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- The original LOST IN SPACE miniature spaceship, The Gemini 12, was used only in the series pilot and in stock footage over the three years of the show. After being severely modified for use in a TV movie, the ship was hastily fixed up and sold at auction in 1980.
The Gemini 12 disappeared for 35 years only to resurface as a restoration project by master model maker PAUL LUBLINER. This video tells the unique history of The Gemini 12 and how Paul took what was basically "a melted candy bar" and restored it to pristine condition. This video is in tribute to creator/producer IRWIN ALLEN on his 100th birthday (June 12, 2016)
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As a kid watching all this, you actually believed that was a real ship and there were people on board! Great job! Still watch the show today! 👽
Thank you Guy.
There weren’t?
Thank you for your blood, sweat, and tears into my first childhood scifi love I shared with my Father. We faithfully watched Lost in Space, Voyage to the bottom of the Sea, and Star Trek. I'm now 61yrs. young, and a Woman Marine veteran. Hmmm,I wonder if my love of Sci-fi influenced my carrier choice...? Semper Fi !
You're very welcome. Also, you are much younger than me!
I ran across this video and couldn't believe it. I can only say, thank all of you for bringing back a piece of my childhood. It hurt to see what she looked like after all that time in storage, but she is once again beautiful. I remember when I would rush home from school just to get my homework done and watch the show.
My dad could not afford a color TV until after he retired from the US Marines and by that time, this series was cancelled....We watched the show in Black and White. When it went into syndication, I watched every episode again in color after they switched to it during its production. I collected Lost In Space Memorabilia but had to let them all go during the Great Recession...
Beautiful spaceship...This show was so amazing in it's first year....TV was fun back then...You guys are a treasure to restore this piece of history. Thank you.
Thank you.
I loved Lost in Space for the first season as serious sci fi with potential, but I lost interest in favor of Star Trek. Too bad they turned LIS into a cartoon with Smith screaming all the time and goofy monsters popping in and out.
Amazing work!! And such selfless dedication! I’m as old as the show, so I saw it in reruns in the early 70s. I’m sure the show influenced me & played a part in my becoming a Submarine Nuclear Plant Operator. I hope the model does indeed earn a prominent display venue so us fans can enjoy it, amongst other period SciFi set pieces!!
Awsome lost in space was my favorite show when i was a kid. Great job.
Mine too, I was a kid in the seventies and watched it in reruns. I'm now 54 and a couple of years ago I came home from a bar at like 3AM and to my great surprise Lost In Space was on the tv. I was buzzed and overjoyed, all my childhood memories came flooding back. I started watching and I lasted maybe 10 minutes and it was the worst thing I've ever seen. Bad acting, bad plot, bad special effects, just bad. My memory was that of childhood, and while the original Star Trek holds up, LIS does not. How do you let your kid go anywhere alone with a child molester like Dr. Smith, that guy was not to be trusted lol. I tried, I really did, but damn they actually aired that crap to the entire nation. Remember the talking carrots episode? It's a comedy now.
I watched it as a wee lad during the original run. Lost count of the number of Frisbees I drew windows on with a magic marker & re-eneacted the classic crash scene, making my own version of the J2 sound as it went down.
@@robertkess9907 it was way better before they turned dr. Smith into a buffoon.
@@Caseytify how many did you “lose” in space?😂 I watched because of the robot it was the best character
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Fascinating. This was very a interesting and well put together documentary.
While spaceships from other sci-fi tv shows & movies were awesome, the Jupiter 2 has always had a special place in my heart.
More than "a few" people agree with you.
Absolutely love lost in space...
I absolutely have to thank these gentlemen, are a few others like them, who have either restored, or remanufactured a significant part of so many of a number of fans,
( like myself )
Preserving much of our youth's tv history !
I see there is yet another "hero" recreating the Jupiter 2's Chariot !
And a great job of it at that !
Thank you to all of you !
When seeing the ship that evoked the future I thought I would be living in I, almost cried. This was not just a television show for my generation but a goal to be strived for.
