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Section B: The Upcoming NLC Lost In Space II movie

Section B addresses your hopes for the upcoming Lost In Space movie.  This section of the survey gets into greater detail about the many aspects of Lost In Space that are important to you.

• The majority of you (54%) want to see the new movie start where the first one finished.
• 36 of you (26%) said it doesn't matter.

• 78% percent of you do not want to see Penny turned into a lizard.
• 14% of you held the next most popular opinion, "Does not matter".

Drama

• 75% of you want to see more drama.
• 20% of you want it kept the same and 4% want less drama.

Pacing

• 65% of you thought the pacing was too busy.
• In contrast, 7% of you would like to see faster pacing in the new movie.
• 28% of you want the pacing to be kept the same.

Special Effects

• Almost 63% of you said you want the special effects kept the same in the new movie.
• 30% of you want to see less special effects.
• Less than 7% of you would like to see more special effects.

Humor

• 79 of you (57.7%) want to see the humor kept the same. 
• 42 of you (30.7%) want to see more humor.
• 15 of you (11%) want to see less humor.

Suspense

• 59% of you want to see more suspense.  
• 35% of you are happy with it the way it was in the first movie.
• The remaining 6% of the vote are shared evenly among those who want to see less and those who chose not to respond to this question.

Horror

• Nearly half of you (47%) want to see the horror kept the same that it was.
• Almost 1/3 of you (32%) want to see less horror in the new movie.
• Almost 18% of you (25%) want to see more horror.

Characterization

• 99 of you (72%) want to see the central characters played more like they were portrayed in the classic series.
• Almost 26% of you want to see the characters portrayed as they were in the first NLC Lost In Space movie.

Character Depth

• 110 of you (80%) want to see more character depth in the next movie.
• In contrast, 4 of you (3%) would like to see less character depth.
• 22 of you (16%) want to see the character depth kept the same.

Camp

• 67 of you (49%) of you said keep the camp the same in the new movie.
• 28% of you would like to see less camp, while 18% of you would like to see more.
• 6 of you (4%) chose not to respond to this question.

The selections for this question were presented as a list of items that could be selected independently.   Respondents were asked to select all items that they felt applied to the question.

An additional text field was included to enter an item in the "Other" category.

• The most popular response was the script, which 70% of you selected.
• The least popular response was "Budget", with 14% of the total vote.

Of those who selected "Other", your comments have been summarized below.  For the complete set of responses, see: all B4 responses.

Respondents were asked to select from a pre-defined list of improvements.  The colored bars from left to right on the chart are labeled from top to bottom in the legend.   

• Classic type characters are your number one improvement, with 38 votes (28%).
• The next biggest improvement you want to see is the script, with 30 votes (22%).
• The third biggest improvement you want to see is the Production Design, with 24 votes (18%).
• Sharing the least responses were "Casting", "Horror", "Humor" and "Production Quality, with 2 votes each.

I liked how NLC portrayed John Robinson
No	71 votes
Yes	63 votes
No response	3 votes

Based on the "yes" votes for each character portrayed, the following graph has been produced:

• Your 3 favorite character portrayals were those of Judy Robinson, Will Robinson and Dr. Smith.
• The B9 Robot and John Robinson were liked least as they were portrayed in the movie.

In questions 7 through 13, the same question was posed for each of the cast who portrayed a classic character from the original Lost In Space.  Would you like to see them brought back in the new Lost In Space movie?  You were also given an opportunity to submit anyone's name as a replacement for the cast member from the first movie.  To avoid splitting votes into 2 or 3 parts, answers that contained more than 1 person were disqualified.

• In spite of the fact that you least liked the character portrayal of John Robinson, 66% of you want to see William Hurt back in his role.

Who I would like to see as John Robinson:

Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson were your top picks for who you'd like to see portray John Robinson, with 5 and 2 votes, respectively.

• 77% of you want to see Mimi Rogers back as Maureen Robinson.

