I wish the rest of LIS had retained the hard sci-fi and family surviving in the wilderness look, instead of descending into the comic mess with Dr. Smith in it. I understand that to the great regret of Irwin Allen when he allowed Jonathan harris to improvise his routines that this would cause the show to become really silly. Had it been like the first 6 episodes the whole show it could have been a worthy competitor to star trek. The only show with drama and less fantastic comedy was voyage to the bottom of the sea.
After episode 6, CBS executives decided to reformat the show as "family television", which meant eliminating anything that might frighten children or be difficult for them to understand. Hence the change from fairly good sci-fi to the pap we all remember.
One wonders what the show would have been like if it had gone the way Guy Williams had though it would/should. The family dynamic vs. the uncharted dangers of deep space would have been much more interesting than the "Dr. Smith and The Robot Comedy Hour".
@@ian-fm2xc This is what the show became. It had potential to be something different, and to me, more interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I do adore Dr. Smith and the Robot (Jonathan Harris was an incredibly lovely, consummately professional man and it was a pleasure meeting him many years ago at “Chiller”) and I can still do reasonable impressions of both. That doesn’t stop me from wondering about and desiring what could have been.
I love how they were able to an apartment building with 35 foot ceilings and its own gravitational field into space. Plenty of room for Dr. Smith to stow away. But apparently the trip did something to his brain, and he became a blithering queen.
@@silvereagle2061 My understanding is that it was done at Jonathan Harris' request, as he pointed out, if Doc Smith continued being the evil super spy, he'd get flushed out an air lock or left behind on a planet.
I started learning about computers on an IBM 360 and a TI99 4A BASIC programming. 1983 I was still watching this show in re-runs on WLVI (Boston) although I lived in the "West"ern part of the state! A nod to Major West!
I loved Lost in Space !!! This was a great SCI FI series, the first of its kind in the early 70's. As a kid, I was not alone sitting in front of our huge black and white television for every episode, the Robinson's were the family I never had, a Father that actually cared about his wife and kids, a wonderful Mom and siblings that cared about each others well being...
Whoever put this together did a great job. Most of this footage wasn’t on the original show. You can tell because the first shows were in black and white.
Thank you for the post. Magnificent video. The special effects of the launch were awesome. The first season of the show is still one of my all time favorites of any show. Makes me wonder about what could have been if they had stayed with that format/formula.
There is a reason the main characters were the Robinson family. Sad that the show couldn’t stay with the original conception. I loved watching it as a child. It’s painful to revisit as an adult. Clear proof that the show’s makers didn’t really take it seriously.
When this was made, astronomers did know that “galaxies” were huge swirling masses of stars far outside our own galaxy. How they could call neighboring star systems “galaxies” is beyond me. That’s a pretty fundamental error.
When this was made, scientists did know that "gravity" on a spacecraft is impossible without centrifugal force. How could an astronaut maintain bone density without it is beyond me. That’s a pretty fundamental error.
I had forgotten how much of the interior of the Jupiter 2 was recycled from The Forbidden Planet Starship C-57D. But then, they also resurrected Robbie, against type, as an 'evil' robot.
Love this updated version of the Jupiter 2's launch. I live near the Space Center so I could imagine what a spectacular sight it would be, especially at night. 💥🌎🚀
Nicely done! I've been a LIS fan since the 60s and is still my favorite show of all time. I like the changes. Many of the changes, including the gas venting from the Jupiter 2 at the launch gantry was an excellent touch. Long live the Jupiter 2! Bravo!
I also liked the robots with that halting, syllable-by-syllable pronounced speech impediment they had. These ones they got now could smooth talk your girlfriend right away from you. And that's no AI, I meant lie.
Grew up with lost in space too bad they didn't have an episode where they landed back to earth that would have been great to end the show after many seasons.
What blows me away is , no one knew of the existence of a planet in the binary centaury system until a few years ago. Its a good thing we found it or the Robinson's would be SOL . LIS was a great sf-fy show the first season. Then it had to get campy to compete with the " batman" show. Sigh.
Had to chuckle. The announcer use the term "intergalactic" for a ship limited to speed of light. I believe that might be inappropriate. "Interstellar" might be more appropriate.
This was a great beginning, but fellow Americans, I thought it was ridiculous for a father to kiss everyone in his family before entering into suspended animation but NOT his son. Give me a fucking break. My brother and I kiss our boys all the time, we don't shake their hands like business partners.
It was partially due to the time it was made. The Batman TV show and many others went for comedy and silly plots, and the networks and studios fought for audience share.
Space Family Robinson was a comic book before this show appeared both inspired by Swiss Family Robinson and guess producers did not know that Comic Book exist.
