1998’s Cosmic Adventure: A 'Lost in Space' Tale Strikingly Echoing 'Interstellar'

Honestly, revisiting Lost in Space from 1998 feels like opening a time capsule. For me, this wasn’t just a sci-fi film — it was a gateway to imagination.

Back then, Earth was doomed in the story, and the Robinsons were off hunting for Alpha Prime through hyperspace, dodging all sorts of impossible tech and random cosmic hazards.

Sure, today it looks a bit naive — hypergates, jumps through the Sun, you name it — but that’s exactly why it captured my imagination.

The heart of the movie is the Robinson family, and it’s their dynamics that make the story stick. Conflicts, romance, hidden grudges — it’s all there, wrapped up in a cosmic adventure.

And Gary Oldman as Dr Smith? Brilliantly sinister, keeping you on edge even as the special effects scream "late ’90s." I love that mix of family drama and space thrills — it makes the universe feel alive.

Watching it now, I can see the parallels with Interstellar. Both are about survival, family, and the hope of finding a new home, but Lost in Space wears its optimism on its sleeve. It’s charmingly over-the-top, nostalgic, and yet somehow inspiring.

For me, this film isn’t just a relic — it’s a reminder of why I fell in love with space stories in the first place.