Lost In Space

Moebius 1/24 Lost in Space The Chariot # 902
$29.44
Brilliant and highly detailed model of the 60's Lost in Space Chariot!
This is definately a skill level three model and is not for the novice, unless they just want to build it for the fun of it. The directions are interesting and informative to someone with experience in modeling, but may be confusing for the novice. I applaud Moebius for making this kit avaialble and for the color photos of the actual build. Very well done.
There are a couple of small assembly issues, but nothing that can't be over come by someone with a background in modeling. I'll definately by buying the Space Pod and Seaview as well. I honestly don't know of better models on the market, for the price. The guys at Moebius did a fantastic job on this one. Thanks guys. Keep em coming.

Lost in Space - Season 3, Vol. 2
$29.98
Hello LIS & sci fi fans,
Lets see, where to begin.....Picture Quality is excellent, your screen will explode in eye popping color. And the Packaging is nice, no complaints there. And just to be clear, i have not seen every episode yet in this volume. So far, the episode i like the most is "the promised planet". "The time merchant" and "target Earth" are good too. The "princess of space" was so boring i actually started to fall asleep. That was so bad WOW it hurts me brain to think about it. lol
Although to be fair, i suppose it is possible that there was a morsel of hidden meaning that escaped my mind. So i will force mysef to watch it again some time to try to pick up on that elusive thread to see what may unravel. You see it is meaning that trips my trigger. It is not so much special effects, or action....i like to look for the silver lining of meaning hidden within the black hole of cartoonish comedy that LIS gravitated into. There are sometimes deep concepts being conveyed through the stories portrayed. Strange where you can find little treasures for your mind. I suppose maybe because original thinking is hard for some to take much less see, which is why is must be disguised, hidden within a sugar coated comedy being televised. One must look past surface thought to recieve the deepest insight to be taught. You may realize things the writers never intended you to see, as interpritation is unique to our individual perspective, relative to experience and present circumstance. So i will resist the temptation to share my insights. As i do not wish to color your perceptiions with my own. Another reason the show is fun to watch is that LIS can be damn funny, sometimes un-intentionaly so. Such as in "target Earth" when the clones of the Robinsons are in their "birthing" tubes and emerge from their bubble wrap cocoons lol. And the scene in "the promised planet" where prof. Robinson walks into a room to find his daughter Penny dancing on a pool table to hippie tunes, lol, his reaction is great, Penny!! get down from there !! then the aliens turn up the tunes and lights and the prof.was overwhelmed by the force of the hippie vibes and pushed back out the door to collapse unconscious in a chair, lol ...Moments such as these are welcome as they add another dimension of enjoyability to the LIS series. And then there is the "trip down memory lane" aspect of this. I purchased, in addition to the season 3 vol 2, the collectors edition of the 1st two pilots for the series. as I wanted to review how the series began & ended. well, i was awash with memories surfacing that had been long forgotten. I could remember my joy and amazement upon seeing the jupiter 2 for the 1st time [or gemini 12 as it was called in the original pilot] These were revolutionary concepts, that filled me with a great sense of hope and expectation for the future. Conversly, i also remembered a sense of betrayal as these hopes & dreams were crushed by the shows rapid decent into a comic book like portrayal of the creators original vision. I will never forget that feeling of dismay, i knew then that something foul was afoot. And until recently never knew what. .. it seems as though the show "Batman" hit the tv screens with such success that it was stealing away viewers from LIS. So they re-tooled the LIS show. They took Batmans formula of success of colorful camp and tried to apply it to their show, In the hopes of re-capturing their former audience. Then there is the Johnathan Harris factor in the equation. He began re-writing his lines to suit his personal taste. That is the main reason Dr. Smith morphed from a dangerous villian, to a comedic, clutsy clown. Harris feared his character was going to be killed off and he would be unemployed. So he decided to attempt to engratiate himself to the audience. Which actually worked, when the producers caught on they looked the other way. As a result, we got a sugar coated version of the shows former vision. That i believe, was not a good decision. But so it was and so it is, the allmighty dollar draws the bottom line in show biz. And my bottom line is, Despite it's flaws, i highly recommend LIS S3 V2 without pause. I titled this review as i did due to the fact that the series ended without ending. Such Apathy to me as a fan is somewhat offending.
Ok now i want to talk about the writers, how they crafted a clever hook which was then in us set. Who among us did not dispise the incompetent, effeminate, treacherous Dr. Smith ? Who among us did not identify with Don's anger towards Dr. Smith ?...Who Among us did not want to see Don pummel Smith so much that we allmost tried to will Don to do it ? lol...i think you see where i am going with this. Now heres the really clever part. They never let Don do it because they knew that was one reason why we kept tunning in each week. To see if this was the day Smith was going to get his. And of course the more obvious hooks such as... Are they going to find Alpha Centauri, or Earth, or is Don Going to score with Judy ? lol and what sort of alien menace will they encounter next ?...ect. You could say LIS was a truely multi-dimensional show. And on top of it all, it has that warm, wholesome all American glow. It is a time machine of sort that transports the viewer back into an era of unprecedented American peace and prosperity. Documenting our past glory with each and every silly story.

Lost in Space (New Line Platinum Series)
$9.98
The movie's great came in just in time no scratches of any kind nothing more or less.

Lost in Space - Seasons 1 - 3
$229.90
This series [TV-Series 1965-1968] is formulated on the old serial cliff-hangers. The stages are cardboard and Styrofoam. The props look like anything lying around in the ware house. From the dialog you would not realize that the actors can and are acting. As the programs progress the stories get weirder to holds your attention. There are also several notable guests including Robbie the Robot that always outsmarts "The Robot" (Bob May) The Robot's voice is Dick Tufeld.

We all know the basic story of a saboteur Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) is too smart for his own good and his sabotage backfires from the start throwing the spaceship into who knows where with him trapped inside. What is worse is he never learns from episode to episode. Prof. John Robinson (Guy Williams) is the good guy father that is always giving one hope of being found or getting back. Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart) is the stereotypical motherly type and is caught occasionally stopping John from beating Zackary's brains out. We have mischievous kids always wandering off to discover the new trouble. And a watered down love interest between daughter Judy (Marta Kristen) and Major Don West (Mark Goddard).

How will they survive?
What strange creature or disaster will befall them this week?

Some one may have modified the media somewhat. "Oh, the pain, the pain." However we buy what we can.