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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: Most inane article loaded onboard the Jupiter 2     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 4:59 AM     By:   Steve H   (Member) As a huge fan of Lost in Space and watching the series countless times since I was about 7, I witnessed a lot of totally ridiculous items come out of the Jupiter 2. There were tennis racquets, candles with candleholders, Night caps complete with pom-poms , bowling balls, etc. But without doubt the most ridiculous would have to be the Ouija board from the episode Ghost In Space. I mean seriously, what space programme employee would load a Ouija board on to a vessel on a colonisation mission to Alpha Centauri. You gotta love it!    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 5:02 AM     By:   Steve H   (Member) I forgot to mention the painting palette, complete with beret and canvas stand!    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 6:06 AM     By:   Metryq   (Member) The Jupiter 2, the SS Minnow and the TARDIS are all "Rufo boxes." With all that crap on board, the J2 would never get off the ground. (The flip-side of this conceit is the flying object that weighs as much as an aircraft carrier—witness Iron Man's first flight crashing through two concrete floors after his thrusters are shut off.) Or, maybe the writers were really very forward thinking. Maybe the J2 had advanced 3D printing machines on board. The robot had that duplicator box... Or as my brother would say, "That's the only silly thing you noticed about the show?"    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 6:27 AM     By:   Last Child   (Member) the old-style wheel chair used when Smith ages into an old man was pretty egregious. And his wardrobe of work-uniforms for whatever occasion (ie apron and Chef's hat, WWI helmet, etc). And a suitcase to put it all in. It was like Gilligan's Island.    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 6:54 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) The bowling balls take the cake. Where would they bowl? And those things are heavy and take up, um, space.    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 7:42 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Too bad they rarely could dig out a good script.    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 8:22 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Imagine the NASA guys doing the final ship inspection: "Space suits." "Check." "Helmets." "Check." "Laser guns." "Check." "Portable force field." "Check." "Cigar store Indian." "Check." "Stuffed polar bear." "Check." "Medieval suit of armor." "Check..."    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 9:18 PM     By:   Steve H   (Member) I also seem to remember Tom Sawyer style fishing poles along with matching wicker picnic basket. Though I could be wrong about the picnic basket.    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 10:25 PM     By:   Steve H   (Member) To Onyabirri That really did make me laugh    Posted:   Nov 11, 2015 - 10:56 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Oh come on! The family was relocating. When your family moved didn't you take your bowling balls and fishing poles with you?    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 5:31 AM     By:   Disco Stu   (Member) Well how's about a large space pod that they didn't discover until season 4. That's either a really large J2 or an inflatable pod. That or one of those pods that you have to soak in water over night. D.S.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 7:09 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Well how's about a large space pod that they didn't discover until season 4. That's either a really large J2 or an inflatable pod. That or one of those pods that you have to soak in water over night. D.S. I'm more impressed they discovered a season 4. On a similar note it was always said the Chariot was stored in parts and was something that had to be assembled once they reached their destination.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 7:27 AM     By:   The Thing   (Member) I haven't watched this series since I was a kid. Was there any evidence of a running joke about all these odd items on-board (e.g. a throwaway remark or facial expression), or were the cast always totally serious?    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 11:47 AM     By:   Steve H   (Member) Well how's about a large space pod that they didn't discover until season 4. That's either a really large J2 or an inflatable pod. That or one of those pods that you have to soak in water over night. D.S. I'm more impressed they discovered a season 4. On a similar note it was always said the Chariot was stored in parts and was something that had to be assembled once they reached their destination. Yes, the Chariot always had to be assembled. I think Don even remarks to the fact in one of the early episodes.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 12:45 PM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Well how's about a large space pod that they didn't discover until season 4. That's either a really large J2 or an inflatable pod. That or one of those pods that you have to soak in water over night. D.S. I'm more impressed they discovered a season 4. On a similar note it was always said the Chariot was stored in parts and was something that had to be assembled once they reached their destination. Yes, the Chariot always had to be assembled. I think Don even remarks to the fact in one of the early episodes. Because the show had no budget to always show the full sized Jupiter 2 on it's landing gear I always wondered how they ever got those parts for the Chariot out of the belly of the ship since the lower level area was always shown buried deep in the sand. I guess Don and John simply sweated it out in their white tee shirts lugging the parts up the elevator piece by piece while Smith (with his 'delicate back') sat on his ass watching and passing snide comments. (Those heavy wheel axles, treads, and drive train must have been a real bitch to move by hand in such a tight space) Lucky for the Robinson's that the power core never exploded on impact when they made those forced belly landings. Maureen probably put the pot of coffee on early.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 2:50 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Don't forget they had a robot to do the heavy lifting. Much like Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 3:41 PM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Speaking of the robot..    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 6:40 PM     By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member) The Ouija board and fishing poles looked home-made, didn't they? The item I found odd was the vintage, mechanical cash register that Smith used for his J2 hotel ("Two Weeks in Space"). GILLIGAN'S ISLAND did a brilliant thing: in "Castaways Pictures Presents," Gilligan found a watertight steamer trunk in the lagoon, and it contained a ton of theatrical costumes. It kept them in outfits for the next two years.    Posted:   Nov 12, 2015 - 6:54 PM     By:   Joe 1956   (Member) Can't remember the episode (Space Trader?) where Smith is behind a stack of sandbags, wearing a WW1 helmet and holding a rifle, ala Sgt. York.    Posted:   Nov 13, 2015 - 6:15 PM     By:   Christopher Kinsinger   (Member) Or as my brother would say, "That's the only silly thing you noticed about the show?" Amen! Lost In Space, just like Irwin Allen's other popular TV outing, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, began its life as a straightforward attempt at serious science fiction, but ultimately spiraled down into fairly sad bargain basement junk. LOS transformed itself into rather pathetic comedy, with the beloved ham brothers Jonathan Harris and the robot becoming the Abbott & Costello of the airwaves. With all the other nonsense going on week after week, I was seriously expecting Dr. Smith and the robot to do "Who's On First."     Non-Film Score Discussion: Most inane article loaded onboard the Jupiter 2    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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