Lost in Space story

movie: Lost in Space (1998) · 1998-04-03

A family whose spaceship en route to a distant habitable planet goes off course and crash-lands on another planet inhabited by spider-like creatures. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series of the same name (itself inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss).

36 total · 5 major · 31 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
father and son	major	One storyline follows Professor John Robinson troubled relationship with his young prodigy son, Will, and their ultimate reconciliation.
husband and wife	major	One storyline follows John and Maureen Robinson as they navigate some ups and downs in their marriage.
romantic love	major	The husband and wife pair of John and Maureen Robinson rekindled their love for one another. Major Don West ultimately won Dr. Judy Robinson's heart with his numerous cheesy pick up lines and innuendoes.
space colonization	major	A premise of the story is that the population of Earth would immigrate to the distant habitable planet Alpha Prime before such time as the Earth became uninhabitable owing to pollution.
what if I could never go home	major	The Robinson family became stranded on a distant planet with little prospect of making it home.
absentee father	minor	Professor John Robinson apologized to his young prodigy son Will for not having been around more.
anthropogenic existential risk to civilization	minor	The year is 2058 and Earth was soon to be made uninhabitable due to the irreversible effects of pollution and ozone depletion.
brother and sister	minor	Penny and her kid brother, Will.
clash of wills	minor	Professor John Robinson and Major West quarreled over who was taking orders from whom, until Professor Maureen Robinson stepped in and coerced them to be amicable with one another.
computer hacking	minor	Will hacked into the CPU of the Jupiter II ship's onboard robot, bypassed its main operating system, and reprogrammed its subroutines to make it operable by remote control.