Comment on The LOST IN SPACE Robot by MJBivouac
YES! I must agree, the Outer Limits scared the crap out of me as a kid. But today it's still a major favorite of mine. But when i was 5, that robot was pretty scary. Especially in the first season when it was under Dr. Smith's control and it had orders to kill the Robinsons.
I seem to recall that part of the series. Still, Dr. Smith ended up a mincing, whimpering coward always complaining about his "delicate back" whenever there was work to be done. We had a name for guys like him in the Army: Goldbrick!
well, perhaps you have not seen the first season of LIS. It often does not get shown on TV/cable due to the fact that it was B&W. Originally Smith was quite a villain indeed! He was a karate-chopping sabotour bent on destroying teh Jupiter 2 and all aboard. They toned him down about half-way through season one. they wanted to keep him as part of teh show, but he was just too evil a character for TV of that time. that was when he became the mincing, simpering "gay uncle" to Will and the robot.
I confess I did not see the first season of Lost In Space where Dr. Smith was a more aggressive and assertive type of villain. Interesting, indeed. But even as a karate-chopping, evil saboteur, I like to think that Maj. West could've taken him down. All through the series I kept hoping that West would just punch Smith's ugly mug right through the back of his skull! Sorry for the violent metaphors. I tend to get worked up when lazy cowards seem to get away with murder.
Well I whole-heartedly encourage you to seek out seaosn one. It really is the best. Actually the first say 6 or 7 eposides are the best, and show what the series was meant to be about. But as the show went on, I fear a lot of their writers did not fully understand what the show was supposed to be about and they did a lot of fantasy and just silly stories. Borrowing from Robert Lewis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, etc. Then by the tine season 2 came about they wantewd to compete with BATMAN, and the show went wildly colorful and campy to try and compete with the Caped Crusader...Ouch!
I'll try to find LIS, season 1. Of course the main reason LIS couldn't really compete with Batman was because all the villains on that show were played by some of the most famous stars of movies and TV. Many of these celebs had their agents begging producer, William Dozier, to get them a part on that show knowing it would boost their careers.
LIS couldn't compete wirth BATMAN, because it wasn't BATMAN. They should have just stuck with the original concept, instaed of trying to get cute.
I beleive the first season of LIS is available for online viewing on HULU...and I think it's free.
I beleive the first season of LIS is available for online viewing on HULU...and I think it's free.