Lost in Space
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Now you're as light as my deathbed
And though you speak like a fiend
You just sing like an angel
I'm not longing to hold
I'm not craving to touch you
I'm just blissful to be
I don't know why my grace is leaving
Often enough I bore your aching
Hoping to learn that you were faking
I don't know why my trace is leaving
I don't know what your face is meaning
Often enough you bore my sorrow
Hoping to catch a tear to borrow
I will be heading for your rocks
And trying to melt down the hardness
Of your soul
Of your soul
I was so light when we met
Now I'm as dark as your deathbed
And I will never be
I don't know why my grace is leaving
I don't know what your face is meaning
Often enough I bore your aching
Hoping to learn that you were faking
I don't know why my trace is leaving
I don't know what your face is meaning
Often enough you bore my sorrow
Hoping to catch a tear to borrow
I will be heading for your rocks
And trying to melt down the hardness
Of your soul
I will be heading for your rocks
And trying to melt down the hardness
Of your soul
Of your soul
Of your soul
The lyrics of O.R.M.’s song Lost in Space poetically captures the sense of awe and dread one might feel when exploring the vast expanse of the universe. The opening lines of the song paint a beautiful, almost mystical portrait of the cosmos: “Outside the window, a beautiful sight / Billions of stars, shining so bright / Planets and entities, black holes and galaxies.” However, this initial sense of wonder quickly gives way to a feeling of danger and uncertainty as the singer describes asteroids flying by and the realization that “Anyone could become a tragedy.” The sense of danger is further emphasized by the fact that “All controls are out / Meaningless to shout” - suggesting that the singer is powerless in the face of the cosmic forces around them.
Despite the sense of danger, there is also a sense of exhilaration that comes from rushing through space: “Rushing through it all, makes you feel kind of small / Time is running short, losing life support / Lost in space.” There is a clear sense that the experience of being lost in space is one that is both terrifying and thrilling, and that it puts one’s own life and existence into a larger cosmic perspective. Ultimately, the lyrics of Lost in Space suggest that exploring the universe is a way to confront the limits of human knowledge and experience - and to find beauty, wonder, and danger in that confrontation.
Line by Line Meaning
Outside the window, a beautiful sight
Looking through the window, I see an unforgettable view
Billions of stars, shining so bright
The stars are glittering and shining brilliantly, numbering in the billions
Planets and entities,
Entities like planets are visible to me
black holes and galaxies
Different spectacular bodies like black holes and galaxies are seen in the surroundings
Asteroids flying by, close to me
I see asteroids moving closer to my location
Anyone could become a tragedy
The asteroids pose danger and anyone could meet a tragic death
All controls are out
There's a malfunction with the spacecraft's controls
Meaningless to shout
It's helpless to scream in this emergency
Rushing through it all, makes you feel kind of small
Everything is moving quickly and it makes me feel insignificant in this grand space
Time is running short, loosing life support
There is not much time left and we're losing the necessary support for survival
Lost in space
We are stranded in space without a clear way to get back home
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@agranero6
I keep imagining how dangerous was all those neon lights and their high voltage generators for the actor inside the robot.
@logandarklighter
Very dangerous indeed. And a similar problem existed with the Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.
That problem being - both Robot suits were top-heavy. VERY top-heavy. And if you tilted past a certain point, there was simply no way to recover and the suit actor (and suit) was going to fall over. If the fall was FORWARD - and it very likely would be - due to more weight in the front due to the arms etc. - then the suit and actor inside would smash into the ground. With a high likelihood that the wrists or forearms would be broken. And then the face of the actor would likely hit the neon tubes right in front. If they break, you could get either electrocuted or doused in some toxic materials. Possibly both. And the ONLY way out was for the crew to unbolt the top of the robot suit and drag the stunt actor out. Which - if his arms are broken, is going to be very difficult at best.
The B-9 Robot was slightly better than Robby in that regard because IF a falling accident had occurred, the actor inside MIGHT have the presence of mind to remove his hands from the claw units and tuck them inside the torso shell completely. Perhaps even being able to brace himself and protect his face. But the arms on the Robby suit weren't quite as fully retractable. I'm unsure whether the actor in the robby suit could pull them back into the torso completely or not.
( Bill Mumy mentioned in an interview that the stunt actor could indeed pull in his arms completely and use them to spin the torso around completely 360 on the rotation waist collar. So that's how I know the B-9 suit operator could pull in his own hands completely. )
Fortunately - no such accident to the best of my knowledge ever happened.
All in all - just another day on the job. Standards were a LOT DIFFERENT back then!
@GrantTarredus
@@logandarklighterThere was that time someone stepped on his cable while May was going up the Jupiter’s ramp and he fell backwards. He was out for a second, I think and woke up to find Lockhart bending over him in alarm. I may be off on some details, so please correct me.
I wore an outrageously heavy robot suit in a stage play in Savannah, Ga. in May 2010, and the weight of that thing combined with the lack of ventilation while working under stage lights in front of an audience almost killed me. It was extremely hard not to tip over. Actors who play robots, gorillas, giant Japanese monsters and so on deserve every cent they make. I wouldn’t do it again for love or money.
@danroose3813
@@GrantTarredusI seen that episode when he was going up the ramp into the Jupiter, you catch it right as he starts tilting back, it almost looked like Penny tried to grab him , I even freeze framed the moment, great hidden history ✌👍
@austinarnold4460
It's sad to me how the story of this prop played out. I didn't even exist when the original run of this show aired, but it is such an iconic 'ROBOT' design. Like... if you try to imagine what a robot looks like this is it. I wish it was in more complete state but it's an absolute fluke when a prop this old can survive this long. The starship enterprise model from the original run of startrek is a fine example of just absolute luck that it survived at all. A huge 11 foot filming model with awkward pylons that should have long since been destroyed or cracked, surviving to be loved and admired by generations to come.
You just don't know the true value of a thing until long after productions wrapped up.
@MoviesMusicMonsters
TOTALLY agree!!
@FrankJCarver
What they did to that robot on 'Mystery Island' was disgraceful.
@kelli217
I suppose it's theoretically possible (and don't ask B9 about this, because it's explicitly a Non-Theorizing type) that the legs were just put on backwards after the restoration... the tilt of the bellows in the upper conjoined section is the almost exactly the reverse of that shown in the older images.
@EnigmaticPenguin
Classic Ship of Theseus situation. Just found your channel and love it!
@MoviesMusicMonsters
Hey, thank you so much. The channel seems to have really taken off in the last 5 months. I appreciate the support :-) Dan