This show came on at the right time in the 60s with the up and coming moon explorations. I watched this show religiously as a kid every Friday night at 7 pm. The music was awesome. Great writers.
I am a huge fan of Lost IN Space and in my opinion it was one of the best shows ever on TV. Of course there were a few episodes of the show that were not very good, but they can't all be 10's. They just don't make TV shows like this anymore. I am so thrilled to hear that on Sept 15th, the show will be out on Blu-Ray, Original and uncut. I can't wait for that release. I have such great memories watching Lost In Space.
I smiled through every second...twice! I loved every character. It's so nice to see them again. I always thought it was cool that June Lockhart's daughter, Anne, was on the original, and superior, "Battlestar Galactica".
I grew up with this show. Always loved it and to this day when the danger becomes apparent and the count down begins, I still and I swear to all that's holy, get excited like a little kid. That's how you make a great show with music for the ages
I love lost in space that was my favorite program since I was little in the 1960s now we're in the year 2018 I still love that program I watch it all the time
Super great work. Perfect use of orchestral music as prologue to establish tension, build anticipation. Then clip cuts in - a swirling Jupiter enters the frame. BAM, we're in it. Then the countdown Thunderbirds-style, so cool. Love it.
I was not the only one who liked this theme music as I can see where the beginning of the "countdown" has been re-played many times. The Cincinnati Pops does a GREAT version of this in stereo.
Great work on the remasterd footage. I used to watch the reruns in the early 70s at my grandparents in Portsmouth, Va. The show is playing on MeTV now and it must be season 3. What struck me as of late is the revised theme song and much to my surprise, it was written by none other than John Williams Again, as for the music, from Wiki-The open and closing theme music was written by John Williams. Williams was listed in the credits as "Johnny Williams". The original pilot and much of Season One reused Bernard Herrmann's eerie score from the classic sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). Season three featured a new score which was considered more exciting and faster tempo. The opening music was accompanied by live action shots of the cast, featuring a pumped-up countdown from seven to one to launch each week's episode.
Great work sez me, a longtime LIS fan! Although the Jupiter II's movements in the original were very smooth, other effects--like all the radiation belts, time warps, etc.--were pretty cheesy. Your stuff here looks terrific! The planet in the background looks very realistic as well. Kudos, also, for your new and improved theme song montage!
You never forget your first color TV do you? We got ours in the early 70's. I knew a "rich guy" that had one in the late 60's. (he even had a "remote control", that was something in about 1968).
PERDIDOS EN EL ESPACIO , FUÉ UNA SERIE DE T.V. ,DE LOS AÑOS 60, QUE A PESAR DE TENER MUCHOS AÑOS ME SIGUE IMPRESIONANDO POR EL CONTENIDO Y TEMA, FUÉ MUY FUTURISTA PARA SU ÉPOCA. EN ELLA SE PLANTEAN MUCHAS SITUACIONES QUE ESTÁN SUCEDIENDO EN EL PRESENTE. DENTRO DE SU PARTE CÓMICA ,ES UNA SERIE PARA GENTE INTELIGENTE POR LOS PARADIGMAS QUE SE PLANTEAN. SERIES DE T.V. ,COMO ESA DEBIERÁN HACER EN ESTOS TIEMPOS ,DONDE LA FÍSICA CUÁNTICA A AVANZADO MUCHO. FELICITO AL SEÑOR IRWING ALLEN Y SUS CREADORES POR SU GENIALIDAD.
Really nice work...especially the planet through the viewport...and the radiation belt. Much better than crinkled Saran Wrap, LOL! I would love to see LIS remastered with new effects, a la Star Trek. Still, a few of the old effects were great. I know if you look really hard you can see the wires, but I just LOVE that initial crash landing the Jupiter 2 does on Preplanus. Really good model work. 2nd and 3rd seasons, where J2 gets tossed around space like a frisbee...not so much.
- It takes more than just *razzle dazzle* to make a great scify presentation. As so many Hollywood producers & directors thru the years failed to understand.
When I was a kid in the 60's, they sold shirts like the ones worn in the series, at least in a kid size. I wore the shirt to school...about the only piece of clothing I've ever had that I was so excited about. I don't know if they were designed after the series or what.
I am an amateur astronomer just because of shows like Star Trek in Lost in Space so I would say if it gets other people to watch by remastering it for the new smart people to come welcome aboard
Agent 86 really? she was around if not 40 when it 1st aired, I thought she was a great mom!!lol I was 6 when is 1st aired, maybe you were much older lol.
This remastering for all 3 seasons is hopefully in the works for the 50th Anniversary of Lost in Space in 2015 and I would prefer to retain the original aspect ratio of 4.3 which the show filmed in. There will not be any new special effects as such but an added 20 seconds of footage for the Golden Man episode according to Kevin Burns as well as the reinstating of the trailers for the upcoming episodes at the end of each Season 3 episode, as originally done on the VHS tapes! Also, the theme music at the beginning and the end during the credits will be in stereo, while the dialogue and incidental music for each episode will remain in mono!
The show was not filmed in 4.3, it was shot using 35mm cameras. The 35mm format is 1.78-1, It was cropped to make it compatable to 4.3 TV's in use at the time. To make it compatable to modern 1.85-1 TV's they only have to shave off a little at the top and bottom. If they could have shown in 1.85-1 I'm sure they would have done.
Randy Julian You're technically correct about aspect ratio, but incorrect about film production. The show wasn't filmed in 4:3, but it was blocked, directed and acted for that ratio - there would have been guides on the camera to let the director know what was in the actual shot. Anything placed beyond the 4:3 would have been basically empty space - for all we know the edges of the set or exposed wires could be in those shots. In doing a little experimenting on my own, cropping the tops & bottoms of the episodes would cut off many important details. In any case, I don't see the purpose of changing the size of the series just to fit the size of our televisions. Film fans pushed for widescreen films back in the tube TV days. We WANTED to see the full picture, even if the screen wasn't completely filled (black bars were a small price to pay). There's no reason to go backwards this way.
Randy Julian Is that really correct? They shot movies for DECADES on 35mm film, and showed them at 1.37:1 (close to 4:3 = 1.33:1), before they developed wide-screen in the 1950s, with newly-invented lens systems to "squeeze" a "wide" image onto 35mm film. When did the aspect ratio of 35mm film itself suddenly change from 1.37:1 to 1.78:1? And why haven't we actually seen ANY old TV shows shot on 35mm film, when presented on DVD, or HDTV, actually SHOWING any of these "cropped regions"? Or if we HAVE seen this, then where?? All I've ever seen is the old 4:3 image either s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d to fit widescreen, or else "matted", i.e., having top and bottom CHOPPED OFF (much more than "shaving off a little") to yield a "wide" image!
You know what else would be pretty cool? Having an independent music track for all episodes! Yes, I know the music was released on CD's a while back, but the instrumentation and tempo on the CD is somewhat different from the screen version of "The Reluctant Stowaway," suggesting it was recorded at a different session. Plus, in addition to all of John Williams' [et al] great work, it would also be nice to have all those wonderful Bernard Herrmann cues in one place!
Lost in space TV show 1960s managed to get a new lost in space TV show for three seasons in 2018 netflix making lost in space TV show get bigger and not forgotten by people in the years to come
Oh William, we are all doomed. The pain, the pain. I suppose that bube headed booby of a Robot will need to get us out of one of my inept schemes to get back to earth. A great show which was what television should be. Escapism for all the family to enjoy.
Nicely done. I hope they remaster the series. Where did you get the original footage from? It looks much cleaner than the DVD version that was released.
