Remembering Lost in Space
Between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968 The show Lost in Space ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes. With the first season done in black and white and the last two seasons done in color. The TV series was a adaptation of the novel The Swiss Family Robinson. In 1998 the series became a movie Lost in Space movie
Lost in Space: The TV Series
The Plot
Earth is suffering
from massive overpopulation in the year 1997. Professor John Robinson, his wife
Maureen, their children (Judy, Penny and Will) and Major Don West are selected
to go to the third planet in the Alpha Centauri star system to establish a
colony. A new colony where other Earth people can settle. They are to go there
on a ship of Professor Robinson's design, christened the Jupiter 2. Doctor
Zachary Smith, an agent for an enemy government, is sent to sabotage the
mission. He is successful in reprogramming the ship's robot, but in the process
becomes trapped on the ship. the ship and all on board become hopelessly lost.
Going form plant to plant and crossing aliens and monsters of space now becomes
a fight for survival as the crew tries to find their way back home.
Written by Brian
Washington
Lost in Space: The Movie
The Plot
The Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects
of pollution and global warming. Professor John Robinson, lead scientist of the
Jupiter 2 Mission, will take his family to the habitable planet Alpha Prime to
prep it for colonization. The Jupiter 2 is equipped with a hyperdrive that
allows faster-than-light travel, which will eventually be employed to evacuate
the citizens of Earth. However hyper gates must be constructed on Earth and
Alpha Prime to provide stable points of departure and arrival. Dr. Zachary
Smith is bribed by a terrorist organization to sabotage the mission. Smith ends
up an unwilling stowaway as the ship blasts off adding to the problems aboard
the Jupiter 2.
Gross:
$136,159,423 (Worldwide)
Written by Anthony
Pereyra
Lost in Space is Still Alive
Don't Worry the old Lost in Space TV shows are still out there. With todays internet we all have a chance to see them old shows. Like many site on the web TV.com gives us episodes from way back as well as some not so old shows. You can filter by free vs. paid sources and by what will
play on your favorite mobile devices.
