Smith who was mutated by the bite of a space spider. Spider smith is the other main villain of the 1998 scifi thriller movie lost in space. He is bitten by a space spider encountered aboard the wreak of the proteus, and eventually mutates into the. Older fans of the original, somewhat campy lost in space tv series will be downright shocked at just how forwardfacing the new reboot really is. The film focuses on the robinson family, who undertake a voyage to a nearby star system to begin largescale emigration from a soontobe uninhabitable earth, but are thrown off course by a.
For the 2018 reboot of lost in space as a netflix original series, parker posey was cast as dr. Doctor smith original series role lost in space wiki fandom. In 1998 trendmasters released a line of lost in space action figures based on the original 1965 tv series. He takes off the clothes covering him to reveal a spider human figure monster smith. If you want to start a main lostinspace page, just click the edit button above. Lost in space movie cast william hurt as john robinson.
The films large budget was largely due to the films more than 900 shots of cgi, which was at the time rumored to be the most in history for a single film. They have an admantium shell and have the same communication abilities as bees, and are known for being attracted to light and heat. He was the united states space corps staff psychologist and environmental expert prior to his unexpected departure from earth. In the year 2058, the earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution and global warming. The spirit remains the same, but one thing is certain. Spider smith, spider smith, does whatever a spider smith does. Cue john williams awesome lost in space theme song.
Smith action figure in red with accessories including the magent attack spider collectable. This cute large eyed alien sprite features tryme sound and color change, suction cups on its hands and feet, and a poseable tail. After she comments that hes a different size than their previous pilot and that theyll have to make adjustments, he comments that hed be happy to discuss his dimensions over dinner with her. Smith hadnt skulked aboard his ship and released all the animals, putting the keeper in a position to blackmail the robinsons for their children. Spider smith is the other main villain of the 1998 scifi thriller movie lost in space he was portrayed by gary oldman, who, in addition to portraying dr. The space family robinson is on a journey to alpha prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. The original antagonist of the lost in space series, dr. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Check in to see where the cast of the 60s tv show and their 1998 movie counterparts are today. Gary oldman as spider smith in lost in space 1998 source. The professional, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, egor korshunov in air force one, ruber in quest for camelot, mason verger in hannibal. Jan 17, 2019 tv commercial for the 1998 movie lost in space, starring william hurt, matt leblanc, gary oldman, mimi rogers, and heather graham. In the nottoodistant future, earth will soon be rendered uninhabitable due to extensive, irreversible harm from pollution. Smith and the robot as being silly and sometimes annoying.
Lost in space movie deluxe figures released in 1997 by trendmasters magnet attack spiders climb and crawl. In one of the last scenes of the finale, a scarf and blue rubber ball that belonged to dr. Smith s other self, also portrayed dracula in bram stokers dracula, drexl spivey in true romance, norman stansfield in the professional, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, ivan korshunov in air force one, ruber in quest for. It was directed by stephen hopkins and stars william hurt and gary oldman in the nottoodistant future, earth will soon be rendered uninhabitable due to extensive, irreversible harm from pollution. Reminiscing on the 1998 lost in space movie, starring gary oldman and. With guy williams, june lockhart, mark goddard, marta kristen. With gary oldman, william hurt, matt leblanc, mimi rogers. Spider smith lost in space works archive of our own. They can eat through metal and have a jaggedtoothed maw. When the jupiter 2 strays dangerously off course, the robinson family must band together and use their unique skills to complete their mission for face certain death while they remain lost in space.
With molly parker, toby stephens, maxwell jenkins, taylor russell. Prior to the launch of the jupiter 2 from earth, dr. Smith, the main antagonist portrayed by actress parker posey, is presumed dead after the events of the season 2 finale of lost in space, it is implied that she may have faked her own death in order to ensure her own survival. Lost in space is a 1998 american sciencefiction adventure film directed by stephen hopkins. November 6, 1914 november 3, 2002 was an american character actor whose career included more than 500 television and movie appearances, as well as voiceovers.