Hmmm. Interesting idea, that you have there. That the navigational dome that you have lowering onto the central pillar is the main computer. Implication is that the Jupiter 2, is a robot, in and of itself. Obviously the amount of data fed into it vastly exceeds what the model B-9 robot can handle... This explains much of the design of both. With each being a reflection of the job each is expected to perform. In the Jupiter 2's case the intelligence is reflected into the ship to the crew. The B-9's is reflected outward to the crew and the environment...
Intergalactic capacity to travel to... Proxima Centauri. Seems over kill for reaching the closest star system, building a ship capable of travelling to Andromeda and Triangulum.
I so loved this show, "Danger Will Robinson, Danger'! Hooooh but that Peny Robinson, every show I wanted to meander off with the fox from Space and she likes "C" rock hunting in, I mean with her. That really would have been fun! On all those Planets too. What a life with so many opportunities with my dearest Penny Robinson, but to any nah sayers? Yes, she would have sought me first and always eagerly waiting for our next adventure!!! Sadly, sometimes we would have to leave the beautiful kitty indoors depending, on the safety first policy.
Actually, since they omitted Dr. Smith's parts, this would be more like the original pilot, were the ship was the Gemini 12, and Don was Dr. West, not Major.
Personally I liked the comic relief of the robot and Smith. What I didn't like was Allen going from hard Sci-Fi to fantasy. It looked silly. The science was never strong in this one; Alpha Centauri is in our Milky Way galaxy so this was to be an inter stellar or "deep thrust" mission not inter galactic. No wonder they lost their way. Still, the space walk scene with the Milky Way galaxy in the background is scary because so far from home. If only they stayed with the space exploration idea how much longer the show may have lasted. Oh well.
Don't you like how casually the crew prepare for launch with only seconds left in the countdown? One more long kiss and they would have gone into overtime!
0:57 The world population was but 4 gigapersons then, today it is 8 gigapersons and rising at the rate of 255,000 every day. We solved the problem not by moving into space but by determining that the human population can spiral upward forever.
@@georgebreakfast5890 Not sure if time dialation was well known when the show came out. Plus you've got your acceleration time. 0 seconds don't give you a lot of time to step on the brakes when you get there.
@@the_omg3242 In the pilot they stayed in the freezing tubes and without anyone to pilot the Jupitor II crashed...the original set didn't have any controls or pilots chairs In the HBO remake the Robinsons all sat at the dining table while the ship crashed itself, must have been a homage to the original
Jupiter 2 in the final story line, but that's Gemini XII on the launch pad, similar but different from the final Jupiter 2 design. Like the other Irwin Allen shows the series begins as serious sci-fi with a good, interesting concept. But that concept is not fully or very well developed and the show falls flat, and then Jonathan Harris took initiative and moved the show in another direction to keep the Dr. Smith character from becoming disposable.
Dr.Smith would have been launched out the airlock. First order of bussiness. Originally he was an enemy agent,and not a squealing buffoon . He was sent to sabotage the mission. Therefore imediate death by being spaced.
It’s was a brilliant show but always wander how the ship could have 2 levels it just didn’t correlate with the design of the ship the scale was all wrong😀
It was a great watch as a child.... but as an adult I thought.... ummm. It takes about 30 males and 30 females to make a stable genetic stock so how could one family breed to populate a new world?
My only beef with the show was that they should've kept Smith the way he was in the 1st couple of episodes where his serious tone appeared to be more of a murderous villain. Either way i love the show, my father didn't watch the show and would get annoyed whenever he heard Smith screaming.
I was glued and awestruck to this first episode as a young boy.
Me Too!
I wish the rest of LIS had retained the hard sci-fi and family surviving in the wilderness look, instead of descending into the comic mess with Dr. Smith in it. I understand that to the great regret of Irwin Allen when he allowed Jonathan harris to improvise his routines that this would cause the show to become really silly. Had it been like the first 6 episodes the whole show it could have been a worthy competitor to star trek. The only show with drama and less fantastic comedy was voyage to the bottom of the sea.
It's Lost in Space. Drop that acronym bs....
Me, too! I liked the Robot best!
After episode 6, CBS executives decided to reformat the show as "family television", which meant eliminating anything that might frighten children or be difficult for them to understand. Hence the change from fairly good sci-fi to the pap we all remember.
Producers are generally baboons look at the 3rd season of uncle
@@michaelhughes838You mean the Man from Uncle!
Loved Lost in Space as a kid. The John Williams theme for the third season was and still is great.
