Lost In Space (Based on the Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman)

From Library Journal
In the trend toward resurrecting television shows from the 1960s and 1970s, Lost In Space is a welcome addition. This version, based on the new feature film, contains more suspense, violence, action, technology, gadgetry, and weaponry, more ecological, political, and family values, and, of course, more sex than we're used to in the old reruns. The story, radically enhanced, begins with the Robinson family taking off into space on a humanitarian mission to find a new world, as Earth is soon to be inhabitable. But things go awry early in the voyage when the evil stowaway-turned-prisoner Dr. Smith sabotages the ship and the famous "Danger, Will Robinson" robot. From this point forward, the similarities between the old series and the new adaptation are abandoned. Their travel adventures include an encounter with deadly alien monsters, a brush with time-displacement where they meet their future selves, and a crash landing in such detail that it can almost be visualized. Mimi RogersAwho plays Maureen Robinson in the filmAimmediately captures the listener's attention with a reading that has energy, intensity, and an elegant, almost heroic vocal quality. More than oral interpretation, she gives a performance. Recommended for all sf collections.ACharlie Weiss, formerly with "Library Journal"Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
This is an undistinguished reading of an abridged version of a disappointing story by an otherwise well-regarded science fiction author. The main gripe of reviewers is that Vinge has injected dysfunctional family elements into the familial paradise of the insipid 1960's TV series. Narrator Mimi Rogers, who portrayed Maureen Robinson in the movie, reads smoothly enough but makes almost no attempt to distinguish the characters. Only the bad guy and the little boy are recognizable, the former by an unclassifiable accent and the latter by minor shrillness. What praise the movie garnered was for special effects, and there aren't any in this audio version. D.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


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In the trend toward resurrecting television shows from the 1960s and 1970s, Lost In Space is a welcome addition. This version, based on the new feature film, contains more suspense, violence, action, technology, gadgetry, and weaponry, more ecological, political, and family values, and, of course, more sex than we're used to in the old reruns. The story, radically enhanced, begins with the Robinson family taking off into space on a humanitarian mission to find a new world, as Earth is soon to be inhabitable. But things go awry early in the voyage when the evil stowaway-turned-prisoner Dr. Smith sabotages the ship and the famous "Danger, Will Robinson" robot. From this point forward, the similarities between the old series and the new adaptation are abandoned. Their travel adventures include an encounter with deadly alien monsters, a brush with time-displacement where they meet their future selves, and a crash landing in such detail that it can almost be visualized. Mimi Rogerswho plays Maureen Robinson in the filmimmediately captures the listener's attention with a reading that has energy, intensity, and an elegant, almost heroic vocal quality. More than oral interpretation, she gives a performance. Recommended for all sf collections.Charlie Weiss, formerly with "Library Journal"


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