Comments on: Lost in Space http://fanedit.org/2532/ The wonderful world of movies - edited by fans for fans Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kolpitz http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-9769 Kolpitz Tue, 26 May 2009 22:32:58 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-9769 Man, oh man, does this movie suck. I was 16 when "Lost in Space" first crashed into cinemas, taking the #1 spot away from "Titanic" nonetheless, and I remember actually liking (or, at the very least, not hating) this movie. Boy, was I wrong! Things start out horribly right off the bat, with some of the worst CGI to ever grace the screen. I understand that this movie was made over a decade ago but you shouldn't try something so "ambitious" if technology hasn't caught up with you yet. The acting is uniformly awful, except for maybe William Hurt. Matt LeBlanc is especially terrible and this is coming from a guy that LOVES "Friends" and his character of Joey. Anyway, the movie sucks ... hard ... so on to the edit itself. If there is a Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg of FanEditing, Uncanny Antman's the guy. He proved, with "Terminator 3: The Coming Storm" that you could, in fact, polish a turd. He took a mediocre Arnie movie with "Jericho Cane" and made it highly entertaining. With "Echo," he took a film I really, really liked and made it even better. "Lost in Space" is probably his most ambitious edit to date, since even with stinkers like "Alien vs. Predator" under his belt, "Lost in Space" still takes the cake for "Worst Movie" he's ever attempted to edit. For about the first 20 to 30 minutes, I was starting to believe that not even UA could salvage this wreck. At about the half hour mark, though (when the crew boards the Prometheus), things start to pick up and the film becomes pretty watchable (not good, but no longer painful). I found myself being able to watch the final hour without problem and that's saying a lot, considering the source material. The removal of Blarp helps the most, but the shedding of almost 40 minutes of painful material helps immensely as well. This edit isn't going to convert anyone into a "Lost in Space" (the movie) fan but that doesn't diminish it's achievements on UA's part. Just making this film easy to sit through is a miracle unto itself. Man, oh man, does this movie suck. I was 16 when “Lost in Space” first crashed into cinemas, taking the #1 spot away from “Titanic” nonetheless, and I remember actually liking (or, at the very least, not hating) this movie. Boy, was I wrong! Things start out horribly right off the bat, with some of the worst CGI to ever grace the screen. I understand that this movie was made over a decade ago but you shouldn’t try something so “ambitious” if technology hasn’t caught up with you yet. The acting is uniformly awful, except for maybe William Hurt. Matt LeBlanc is especially terrible and this is coming from a guy that LOVES “Friends” and his character of Joey. Anyway, the movie sucks … hard … so on to the edit itself. If there is a Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg of FanEditing, Uncanny Antman’s the guy. He proved, with “Terminator 3: The Coming Storm” that you could, in fact, polish a turd. He took a mediocre Arnie movie with “Jericho Cane” and made it highly entertaining. With “Echo,” he took a film I really, really liked and made it even better. “Lost in Space” is probably his most ambitious edit to date, since even with stinkers like “Alien vs. Predator” under his belt, “Lost in Space” still takes the cake for “Worst Movie” he’s ever attempted to edit. For about the first 20 to 30 minutes, I was starting to believe that not even UA could salvage this wreck. At about the half hour mark, though (when the crew boards the Prometheus), things start to pick up and the film becomes pretty watchable (not good, but no longer painful). I found myself being able to watch the final hour without problem and that’s saying a lot, considering the source material. The removal of Blarp helps the most, but the shedding of almost 40 minutes of painful material helps immensely as well. This edit isn’t going to convert anyone into a “Lost in Space” (the movie) fan but that doesn’t diminish it’s achievements on UA’s part. Just making this film easy to sit through is a miracle unto itself.

