Lost in Space is a Netflix original series. It is a reboot of the 1965 series of the same name, and it was inspired by an 1812 novel.
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- Lost in Space is an American science fiction streaming television series.
- It is following the adventures of a family of space colonists whose ship veers off course.
- The series is a reboot of the 1965 series of the same name.
- It was inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson.
- It is produced by Legendary Television, Synthesis Entertainment, Clickety-Clack Productions, and Applebox Entertainment, the show is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, with Zack Estrin serving as showrunner.
- Netflix released the series on April 13, 2018.
- It was renewed it the following month for a second season.
- The second season premiered on December 24, 2019.
- On March 9, 2020, the series was renewed for a third and final season.
- The final season was released on Netflix on December 1, 2021.
- On March 31, 2018, the series pilot was screened at Awesome Con in Washington, D.C.
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 68% approval rating based on 75 reviews, for the first season, with an average rating of 6.43/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: “Lost in Space‘s production values are ambitious enough to attract sci-fi adventure fans, while the story’s large heart adds an emotional anchor to all the deep space derring-do.”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a normalized score of 58 out of 100 based on 27 critics for the first season, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.
- David Griffin of IGN gave the first season a rating of 8.5/10, calling it “an excellent sci-fi adventure with a slight villain problem”, giving particular praise to the Robinson family, while criticizing Parker Posey’s Dr. Smith as an unsophisticated and one-dimensional character who lacks redeeming qualities.
- In contrast, Jen Chaney of Vulture characterized Posey’s performance as providing “understated, sly comedic touches”,[33] and Beth Elderkin of Gizmodo agreed: “Her performance definitely includes the character’s trademark levity and humor.”
- On Rotten Tomatoes the second season has an approval rating of 85% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website’s critics consensus states: “Gorgeous effects and a simple, solid, story help Lost in Space‘s second season find itself on stronger ground.”
- Dylan Roth of Polygon gave the third season a mostly positive review, calling it an “exciting, delightful, and self-contained space adventure that stands in contrast against the ever more complex universes of its contemporaries.”
- Roth criticized the character of Dr. Smith however, and the overall writing of the show’s anatagonists.
- Renaldo Matadeen of CBR criticized the show’s handling of Dr. Smith’s narrative arc.
- In the original series Penny found a pet alien monkey and named it Debby. In this series Don has a pet chicken and named it Debby
- The injured man Jessica Harris (posing as Dr. Smith) steals the jacket from is Bill Mumy, who played Will Robinson in the original series.
- This series shares theme music from both the original series and the 1998 movie. The series theme is the most popular, however it was only used in the third season of the original series.
- The first two seasons of the original series had a different theme song. Both theme songs were composed by John Williams, who also composed the music for Star Wars.
- The planet in season one of the new series borrows from an episode of the original series where the Robinsons were on a planet with a highly elliptical orbit that made that planet icy and hot
- Brian Steele who plays the Robot is 6 foot and 7 inches tall.
- This version has a similar plot to The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004), an unaired TV pilot. In both, several Jupiter ships carrying different families are being transported by a mother ship, which ends up being damaged by an alien attack and the separate ships disperse in different directions. Jupiter 2 ends up getting lost in space.
- In the first few episodes the catch phrase “Danger Will Robinson” are the first and only words uttered by the robot.
- It will end with the third season just like the original series.
- Some scenes were clearly filmed at the height of the forest fires around Kamloops, BC in the summer of 2017.
- Βill Mumy (the Will Robinson in the 1960’s version of Lost in Space) became integrally involved in the 2018-2021 Netflix Lost in Space series not only making cameos appearances as Dr Zachary Smith but also advising the modern Will Robinson, Maxwell Jenkins. Max credits Bill Mumy’s involvement in helping him greatly in his reprise of this critical role in the family.
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