Thank you for your time and dedication. I loved this show growing up
While I loved LIS in the 60s - even though I was a kid - I knew the J2 dimensions were confusing. Its design just didn't compensate for 2 or 3 full sized decks, no way, no how. Even so - as a child I could suspend my belief and enjoy the show. And its sad to see key elements of the original series get thrown out completely and redesigned from the ground up in the Netflix reboot of LIS. The ship was the only thing that had a vague hint left to it. If I had been in charge of the designs I would hire only skilled artists with vision enough to modernize everything while maintaining the heart (feel) of the Jupiter 2, the Chariot and of course - the robot. The Netflix Reboot is essentially something other than the 60s LIS. The director and others in charge have lost their way, letting political correctness and pride get in the way. While progression means moving forward, I personally feel we need a connection to our past as a learning and evolving slate. But thats just my feelings on the matter. The pro side of the new reboot is - they didnt keep the stupidity that the original devolved to. The original forst few episodes were very serious - and it kinda went downhill in intelligence after that - lol. BUT IT WAS FUN! LOL
I always remembered that the JUPITER TWO had three levels instead of two .I recall the episode of the SPACE PHANTOM when Dr.smith was possesd by the space phantom and chasing will Robinson all over the space ship down to the fusion reactor when he had nowhere to run but around in circles til his father rescued him .. GREAT RESTORATION OF THE GEMINI 12 . THANKS FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO..
It was so hard for me to watch the show, it was my favorite show as a child but I had to do my homework first and I couldn't always finish on time, and worse yet I would rush through my homework, get an f , and dinner would be ready early and I'd have to shut off the tv missing the last 10 minutes most of the time.
There are still episodes to this day that I haven't seen yet.
Kids in the 80's didn't know how lucky they had it with VCRs and walkman and stuff...
You did a beautiful job on the restoration to say the least. I agree, that canyon crash scene was pulled off in spectacular fashion.
Yes we do agree, and you may soon see just how much we agree....
Wow! I'm reliving my childhood as a local TV station in Canada, CHCH Hamilton Ontario, is rebroadcasting the series. And now I see this wonderful restoration professionally presented and editted. Wonderful achievement all the way around. Thank you very much, gentlemen!
Thank you D M.
Great job !
I fashioned A Jupiter II from poster board about 24" in diameter with functional landing legs. Was a big fan.
Lost in space along with Star trek and Outer limits fueled my imagination, I so Agree wholeheartedly Irwin Allen was a true genius no doubt about it !
@6:09 billboard of KTAR-TV Channel 12 in Phoenix.
Awesome job and video. Completely enjoyed every aspect of it and thanks for such a terrific restoration job.
I always found it interesting that the ship was as shown was bigger inside than outside.
Continuity in Irwin Allen miniatures vs. interior sets was often lacking!
Sort of like the TARDIS. :-)
Welcome to science fiction FX. The Millennium Falcon has the same problem. Several kit makers have gone nuts trying to square the circle. There's an original Polar Lights kit in my closet. They did a pretty good job with including both levels.
My parents got a kick when I was 10 or so when I grew frustrated drawing my own schematics of the ship, exclaiming its impossible for all their quarters, gear and machinery to fit.
Interior shots are usually done on a sound stage. In one episode where Will(Bill Mumy) goes down to the lowest level, it looked like 10'-12' high.(Even on the full size ship,it was barely 2'). All the interiors of the Brady bunch house were at Paramount studio 5(?),used for two or 3 other shows( they changed interior look,the stair case was in the same place).
Same here! Same age. I had a big Sketch drawing pad and used various kitchen pot lids to draw the circle, then tried to draw in all the different rooms. I became a CAD drafter as an adult.
Should be at the Smithsonian Museum next to the Star Trek Enterprise
There is a museum in Hollywood for movie and TV props.
Wonderful! I was 13 in 1964 and loved the show's first seasons. The show went to color and added space clowns, cowboys, and the "Bloop", losing me as a viewer.
This is the definition of "A Labor Of Love". I salute you sir! Thanks for restoring and preserving a part of my childhood.
Thank you for the trip back in time! One of my all time favorite shows from childhood!
Y/W
Thank you very much. I grew up on Lost in Space. Well done.
Oh Boy Did We Love This Show . Best Flying Saucers Ever ! The Gemini 12 And The Jupiter 2. And Life Like Classic Space Robot. This Was One Of My Favorite Programs Of My Childhood. And Campy Space Monsters. With Epic Soundtrack . And Amazing Jet Pack That Prof.John Robinson Used. And A Cool Land Rover The Chariot . The Space Shuttle Was A Easy Way To Get Around. It Was Good Campy Fun. Thanx!
