Product Details

• Actors: June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright
• Writers: Irwin Allen
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Studio: CBS Television
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004
• Run Time: 819 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002IQKAY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,102 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 2 in The Lost in Space Series.

Editorial Reviews

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While Lost in Space may never enter the pantheon of great television programming, the 1960s sci-fi show certainly has its charms, all of them in evidence on this first volume of episodes from the second season. Produced by Irwin Allen, who would later be responsible for blockbuster disaster films like The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure, these 16 episodes from 1966-67 (spread out over four DVDs) find the show undergoing some changes, both technically (from black & white into color) and in terms of tone (more campy and tongue-in-cheek, especially as the season goes on). The latter is due in large part to the performance of Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith, who puts the "arch" in archvillain (it was his meddling that got them all lost in the first place). Harris's portrayal of Smith as cowardly, duplicitous, pompous, and not a little fey often goes right over the top, but the other characters (including Guy Williams as Prof. John Robinson, June Lockhart as his wife Maureen, and young Bill Mumy as Will) are so bland and generic that Harris, the family robot, and guest stars like Strother Martin and Wally Cox offer the only available relief.

The Lost in Space storylines are predictable (almost always involving some alien-related jeopardy prompted by Smith's greed and foolishness) and the special effects and production values won't excite anyone used to the wonders of the digital age. Still, this is television, where budgets are smaller and schedules much tighter, so lowered expectations are in order anyway. Some users may feel shortchanged by the absence of extra features, or by the fact that the set doesn't include the entire season (the second part is available separately). But the transfers are good and the DVD menus easily navigable. But on the whole Lost in Space devotees--and there are many of them--should be well satisfied. --Sam Graham

Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 815 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Set!, November 4, 2004

By	Michael S. Admire (Mobile, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one great series that I have watched since I was a kid in the 70's during it's rerun period. The color on these episodes looks great! And the sound as crisp as ever.
I can Hardly wait for season 2 vol. 2 later this month!
This is highly recommended for all Lost in Space fans out there!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A harbinger of things to come (or NOT come)?, July 6, 2004

By	Thomas C. Perconti "tcperconti" (Prescott Valley, AZ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't have a problem with them separating the season into 2 sub-sets. It means that we get the first half of the 2nd season a little earlier as well as having 2 smaller payments than one larger one. It's not a big deal, IMO.

However, I fear that this was done to gauge interest in the 2nd season and if sales of the first half don't meet expectations, then they may choose not to produce the 2nd half.

I have no inside info, but I hope that my fears are unfounded. I loved the first season set and will be getting the remainder of the series as soon as it is produced.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous, September 3, 2004

By	J. Bock (Sherman, texas USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

5 stars is for content. It's FOX's braindead deicision making that is Ridiculous. The fact that the UK release as well as the Japanese release feature the ENTIRE second season in one box while the US gets to be the lab rat on this "brainstorm" is ridiculous. I saw LIS season 1, selling off the shelves at Wal MArt, Sams, Costco, Target...exactly WHAT chain are they trying to lure in with these half-season sets? Dollar General and Eckerds?? It makes no sense whatsoever when the likes of Punky Brewster, Knight Rider and FOX's own 24 are being released in full season sets. They're experimenting and we are the ones who suffer. My advice, find a cheap multiregion DVD player, they're cheap these days, and buy the COMPLETE UK version, it has classy packaging as well, UNLIKE VOL one in the U.S....and it was released back the first week of July! Full season 2, and released 2 months earlier...in the UK where the fanbase is much smaller. Go figure.