Who I would like to see as Maureen Robinson:

• June Lockhart was your favorite choice for who you'd like to see portray Maureen Robinson, with 5 votes.
• In second place is a three-way tie, with 2 votes each for Gillian Anderson, June Lockhart's daughter and Sigourney Weaver.

71% of you want to see Lacey Chabert back as Penny Robinson.

Who I would like to see as Penny Robinson:

• With 4 votes, Angela Cartwright is your favorite actress you'd like to see as Penny.

• 87% of you want to see Heather Graham back as Judy Robinson.

Who I would like to see as Judy Robinson:

• Marta Kristen stands out with 4 votes.
• Christina Applegate and Mira Sirvino received 1 vote each.

80% of you want to see Jack Johnson back as Will Robinson.

Who I would like to see as Will Robinson:

• Billy Mumy took 4 votes.
• Billy Mumy's son and Macauly Culkin received 1 vote each.

82% of you want to see Matt LeBlanc back as Don West.

Who I would like to see as Don West:

Mark Goddard is your favorite actor for Don West, followed by Kurt Russell, who appeared in a first year episode from the classic TV series.

76% of you want to see Gary Oldman back as Dr. Smith.

Who I would like to see as Dr Smith:

Compared to all other Lost In Space roles polled in this question, Dr. Smith's role received the most response.

• Jonathan Harris was your top choice for the role, receiving 10 votes.
• Second place was a tie, with Jeremy Irons and Malcom McDowell receiving 2 votes each.

• 71 of you (52%) strongly agree with this question.  Combined with 36 of you (26%) who agreed with this statement, Bill Mumy garnered 78% of the responses to this question.
• A total of 6% of you disagreed or strongly disagreed with giving Bill Mumy a substantial role in the new movie.

• 67 of you (49%) strongly agree with this question.  Combined with 28 of you (20%) who agreed with this statement, Jonathan Harris collected 69% of the responses to this question.
• A total of 9% of you disagreed or strongly disagreed with giving Jonathan Harris a substantial role in the new movie.

• The classic version of production designs was favored, with 42% of the vote.
• Not far behind was support for the 1998 versions, with 38% of the vote.

• The classic "Saucer" shape came out on top by a clear margin, with 62% of the vote.
• Following this came the NLC Egg Shaped Jupiter craft, with 26% of the vote.
• 10 of you (7%) you chose to include a text box that was provided to describe what the Jupiter 2 should look like in  the new movie. To see this list, select: B17 Jupiter 2 suggestions.

• The B-9 was the favorite choice in this question, capturing 60% of the votes.
• "Big Blue" followed in second place, with 23% of the votes.
• Although 8 of you (5%) selected "A new, human animated robot", none of you chose to use the text entry provided to describe any further details.

• 53% of you don't want to see the Blarp brought back.
• Following the no vote were 36 of you (26%) who said that it doesn't matter.
• 25 of you (18%) said you want to see the Blarp in the next movie.

• 82% of you missed seeing the classic Chariot, and would like to see it in the new movie.
• 12% of you said that it doesn't matter.
• 5% of you don't want to see the Chariot in the new movie.

• 76% of you want to see the classic Space Pod brought into the new movie, 6% less than your desire to see the classic Chariot again.
• It doesn't matter to 16% of you, and 7% of you don't want to see it in the new movie.

This question allowed an unrestricted text reply, which resulted in a wide variety of opinions.  So many in fact, that we've charted only those names that received 3 or more votes. Your responses have been sorted in order of magnitude, with the most popular responses first.  For a complete list, select all B22 Directors.

• Steven Spielberg and Nicholas Meyer stand out about the rest of the directors, with 13 and 11 votes respectively.

This question allowed an unrestricted text reply, which resulted in a wide variety of opinions.  So many in fact, that we're only charting those names that received 2 or more votes. Your responses have been sorted in order of magnitude, with the most popular responses first.  For the complete list, select all B23 Screenplay Writers.

• Bill Mumy received 20 votes, all others trailed considerably.

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