...On Thursday nights on American Lifetime Network. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, & of course, Lost in Space. There was a reason Irwin's programs only lasted a year or 2, 3 at most: They STUNK !! This from a life long Lost In Space fan. "Time Tunnel", which could have been pretty interesting, was arguably the silliest of the bunch. Irwin must have had a standing order for his writers-When in doubt, have the characters fight. If you need to burn up time, have the characters fight. Since Irwin used more or less the same production team on all his shows, you can see pretty much the same show played thru all 4 series. We thought they were such Hot Shit whenever we were kids, & were dismayed when they got cancelled, but now, as a 50 yr old, they're so feckin' DUMB as to be almost unwatchable. Or am I being a pooperhead as usual ?!?-Unca Sandy

No Sandy, you're right on the money, his stuff is crap, even the disaster movies
are good for nothing but camp value today.

Lost In Space was a childhood favorite of mine but now? The first season was OK but season two is almost unwatchable, space pirates, space pirates and more space pirates. :thumbsdn:

There were always lots of sparks flying on his shows, ship gets hit by something, sparks fly out all over the place from all the electrical gear, but wonders of wonders it still works later!! :D

I always watched all those shows as a kid, but agree, usually after the first season the writing got really bad with really wacky looking monsters and bad special effects.

Dr. Smith ruined every scene he was in on Lost in Space with that inane dialogue.

I liked these shows when I was a kid.
But, even as a kid, I couldn't get passed the dude in a carrot suit on LIS. Anyone remember that??

I'd like to watch these shows again, though. It gives me a little perspective as to why did I like them. Being a kid and into sci-fi, these shows were the de facto vehicles to satisfy my love of the genre.

Even Star Trek, which is still alive and well, had some goofy stuff. But, I still watch every morning.

I do not see any of Allens shows on anywhere...Or am I missing something?

OK, I read the original post again. I don't know if I have American Lifetime Network. Is it on DirecTV, or...?

Dr. Smith ruined every scene he was in on Lost in Space with that inane dialogue.

He still creeps me out.

Towering Inferno fascinated me as a kid. If I saw it again today I'm sure I would have a different opinion. It's been years since I've seen that movie.

I enjoyed them all as a kid and I still enjoy them now.
I always thought Dr. Smiths "inane' dialogue made the show.

Oh come on, you can't even imagine what the world will be like in the future. 1978 my be exactly like this, we will have to wait and see.
http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1179911/article_images/thosewindowsarewhytheycallittheseaview.jpg

I enjoyed them all as a kid and I still enjoy them now.
I always thought Dr. Smiths "inane' dialogue made the show.

I also have fond memories of these shows and would seldom miss any of them when they first ran. They just don't hold up well over time.

I know there are fans of Dr. Smith. I just never liked his character and in the later episodes of Lost in Space it seemed like he was in every scene.

But, even as a kid, I couldn't get passed the dude in a carrot suit on LIS. Anyone remember that??


"Moisture! I must have moisture!! :lmao:

I did not even like Lost in Space when I was a kid! Especially when they started having hippies on during the latter 60's!

Oh, the Control-Panel-Blowing-Up was another fave of Irwin's...And I always wondered what the purpose of the 1956 21" TV screen that ALWAYS was showing Lissajous figures was ? I LIKED Dr. Smith...But I wished that ONCE, just ONCE, Maj. West had just hauled off & cold-cocked him one...Hehehehe..

"Moisture! I must have moisture!! :lmao:

These bubble headed boobies have no concept of talent!!

Ohhhhhh, the pain............:lmao:

Oh The Pain! The Pain!

Oh, the Control-Panel-Blowing-Up was another fave of Irwin's....

I've worked at places where the equipment was built by the same people who built the Seaview....BOOM.

Just blow some CO2 in it's general direction and everything will be fine.

Torpedo blows a hole in the submarine, asteroid blows a hold in the space ship. There's always a valve to close to fix it.

Not a bad mini-series

Ahhh, the hate is strong here. :tongue:

I own all 3 available seasons of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Hopefully, Fox will release the 4th and final season of VTTBOTS next year. Richard Basehart and David Hedison were tremendous in their respective roles of Nelson and Crane.

Voyage's entire first season is available for viewing in 480p at Hulu.com

http://www.hulu.com/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea

Check out "Submarine Sunk Here", "The Fear Makers" "Doomsday", "Mists of Silence" "The Price of Doom" and "The Sky is Falling". Pretty decent episodes - and not nearly as campy as the latter seasons

And the SSRN Seaview is probably one of, if not the, most beautiful fictional vessels ever filmed. And the Flying Sub too, is incredible.