Lost in space 1998 is a science fiction film adaptation of the 196568 television series of the same name. And the roguish, but charming don west is a highlyskilled, blue collar contractor, who had no intention of joining the colony, let alone crash landing on a lost planet. They do all right until the villain, spider smith tries to kill the family and he ruins the navigational system. The planets increasing instability forces the jupiter ii to.
As it turns out the people who made this movie took a more serious approach to the robinson family, and did what might be argued as a 1st season lost in space homage. Lost in space is a dimwitted shootemup based on the old i hesitate to say classic tv series. The robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. The series follows the adventures of the robinsons, a pioneering family of space colonists who struggle. If it outgrosses the brilliant dark city, the previous scifi film from the same studio, then audiences must have lost their will to be entertained.
He was portrayed by gary oldman, who also portrayed count dracula in bram stokers dracula, drexl spivey in true romance, norman stansfield in leon. Smiths spider army devours him and he is thrown into the time portal, ripping him apart. However, it felt like he started phoning it in towards the end of the film and stopped trying to carry the cast but his character isnt that likeable to begin with since he knowingly puts his family at risk and hes ignoring them. It opened in the united states on april 3, 1998 to mixed reactions from lost in space fans, who often criticized the.
Lost in space 1998 stream and watch online moviefone. Smith and dramatically overenunciates every syllable of his lines, lost in space boasts an impressively 90s flashback cast, including. Lost in space movie through the planet alternate score duration. Subscribe the robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Zachary smith is slashed by a space spider encountered aboard the wreak of the proteus, and eventually mutates into spider smith. Lost in space isnt so much a movie version of an old tv show as a mindblowing, multimedia video game that threatens to blast audiences into submission with bleeps and blips, fiery explosions. Rules spiderman uses his appearance in the recent amazing spiderman films spider smith from the 1998 lost in space movie. Smith betrays will and attempts to reprogram the future robot to take over the time machine. Lost in space is a 1998 american sciencefiction adventure film directed by stephen hopkins, and starring william hurt, matt leblanc, and gary oldman. The archive may occasionally be slow or unresponsive due to ongoing issues with our elasticsearch servers.
Now heading into this film, hurt had a pretty solid resume after appearing in oscar nominated films such as children of a lesser god and kiss of the spider woman which he did win best actor for the latter. This line consisted of four tube boxed 8inch dolls and two window boxed dolls. Smith s careless blasting in the episode ghost in space. Lost in space is an american science fiction television series, created and produced by irwin allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968. His character is similar to the original as first depicted, in the sense that this smith also decided to try to sabotage the jupiter mission, but this smith is slightly more evil seeming. Rendered mad by his horrifying transformation, future smith will not rest until his children have devoured earth itself. Created by irwin allen, matt sazama, burk sharpless. There were several very good guest stars including michael rennie, warren oates, kurt russell, and others, decent special effects, and sober story lines. They are also known to kill and eat others of their kind. Spider smith this figure includes small magnetic baby space spiders and comes with bendable legs plush blawp toy the blawp is the movie equivalent of debbie the bloop from the old tv series. Imagine making a space movie a year before the goddamn moon landing and it still looking fresh five decades. What went wrong on the 1998 lost in space movie syfy wire. In all honesty i get a sense that this may have been the kind of series that irwin allen might have wanted to create had he the money and resources way back in the 1960s. In the first series, smith was a saboteur working for a foreign government, paid by a rival nation to foil the jupiter mission health of the robinson family be damned.
Doctor zachary smith is the main antagonist from the classic 1960s scifi series, lost in space, and its 1998 remake feature film version as well. In october 1997 some magazines gave us our first glimpse of the bubble fighter piloted by don west in an early movie scene, the cuddly blawp creature which befriends the robinsons, wills rebuilt robot, spider smith, the movie robot, the revamped movie jupiter 2, a laser gun with assault attachments and lost in space movie action figures. Its got cheesy special effects, a muddy visual look, and characters who say obvious things in obvious ways. Zachary smith is the main antagonist of the 1998 scifi thriller movie lost in space. Take a look back at gary oldmans movie career in photos. Smith has benefited the most from the updating made for netflix. However, it felt like he started phoning it in towards the end of the film and stopped trying to carry the cast but his character isnt that. The movie is about a family, the robinsons trying to go to the other habitable planet in the galaxy. Their origin is unknown but the crew of the jupiter 2 discovered them aboard the proteus. Zachary smith, who is intent on foiling their plan. Lost in space movie trendmasters action figure checklist. He was portrayed by gary oldman, who, in addition to portraying dr. The professional, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth. After crashlanding on an alien planet, the robinson family fight against all odds to survive and escape, but theyre surrounded by hidden dangers.