I still get a kick out of LIS!
wow good job
It is my childhood and it is beautiful.
This should be in a museum ;-)
Glad it is still alive! You guys should build the launch platform, and display it in the Smithsonian near the USS ENTERPRISE.
The original "Launch Tower", still exists. It might possibly be coming "available" in the future, who knows. A "Go Fund Me" to buy it is one idea, and another would be you Kenneth, petitioning the Smithsonian for their obtaining both of these items?
@@paullubliner6221 I didn't know I could do that. I'll see what I can do. I'd love to help any way I can...but I'm a fixed income guy ATM...
@@kennethfink7060 Fixed income? I don't think that has any affect on what I am suggesting you do. You know, excuses don't make things happen. So why don't you truly try (contact the Smithsonian as well as the Seattle Science Fiction Museum) and let us know what happens? Good luck!
How much did the restoration cost? If I had the money I would like to do a full scale of all three decks, since I remember in one episode they enter the atomic pile via a ladder.
You're referring to the Jupiter 2, the three story ship used in the series. Our video is about the LIS pilot's ship, the one-story Gemini 12.
"The better looking older brother of the Jupiter 2..." teehee...😆
Amazing restoration! Thanks to all for rescuing The Gemini 12. So, what happened to the Jupiter 2 models?
The hero Jupiter 1 (with landing gear) sold at auction a few years ago. I believe it's in the Azarian collection. I'm not sure where the other 4' models went but I think they were rescued. The smaller 15" miniature used extensively has never surfaced.
Is the 15" model the one seen in the episode "The Galaxy Gift" where Smith wishes for a completely new Jupiter 2 and only gets a toy model....as a kid I would have done anything to have that model to play with!!!! I watched LIS reruns every day at 5pm in the early 1970s....
Nice job, I'm glad to see this part of TV history being preserved👍👍👍
Initially we all thought the uniforms were just several shades of gray. Then once we got a color TV we realized that the uniforms were actually pink, purple, green and a host of other clashing colors!
Not in the B&W pilot episode.
Lol. I have a friend that grew up without a color television and with "Sanford and Son" had always thought that Redd Foxx was white. (He was always confused why Lamont was black. If only we could make the world that color blind!)
Thanks for sharing this. I was a long time fan remembering the show when it was originally on television. My mother would never allow me to watch it because she thought it would give me night mares. When the show was syndicated in the early 70’s, my wish to see it finally came true. I always wanted to be Will Robinson, and live his t.v. adventures. In the mid 1980’s, I was shocked when I learned by chance, my employer was actually Bill Mumy’s brother In law. I was working in a high end restaurant in the Detroit area at the time, and Bill was going to be visiting while in town. I was flustered meeting him, but recovered and found him to be very friendly, and after our first meeting, would ask for me to wait on him whenever he was in town. I told him what a fan of the show I was, and since I didn’t have cable then, hadn’t seen the show in many years. He asked what my favorite episodes were, and to my surprise, a few weeks later, sent a VHS tape he dubbed himself with the pilot, my favorite episode, and his favorite episode. He included an autographed picture. Needless to say I was shocked and very pleased he took the time to be so kind. I still have the tape which has the label with his handwriting telling the name of each episode. He and I had contact several more times until I left the restaurant in the mid 90’s. I’ll always think how strange it was that I once knew my childhood hero.
This is the first time I ever heard it referred to as Gemini 12. All I ever heard it referred to was Jupiter 2
If you have the LIS 50th Anniversary BluRay, the original pilot is on there and that's where the Robinson's ship is called "The Gemini 12."
The pilot was pretty cool. Launch control and the take off, and the fact that the future was like 1980, does someone remember the year Gemini 12 launched?
@@robertrodriguez8167 October 16, 1997
In response to previous contentious arguments -
When you boil it all down to a thick broth, the fundamental beauty of Lost In Space is that it’s theme of fantasy left it open for interpretation within each individual. Whether the J-2 having a lower deck, power core, space pod, etc is plausible or not, who’s to say that this show in general didn’t pique a youngster’s interest and enthusiasm- perhaps one with the proclivity or aptitude for aeronautics, astrophysics to become somebody with innovations in the real world of science? Or even fictional productions of the future as well.