I know this goes a bit beyond the thread, but I just got the first season of the original Star Trek on the remastered DVD/HD-DVD format, and all I can say is "DAMN!!". I don't have an HD-DVD player so I play the standard side on my upconverting Sony player, and it looks and sounds unbelieveable, especially the new CGI. I am now turning my 12 year old onto the show and he is not yet rolling his eyes.

There were always lots of sparks flying on his shows, ship gets hit by something, sparks fly out all over the place from all the electrical gear, but wonders of wonders it still works later!! :D

Must've all been vacuum tube gear; only tube equipment will do that; solid state cannae take the strain.

Must've all been vacuum tube gear; only tube equipment will do that; solid state cannae take the strain.

Always stirrin' Shit, aincha, Hardy ?!? (grin)

I liked these shows when I was a kid.
But, even as a kid, I couldn't get passed the dude in a carrot suit on LIS. Anyone remember that??

I'd like to watch these shows again, though. It gives me a little perspective as to why did I like them. Being a kid and into sci-fi, these shows were the de facto vehicles to satisfy my love of the genre.

Even Star Trek, which is still alive and well, had some goofy stuff. But, I still watch every morning.

I do not see any of Allens shows on anywhere...Or am I missing something?

OK, I read the original post again. I don't know if I have American Lifetime Network. Is it on DirecTV, or...?

Piece of trivia about that particular episode. Mrs. Robinson and Judy (the elder daughter) were written out of that episode... because they couldn't keep from laughing at the costume!


EDIT: And why was the monster alien carrot spraying his big carrot-y body with a mister towards the beginning of that episode, yet its (his?) life was saved at the end by being handed a glass of water which he/it drank in the traditional way??

Ahhh, the hate is strong here. :tongue:

I own all 3 available seasons of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Hopefully, Fox will release the 4th and final season of VTTBOTS next year. Richard Basehart and David Hedison were tremendous in their respective roles of Nelson and Crane.

Voyage's entire first season is available for viewing in 480p at Hulu.com

http://www.hulu.com/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea

Check out "Submarine Sunk Here", "The Fear Makers" "Doomsday", "Mists of Silence" "The Price of Doom" and "The Sky is Falling". Pretty decent episodes - and not nearly as campy as the latter seasons

And the SSRN Seaview is probably one of, if not the, most beautiful fictional vessels ever filmed. And the Flying Sub too, is incredible.

Gee, thanks. My last salvageable attempt to experience real life has been scuttled ;-)

Watching now...

Lost in Space used to be one of my favorites, I remember in the summers of '86 and '87 and '88 watching it on my 16" b/w Zenith every weekday morning at 10AM on ch36. I only got to watch it when there was no school because of the time it was on, and the next summer they stopped showing it. A couple of years ago I got some of it on dvd and saw it again for the first time in 18 years, and while I will admit it wasn't as cool as I remember it, I still like watching it, particularly if I put some of the color episodes up on an early color set.

A few years back, there was a movie version of Lost In Space made... I saw previews of it and thought "They really screwed it up, they spent money on special effects! That misses the whole experience of the show. ;)

For me, the most memorable LIS was where Dr Smith gets banished to this derelict alien ship & he finds this helmet doohickey that can conjure up ANYTHING he wants...Which he does unending til the OWNER of said doohickey shows up & is a bit torqued about the situation. Remember him ? White, pasty feller, looked like he was covered in ceiling spackle, dressed in a black velour turtleneck...All he could do was go "ERRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrRRRRRRR !!!" & hold out his outstretched hands at Dr Smith, but to my 8 yr old 1965 eyes, he/it was a uber-frightening, blood-blanching MONSTER. Smith gave the magic helmet back, all the goodies went away, & Will got an apple out of the deal. But THAT was the scariest one to me. It was on just a couple of weeks back, & it STILL sent chills...Funny how that stupit old $1.98 show can still do that...

And the SSRN Seaview is probably one of, if not the, most beautiful fictional vessels ever filmed. And the Flying Sub too, is incredible.

You might like this site......in-depth info/history of the "Seaview" studio miniatures and full size sets.
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/Seaview/SeaviewTop.htm

If you click on "16 foot model"......you'll see that the original studio model sits in some guys backyard! Also....clicking on "INDEX" will acess you to history/info on ALL Irwin Allen productions and where the props & models are today. Interesting stuff for fans.

Russ