Lost in Space - Even MORE For you About the Upcoming Blu-ray Disc Release

We reported the other day that Angela Cartwright, who played "Penny Robinson" on the show, had posted pictures from a recording session with cast members and other key people involved in putting Lost in Space on Blu-ray Disc, a release which will hopefully happen later this year. We're now pleased to pass along word from one of our longtime readers, David Alan Hall (thanks!), that Angela has yesterday posted a new photo gallery to her Facebook page: 9 photos called "LOST IN SPACE bluray 2015"...and which includes THE ROBOT! And also a model of the Jupiter 2 and a signed script, too! (UPDATE, 3/12: It looks like Angela has now deleted that specific photo, darn it!) Go check that out.

We'd also like to touch on one other thing today. In our previous report about this, we passed along extensive word from Lex Kennedy's post at the "Lost in Space TV Series Remastered Petition" Facebook page, about technical details of how this release is going to look. Certain phrases in this seem to have caught the eyes of our readers: "The entire series has been beautifully remastered from the original 35mm film elements...The series is being presented in its original broadcast aspect ratio of 4:3, no CGI special effects have been added, and the first season has not been altered from the original black and white. Downloadable 16:9 versions will be available."

Some folks have questioned the wisdom of putting the "old" aspect ratio of 4x3 (a.k.a. 1.33:1 "square" format) on the Blu-ray Discs, and making the "current" (1.78:1 widescreen) aspect ratio of 16x9 only available via digital download (we presume UltraViolet or comparable, but nobody has said for sure). Those folks who are concerned about this say they prefer if their new widescreen HDTVs get "fully" used, instead of being "pillarboxed" (i.e., blank areas on the sides where the square-shaped 4x3 image doesn't get used). In the current world of widescreen TVs, "widescreen" is now "full frame" (remember how "full frame" used to mean "square," because widescreen would leave blank areas top and bottom?...my, how times have changed!).

So, even though a bit of your TV's screen isn't going to get used when the Original 4x3 image is shown on the Blu-ray, be comforted by knowing that you're seeing ALL of the picture, and not losing anything by a conversion to widescreen. And most TVs will let you stretch that image, if you really prefer. The vast majority of our readers, we're happy to say, are VERY glad to hear that the original aspect ratio (OAR) of the show is being preserved (as it has been with other releases of vintage TV shows on Blu-ray Disc). Many of them say, "No OAR = No Sale"...and we can understand that completely!

Date：2015-3-14　【Return】