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Lost in Space (1998)
What is right, what is wrong
*This may contain Spoilers*! What is RIGHT with this movie: Special Effects. You really can't compare fairly anything modern with the 60's, we all know this, but both shows for their times did a great job with the warp speed scenes, the spiders were scary & believable, and the bubble effect was quite good along with the great sets. The "Bloop" character was more believable as an alien than that ridiculous monkey from the original series, and the kid played a pretty good Will Robinson, and it was really cool to see some of the original actors with cameos in this film, should have had more parts, but they were showcased at least. And i did like Gary Oldman, as always, as Dr. Smith, he was cunning, subtle & showed plenty of cowardice when he needed to. What is WRONG with this movie: First of all, two words: William Hurt. Not saying he is a bad actor, but he was dreadful in this one, although he looked good, he also looked like an amateur in his first B-movie. But that is just for starters, the whole "family" concept seemed scrapped from the original series, which was one with strength & resolve, turned into a dis-functional, confused & completely abandoned & self-focused plot to the point where the movie itself lost it's sense of adventure. The Robot, of course the original B-9 from the series is LOVED & none other can take it's place. The relationship between it & Will Robinson was not nearly as tight. And speaking of Will Robinson, WHY was Billy Mumy not in this film?? He should have played the part of the grown-up Will Robinson, and nothing in my mind doubts that he wanted to. Overall, this is just an average film good for the effects, it falls short as a representation to the original story, which helped change the face of television.
Rabbit Test (1978)
Regretable & FORGETTABLE
I remember this movie when i was 13 (seems a lot of reviews are saying the same thing AGE 13!) with a group of school buddies. We all wanted to see Billy Crystal in his first movie, and fell for the typical commercial ads telling us this was a great comedy. We suffered through about 45 minutes of it, and all agreed to leave the theater. It was grotesque & tasteless, and a far cry from the ability Billy Crystal had to make us laugh, we were not laughing. I stumbled upon this review by accident, and decided to register just to tell the rest of the world what a rot-gut waste of film this was, now if you rent this, you deserve what you get, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!