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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: 1/6 Scale John Robinson With Jet Pack Figure     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jan 29, 2015 - 3:31 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) To much for my wallet, but if I had the money I would purchase this in an instant! 1/6 Scale John Robinson With Jet Pack Figure http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=EXR10040&mode=retail    Posted:   Jan 29, 2015 - 6:16 PM     By:   Christopher Kinsinger   (Member) That's one gorgeous model! It's a great likeness of Guy Williams, the accessories are beautifully detailed, the outfit looks perfect, and… FOR THAT PRICE IT BETTER FLY, TALK TO ME, AND MAKE MY COFFEE IN THE MORNING!    Posted:   Jan 29, 2015 - 8:56 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) That's one gorgeous model! It's a great likeness of Guy Williams, the accessories are beautifully detailed, the outfit looks perfect, and… FOR THAT PRICE IT BETTER FLY, TALK TO ME, AND MAKE MY COFFEE IN THE MORNING! LOL, agree on ALL points!    Posted:   Jan 30, 2015 - 8:52 PM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) I got a kick out of watching this Guy Williams screen test for Lost in Space. Interesting that Richard Basehart and David Hedison were present in the backround when this footage was shot. Guy was just smooth as silk. They don't make them like this anymore. It's interesting to read the gushing comments section under this video from apparently baby boomer aged women who at the time of the series original run were into Mark Goddard.    Posted:   Jan 30, 2015 - 9:06 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) "You can have a smoke if you like!" Almost seemed kinda creepy. LOL John Robinson was my fictitious idol growing up. Strong, smart, understanding, brave. The perfect man, hero , husband, and father. Thanks to Guy Williams. Now all the "heroes" are flawed and imperfect.    Posted:   Jan 30, 2015 - 9:23 PM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Guy Williams was a pretty good actor. To go from the dashing Zorro and then to really nail what they were looking for in the clean cut John Robinson attests to that. He pulled off the strong father image that he's fondly remembered for as you said. Jonathan Harris obviously chewed up a lot of the scenery in that show so Guy didn't really get to do more with the role. A shame he died fairly young at 65 in 1989. By then he was living in Argentina and was pretty much out of acting.    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 8:54 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Jonathan Harris stole the show, and I mean that literately, and I wasn't a fan of that coup. I remember reading an interview where Guy said the thought he would be the modern day Buck Rogers and kids would admire him like they did when he played Zorro. But when they went to conventions or press meetings he said all the kids flocked to Harris. BTW, I thought it was hilarious when they asked him if he was up on his science, and he said my 13 year old boy teaches me about all that stuff. (paraphrasing of course) Nothings changed has it? Still the kiddies teaching the adults the new tech!    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 11:18 AM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) I don't think I ever read anywhere that Harris' scene stealing was as big a problem with that cast as Shatner's was with Doohan and Takei on Star Trek. I'm not up to date on LIS history. I know there are a bunch of LIS discussion groups online that are into the details. But it is interesting that once that whole Dr. Smith Will Robinson act got going in every episode it was like a snowball rolling down a hill and that's what became popular and most memorable. Harris was originally supposed to be the bit player and he just kept inventing new ways to keep that character in the forefront. I would be remiss if on this thread especially if I didn't include this video that our own Charles Thaxton posted up on You Tube a while back with Herrmann's music from "Reef ". Also known amongst the fans as the "Bell Rocket Belt Music by Bernard Herrmann. "    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 11:51 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) I don't think I ever read anywhere that Harris' scene stealing was as big a problem with that cast as Shatner's was with Doohan and Takei on Star Trek. I'm not up to date on LIS history. I know there are a bunch of LIS discussion groups online that are into the details. But it is interesting that once that whole Dr. Smith Will Robinson act got going in every episode it was like a snowball rolling down a hill and that's what became popular and most memorable. Harris was originally supposed to be the bit player and he just kept inventing new ways to keep that character in the forefront. Guy was not happy he became second fiddle to Dr. Smith. To my understanding none of the other adults were happy with the direction the series took. It quickly became nothing more than a paycheck for them. Star Trek's Kirk was clearly the lead character and the cast worked around him. Same for LIS. John Robinson was meant to be the "hero" of the series. Guy took the lead the first third of season one, then got regulated to background character more or less until the end of season two. Interesting enough I though the series re-focased a bit more on John Robinson in season three. At least for the first 5 or 10 episodes.    