One wonders what the show would have been like if it had gone the way Guy Williams had though it would/should. The family dynamic vs. the uncharted dangers of deep space would have been much more interesting than the "Dr. Smith and The Robot Comedy Hour".
Lost in Space was partly inspired by the Disney movie Swiss Family Robinson.
@@kirkvoelcker5272 True. And that's one of the reasons they were sometimes referred to as the "Space Family Robinson".
Dr Smith, Will Robinson and the Robot made the show, the rest of the cast were boring
@@ian-fm2xc This is what the show became. It had potential to be something different, and to me, more interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I do adore Dr. Smith and the Robot (Jonathan Harris was an incredibly lovely, consummately professional man and it was a pleasure meeting him many years ago at “Chiller”) and I can still do reasonable impressions of both. That doesn’t stop me from wondering about and desiring what could have been.
I agree. It would have a chance of being actually good.
*I was a kid and loved this show, all Irwin Allen's shows were great.*
I love how they were able to an apartment building with 35 foot ceilings and its own gravitational field into space. Plenty of room for Dr. Smith to stow away. But apparently the trip did something to his brain, and he became a blithering queen.
He was always a queen, he was just in the closet!!
About the gravitotional floors, they were not fine tunes when they left. . Robot probably didi it along the flight . . . 🤔 🤣. . . .
The writers did that lol
@@silvereagle2061 My understanding is that it was done at Jonathan Harris' request, as he pointed out, if Doc Smith continued being the evil super spy, he'd get flushed out an air lock or left behind on a planet.
@@saltof1 Oh, very good.
I started learning about computers on an IBM 360 and a TI99 4A BASIC programming. 1983 I was still watching this show in re-runs on WLVI (Boston) although I lived in the "West"ern part of the state! A nod to Major West!
It must have been difficult to distinguish Intergalactic from Interstellar in the 60's!
They do today in the 2020s between inter planetary and interstellar, These days average human IQ is so low :(
I loved Lost in Space !!! This was a great SCI FI series, the first of its kind in the early 70's. As a kid, I was not alone sitting in front of our huge black and white television for every episode, the Robinson's were the family I never had, a Father that actually cared about his wife and kids, a wonderful Mom and siblings that cared about each others well being...
Imagine if it would have taken a serious note throughout the series.
Whoever put this together did a great job. Most of this footage wasn’t on the original show. You can tell because the first shows were in black and white.
Yes, I don't remember any of this footage. Looks kind of impressive, actually . . . Maybe that's because it's fake . .
An excellent presentation, footage of NASA makes it all the more realistic. Along with the intermix of the B-205, B220 computers.
And even an IBM System/360 Model 75.
Very pleased. I grew up with Lost in Space.
Dr Smith .....oh how I remember wanting to strangle that man, or maroon him on some small planet . Dam good show.
Grew up on Lost in Space. Its initial season had this series take on exploration. Really enjoyed how you expanded on that.
Thank you for the post. Magnificent video. The special effects of the launch were awesome. The first season of the show is still one of my all time favorites of any show. Makes me wonder about what could have been if they had stayed with that format/formula.
Still gives the chills it did to this kid those many years ago.
I was just kid then I wouldn't miss the Lost in Space time slot just the best show!
There is a reason the main characters were the Robinson family. Sad that the show couldn’t stay with the original conception. I loved watching it as a child. It’s painful to revisit as an adult. Clear proof that the show’s makers didn’t really take it seriously.
This was going to be unlike any other TV show 1960s sending a family into outer space for the first time to face the unknown
WOW!!! You did a great job, this is wonderful!
When this was made, astronomers did know that “galaxies” were huge swirling masses of stars far outside our own galaxy. How they could call neighboring star systems “galaxies” is beyond me. That’s a pretty fundamental error.
you're over thinking it.
When this was made, scientists did know that "gravity" on a spacecraft is impossible without centrifugal force. How could an astronaut maintain bone density without it is beyond me. That’s a pretty fundamental error.
I think having discovered star drive and FTL speeds they had also mastered artificial gravity.
Mistaking galaxies for star systems is probably how they lost their way in the 1st place. Lol😅
I don't think the posters are overthinking their comments. They wanted hard Sci-Fi and for that you need to get the science right.
Well done! 😊👍👍 Thus would be a great inaugural pilot episode 🛸 😄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊😉
I used to watch that show every week, on a black and white tv, when I was a kid.
I had forgotten how much of the interior of the Jupiter 2 was recycled from The Forbidden Planet Starship C-57D. But then, they also resurrected Robbie, against type, as an 'evil' robot.
Impressive. Most impressive.
