tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post7340708414715056386..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Lost in Space: "The Oasis" (November 10, 1965)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-39181283952533636432021-06-13T05:33:37.370-04:002021-06-13T05:33:37.370-04:00This one was the beginning of the end for me. Even...This one was the beginning of the end for me. Even science fiction has to be rooted in some kind of reality for it to work. The Robinsons' should have rightly killed Smith. That they didn't meant that they weren't the best choice for the mission.<br /><br />Irvinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992624460335775921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-68958813603139865272018-04-20T11:18:57.045-04:002018-04-20T11:18:57.045-04:00Remember, this is the mid-60's. The Robinson&#...Remember, this is the mid-60's. The Robinson's continual forgiveness of Smith is an (admittedly ham-handed) attempt to both attempt to show that middle-class white Americans can tolerate 'the other', and have Smith stand in as a proxy for social issues that do not change (as opposed to the environmental issues that pioneers change) and must be endured.<br /><br />It's ham-handed in that in any Earth society, Smith would have been tried and convicted for many of his deeds, though probably not for using water.<br /><br />Later, he's just a buffoon.raitonoreply@blogger.com