We all could sit here all night long and pick it apart- even Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek, which was a more intellectually sophisticated show (even though to this day I adore LIS, with all its inconsistencies) yet it can be picked apart as well. Bottom line- this show (as others in the genre) brought a lot of joy and inspiration to many people. If things don’t align in one’s mind as to the effects/tech aspect, no big deal. It is a part of the fabric of our culture, and evokes many fond and poignant memories, as does John Williams’ music.
plus a very well-made video when it could have been a cheesy long-winded mess of some guys meandering around muttering nonsense while walking hither and yon. just the right amount of restoration talk, imo.
Thank you!
This show was all 'Americana'.. Brave family, space program, adventure, father was the head of the household, Alpha Control mirrored the image of Nasa...All It needed was a jar of Tang..you know...the favorite orange drink of the astronauts! I was eleven & watched every Mercury & Gemini mission.
You and me both...same age back then too lol.
@@michaelslack5269 had a crush on Marta Kristen...
I admire the effort put into this restoration, but I am very surprised such a fragile model even survived after 50 years.
It was too slow. Would take 98 years to get to Alpha Centauri. The Jupiter II could make the trip in 5 1/2 years or much faster as in the 3rd season they pass through an entire galaxy over night. .
Irwin's shows weren't noted for scientific accuracy. I'm pretty sure they thought "galaxy" was interchangeable with "star system". Then, a very, very few times they came up with some great sci-fi concepts like the "little bits of sunlight" in the generically titled season 2 opener, "Blast-off into Space" or the season one episode "Change of Space", with its intergalactic delivery ship. One thing I've always wondered about is this: if Alpha Centauri is 4-1/2 light years away, and the J2 can't travel faster than light, though it would take it that long to get there to the OUTSIDE observer, wouldn't it seem a lot quicker to the crew?
varanid9 with time dialation the time would be much less for the occupants.
Wrong. This is not a piece of television history. This is a piece of cultural history. Lost in Space has a big impact on the imaginations of many people and perhaps made some people enter the space program.
In fact, I've heard astronauts talk about that how LIS influenced their career choice in space travel and exploration!
Great, but why not find a big wok? He would certainly have done the job easily... I was born in 64 and I remember a bit of black and white broadcasting in my country. i was a bit affraid by the robot...
doctorwho0077 : You've certainly referred to something in an epidode, but sorry, I have not looked at one since. Not found the time. In my country we say right now : 🤖 "quoi de neuf les gilets jaunes ?"
WELL DONE! THUMBS UP TO THIS RESTORATION!
Great work! Great documentary! Wish it was longer. This should be on the DVD and/or the Blu-Ray disc set!!!
We only had a black and white TV so I never saw it in color until I watched reruns when I was older.
A wonderfully produced and informative video of an incredible project. Thanks to all for saving an important piece of my childhood memories.
The Gemini 12/Jupiter 2 ship got me interested in science and engineering when I was a kid. This is an almost sacred piece of history to me. THANK YOU for all your work!
I've also heard a number of astronauts became interested in science and space travel because of LIS!
I would pay around a thousand dollars ( US) for a 20 inch Jupiter (Made in China even as long as it has a lot of nice detail, including the landing legs) and a 50th anniversary lost in space collector's edition blu ray set, on some kind of clear plastic display stand. For my den.
I can build that for you. Including interior lighting.
@@dansanders653 Sounds good; how should we communicate privately?
Great work, beautifully presented. I’m 55 and have always loved this craft. Thank you for making those memories permanent.
I did not know that the same artist created The Seaview and The Flying Sub. I loved Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea as well as Lost In Space. Very cool and thank you.
Bill Creber was also production designer of the Time Tunnel and the '68 version of Planet of the Apes. Talk about talent!!
Actually, with it's blueprints dated October 30th 1960, Herman Blumenthal designed the original "Seaview" for the 1961 release of the feature film: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Initially it had 12 pair of windows on two levels and no "manta fins" at the bow. But prior to filming, this number was reduced to eight individual windows and the famous front mounted "manta fins" having also been simultaneously added.
It must be said however, that Bill Creber indeed penned the nose modifications to the "Seaview" as dated: May 1965. There, the original 8 window two level "feature" and first season "Seaview" was changed to the single level, two-pair (four?) window variant with the enlarged underside accommodating his own designed and then new "Flying Sub".