Love this updated version of the Jupiter 2's launch. I live near the Space Center so I could imagine what a spectacular sight it would be, especially at night. 💥🌎🚀
Nicely done! I've been a LIS fan since the 60s and is still my favorite show of all time. I like the changes. Many of the changes, including the gas venting from the Jupiter 2 at the launch gantry was an excellent touch. Long live the Jupiter 2! Bravo!
Excellent! 👍🛸
This was very cool with the new special effects! Yes!
Thank you for creating this video!😊
A very good video! Thanks for posting this.
The John Williams score just makes this so much better.
The CLICKING computer sounds CRACK me up! LOVED Lost In Space series!
I also liked the robots with that halting, syllable-by-syllable pronounced speech impediment they had. These ones they got now could smooth talk your girlfriend right away from you. And that's no AI, I meant lie.
This looks like the beginning of going to space then any other TV shows
Grew up with lost in space too bad they didn't have an episode where they landed back to earth that would have been great to end the show after many seasons.
Love the shots of 1960s technologies juxtaposed with an interstellar spacecraft.
And this is the sad version. No Smith aboard, they all die in an asteroid collision. 😢
Should have dumped his a$$ in space the first chance they got. 😎😎
First season...fantastic.
Wow!Just too Cool.This show really made me want to be a spaceman.❤❤❤❤❤
I love the b/w episodes, but I really like this color version!
What blows me away is , no one knew of the existence of a planet in the binary centaury system until a few years ago. Its a good thing we found it or the Robinson's would be SOL .
LIS was a great sf-fy show the first season. Then it had to get campy to compete with the " batman" show. Sigh.
Iike my dad used to say their spaceship is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
So is a tardis
Never fear, Smith is here
Earth! Oh Earth😢 oh the pain!
When i hit the lotery, i am going to have a full size jupiter 2 built in my back yard and it going to be my mancave
Why not invest in more tickets for an even bigger lottery win and have a functional one built that you can fly?
If I was in command, after Smith had endangered the family the first time, I would have taken Smith out back and shot him.
That's what airlocks are for and saves bullets.
Had to chuckle. The announcer use the term "intergalactic" for a ship limited to speed of light. I believe that might be inappropriate. "Interstellar" might be more appropriate.
This was a great beginning, but fellow Americans, I thought it was ridiculous for a father to kiss everyone in his family before entering into suspended animation but NOT his son. Give me a fucking break. My brother and I kiss our boys all the time, we don't shake their hands like business partners.
I wish they hadn’t made LiS a campy fun famshow. It could’ve been such a great vehicle for serious sci-fi.
It was partially due to the time it was made. The Batman TV show and many others went for comedy and silly plots, and the networks and studios fought for audience share.
Space Family Robinson was a comic book before this show appeared both inspired by Swiss Family Robinson and guess producers did not know that Comic Book exist.
I remember a limited comic I REALLY liked. Their ship looked like a huge threeD Capital "H", and they were lost. From there the stories diverge.
As a kid watching LIS back in the 60's i could not stand Dr Smith, now at 66 I still can't stand him,
Thanks for leaving him out.
I am so glad you noticed it!!! None of my 18 videos have him!
Dude.....WTH. 😲 Just 30 more seconds.....
We all couldn't wait to that the next episode came out 😗😉
Hmmm. Interesting idea, that you have there. That the navigational dome that you have lowering onto the central pillar is the main computer. Implication is that the Jupiter 2, is a robot, in and of itself.
Obviously the amount of data fed into it vastly exceeds what the model B-9 robot can handle...
This explains much of the design of both. With each being a reflection of the job each is expected to perform. In the Jupiter 2's case the intelligence is reflected into the ship to the crew. The B-9's is reflected outward to the crew and the environment...
Well done
Irwin Allen was his own worst enemy.
Went from an intelligent program to profoundly stupid one. I remember it well. But then this was when BATMAN was out when campy stupid was the norm.
Great video, awesome ending !
I get the "War Games" sensation watching all the computers.
Intergalactic capacity to travel to... Proxima Centauri. Seems over kill for reaching the closest star system, building a ship capable of travelling to Andromeda and Triangulum.
First thing that caught my ear...Alpha Centari is the nearest PLANET...It is a star system!
Well done as this clip was reworked.
I so loved this show, "Danger Will Robinson, Danger'! Hooooh but that Peny Robinson, every show I wanted to meander off with the fox from Space and she likes "C" rock hunting in, I mean with her. That really would have been fun! On all those Planets too. What a life with so many opportunities with my dearest Penny Robinson, but to any nah sayers? Yes, she would have sought me first and always eagerly waiting for our next adventure!!! Sadly, sometimes we would have to leave the beautiful kitty indoors depending, on the safety first policy.
