Lost in Space (tv) . The Boston Phoenix . 10-27-97

Lost in Space (tv)

DIRECTED BY: Dr. Smith

REVIEWED: 10-27-97

Lost in Space (1965-68; 83 episodes). This series featured one of the most idiotic premises in television history: the US government sends Mom, Dad, their three kids, and a guy who looks like he stepped out of a porno flick, to "colonize" another planet (incest, anyone?). Most of the episodes are on video. For a campy Halloween, pick up one of the color episodes, produced when CBS was trying to keep viewers from fleeing to Batman; they feature such "monsters" as intergalactic hippies. The black-and-white premiere episode, however, is actually creepy. Just before the Robinsons are about to be blasted into space, evil Dr. Smith sneaks aboard and sabotages the ship -- but can't escape before takeoff. The absence of people around the launch site is another highly illogical aspect of this cheaply made show, and yet I got goose bumps from the thought of being trapped aboard a rocket with no one to hear me scream.

--Robert David Sullivan

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