Well I do not know all the specifics but I do remember having a toy model of the Seaview that had a rubber band that you would wind up with a crank in the front and it spun the propeller in the back and I would play in the bathtub for as long as my Mom would let me. I guess I was 4 or 5 but I kept it until we got a built in pool when I was 14 and played with it in there (which was not considered very cool at the time). I remember it being Orange though, which does not make sense. Anyway it met it's demise when I went through my "blow everything up and set it on fire" stage Ah...memories :)
Beautiful simply Simply Beautiful......
Thank you for saving the coolest ship I have ever known .
Matthew Freeland sorry, but the ship from Land of the Giants was MUCH cooler!!!!
Exquisite restoration of an iconic piece of TV Sci-Fi history.
Thank you.
man I remember watching this program when it was brand new,the first season with a much more evil Dr Smith it use to creep me out especially the episode I think it's called the derelict and its an old huge ship out in space just setting there and I think that it has a tracktor beam and of course the ship our heroes are in gets sucked into the derelict ship,anyway when you are in around the third grade and never seen anything like that before,it'll freak you out!!!!!My hats off to you guys,done an excellent job of restoring the ship xxxxWe must preserve our t.v.history!!!!!!
That was a good one.
Fantastic that the Gemini 12 was saved, and that such an exacting restoration was completed.It was such a great series, and iconic image. As a 10yo I never forgot the wonder of the entry of the Jupiter 2 into "The Derelict"; I believe I have never seen better SFX.
big thanks to mr. lubliner, Mr. Clark et all-wonderful part of t.v. history-something that the c.g.i. stuff will never have-a solid object representing something!
I love the sound of the Gemini/Jupiter whenever it was taking off or landing.
So do I! It's the same sounds the Time Tunnel makes.
This is just incredible! Amazing work put into this and the restoration was done the right way. Thank you all so much for bringing this iconic ship back to life and documenting and sharing this!
Lost In Space left such an impression on me and I know 10's of Thousands of other kids back in the 60's. So much was happening back then...the Space Program with all the latest technology...computers were being born that would lead eventually to these marvelous devices we have now called "Smart Phones"...Lasers...Our International Space Station...Electric Cars...soon to be Fusion Reactors...the list grows endless. Irwin Allen planted seeds of the future in so many of us. Restoring the Gemini 12 may seem like a silly endeavor to a lot of people but to a select few it represents a window into the future that drew some of us like moths to a flame. Thanks for taking the time and the care to not just restore it but to give it a new and fresh life so that just maybe ... Some other wide eyed child might DARE to dream and help move us closer to that future that people like Irwin Allen and Gene Roddenberry, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and all the other Sci-Fi visionaries have painted for our imaginations. We can never stop dreaming...if we do...that can only spell..."Danger Will Robinson, DANGER!"...Namaste
Reminds me of the "Ship of Theseus Paradox", but this is an awesome thing... Should be next to the Enterprise at the Smithsonian! Along with Zarkov's Rocket and Buck Roger's airship.
"It belongs in a museum!"
The owner is not interested in parting with it at any price and most museums prefer items be donated.
THANKS PAUL LUBLINER FOR RESTORING THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF MOVIE HISTORICAL PROP! I love Lost In Space! The ship...the Robot....and the zany.Dr. Smith! And thank you Andre for stepping forward on the people's behalf to ensure our generation gets to experience this CLASSIC/ICONIC piece!...WOW!...and a handshake for the rest of the people involved! If you people never came forward to help!....in the words of Dr. Smith...."Oh the Pain!...the Pain!" "Thumbs up you guys!" :-)
Seth...thank you for the kind words. They're extra special since we have passed 300,000 views.
You're very welcome Seth!
What a great video 👍👍👍👍👍 Lost in Space has always been my favorite
Glad you liked it. Have you seen the 3 part "Relaunching the Gemini 12" videos?
@@paullubliner6221 not yet ... But I will now .... Thanks 👍👍
I guess the Three Stooges were too intellectual for you.
@@garyfrancis6193 it must be a sad life being as stupid as you are
Thank you for this fantastic documentary on the GEMINI 12. Clearly... a lot of Time and Dedication went into the restoration. I am so pleased it did not end up in the corner of some storage facility Lost In Space... and Time. Thank you Mr. Allen for your Creativity and Imagination in Creating this Unforgettable Adventure.
