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| Howard_Casto:
So I just finished the new Netflix Lost in Space series. It's pretty darn good. The production value is fantastic and the acting is good. It's a bit predictable, but then again I figure out the plot to most shows fairly early on, so maybe I'm too hard to tv these days. What I will say is even knowing the destination ahead of time, the journey was entertaining. The show is just packed with events and plot with pretty much zero filler. The choice to make it a tight 10 episodes was a smart one. My only complaint is Dr. Smith. The woman doing her does a great job and I actually liked the fact that they made her a woman as it gives her less of a pedophile vibe compared to the original series, but I think they did the reveal backwards. In the first episode she's revealed to be an imposter and just using the name Dr. Smith. While this certainly adds a bit of tension to the show, as we know she's up to no good, it probably would have been better if they had given her another fake name and she was revealed to really be Dr. Smith towards the end of the show. If they had done that and certain scenes were filmed differently, it could have been a good twist reveal. I think they might have actually planned to do that originally as there is a dropped plot thread but that would be spoiler territory. Anyway, check it out if you can as it's pretty great. |
| nitrogen_widget:
I went looking for this last weekend and was disappointed it wasn't out yet so ended up watching the movie with Joey from friends. I hope the series is better. |
| wp34:
Well you have me curious. Most reviews so far have been very poor. I like the cast though and loved the original show so I am encouraged to hear you liked it. |
| DaOld Man:
Ive gotten in to 4 episodes so far. There are some holes that maybe will be answered later. One is (at the risk of sounding racist here), why is Judy a black girl when everyone else in the family is white? Was she adopted? Did Maureen have a previous marriage or lover before John? Also the robot's origins are a mystery, although Im sure it will be explained later. So far I do like it, but if they had used the original story line with todays special effects, it could have been better. As far as the movie that Joey from friends was on, it sucked. That movie was so bad I held my head in shame. I grew up on the original Lost in Space and Star Trek. Waited impatiently all week for the next episode. I think my favorite episode was when the robot grew big and Will and Dr smith went inside to repair him and shrink him back down. Sounds corny now, but back then it was great. But there were many favorite episodes. Of course the first original episode was good too, where Dr Smith sabotaged the robot and got trapped on the ship. But if you are a fan, you know the original story line. |
| Howard_Casto:
It is the original story line with today's effects more or less... keep watching and things will get more familiar. Honestly I think that the main problem with the show is they don't stray far enough away from the original show in terms of plot. Like I said, I almost immediately knew how the whole season was going to play out and with an exception here and there I was right. She's black for the same reason that the Roseanne reboot has a black kid..... because diversity at all costs even if it makes zero sense to do so. It doesn't really bother me in this particular series since the people they cast are quite good, but it's glaringly obvious why they did some of the casting changes. It'll be explained later, though it doesn't explain how two gingers gave birth to a little boy with brown hair and frosted tips. ;) |
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