Netflix Remaking Lost In Space (ew.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Classic sci-fi show Lost in Space is making a comeback. Netflix is developing a new version of the series, according to Kevin Burns, the executive producer in charge of the project. "The original series, which lasted three seasons and 83 episodes, is set in a futuristic 1997 and follows the Robinson family's space exploration. After the villainous Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) sabotages the navigation system, they become helpless and, yes, lost. (The robot tasked with protecting the youngest child, the precocious Will, utters "Danger, Will Robinson!" — a phrase that still tortures this reporter.)" Burns has been trying to bring the series back for more than 15 years, and it looks likely he'll finally get his chance.

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Lost in Space?

[Ol Olsoc]

I was a little kid when I saw that show, and even then, it was obvious it was a piece of crap.

The bottom of the barrel, we scrape it here.

What next, "My Mother, the Car"?

Re:Lost in Space?

[Anonymous Coward]

You may be confusing quality with intrinsic value.

Yes, the mutant carrots and aluminum space suits were camp, but there's still the possibility of a decent story being made from the bones of the work.

It will really depend on how they handle Doctor Smith. If they can have him sabotage the craft, enough to make a good attempt, but fail to do it as he wanted, but come up with a good explanation as to how he was trying to fix things, well, then that'll show they're working at it.

They probably won't be able to cast an actor as good as Jonathan Harris or Gary Oldman, but they may get somebody able to do it halfway decently.

Re:Lost in Space?

[whoever57]

Even as a child, the series seemed stupid to me. Why, after all the things that Doctor Smith does to sabotage them, do they not just push him out of an airlock? There is only so many times someone can be forgiven when lives are on the line.

Re:Netflix Should Quit Making Shows

[Jason Levine]

Some of the shows Netflix has made have been hailed as great programming. I personally can't speak for what I haven't seen, but Daredevil was fantastic. I highly doubt that any network TV station could have produced anything of that quality. It would have degenerated into Criminal Of The Week stories, forced pre-commercial cliffhangers, post-commercial recaps, and a story that didn't flow as nicely from episode to episode. Only HBO might have been been able to do Daredevil as well as Netflix did. (Which isn't a coincidence as Netflix wants to have more original programming like HBO does.)

On the comedy/sitcom end, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was funny in a way that I wish more sitcoms were. Again, no commercials meant they didn't need to pause the episode's story to show ads.

This doesn't mean a Netflix produced Lost In Space is guaranteed to be fantastic, but - based on their past successes - it means there's a good chance that it'll be good.

Re:This is what will happen:

[Anonymous Coward]

1. One character won't have the race that was legislated the most freedoms when I was young - coincidentally, the latter was also my race.
2. One character won't have the sexual orientation that was legislated the most freedoms when I was young - coincidentally, the latter was also my orientation.
3. One character won't reflect my idea of how women should act - coincidentally, I'm not a woman, so I don't have to act any particular way.
4. The robot's voice will sexually frustrate me.
5. Science also frustrates me. I hate it when evidence sits between me and what I want to be true.
6. It's all a Jewish conspiracy, I tell you.

Re:This is what will happen:

[Anonymous Coward]

"Help, help! I'm being oppressed!" - insecure white male with no experience of the real world on Slashdot.