The first season was the best season. The show had a more serious tone. No campiness. I loved it, and still do.
Nice job.
A terrific, wellzone video. I'm happy this series is finally (id belatedly) gaining attention, once again). The incredible sound effect of the ship powering up (which still gives me goose pimples) - that sound of the engines roaring to life and taking this incredible vehicle upward through the atmosphere (3:56), was done with...? A vacuum cleaner
All the people involved in bringing this iconic vehicle back to lifeci say bravo', and thanks.
+U.N. Owen - I've said it before: best spaceship sound ever! That powerful ringing runup had that effect on me, too.
I loved the Jupiter 2. My god I was 5! Memories!
Each time I revisit this program about the restoration of the Gemini 12 filming miniature, I am thoroughly impressed. Returning the original shell to its original state, but then reinforcing the interior to assure an enduring result was the perfect strategy. I keep wondering if news of the missing reactor piece has ever surfaced. It seems like the sort of thing a collector might have preserved. (I also wish the team that worked on the Galileo 7 shuttle would have taken pointers from Mr. Lulbiner's work before they began their project.)
There were virtually zero "collectors" to save it back in 1970.
Hope you find more project like this, whether sci fi or not, it's great to see these influential props from tv history, and learn so much more about them and the shows from your research. THANK YOU !
Keep watching this space....!
Its great to have a talented modeler available to restore such an artifact.
That gorgeous glowing black & white image! I love the whole look of the early LIS episodes, in which a lot of diffused light was used. I wish the direction of the series after the first 8 shows had held to higher ambition, instead of dropping it to total kiddie fare.
Looking OUT those windows is SO COOL! This is still my favorite show and I'm 57 now. Thanks!
I was born in 61 and loved this show when it first came out in syndication when I was a little kid. It was my dream world! I couldn't wait to come home from school and watch it. As with so many other kids, I fantasized about flying through space in my own Jupiter 2!
It's wonderful that such care and detail went into the restoration of the original Gemini 12. I hope that someday it ends up in the Air and Space Museum so that thousands of people can marvel at its design and so that it's preserved for generations to come. I greatly appreciate the owner and restoration specialist putting so much loving care into bringing it back to its original glorious form! Blast off!
The owner of the original ship has made it clear to me he will not be parting with it.
You techs are masters. Masters of patience, modeling, dedication to the Space craft. I can't speak for Irwin Allen,
however, you have no idea how glad we fans are for your work. Thank you.
Thank you very much for your kind words.
For those who never understood it -- this is Love!
Man I miss TV/movie models. Born in ‘57, I grew up with Lost in Space (later, Dad wouldn’t let us watch Star Trek. He found it silly.) Anyway, thanks for restoring a bit of Americana.
The two Gemini spacecraft did NOT dock, but they did rendezvous.
Yes we are aware thank you. This specific matter was fully addressed in one of the earliest of comments posted here.
Paul Lubliner , We all make mistakes and we love of the work you’ve obviously done on these models. Thank you.
When I was a kid, I would remove the microphone disc from a standard Bell Telephone handle at home, pretend it was the Jupiter II, and play with that! It looked similar in shape..
Chris Johnson So funny. Did you ever watch the cartoon Clyde Crashcup? I just found it on TH-cam.
It was my favorite TV series when I was akid... I'm 49 years old, and still it is... !!!!
Reinaldo...you must either watch the opening of the video or read the video description in the TH-cam post. It's all explained there.
please get this into the Smithsonian so a lot of people can enjoy it this is my favorite ship of all time and I would love to see in the Smithsonian so I could just look at it what a wonderful job you guys did
The Smithsonian has an unfortunate habit of burying exhibits in a warehouse and the public can no longer see them.
Great vid,, I watched Lost in Space in the 60s as a kid in England,,magic times ,,,
Love love love it! Great job, Paul! Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE LOST IN SPACE. I ALWAYS WAS A STARGAZER SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. WHEN LOST IN SPACE CAME ON TV. IT FASCINATED ME SO MUCH. A FAMILY LOST IN SPACE. WONDERED IF THEY EVER CAME BACK TO EARTH. IDEA TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE FASCINATED ME SO MUCH. SEEING METEORS SHOWERS COMETS ASTROIDS AS THE ROBINSON'S DID. WAS SO EXCITING TO ME. WONDER WHAT BE LIKE TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME BE LIKE. WE CAN ONLY GUESS.
