A Call To Action: Section A-The Original NLC (April 1998) Lost In Space movie

Section A: The Original NLC (April 1998) Lost In Space movie

The New Line Lost In Space movie has already been discussed in detail at the Buffnet Lost In Space Mailing List, but this section was included to quantify your overall opinions of the first movie so we have a solid point of reference for your Lost In Space II opinions.

A1. Overall, I liked the movie.

A1.gif (6785 bytes)

61% of you agreed or strongly agreed with this statement.

A2. Overall, I feel the movie could have been better.

A2.gif (6668 bytes)

44 of you (32%) agreed and 50 of you (41%) strongly agreed for a total of 100 (73%) of you who felt that the movie could have been better than it was.

A3. Overall, I liked the screenplay.

A3.gif (7490 bytes)

An amazing 31% of you were neutral about the screenplay.
Although there was almost as much agreement about liking the screenplay (30%), only 6% of you strongly agreed that you liked the screenplay.

A4. Overall, I liked the casting.

A4.gif (6723 bytes)

53 of you (39%) agreed that you liked the casting.
82 of you (60%) agreed or strongly agreed that you liked the casting.
23 of you (17%) disagreed or strongly disagreed with this statement.

A5. Overall, I liked the characterizations.

A5.gif (7394 bytes)

49 of you (36%) agreed that you liked the characterizations, but 33 of you (24%) disagreed.

A6. Overall, I thought the pacing of the movie interfered with the drama.

A6.gif (6445 bytes)

54 of you (almost 40%) agreed that the pacing of the movie interfered with the drama.
71 of you (52%) agreed or strongly agreed with this statement.

A7. Overall, I liked the production qualities.

A7.gif (6599 bytes)

57 of you (42%) agreed that you liked the production qualities of the movie.
38 of you (28%) strongly agreed that you like the production qualities.
Only 10 of you (7%) disagreed or strongly disagreed with this statement.

A8. Overall, I liked the campiness.

A8.gif (6732 bytes)

The 57 neutral responses from this question (42%) were the highest of any question in Section A. The neutral votes indicate that you neither agreed or disagreed with the campiness in the movie.
Following the neutral vote were 30 of you (22%) who agreed with this statement and 27 of you (20%) who disagreed with this statement.

A9. Overall, I liked the way the budget was used.

A9.gif (7975 bytes)

40 of you (29%) were neutral on this question, followed closely at 39 votes (28%) by the disagree vote.
30 of you (22%) agreed that you liked the way the budget was used.

A10. Overall, I liked the script.

A10.gif (7536 bytes)

41 of you (31%) were neutral on this question.
In contrast, the disagree and agree votes registered 31 (26%) and 31 (23%), respectively.
Only 7 of you (5%) strongly agreed that you liked the script

A11. Overall, I liked the music soundtrack.

A11.gif (8540 bytes)

34 of you (25%) disagreed with this statement, yet 29 of you (21%) agreed.
A comparison of those who strongly disagreed to those who strongly agreed yields a nearly equal 21/20 votes (15.3/14.6%) split.

A12. Overall, I liked the special effects.

A12.gif (6693 bytes)

The special effects were well-liked, with 47 of you (34%) agreeing and 56 of you (41%) strongly agreeing.
103 of you (75%) agreed or strongly agreed with this statement.

A13. Overall, I liked the production design (Jupiter 2, robots, weaponry, costuming, technology, etc.)

A13.gif (7535 bytes)

39 of you (28%) agreed with this statement and 22 of you (16%) strongly agreed that you liked the production design, for a combined total of 61 (44%).
In comparison, 23 of you (17%) strongly disagreed and 28 of you (20%) of you disagreed with the production design, for a total of 51 votes (37%).

A14. Another quality I liked is:

This question allowed an unrestricted text reply, which resulted in a wide variety of opinions. Your comments have been summarized below. For a complete set of responses, see all responses to question A14.

Comments per topic	Topic Summary
19	Relevance to the original TV series
18	Quality and realism of the production
10	Quality of the characterizations
8	Cameo appearances by the original cast
6	The return of the B9 and Dick Tufeld's voice
4	Casting of the characters
4	The closeness of the Robinson family
3	The new robot
2	General audience market
2	More serious than the original series
2	The new Jupiter 2

A15. What I liked most about the movie is:

This question allowed an unrestricted text reply, which resulted in a wide variety of opinions. Your comments have been summarized below. For a complete set of responses, see all A15 responses.

Comments per topic	Topic Summary
26	Relevance to the original TV series
17	Production Design and effects
17	Quality of the characterizations
7	Cameo appearances by the original cast
6	The return of the B9 and Dick Tufeld's voice
4	Casting of the characters
4	Seriousness of the movie
4	Suspense and action
4	The Jupiter 1
4	New "Big Blue" robot
2	Nothing
2	Plot and concept
2	Rebuilt Robot

A16. What I disliked most about the movie is:

This question allowed an unrestricted text reply, which resulted in a wide variety of opinions. Your comments have been summarized below. For a complete set of responses, see all A16 responses.

Comments per topic	Topic Summary
16	The Blarp
15	Disregard for the values in the classic series
9	Poor music and soundtrack
8	Casting/portrayal of John Robinson
8	Time Bubble concept
8	The look of the sets, hardware and design
8	Jonathan Harris and Bill Mumy were not included
8	Characterizations (Penny, most notably)
7	Special effects and CGI - too much or unrealistic
7	Script and story
6	The spider Dr. Smith portrayal
6	"Too busy"
5	Dysfunctional Robinson family portrayal
5	Cameo appearances were too short
4	Lack of a strong plot
3	"Big Blue" robot
3	Too dark and moody
3	Too many unbelievable aspects
3	Lineage and disfiguration of the Robot
2	"Future" Will portrayal
2	Too much campiness

A17. By the way, how many times did you see the movie?

A17.gif (9997 bytes)

In this question, you were asked to indicate the number of times that you have seen the movie. 46 of you (34%) responded that you had seen the movie 1 time.
6 of you (4%) indicated that you have seen the movie 11 or more times!
On average, at the time of this survey, you have seen the movie 2.5 times.

A Call To Action Survey	Go to Section B
End of Section A - The Original NLC (April 1998) Lost In Space movie

Back to the Survey Page