]]> By: joebshmoe http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-9376 joebshmoe Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:00:42 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-9376 i actually agree completely with elbarto1, but the actual entertainment value doesn't skyrocket for me. obviously removing that damn cgi tangent is a great feat, so for that this movie is now not as irritating - it just wasn't good to begin with. only one cut was, i felt, unnecessary - the kiss between judy and don and the end... 7/10 i actually agree completely with elbarto1, but the actual entertainment value doesn’t skyrocket for me. obviously removing that damn cgi tangent is a great feat, so for that this movie is now not as irritating – it just wasn’t good to begin with.

only one cut was, i felt, unnecessary – the kiss between judy and don and the end…

7/10

]]> By: oknihcap http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-8989 oknihcap Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:26:21 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-8989 Very nice fanedit. This movie is unfortunately beyond saving, but you made it a whole lot more tolerable. Very clean cuts throughout. Blarp was always the thing I hated most of all, as well as all the terrible dialogue. Well, if you removed all the bad lines, there would be almost nothing left. But your version makes it alot more watchable. All the worst scenes are now gone. Great job! If I had to say one negative thing, I would say that the image quality is a bit less than I would like to see, but I am a stickler for quality, so any compression bothers me. It still looks very good, just obviously not the same quality as the original DVD. Still highly recommended! Very nice fanedit. This movie is unfortunately beyond saving, but you made it a whole lot more tolerable. Very clean cuts throughout. Blarp was always the thing I hated most of all, as well as all the terrible dialogue. Well, if you removed all the bad lines, there would be almost nothing left. But your version makes it alot more watchable. All the worst scenes are now gone. Great job! If I had to say one negative thing, I would say that the image quality is a bit less than I would like to see, but I am a stickler for quality, so any compression bothers me. It still looks very good, just obviously not the same quality as the original DVD. Still highly recommended!

]]> By: Uncanny Antman http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-8977 Uncanny Antman Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:01:15 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-8977 Thanks for the reviews, guys. I checked it out and noticed the slightly lower audio on Smith's line too...weird thing is, I didn't change anything at that point in the film. Oh well. C'est la vie, right? :) Thanks for the reviews, guys.

I checked it out and noticed the slightly lower audio on Smith’s line too…weird thing is, I didn’t change anything at that point in the film. Oh well. C’est la vie, right? :)

]]> By: searcher http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-8976 searcher Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:49:45 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-8976 Great work UA, much better than the original release, I also noticed a drop in audio at the same point, but a excellent edit 5/5 from me. Great work UA, much better than the original release, I also noticed a drop in audio at the same point, but a excellent edit 5/5 from me.

]]> By: elbarto1 http://fanedit.org/2532/comment-page-1/#comment-8953 elbarto1 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:31:49 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=2532#comment-8953 Well done UA, this was much closer to what I had hoped to see in the theatre back in 97 (or whenever it came out) the removal of Blarp (aka Jar Jars father) was very welcome, and previously annoying characters like Don (Matt LeBlanc) and Penny (Lacey Chabert) actually become tolerable and at times valuable additions to the story. This edit doesn't make Stephen Hopkins' Lost in Space into a perfect film but thats not in any way the editors fault. UA does work wonders with what was available enhancing the story by stripping away the silly comic relief moments that dragged the original down into "eyerolling/lol" territory. All the edits are well thought out and executed and definitely makes this a "replace your retail disc" caliber fanedit. No major issues at all except when Will and Smith are running away from the time bubble (outside the J2) the volume of smiths dialogue/yell seems to drop but that could be my setup (watched at work on a PC - not a home theatre) Anyway, great job UA I highly enjoyed this version. Audio/Video quality : 5/5 Entertainment : 4/5 Editing Quality : 5/5 Well done UA, this was much closer to what I had hoped to see in the theatre back in 97 (or whenever it came out) the removal of Blarp (aka Jar Jars father) was very welcome, and previously annoying characters like Don (Matt LeBlanc) and Penny (Lacey Chabert) actually become tolerable and at times valuable additions to the story.

This edit doesn’t make Stephen Hopkins’ Lost in Space into a perfect film but thats not in any way the editors fault. UA does work wonders with what was available enhancing the story by stripping away the silly comic relief moments that dragged the original down into “eyerolling/lol” territory. All the edits are well thought out and executed and definitely makes this a “replace your retail disc” caliber fanedit.

No major issues at all except when Will and Smith are running away from the time bubble (outside the J2) the volume of smiths dialogue/yell seems to drop but that could be my setup (watched at work on a PC – not a home theatre)

Anyway, great job UA I highly enjoyed this version.

Audio/Video quality : 5/5
Entertainment : 4/5
Editing Quality : 5/5

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