It's The Swiss Family Robinson... in space. It's 1997. The Jupiter 2 spaceship is being launched to Alpha Centauri. The crew includes the Robinson family, father John, mother Maureen, and children Judy, Penny, and Will as well as the pilot Major Donald West. Dr. Zachary Smith tries to sabotage the ship and its robot. He gets trapped onboard and while he saves the ship, they are lost in space.
The first season starting in 1965 is in black and white. The crew is stranded on an alien planet and they are forced to deal with different aliens or disasters of the week. The second season turns into color. They get off the planet and crashes into another planet. The third season has the ship flying again destined for Alpha Centauri.
This is a ground breaking sci-fi TV, a year before Star Trek. The first year does ground down mostly into an episodic alien-of-the-week show. It has more in common with Gilligan's Island which actually came out at the same time than Star Trek. It has a lot of silly kiddie show and Will is a rather annoying know-it-all brat. At least, they're trying. The second season's start is most glaring for the glitter makeup. I'm guessing that they wanted the makeup to show on the old TVs. In HD, it's like a bad job by little kids or the characters are sweating out glitter. Will's prominence is diminished. Penny has a little more to do. Penny, Will, and Smith would continue to be the stars of the show. The parents are the parents. Judy and West become almost side characters. Once they're on the ground, it becomes a repeat of the first season. The third season is more like Star Trek than ever before. They get to travel around but somehow they are often still stuck on the ground. This is a good initial attempt with some recycled sci-fi ideas and its sillier kiddie show genes. It remains an icon of early TV sci-fi.
The first season starting in 1965 is in black and white. The crew is stranded on an alien planet and they are forced to deal with different aliens or disasters of the week. The second season turns into color. They get off the planet and crashes into another planet. The third season has the ship flying again destined for Alpha Centauri.
This is a ground breaking sci-fi TV, a year before Star Trek. The first year does ground down mostly into an episodic alien-of-the-week show. It has more in common with Gilligan's Island which actually came out at the same time than Star Trek. It has a lot of silly kiddie show and Will is a rather annoying know-it-all brat. At least, they're trying. The second season's start is most glaring for the glitter makeup. I'm guessing that they wanted the makeup to show on the old TVs. In HD, it's like a bad job by little kids or the characters are sweating out glitter. Will's prominence is diminished. Penny has a little more to do. Penny, Will, and Smith would continue to be the stars of the show. The parents are the parents. Judy and West become almost side characters. Once they're on the ground, it becomes a repeat of the first season. The third season is more like Star Trek than ever before. They get to travel around but somehow they are often still stuck on the ground. This is a good initial attempt with some recycled sci-fi ideas and its sillier kiddie show genes. It remains an icon of early TV sci-fi.