Interesting evening watching the reboot series of Lost in space last night.
The standard fluffy 1960s family Robinson unit is replaced with divorced parents both making tough choices based on their individual skill set to keep the kids alive in a hostile alien environment, after crash landing during an escape from the mother colony ship during what looks like an agressive alien attack boarding the vessel.
The devious Doctor Smith is no longer a pantomime "King Rat" villain. It's actually a woman with a criminal past & an MO for identity theft.. (Technically not a doctor. Lol.)
The "robot" is now a biomechanical being of undetermined origin stranded on the planet who befriends the boy (will) after he gets separated from his family. Classic stuff. But with the twist that the biomechanical robot may have been involved with tha alien race that mounted the attack on the human colony ship?
You do get the catchphrase, "danger danger." But it don't boom like Brian Blessed through a processor..
All in all..? Not bad so far.
My outdoor thermometer currently says 21.1 degrees so getting there...."The sun is out......The sky is blue........The thermometer says its 22"........ it doesn't really it says 18deg but better than nothing............
No @wolfie11969 I’m still here. Been recovering from an illness and limiting my “screen time”.Ty for that. Hi in return and hope everything is OK.
Have both cumberland and eddie gone too? (I cant tag cumberland so assume he has gone too)
What on earth happened whilst I was ill? Please dont answer that I understand people's privacy
@eddie1968 .....good to see you back......hope you feel much better soon.... @Clivethedrive sends his best wishes too....No @wolfie11969 I’m still here. Been recovering from an illness and limiting my “screen time”.
Not as well dressed as that
Well it’s been a fruitful day. Farmers market. Got some plantain, a couple of dressed rabbits, some fancy fungi and a portion of goat curry.
Down to the beach for fish, chips and mushy peas.
Up through the woods to pick wild garlic and then train back home.
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I was wondering about watching the new version, having been a fan of old series, now I have no need to watch the new series because I know I will not like it. Back to re-runs of startrek, open all ours, the test kard and listening to Planet Rock on the radio. Plus my other favourite past time avoiding Mrs J.
I quite like a fresh take on an old classic myself.. There was a movie back in the late 1990s, which did have an interesting plot.
I feel this new series almost touches on the movie version.
The focus on the young boy befriending a robot & the dark manipulation of doctor Smith in LiS always seemed to have a Dickensian "great expectations" feel about it. So having Dr Smith as a woman (Miss Havisham.?) seems like a good choice for the new series..
My horse came 4thI'm trying to pick the winner of the Grand national.
Water the contents. They don't like the damp and also turn the material insideDeciding how to deal with a rat that I discovered in my compost bin ...fortunately for now it ran in opposite direction to me......but looks like it will be back...
No road kill today but the rabbits look good. Out over the moors after the weekend so should be somethingWot no road kill this time ? Hehehe
Keep it watered, it helps to make the compost, add some Garrotta which speeds up the processWater the contents. They don't like the damp and also turn the material inside