Product Details

• Actors: June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright
• Writers: Irwin Allen
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Television
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304729650
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,559 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Robinson Family, along with their pilot, Major Don West, set out on a daring mission to conlonize the stars in their ship Jupiter II. An enemy agent, the sinister and unscrupoulous Dr. Smith, is unwillingly trapped aboard when he attemps to sabotage the mission. As the ship veers off course, Professor Robinson is forced to go outside to make needed repairs-a dangerous maneuver that leaves him drifting helplessly in space.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great trip down memory lane, June 30, 2000

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Joe Banks (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in Space, Episode 1: The Reluctant Stowaway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the original in 1965 when I was 5 years old. After 35 years, the technical and plot flaws are painfully obvious. Of course, I didn't notice any of those back then--all I saw was the cool technology (spaceships, cryo-tubes, spacesuits, computers, huge displays, mission control, wow!) that fired an interest in science and space travel that has stayed with me ever since. Even now, watching it invokes some of that old excitement. What made "Lost in Space" special was that, unlike more "adult" SCI-FI fare like Star Trek, it involved a kid almost my age (Will Robinson) which made it much easier to relate to. Perhaps the best part of buying this tape was watching my own son view it and seeing the same reaction on his face that I had all those years ago.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Masterpiece by Irwin Allen, September 18, 2000

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lomtevas (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in Space, Episode 1: The Reluctant Stowaway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was five years old when this show aired for the first time. I didn't understand a thing. Then, after numerous reruns, the show grew on me as I grew up.

Owning this video brought back that magic a kid sees! I was so taken by the video, that I remembered how I really believed the robot was going to destroy the ship. I began to believe robots that walked and talked really existed.

Now, having had a career in computer science, I realized what got me started in the field: I was so involved with the goings on during the ship's launch and the ship's travels through the meteor belt that I began dreaming of mastering computers. No one realized that today we would have color monitors to look at instead of rows of blinking lights.

This show was the spark that built a career out of a dream. My children were equally captivated with the show. We highly recommend it. Buy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of series, far superior than 1998 movie remake., September 26, 1999

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"wmkae" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in Space, Episode 1: The Reluctant Stowaway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Excellent premise, great special effects for 1965, suspenseful. One needs to overlook some factual errors about space flight and facts about space/space travel in general, but this is the only flaw. Superior acting conveys the desperation of the characters, and the truly sinister characters of Dr. Smith and the robot. Excellent sci-fi.