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 12:21 PM     By:   Mike_J   (Member) I don't think I ever read anywhere that Harris' scene stealing was as big a problem with that cast as Shatner's was with Doohan and Takei on Star Trek. Slightly off topic I know and apologies for hijacking this thread, but whenever I think about the problems that the likes of Doohan and Takei had with Shatner I also ays laugh. Scotty and Sulu were supporting cast and only ever intended to be that. Unlike latter iterations of Trek, TOS was never an ensemble piece and Shatner was the undisputed star of the show. The actor I always think is the most laughable when he cites Shatner's supposed "stealing" of the show is Walther Koenig. Koenig was (and is) an absolutely dreadful actor, with a range just about adequet to play one of the Enterprise's doors. He was never going to be able to carry an entire episode himself. In an otherwise near-perfect Trek movie, Koenig alone ruins Wrath of Khan for me with his inept performance.    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 3:15 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) I don't think I ever read anywhere that Harris' scene stealing was as big a problem with that cast as Shatner's was with Doohan and Takei on Star Trek. Slightly off topic I know and apologies for hijacking this thread, but whenever I think about the problems that the likes of Doohan and Takei had with Shatner I also ays laugh. Scotty and Sulu were supporting cast and only ever intended to be that. Unlike latter iterations of Trek, TOS was never an ensemble piece and Shatner was the undisputed star of the show. The actor I always think is the most laughable when he cites Shatner's supposed "stealing" of the show is Walther Koenig. Koenig was (and is) an absolutely dreadful actor, with a range just about adequet to play one of the Enterprise's doors. He was never going to be able to carry an entire episode himself. In an otherwise near-perfect Trek movie, Koenig alone ruins Wrath of Khan for me with his inept performance. This thread has been OT since the second post. I agree with you. Other than the main three, the rest were hired to fill seats on the bridge or spout out a few sentences about Dilithium Crystals. Koenig was pretty cringe worthy in WOK. (Though I liked him in B5) I'm sure Shatner from all accounts made the situation far worse with his ego though.    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 4:38 PM     By:   Gary S.   (Member) Monsters in Motion had this in this week's email with picture of the actual figure. Guy Williams hada memorable guest shot on Bonanza. He was also fine as Miles Hendon in Disney's version of The Prince and the Pauper.    Posted:   Feb 1, 2015 - 9:36 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Guy was not happy he became second fiddle to Dr. Smith. To my understanding none of the other adults were happy with the direction the series took. It quickly became nothing more than a paycheck for them. Blame it on Irwin Allen, who for some reason (Oh, like his taste was in his ass?) liked Harris' fey character and asked him to play it up more. Allen really was a "schlockmeister," as Frank Langella calls him in his book "Dropped Names" when he talks about guest-starring in Allen's last TV show, "Swiss Family Robinson," which Langella calls "television at its worst." I think that can be said of a lot of Allen's sci-fi shows. I think Richard Basehart started boozing big time when he realized what he'd signed on to with "Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea."    Posted:   Feb 1, 2015 - 11:10 AM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Richard Basehart had that perpetual expression on his face during his years on "Voyage" of a man driving home in his car alone after being told he had 6 months to live. He got the star billing on that show but I always got the impression that he'd rather be making that same money being a serious actor on a stage in London or New York. Not battling stunt men waving their arms around in rubber monster suits.    