 As the flying saucer was surpassed by other designs and concepts, it fell out of favor with straight science-fiction moviemakers, but continued to be used ironically in comedy movies, especially in reference to the low-budget B movies which often featured saucer-shaped alien craft.However, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave its high production value film "Forbidden Planet" (1956) a flying saucer called the "United Planets Cruiser C-57D", presenting a plausible human exploration, faster-than-light starship of the 23rd century.In the television series "Lost in Space" (1965-1968), the Robinson family had a disc-shaped spaceship.