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Today’s VHS pick is Lost in Space (1998)—one of those 90s Hollywood stabs at turning 60s TV shows into blockbuster spectacles.

The cast is stacked: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham. For a movie this goofy, it’s still wild that they roped in so much star power.

Critics trashed it at release, but over time it’s carved out a cult following.

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Had a crush on Lacey Chabert for all of 5 minutes as a kid watching this.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Glad to know I wasn't alone.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

We're dozens!

[–] fantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Yes! Lacey Chabert <3

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Goth chabert

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was that the one with the kick-ass soundtrack... A quick glance says yes, yes it was.

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think I ever watched that show... but I know that soundtrack.

It's bugging me now because I don't know where I heard it from, maybe I heard it a few times when it was on the TV as a kid.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The one that I mean, and I think OP too, is a movie. I didn't even know there is a series.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

It's based on a TV show from the 60s. And there was a recent reboot several years ago on Netflix

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Love this flick. Draws a lot more plot from the 60’s show than the more recent reboot, but dials up the action and gives everything a slick ‘90s polish. Oldman really that’s the needle on Dr. Smith’s mix of menace and camp. It’s just a shame Hurt is so painfully wooden.

As far as I can remember, the effects hold up pretty well, too, apart from the monkey sidekick.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I loved that movie. The effects have aged poorly but it's still good, I was actually really disappointed that the more recent adaptation of lost in space took such a distinctly different tone than this one.

[–] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the effects are dated but honestly I think they held up pretty well. Almost 30 years old at this point.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Those helmets were so cool the first time we saw them

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Have to admit I quite enjoyed the 2018-2021 TV series too. Cheesy but fun, and a three-season run that actually managed to wrap things up before it got cancelled, which is an increasing rarity.

[–] AppleStrudel@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wish physical media would come back, including reprints. I don't even know where to watch a lot of things these days with how everything is scattered all over every subscription service imaginable.

[–] atomicpoet@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

DVDs and Blu-Rays are still being made. Actually, you can get this movie in those formats—if you wish.

[–] AppleStrudel@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is good to know. Maybe it's a good idea to dust off my old PS4 as a Blu-Ray player.

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Yes, it is. I still use my PS3 for Blu-Rays.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why I went back to the high seas. Too many subscriptions. I just watch out for good movies/series and sailing I go.

[–] AppleStrudel@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Meh, too much hassle. And not sending the right message. If I'm not engaging the content for being easily available to the point I don't even know they exist, it's a far stronger message to the companies that their greed doesn't pay at all. Than them getting "we need to protect our IP from them damn pirates! Quick, lobby the politicians to pass sum lawls" out of it.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Underrated movie. Throw starship troops in there also.

[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

You should cross-post this to !homevideo@feddit.uk, they'd love this!