Posted:   Feb 1, 2015 - 12:58 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Guy was not happy he became second fiddle to Dr. Smith. To my understanding none of the other adults were happy with the direction the series took. It quickly became nothing more than a paycheck for them. Blame it on Irwin Allen, who for some reason (Oh, like his taste was in his ass?) liked Harris' fey character and asked him to play it up more. Allen really was a "schlockmeister," as Frank Langella calls him in his book "Dropped Names" when he talks about guest-starring in Allen's last TV show, "Swiss Family Robinson," which Langella calls "television at its worst." I think that can be said of a lot of Allen's sci-fi shows. I think Richard Basehart started boozing big time when he realized what he'd signed on to with "Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea." Most IA productions went down sillyville rather quickly. Though Harris certainly bragged he was personally responsible for making LIS the Doctor Smith show. What I find so ironic was the amount of money and skill brought into creating wonderfully inventive sci fi designs, (Jupiter 2, Robot, Chariot, Space Pod) just to turn the series into the Bozo The Clown show.    Posted:   Feb 1, 2015 - 5:38 PM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Guy was not happy he became second fiddle to Dr. Smith. To my understanding none of the other adults were happy with the direction the series took. It quickly became nothing more than a paycheck for them. Most IA productions went down sillyville rather quickly. Though Harris certainly bragged he was personally responsible for making LIS the Doctor Smith show. What I find so ironic was the amount of money and skill brought into creating wonderfully inventive sci fi designs, (Jupiter 2, Robot, Chariot, Space Pod) just to turn the series into the Bozo The Clown show. I agree with what everything you said above. You look at the pilot and the early b&w episodes of the show and it looked like it had some potential. Those episodes were a lot less camp and more serious and darker in tone. Once the show went to color it was pure camp. By the time they got to a good character actor like Stanley Adams parading around dressed as a huge talking carrot all bets were off.    Posted:   Feb 1, 2015 - 10:20 PM     By:   eriknelson   (Member) I vividly remember the premiere of LIS when I was a kid. I loved it. But after several episodes when Dr. Smith took over I lost interest.    Posted:   Feb 2, 2015 - 5:33 AM     By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member) I don't think I ever read anywhere that Harris' scene stealing was as big a problem with that cast as Shatner's was with Doohan and Takei on Star Trek. The story is made pretty clear by Guy Williams in a TV GUIDE interview (Sep 24, 1966 issue). Jealousy and animosity were much bigger problems on Lost in Space. On Star Trek, three or four very limited supporting actors were unhappy that they were relegated to limited supporting roles, while the talented, top-billed star got the starring role. Like that's some kind of outrage. On Lost in Space, all four top-billed actors were unhappy to be relegated to limited supporting roles because a late addition to "their show" had taken it over lock, stock, and barrel. I would be remiss if on this thread especially if I didn't include this video that our own Charles Thaxton posted up on You Tube a while back with Herrmann's music from "Reef." That's great. Long after I had the plots memorized, and the "Mardi Gras" paper-machete aliens of Year Two had worn out their welcome, the music would always keep me watching LIS re-runs. That and the hardware (Jupiter 2 and Robot).    Posted:   Feb 2, 2015 - 8:39 AM     By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member) Yeah, I think we folks of a "certain age" admired the hardware and especially the music. The Williams of course and the creative culling from the old Fox music library. Has anyone in any recent interview attempted to get John Williams to talk about his LIS music? I guess they're afraid he'll groan and run for the hills or something if they bring it up. I'd be more interested in hearing him talk more about his early career in television than yet another string of unending interviews about Star Wars music. Just me I guess.    Posted:   Feb 2, 2015 - 9:13 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Yeah, I think we folks of a "certain age" admired the hardware and especially the music. The Williams of course and the creative culling from the old Fox music library. Has anyone in any recent interview attempted to get John Williams to talk about his LIS music? I guess they're afraid he'll groan and run for the hills or something if they bring it up. I'd be more interested in hearing him talk more about his early career in television than yet another string of unending interviews about Star Wars music. Just me I guess. An interview about his early television work would be very nice! The music from the first season had a huge impact on me as a tike. It added so much to the drama. I remembering wishing I had that music in some tangible form. Of course I had to settle for reel to reel recording off of the television at the time.     Non-Film Score Discussion: 1/6 Scale John Robinson With Jet Pack Figure    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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