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Lost in Space (1998) on VHS: Peak ’90s Cheese Movie thread (media.piefed.social)
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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.

A person holds a VHS copy of Lost in Space (1998). The worn cover shows the film’s title with a metallic logo above a spaceship in a starry background. Below are portraits of the main cast—Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, and others—wearing futuristic grey uniforms. A review quote at the bottom reads: “A thrill ride of a movie… exciting, adventurous, eye-popping fun!”
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

Iirc, Irwin Allen was being lobbied with complaints about the first season being too scary. So he decided to spite the complaints and pivoted hard into camp, rather than merely toning down the sci-fi horror.

Citations needed.

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