Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Jonah Abbott
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
dukeb0y
Were do I start? This is what Lost In Space could have been. I agree with other reviews, the background of the people and plot is well done. We get a feel of what is going on, but no predictability, like so many movies.The only copy I know of, is the DVD one, that looks like a poor VHS tape. I sure would like to see the original.Here is what makes this...GOOD. I sat down to watch this with some friends and kids, they thought it was really good. (They know I love the old show!)So, a 'might have been' sitting in a WB vault somewhere. Production value is good, overall. I didn't car for the new robot, but everything else, including the new Jupiter II, looks great.
tomakalinus
I thought that another reboot couldn't possibly be worse than the original campy series or the campy '90s movie. I was wrong.The first three segments are all about the teenagers insufferably whining. There's no action at all during this part, nor are the characters doing anything to make us root for them. It's all bad cliché family drama stuff.Finally, an alien ship attacks, but we don't know who the aliens are or why they're attacking. They're generic "bad aliens" and do nothing to increase the interest of what's happening.I find it nearly impossible to believe that this came from John Woo, a director who knows how to shoot more exciting films than this, and Doug Petrie, a really good writer from the Joss Whedon camp. I don't know how this went so wrong, but it did indeed go very wrong.Seek this out to satisfy your curiosity alone. I can very much see why the WB didn't pick this up for a series.
Mandemus
I guess most people who have seen this unaired TV pilot at this point either worked on the show or saw one of the bootleg versions that pop up on the internet occasionally. I am in the latter group.The Robinsons: Lost in Space was interesting to me mostly for the curiosity factor. The special effects were as good or better than most TV SF in the 1990s or early 2000s. The actors were good. Even the young actors were very professional. There was no low-budget feel to this effort at all, and it would have been great to see where this series might have gone.My main disappointment was the paucity of science fiction present in this science fiction show. The original series (1965-1968), although sometimes silly and childish (it was aimed at children, after all), did indeed focus on some element of science fiction each week. In The Robinsons, the science was mostly in passing. For example, Will's robot experiment was a quick scene. The worm hole was used as a quick device to get them lost, but that's about all.Still, for the Lost in Space completist, or SF fan seeking something that was well made and hard to find, this is well worth a look.
anormando
I purchased this In-aired pilot, and after watching this, I found myself wanting to watch more!!! I cannot believe this was never picked up. The actors could not have been a better bunch for this series so once again, The Robinsons are lost in space without an ending at all!!! You need to watch this incredible version of a Sci-fi drama. I thought it had more depth than the new "Battlestar Galactica" The characters are more believable and family oriented. I really enjoyed watching this pilot. The twist at the end was very unexpected, and the second brother (David). I can see now how this could be the beginning of a whole new "Lost In Space" quest. John Woo, you are without a doubt the best!!!