Commentary:Love's Labours Lost in Space

Topics of Discussion

 * It took five weeks to animate the Opening Sequence
 * One frame takes about an hour to render completely.
 * David asks Brian Keeley about how it felt to join the writing crew the same day David temporarily quit.
 * Brian's initial impression was that the show was going down the tubes.
 * M5438's character model and voice over artist.
 * Billy's voice had recently caused some confusion in the recording studio. This was realized after they had rewired the whole studio.
 * Holograms are always done in 3D
 * David came up with the name for Dark Matter fuel, based on the described in physics and cosmology.
 * The voices have changed
 * The characters of Zapp Brannigan and Kif Kroker
 * About the size and detail of the Nimbus
 * Peter Avanzino came to the Halloween party as Zapp.
 * Zapp's voice is based on a disk jockey that loves his own voice and so he says things slowly.
 * How complex Zapp's room is
 * Zapp's gut was meant to grow in each scene.
 * In his room there is always a statue or painting of Zapp in every shot of it.
 * David talks about Zapp's near-nude scene.
 * The fact that Vergon 6 was the first planet they went to where they could create their own colour palate.
 * The character of Nibbler
 * They hint that Nibbler has a bigger part later in the series.
 * John talks about Franks Welker's Hollywood past and abilities.
 * The phones seem to always change in variety as do characters phone numbers.
 * They discuss the fact that Phil Hartman was to play Zapp Brannigan.
 * David explains that Billy is doing his own idea of what Zapp Brannigan would sound like.
 * David is wondering how it takes the ship a second or two to reach the Moon but much longer to reach Vergon 6.

Connections to Other Commentaries

 * David's voice cracks at the end of the episode. This also happens in "Mother's Day".