Even those who saw the 1998 lost in space movie reboot will be surprised at the changes made for the netflix version. In fact, if i had a time machine to go back in time and not watch this movie, you bet your ass i would take a time portal opens to ncs left, revealing spider dr. It was directed by stephen hopkins and stars william hurt and gary oldman. He shifts at first from being a devious and cunning spy and saboteur to being a comical, bumbling, greedy troublemaker as the series progressed. Way back in 1965, the year was 1997, and america was preparing to launch the jupiter ii into deep space. Smith is a main character portrayed by actor gary oldman in the 1998 lost in space movie. The entire group took off in their ship jupiter 2, and promptly got well, lost in space. Smith reprogrammed the robot to destroy the ship eight hours after departure. Lost in space movie destroy robinson family youtube. They are all betrayed by the future smith, who is revealed to have transformed into a giant space spider human hybrid as a result of the wound he received on the proteus. Lost in space is an american science fiction television series and is a reimagining of the 1965 series of the same name itself a reimagining of the 1812 novel the swiss family robinson, following the adventures of a family of space colonists whose spaceship veers off course. Dec 20, 2014 rules spiderman uses his appearance in the recent amazing spiderman films spider smith from the 1998 lost in space movie. Lost in space 1998 is a science fiction film adaptation of the 196568.
It opened in the united states on april 3, 1998 to mixed reactions from lost in space fans, who often criticized the many changes made to the original concept and continuity. Lost in space was a feature film based on the original television series, reimagining the adventures of the robinson family on a reimagined jupiter 2. One of my favourite and mostrewatched scenes of any movie is from 1998s lost in space, where the future will robinson sends his father back in time to save the family. En route, their spacecraft is sabotaged by arch villain dr. Lost in space 1998 movie trailer tv spot gary oldman. Lost in space 1998 movie lost in space wiki fandom. The events of lost in space 1998 are put into motion when the evil dr. If lost in space gets a second season which seems likely, given the sunk costs netflix has expended on set construction alone heres hoping parker poseys snaky doctor smith and molly parkers. Professor john robinson, lead scientist of the jupiter 2 mission, will lead his family to the habitable planet alpha prime to prep it for colonization. This photo, entitled gary oldman as spider smith in lost in space 1998, has been posted on thursday, february 12th, 2015 in the fanmade gallery dedicated to lost in space cinema. Lost in space 1997 trendmasters proteus armor dr smith action. If a human is bitten and not killed by a spider, he or she slowly turns into a hybrid spider human as evidenced by dr. Apr 11, 2018 aside from oldman, who goes all in as the evil dr.
Fight will take place in future smith s chamber, because rob transported spidey there to fight this future threat to humanity. The series was inspired by the 1812 novel the swiss family robinson and a comic book published by gold key comics titled space family robinson. Lost in space the bog monster was the denizen of a radioactive swamp that was disturbed by dr. Smiths other self, also portrayed dracula in bram stokers dracula, drexl spivey in true romance, norman stansfield in the professional. If one is bitten by a space spider, they slowly become infected and eventually become hybrids with the species, which can produce a swarm of smaller spiders eventually, although the gestation rate appears to be excruciatingly long. Aug 29, 2014 way back in 1965, the year was 1997, and america was preparing to launch the jupiter ii into deep space. Zachary smith is a intergalactic doctor of environmental psychology. The plot is adapted from the 19651968 cbs television series of the same name itself inspired by the 1812 novel the swiss family robinson by johann david wyss. His future self spidersmith, on the other hand, plays this trope straight, but he doesnt. As the clock ticks down toward the resolutes departure, the robinsons scramble to get off the planet and out from under dr. Will, through the robots holographic interface, sees the spiders eating the. Smith hacks the robot and forces him to attack the robinsons jupiter ii while they are in stasis.