The film’s one unequivocal triumph is its music. Composer Bruce Broughton was brought in to write the score, and he delivered a masterpiece of orchestral bombast. His main theme for Lost in Space is a soaring, heroic, John-Williams-esque fanfare that evokes wonder and danger in equal measure. It is a magnificent score that deserved a better film.
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The costumes are pure 1998: shiny, ribbed, rubbery bodysuits with enormous shoulder pads and molded plastic armor. The film’s color palette is dominated by muted grays, sickly greens, and the occasional orange explosion. It has not aged well in a “timeless” sense, but it has aged wonderfully as a period piece. It looks exactly like a movie that was made between The Fifth Element (1997) and The Matrix (1999). The film’s one unequivocal triumph is its music
But the two legends? as the Spider-like, mutated future version of Dr. Smith, and a very young Matt LeBlanc (Joey from Friends ) as a cocky pilot. Watching Oldman chew the spaceship's bulkheads while LeBlanc flexes his biceps is pure 90s gold. It is a magnificent score that deserved a better film
From a production design standpoint, Lost in Space is a masterpiece of its moment. The Jupiter 2 is not the sleek, white saucer of the 1960s but a grimy, industrial, radial-armed machine that looks like a fusion of Alien ’s Nostromo and a Bauhaus painting. The sets are cavernous, filled with hydraulic pistons, glowing green tubes, and CRT monitors.