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i love the estethics
Even At the speed of light it would take 5 years to get to Alpha Centauri. That is why the suspension or freezing tubes.
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BRK BÙI ROOT KEEEEEY
Actually, since they omitted Dr. Smith's parts, this would be more like the original pilot, were the ship was the Gemini 12, and Don was Dr. West, not Major.
Dr. Smith's role should have been played by Vicent Price.
Very cool.
Lost in space it got me thinking about Movies
Great
Well done!
It’s amazing I carry more processing power in my pocket as do all these computers.
Personally I liked the comic relief of the robot and Smith. What I didn't like was Allen going from hard Sci-Fi to fantasy. It looked silly. The science was never strong in this one; Alpha Centauri is in our Milky Way galaxy so this was to be an inter stellar or "deep thrust" mission not inter galactic. No wonder they lost their way. Still, the space walk scene with the Milky Way galaxy in the background is scary because so far from home. If only they stayed with the space exploration idea how much longer the show may have lasted. Oh well.
nicely done
I like how everyone has a PhD or engineering degree... Except for Penny. She was along for the ride.
Too bad they had to eat Debbie.
Bloop Bloop Bloop
Bloop,bloop!
Don't you like how casually the crew prepare for launch with only seconds left in the countdown? One more long kiss and they would have gone into overtime!
Very Fancy.
0:57 The world population was but 4 gigapersons then, today it is 8 gigapersons and rising at the rate of 255,000 every day. We solved the problem not by moving into space but by determining that the human population can spiral upward forever.
Odd. The pilot is the only episode when John and Maureen show the ordinary physical affection of man and wife. They kissed!❤😊
In the Beninging.... In the Begingin
Looks promising
you wouldn't need to hibernate if you were travelling at the almost unimaginable speed of light to the planet alpha centauri
It's still a 4.4+ year trip, it's either hibernate or store enough supplies onboard for 6 crew. Smarter to use hibernation.
@Vipre- nope
at the speed of light *any* distance is covered in zero seconds ship time.
@@georgebreakfast5890wrong, it would take 4.37 years to get there
@@georgebreakfast5890 Not sure if time dialation was well known when the show came out. Plus you've got your acceleration time. 0 seconds don't give you a lot of time to step on the brakes when you get there.
@@the_omg3242 In the pilot they stayed in the freezing tubes and without anyone to pilot the Jupitor II crashed...the original set didn't have any controls or pilots chairs
In the HBO remake the Robinsons all sat at the dining table while the ship crashed itself, must have been a homage to the original
Jupiter 2 in the final story line, but that's Gemini XII on the launch pad, similar but different from the final Jupiter 2 design. Like the other Irwin Allen shows the series begins as serious sci-fi with a good, interesting concept. But that concept is not fully or very well developed and the show falls flat, and then Jonathan Harris took initiative and moved the show in another direction to keep the Dr. Smith character from becoming disposable.
Great work! Now if you can just replace the dragon with a CG one in Questing Beast!(and a new voice)
Jupiter II ...bigger on the inside than on the outside.
Just like the Tardis
Dr.Smith would have been launched out the airlock. First order of bussiness. Originally he was an enemy agent,and not a squealing buffoon . He was sent to sabotage the mission. Therefore imediate death by being spaced.
3/4 of the crew were bleeding heard women and children who would have been squeamish about spacing someone.
I used to hate the ending each week with, to be continued next week.
Wonderful!!
Notice no mention of Element 115 in this TV series of the 1960s yet! No mention of anti gravity and advanced quantum physics. 😊
wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in their own individual glass ovens.
LONG LIVE THE JUPITER 2 SPACESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3:48 *And he is also doing the narrator's voice.*
Bill Mumy wrote a script that would have ended the series and tied up any loose threads, but Irwin Allen refused to look at it.
It’s was a brilliant show but always wander how the ship could have 2 levels it just didn’t correlate with the design of the ship the scale was all wrong😀
They used the same magic dust that Santa Claus used to make himself small to come down the chimney.
@@michaelg7456 😂
The size of the ship doesn't make any sense. The chariot would take up most of the lower level, they also had a third level for supplies.
This looks realistic
It was a great watch as a child.... but as an adult I thought.... ummm. It takes about 30 males and 30 females to make a stable genetic stock so how could one family breed to populate a new world?
My only beef with the show was that they should've kept Smith the way he was in the 1st couple of episodes where his serious tone appeared to be more of a murderous villain. Either way i love the show, my father didn't watch the show and would get annoyed whenever he heard Smith screaming.
I wish had seen it , but no I had to wash dishes n pans clean up kitchen