The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004)

Fifteen years after his daring raid turned the tide of an extraterrestrial invasion of the Earth, Col. John Robinson is retired from active service with grand ceremony. Hoping to repair ... See full summary »

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

Irwin Allen (original concept), Douglas Petrie

Stars:

Jayne Brook, Mike Erwin, Brad Johnson

Cast

Credited cast:
Jayne Brook	...	Maureen Robinson
Mike Erwin	...	Don West
Brad Johnson	...	John Robinson
Ryan Malgarini	...	Will Robinson
Tom McBeath	...	Jupiter 2 captain
Gil McKinney	...	David Robinson
Carmen Moore	...	First Officer
Adrianne Palicki	...	Judy Robinson

Storyline

Fifteen years after his daring raid turned the tide of an extraterrestrial invasion of the Earth, Col. John Robinson is retired from active service with grand ceremony. Hoping to repair damaged relationships with his estranged family, he volunteers them to take part in a multi-family colonization project bound for a newly-discovered star system. En route, the massive mothership is attacked by the same aliens he defeated so many years before. As alien forces board the ship, John and pilot Major Don West detach the Robinsons' landing pod and escape with the family through a nearby wormhole, becoming lost in space.

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Plot Keywords:

unsold tv series pilot | 

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Genres:

Short | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

The Robinsons: Lost in Space

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Television Studios, Regency Television, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer Irwin Allen is also the writer for Lost In Space (2018) distributed by Netflix. There are many similarities between the two including the main concept that a mothership carrying the Jupiter ships was attacked by an alien force and sent through a wormhole.

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Goofs

When Will and David are threatened to get blown out into space, they seem to be suspended in mid-air, just grabbing some handle. However, Will's cables are clearly visible in two or three shots. The wires and the temporary music tracks would have been removed if this pilot had been picked up.

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Connections

Remake of Lost in Space (1965)

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Soundtracks

Are You Alive? / Main Title / By Your Command
Richard Gibbs
from Battlestar Galactica (2003)

User Reviews

Kinda run of the mill

I found this while browsing, don't remember where. The quality kinda sucked (352x240 at 1150 kbps) but I was curious about it. Sadly, I wasn't overly impressed with it. It was kinda standard TV, but still almost entertaining enough.

Huge goof: When Will and David are threatened to get sucked out into space, they seem to be suspended in mid-air, just grabbing some handle, However, Will's cables are clearly visible in two or three shots.

Also kinda goofy is the use of 2003 Battlestar Galactica music (Richard Gibbs' "Are You Alive?", "Main Title" and "By Your Command") and right after that, Thomas Newman's music from American Beauty (track no. 9 Bloodless Freak").

The morphing of Penny into a baby is mildy surprising, maybe they were gonna use it as an arc, like Penny gets sucked into so time-space warp and returns as a teen, preteen or fully grown adult, depending on which actress the network owes a favour to.

And Jayne Brook as mom Maureen is hotter than Adrianne 'big chin' Palicki as daughter Judy, that's never a good sign. I'm not sad that it's not picked up, but i'd not have minded watching it on TV. Buying it or giving it space on my hard drive, nah.