Jupiter 2 Crash

The first crash landing of the Jupiter 2 from the third episode of Lost in Space: 'Island in the Sky'.

Strikingly more realistic than modern cgi; incredible since the scene is filmed using a model on fishing wire, an arguably primitive technique.

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Entertainment

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• island
• sky
• lost
• in
• space
• jupiter
• crash
• land
• landing

[RichYan33]

The first six episodes of this show were great. Then they went all Batman campy and brought in the carrot people.

[TwilightSuspension]

@RichYan33 I can't disagree; the first few eps were brilliant, but the quality noticeably declined after them, and absolutely plummeted after the first episode of season 2, leading to the abomination which was the talking carrot episode. But still, there were a few really good ones later. The Wreck of the Robot, for example.

[simongarth2001]

Screw CGI.......This looks awesome, even today!!

[supermanfan62]

the great john williams

[JBofBrisbane]

@cylonraider4 - The Anti-Matter Man could almost be seen as a direct take from the Star Trek Episode, The Alternative Factor.

[JBofBrisbane]

Unfortunately most of the criticisms of the show can be levelled at one Mister Irwin Allen himself. He used to like to exercise his influence on the show, preferring more running and jumping action (and quirky aliens) to intelligent plotlines, and he occasionally made writers pay for daring to write intelligently in spite of his influence.

[cylonraider4]

Yeah,,,,the music by John Willams was perfect for this scene! (LOL)

[cylonraider4]

One last thing...The sound effects of the Jupiter Two in flight was pretty awesome.You could close your eyes and literally feel the raw power of its engines.No other spacecraft in television or movie sci-fi ever matched it.You knew from the sound that mankind had discovered and harnessed a new kind of power that would take humanity to another star system with incredible ease.

[cylonraider4]

Follow up comment....Although the show as a whole was a waste of time and talent.(I mean you had Guy Williams who was cool as Hell and June Lockhart who was fine as Hell).It focus way too much on the bullshit of Dr.Smith.There were some shows that stood out amid the foolishness of the later years.The Anti-Matter Man was one.(One of Williams favorites) and the 1947 Roswell-like..Visit to a Hostile Planet. The writers never explored the full power of the Jupiter Two...A starship in its own right.

[cylonraider4]

Listen.....the first six episodes of Space were serious sci-fi.Excellent plots and pretty good special effects for its timeThe Jupiter 2 Crash is probably one of the greatest special effect scenes done without CGI in television sci-fi history.Even though we know how it was done,It still blows us away over forty-years later.Even the fuller scene of the ship in space during a decaying orbit is cool.Space got stupid as it went on and that was a shame because have the show showed a lot of potential.

[drwayne88]

I think they did well for more than the first 6 episodes. Most of the first season was really good IMHO.

[genericgeorge]

@TwilightSuspension The Anti Matter Man was good from the last season. Good concept of parallel universes. It still had some silly stuff though

[ItsAmadWorld2]

The first episodes were great. Then Dr. Smith ate mengos that turned him into a giant.