Today’s VHS pick is Lost in Space (1998)—one of those 90s Hollywood stabs at turning 60s TV shows into blockbuster spectacles.
The cast is stacked: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham. For a movie this goofy, it’s still wild that they roped in so much star power.
Critics trashed it at release, but over time it’s carved out a cult following.
The 1998 movie is different from the Netflix series. Both are good, IMO, just for completely different reasons.
The movie wins for me because it lets you see Gary Oldman be his famous batshit crazy villain persona.