It has been wished for as long as DS has been on Sci-fi, including its inital run that they would do a DS marathon, which has since become known as a chain reaction.  However that has never happened and probably never will.  While Sci fi seems to know DS is popular with its fans, they still don't see it being as marketable as Star Trek or Stargate SG1.  Part of the problem is the fact that the series is a continuing drama and I guess they feel that it would be unfair to air a small grouping of shows and leave people hainging, who might not get the chance to watch it at it's regular time.

However, I can see them doing a Chain Reaction of the 1991 mini series.  That would be interesting to revisit this off shoot of the original.

Raholt

Also I have found out tonight that the reason for so little info being in the press about Jonathan Harris' death is that the family wished it to be handled very low key in the media until after his funeral on Wednesday.  I can understand the family's wishes at a time like this but while I understand not give out exact details of the arrangements, for fear there would be people crash the funeral, fans are only human and they wanted to know what happened to him.  I think what was released, giving a brief bit of background info and the cause of death was very appropriate to both honor the wishes of the family and needs of the fans.

Raholt

I am on a Lost in Space email list, with connections to many LIS organizations and they reported his death last night, saying he died at about 6pm Eastern Time on Sunday Nov 3.  

Like Midnite I have not been able to find any media reports about  his passing, but I must admit having the same problem for the first couple of days after Dennis Patrick died.  Part of it is that these people are part of popular  nostalgia, but not thought as popular today.  The media isn't as anxious to talk about a star of 30 years ago (heyday of his fame) as they would be if he had been in the limelight today.  

Also I read today that he was in the hospital and died in his sleep but apparently details about what was wrong with him aren't being released.  One of the leaders of the email list said she knew he had been having health problems but had been asked not to talk about them.  Apparently that is a request of the family.  She also stated he had been schedule to attend Chiller this year but had had to cancel.

Raholt

Can't wait for Volume 3 to come out for retail sale so I can get mine.  I'm enjoying rewatching these episodes on DVD.  Too bad it will be all the way until Feb, at the earliest, before Volume 4 is coming out.

I am one of those fans that don't try to make the story fit with explanations of what might have been done unseen or happened due to an action.  The fact is the responsibilty for any inconsistency in this or any storyline is the writers.  It is true that in reality, unseen things do affect people's lives, but in the case of DS, when I come across an inconsistency like this one, I blame the writers for the error.  Given the fact that these episodes were written well after the original segment is still no excuse for not doing the research to find out where the characters stood at any given point in the original flashback and taking the new story from there.  It would be like writing a sequel to a novel and not bothering to find out where the characters ended up before you continue telling their story. I know TV is fast paced and daytime tv, especially back then was very hectic, but surely there was a story bible or synopoises available for the writers to fall back on when delving into past storylines.  This is not a problem that affected just DS, but has happened with many TV shows and it boils down to a writer or writers not doing their research.  When the research is not done then you end up with a situation like this where you are seeing a split version of Natalie Dupres life, not to mention no explanation of how Victoria could have become the governess to the Collins children in that time and not Phyllis Wick since the second time around she was not taking her place.  Also add to that the state of Millicent Collins mental health in this mini flashback.  She is a bit daffy but in no way as mentally disturbed as she was by that point in the original storyline.  The writers of this segment failed to take quite a few things into consideration before beginning this part of the story and it shows prominently unfortunately.

To put it in story context, this is not suppose to be a PT version of anything.  It is suppose to be how history unfolded for the Collins family of the past.  When Victoria went into the past, replacing Phyllis Wick, she was living out life as it had happened to Phyllis originally.  The writers took some licenses with Victoria's knowledge of the past and attempts to prevent the tragedies that hit the Collins family in 1795, but ulitmately history unfolded as it had originally.  When she went back the second time, all rational explantions for how she could have logically fit into that time are gone and it leaves us with a version of the story that doesn't make alot of sense and lacks continuity with the rest of the story as it had been presented up to that point.  

Raholt

Well, today, Amazon finally sent me word that my DS DVD Set 2 has shipped.  I should get it on Monday, one day shy of 3 weeks after its release date and 3 months and 3 weeks since it was pre-ordered.  Better late than never, I suppose, but this incident has given me serious doubts about using Amazon for any future orders of any kind.

Raholt

Thank you Carol.  I have written another letter to Amazon.com on this matter.  Like you I have done a good deal of business with them as well and if they want to keep me as a customer, then they had better get on the ball and right this problem.

Vam, I worked in a tiny video retail store in a mall for 2 years and here is how sophisticated our pre-order list was.  It was a piece of paper on a clip board, but it worked and we made sure it was first come first served.  Surely a place as large as Amazon, with all their computers and alike can manage to keep a list based on date of order and do the same thing with even more ease than we did...at least you would think.

I'm sorry everyone, I know that this is not the only source of my frustration and anger right now, but this past week at the library where I work now, our director is retiring and we have just had an interim director rammed down our throats that nobody wants and is not qualified for the position.  What makes it worse is he was chosen over the current director, who has 17 years of outstanding service and had agreed to stay on until a permanent replacement could be found.  This done so by a politically corrupt board of directors that this interim director was president of until a few days before he was given the job.  In this case the wishes of the staff, the general public and even the county commission were all ignored , despite the fact that the board is there to look out for the public's interest, but they chose to betray that trust and look out for their own personal interests and that of the interim director.  I hate injustice and this situation has made me get into a fighting mode to protect my rights.  My rights as a citizen to have a say in the library that I pay for with my tax dollars and seems to now be thought of as the personal property of  a group 6 people and my rights as a customer to get what I ordered in a timely and fair manner.  Neither of these situations have turned out to be handled very fairly and right now I'm just tired of constantly getting the shaft every way I turn.

Raholt  

Well, Amazon customer service finally got back to me with an explanation.  It seems they found Set 2 in short supply, meaning their people didn't order enough from the supplier and by the time they realized it their supplier was out.  They are trying to get it from a different suppler and hope to have it to me by Sept 9.  Been around retail video long enough to know that someone fouled up and thought it would not sell so didn't order but one or two, even with pre-orders already taken.  The company I worked for could do the same thing and I never understood how you could be in that business and not know what you are doing.  Apparently it is pretty easy.

Raholt