"The Robinsons: Lost in Space" is a 42-minute pilot television episode for a series that never got picked up. It is basically loosely based on a much older show that got some Emmy Awards consideration several decades earlier, but this remake did not cause enough attraction so it would get turned into a "real" show. The director here is John Woo who made several pretty famous films already and the writer team is also pretty well-known, one of them even an Oscar winner. Guess in exchange for that they had to save a bit of money on the cast. i don't know anybody there except Adrianne Palicki and she isn't exactly a big star either. The story is basically set in the future, about a family who is stuck between fighting evil alien creatures while also trying to get along with each other. This could have been great material for a comedy, but it is all drama and I miss some lighter moments in here. Maybe that is also one of the reason why I give this one a thumbs-down. I would not have watched a television show based on that short film here.

Were do I start? This is what Lost In Space could have been. I agree with other reviews, the background of the people and plot is well done. We get a feel of what is going on, but no predictability, like so many movies.The only copy I know of, is the DVD one, that looks like a poor VHS tape. I sure would like to see the original.Here is what makes this...GOOD. I sat down to watch this with some friends and kids, they thought it was really good. (They know I love the old show!)So, a 'might have been' sitting in a WB vault somewhere. Production value is good, overall. I didn't car for the new robot, but everything else, including the new Jupiter II, looks great.

I thought that another reboot couldn't possibly be worse than the original campy series or the campy '90s movie. I was wrong.The first three segments are all about the teenagers insufferably whining. There's no action at all during this part, nor are the characters doing anything to make us root for them. It's all bad cliché family drama stuff.Finally, an alien ship attacks, but we don't know who the aliens are or why they're attacking. They're generic "bad aliens" and do nothing to increase the interest of what's happening.I find it nearly impossible to believe that this came from John Woo, a director who knows how to shoot more exciting films than this, and Doug Petrie, a really good writer from the Joss Whedon camp. I don't know how this went so wrong, but it did indeed go very wrong.Seek this out to satisfy your curiosity alone. I can very much see why the WB didn't pick this up for a series.

As someone who grew up watching the series, I was very anxious to watch this. After doing so, I have to say, I hated to see that it was over! I always wondered as a child, how Don came into the picture. This was explained in this version. And although I never knew there was a David, I hated to see him left behind. I think that Mr Smith would be missed though. His character made for many a great episode in the past. No one will ever forget that whining man, lol. All said and done, I was very entertained. Would definitely tune in next week...to see what happens next. I cant believe it was never picked up! Maybe someone will try this again in the future?