What looked to be a large containment area was off to one side of the garage. Jetting out from the garage were some door ways that led to ladders, allowing characters to enter or exit. This could be a scanning tool as the top of the machine was covered at the time, but looked to have some sort of lens that needed to be protected between shoots. An open track in the ceiling looks like it is a pathway for this device to circle around whatever is on the platform. At the opposite end of the ramp by the platform is a large device that extends down from the ceiling. At the center of the garage is a platform with lights set into the floor. The set is roughly the same size and shape of the Jupiter set, round and has a large, heavy ramp that is big enough for the Chariot to enter and exit. This barcode (a long thin black strip with various breaks in it) can be seen on various props, including the costumes.īefore heading into the main Jupiter 2 set, the press was shown the ship’s garage. Odds are this detail will never be seen, but the sticker consists of information about the vehicle such as its name ‘j2 Chariot’ and a series-specific barcode. In the driver side rear wheelwell, there is a very small sticker. There is English and Japanese writing on various parts of the vehicle. At the rear of the vehicle is a row of what looks like cylindrical fuel cells recessed into the body. The tires are large and more than capable of dealing with rough terrain. The Chariot’s front comes equipped with a towing cable and a series of LED headlights. The steering wheel and dashboard are decked out with some small keyboards and some smaller electronics. The interior is minimalist but functional: seats with cross-harness seatbelts, cargo netting near the back, and an instrument panel. The Chariot’s body is white with black windows and sports a pair of gull-wing doors. Obvious homages to the original vehicle exist, but overall the Chariot shares a lot in common with the Mako from the original Mass Effect game. By the garage set was the full-size Chariot, the Robinson’s mean of ground transportation. Also visible were a few six-foot tall stalagmite that would brightly colored in various shades of orange, green and blue. Remnants of glaciers from the first episode were piled up, ready for destruction. Since the character does not breath, the spaceship does not have an enclosed cockpit.įollowing Ross Dempster’s presentation, the press group was shown into the main soundstage where the sets of the Jupiter 2, its garage, and an ice cave were. The vessel is like a manta ray, with several open areas, much like the Robot’s body. This revelation came about on an accompanying slide that put the Robot’s ship on display. A big change is not only the Robot’s look but also its origin. Given that “Lost in Space” is making several changes from the original 1960s series and, thankfully, the ’97 movie, it was not too big of a surprise that risks would be taken. The body is a mass of interwoven metal strands with open areas where one can look straight through. The thing was around seven foot almost royal blue in color with gold trim and somewhat resembled a mixture of Ultron, a bipedal reptile and a Geth from Mass Effect. The face is a curved blank glass oval which can change color. Three images of the above-mentioned creature were shown on a new slide each was identical with the exception of its face. Assumptions were made that this was just an alien, but a few in attendance gambled that this was the Robot even though it bore no resemblance to the classic claw-handed mechanical member of the Robinson family. While being escorted to the video village earlier, a strange creature was briefly glanced on a monitor the crew was reviewing before the roundtable scene started filming. There had been an air of anticipation during Dempster’s time as many present were interested in a very specific part of the series: the Robot.
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