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Virtually "extras" in Season 2, Guy Williams and Mark Goddard become main characters once again in Season 3. Always a pleasure to watch Guy Williams fence, a few more swordfights are worked into the storylines! Sadly, June Lockhart is still condemned to domestic duties and no longer packs a laser pistol as the frontier woman of Season 1. Nostalgic fun for sure, but Season 1 is hands down the true science fiction classic!
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This volume was just fun to watch,if you are a big Lost in Space fan and you watched seasons 1&2 and wanted to see some storylines involving other members of the family then you probaly will enjoy this;in any case,this is a wonderful look back to an innocent and sometimes silly show that bought much enjoyment as a child and allows me a tiny break from reality as an adult.
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I am a big Lost in Space fan. Some of my favorite episodes are from season 3. "Visit to a Hostile Planet" is a classic episode. I recently purchased this set and was really disappointed with the quality of the video. It is really fuzzy and blurry. It is only slightly better than a VHS copy taped off air at SLP. I was shocked by this when I compaired the video to the great work they did for the "Time Tunnel" and "Voyage to the bottom of the sea" sets. If you are a LIS fan, I can only say buy the set only if you are willing to live with a substandard verion of the show. Unfortunately, it is the only version currently available. I am heartsick at the thought that LIS has gotten such a raw deal on DVD.
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I purchased this set from amazon just a few days ago, when it was priced at $15.99. I had read a lot about the unacceptable image quality of these DVDs. Also, Disc 1's episodes were mistakenly placed in disc 3 and viceversa. When I opened my package, I saw that the back of the box had a small orange circle sticker with nothing printed on, nor it seemed to have any reason to be there, unless... FOX was quietly trying to tell customers in-the-know that this version was revised and corrected. Many DVD editions which originally came faulty and have been corrected have this sort of thing (i.e. Back to the Future Part II had a small sign "V.2" next to the copyright and Dario Argento's OPERA had a a sticker saying Version 2.0)... and in fact, this was the case.....sort of. The episodes belonging to disc 1 are now on disc 1, BUT the picture quality is still the same crappy transfer. Before the set arrived ,I was very eager to know just how screwed the image was... well, for casual viewers who don't mind watching VHS-quality content on DVD there should be no problem. However you don't have to be a technophile to notice that the image is lacking any detail, sharpness and contrast. I've read there is ghosting most noticeably on the long shots but I haven't seen it yet, however, I have only watched many parts of many episodes and judging from what i've already seen I'm sure there will be ghosting somewhere. There are also horizontal resolution lines visible through out every episode I've checked (however, ALL LIS season sets have them as they were apparently mastered from the same analog source as the Columbia house VHS tapes). Still, if you already bought the previous sets like I did you'll obviously want to have the whole series, so, the only thing I can say is that I hope you find it on a 60% off bargain like I did here at amazon, cause the quality is so substandard (at least, not DVD quality) that it doesn't deserve the $30+ price. At times, even the episode-name credit looks noticeably shabby.
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Season 3 of "Lost in Space" is in two sets. This set is the first of the two, and contains 15 episodes and extras. Season 3 initially attempted to veer away from the campy humor in season 2. The Jupiter 2 headed into space more frequently than in season 2, and encountered an array of interesting aliens.
A number of the episodes were very close to being breakthrough science fiction. In the episode "Condemned of Space," the crew of the Jupiter 2 stumbles onto a prison station where the condemned are kept in suspended animation for the duration of their sentence. Robby the Robot makes the second of two appearances in this series. This episode was creative and the concept could have been explored better instead of having Dr. Smith running about crying about his situation.
In the episode titled "Kidnapped in Space," Dr. Smith's perpetual lying gets him into yet another fix, but the robot comes to the rescue. The concept of a computer becoming ill presages computer viruses by a substantial amount. This episode was clever and interesting.
The episode titled "Space Creature" is remarkable in that it hypothesized a creature that fed on fear. This episode was aired 15 November 1967, just one month before the Star Trek episode titled "Wolf in the Fold" that had a similar concept. The Star Trek episode was executed more creatively, but the "Lost in Space" episode was a reasonable attempt and it was aired first.
The final episode on this DVD, "The Antimatter Man," was another interesting concept. Professor Robinson journeys to an antimatter universe where his opposite is trying to escape captivity. This episode was quite creative and one of the better episodes of the season. Once again, this topic was also covered in Star Trek episodes, though in at least a couple of different ways.
Most of the other episodes are interesting, but the trend was that the plots became cornier as the third season progressed. Several episodes are corny to the point of being silly. Dr. Smith makes the Jupiter 2 a resort in "Two Weeks in Space." The Robinsons meet space hippies (really!) in "Collision of Planets." The robot falls in love in "Deadliest of the Species."
You can count the number of science fiction television shows that left a lasting impression on viewers on your fingers. As campy as "Lost in Space" sometimes was, it left an impression that is nearly as strong for many people as the impression that "Star Trek" left. "Star Trek" was a much bolder show and tried to present some of the infinite possibilities that exist in the universe. "Lost in Space" reached only a brief distance into the future and was the first non-animated television show that focused on a family of space pioneers. Plot holes abound in "Lost in Space." Dr. Smith has to be one of the most obnoxious central characters in a television show ever. And yet, I retain my fondness for this show.
I think it is easy in this age of sophisticated digital effects and a chain of quality and classic science fiction television that extends back to at least the original "Outer Limits" to look down on "Lost in Space" as unworthy of appreciation. However, the series was influential and it was memorable. Had Irwin Allen been allowed to maintain the serious nature of the show, it is possible that "Lost in Space" would have been the landmark television show that "Star Trek" became. I watched both shows, and I know I enjoyed "Lost in Space" and "Star Trek" when it came out the year following the debut of "Lost in Space." I considered myself lucky that two such wonderful shows were on at the same time.
I look back on "Lost in Space" with fond memories, and I enjoyed watching every single episode in this collection as well as those in season 1 and season 2. I know I will enjoy the final episodes in season 3. Perhaps my fondness is all nostalgia. If so, I will revel in my nostalgia and just maybe I will watch all the episodes one more time.
As a side note, when I was a boy and watched "Lost in Space," I admired Will Robinson a lot. I credit Will being a role model for my later years when I studied electronics and physics in college. This show may have been campy, but I am glad that I was encouraged by a show like this one. Perhaps we should all wish for more campy science fiction shows that encourage children to become scientists and engineers.
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