to for years after.
Only realized Jared Harris was dubbed until now what a missed opportunity
Jerry Goldsmith was originally due to score this movie. As often in the 1990's, scheduling conflicts meant he couldn't. The same thing happened with 'Tombstone', with Goldsmith recommending Bruce Broughton as a replacement.
I went to see this movie as a kid. I was blown away
Unlike you, I loved this movie!
I'm 59 and saw this with my wife and children. I thought the new Jupiter 2 was perfect and better than the original from the series. The entire cast was perfect.
Oldman's portrayal of Smith was brilliant.
I never felt like you did on any level... It was an awesome and underrated movie that deserves more.
Thanks for you're very opinionated video.
You should do a retrospective on Robots, with Robin Williams. That movie had an incredible aesthetic.
Back then I thought Matt LeBlanc was the coolest part of the film. Like Will Smith could have seen him doing more action roles if this had been better received.
I’ve still never watched Lost In Space. At the time I don’t remember hearing one positive thing about this movie so I just forgot about it. Seeing you’re retrospective has definitely intrigued me Oliver, I’ve seen that there is a DTS laserdisc for this along with another release that’s quite good... so I might try and seek them out now. Another great and well put together video as always mate, keep up the great work man 👍
Thank you! Great analysis.
I remember seeing this with some buddies in a packed theater. I don’t remember any cheers or jeers. Once it was over my buddies and I got up and left and didn’t really talk about the movie. It was just something we sat through, nothing really stuck out as bad or good.