I want to thank you for sharing this video. I am a large fan of all the Irwin Allen's shows. Growing up I would have loved to own The Jupiter 2, the Seaview, the Robot and of course Star Treks (TOS) U.S.S. Enterprise. This is true for today. Guess I'm a big kid.. LOL. It was wonderful to see this piece of history restored!! A fantastic job!! It was good to see the fusion core spinning the way it was designed to. Nothing today can replicate the exact way the lights seems to chase themselves. Not even LED's with the fancy electronics to make them spin can duplicate its effect. I would like to shake your hand. If you have a Seaview or Jupiter 2 laying around that you want to get rid of...... LOL. And as I said about a month ago below, Live Long and Prosper!
Okay, so that's one small Seaview, a Large Flying Sub and large Coke, do you want fries with your order?
As Captain James T. West, I concur.
WOW!!!!!!!
THANK YOU.....SO MUCH for restoring perhaps, the most iconic thing from my childhood!
Man...I will never forget how neat Lost In Space was and is too me!
You're very welcome. More is "in the works".
I enjoyed this video very much. It brought back memories of when I was 12 years back in 1966 , when Lost In Space was being shown on television. Thanks for sharing.
I was a ten year old kid when those fools injected Dr. Smith into that wonderful show, that man literally killed that show sending Guy Williams of to Spain, They ruined a great SCI Fi show into a farce with Dr. Smith in it, I'm 68 now, you've restored my memory of a great show, You've done a great job.
I have to admit that, as a kid in the 70's, I used to loathe that Dr. Smith character (nothing personal against Johnathan) he was just doing his job....Parker Posey also did a pretty good job of playing an unlikable creep in the Netflix version.
I don’t think the series would have lasted through the first season without the villainy and comedy of Dr. Smith. I can recall hating him when I was in the second grade in 1966. Lost in Space was always a show directed at children. Looking at the show after so many decades, I find it comical how frightened I used to get when the Robertson’s were in danger!
Dr. Smith was the heart of the original show. The Robinson's needed a regular protagonist within their ranks and Dr. Smith was exactly what was needed at that time. His interactions with Will Robinson were not only important but instrumental in creating a relationship that encouraged younger viewers to tune in every week.
So how are the creators fools? Clearly the decision worked very very well.
Dr. Smith has become a beloved legend in the Sci-Fi world and clearly one of the most popular characters from the original show. Apparently that bothers you for some odd reason.
Either you lack a sense of humor or simply don't get it, which is fine. I never accused you of having any brains inside of your head. That means my expectations of you has always been rather...low over the years, but I digress.
You're clearly the minority in your opinion of Dr. Smith which is a good thing. Had you any creative influence on the show, your lack of vision would have ruined it completely.
I do suspect that it's a blessing that you don't work in show business because everything you would create would have all of the fun & general appeal of having a root canal while attending a funeral at the same time.
It still never looked big enough for a second deck when the decreased the size of the front window for the J2 . Great work on the G12
When the Lost in Space movie came out I was really excited about it. Not for long though. I was really disappointed in it and thought it could have been a lot better. Some liked it , but I couldn't really get into it.
love it love the show well done to all you very talented people for saving such an important piece .
The most interesting characteristic of the Gemini 12, IMHO, is it's ability to house two 9 foot tall levels in a 10 ft tall disc. Still the best looking saucer ever ...
!? Don't you mean one level??
God! I Remember watching ALL these shows! It was a Wonderfull time to be a kid! Sooo much NICER than This SICK world & Upside Down society today!! I Cherish the Memories! God bless.
Can’t begin to tell you how much I wanted a real one of those as a kid! You did the next best thing. Looks like it could just take right off and fly.
Kindly give me a little time on that!
The Jupiter II and Robot were my vision of the Future was “Lost in Space” (not “Star Trek”) a family taking on the Unknown of Space.
Very fun to watch this. Thanks for bringing me back. Very exciting when these kinds of props and memories get restored so well.
Yeah the show was campy for sure, but provided me with hours of childhood fantasies. As for the ship I think it was and still is one of the best ship designs ever; clean and smooth Loved that ship