Netflix: Lost in Space
 

Didn't see a thread about it.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80104198

Dropped today, I'm going to have to give it a go. Robot looks cool as hell.

pretty cool!

Interesting and sure isnt anything like the Lost in Space I watched as a kid. I will check this out for sure.

Definitely going to check the new series out...

Huh. Sounds interesting enough. I'll give it a try.

Oops. Accidentally fired up the movie instead. Immediately thought, "Oh. This is shit." Then recognized the actor from Friends and realized my mistake. Will watch the first episode.

Watching it this evening.

Looks good- will be starting it tonight.

It looks really good. Good enough to get me to finally sign up for Netflix

I've watched the first couple of episodes so far. It's not bad at all, really. You do have to sit through a bit of world building but that is to be expected and they are handling it fairly well.

I will say that I think whoever did this has a love for the original and that they are doing a good job of modernizing it.

Anyone else watching Lost in "Politically Correct" Space?

Cool robot - bad writing. I hope it gets better. At least there is ethnic diversity for no reason.

Isn't that the oldest kid? Suppose she's from a previous marriage? She's pretty cold to the dad in the show.

:rolleyes:

Mexican in space? Where's the border wall up there?

Meh. Dr. Smith being female is interesting because the original Dr. Smith was a flamboyant, flaming, homosexual man. I honestly don't give a shit about the Hispanic guy - in fact I have a brother in law that always reminded me of that character growing up. They could be the same guy. And my brother in law's family is Tejano so the character just looks more like my brother in law now, lol. Having the black kid is odd when you look at both parents. Up until the end of episode two the family has only interacted with each other (besides the robot) so I can see it not really coming up in conversation yet. The marital problems add a bit of adult emotional depth to the parents though.

The original show was pretty campy. They had a lot of goofy moments. It wasn't one of my favorites but I did watch it. If they followed the same set up as the original this TV show would be shit by modern standards. The reboot is already better than the original.

Damnit, thought I posted this in the Media Forum.
Feel free to move it Mods.

Why do robots need big muscles?
Do they have enough space suits to fit these kids as they grow up? And what about shoes?
Doesn't anyone take sunglasses on family space outings?
Why do folks who get lost in space always run into danger? How many times do you have to be told DANGER?

Just in the nick of time before I posted a classic CP "if only there was a forum for media stuff"

loved the 1998 movie!

Will check this out for sure

It has a lot of potential. Too bad the writing and characters get in the way.

Made it through 4 episodes last night, probably power my way through the rest but I doubt there'll be enough there to get me past the first season.

WTF? As far as entertainment $'s goes, its the most bang for you buck out there. It's way better than it was just 2 years ago.

I want every movie ever made for $9.99 a month

Meh. Watched the first episode last night. Bad writing and acting. Lot of women power going on here. A black child??? Maybe it's the moms love child from House of Cards.

Yea, Meh!

Excited to watch this with my son. Was going to post a thread about this a week or so ago, but kind of glad I didn't and may not participate in this one if things keep going this way. Why does the KKK always need to show up and ruin everything on CP?

A lot of overly critical opinions going on in this thread.

I'm on episode 5 and they're building a large Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Kind of weird but OK.

Let me guess: people are complaining that it’s a SJW liberal remake with all kinds of weird minority and gender choices in casting? Why can’t they just leave well enough alone and make our men white, our children straight, and our women servile?

Some of you will never be happy with anything.

I made it through the pilot ep, which seemed okay, although maybe a little slow.

However, the latest season of Bosch dropped yesterday, too, and it's REALLY good, at least through 6 episodes. So once I'm done with that I'll try more Lost in Space.

Just finished it. Very enjoyable.

Just finished the second episode. It's okay. Certainly better than the source material.

some glaring plot holes, but it was enjoyable. :thumb: :D

Is that really a guess or did you plagiarize it from my rotten tomatoes review?! :)

That's for sure. But damnit, I want the robot to start talking.

:)

When I was a little kid I was obsessed with Lost in Space, because I could never watch it. The reruns were broadcast on channel 41 out of Kansas City and Jeff City cable didn't carry it. I might be able to see an episode or two a year if I was visiting relatives. Being able to see an episode was almost magical.

Finally, I found it on syfy and tried to watch - it was awful. Like worse than the worst original Star Trek episode.

Same here. I stumbled across a few episode over the last few years and they suck. It's a case of remembering what I wanted it to be instead of what it was.

It required the magic of a child’s eye, that’s for sure.

To be fair, only about half of the original Star Treks are watchable. I'd sooner watch a soccer game than the episode about the space hippies. Ugh. In fact, now that I have the ability to watch them any time I want on Netflix, even with the updated CGI, I'll still only a handful of them. And the only one I watch with any regularity is The Doomsday Machine.

But back in the day Star Trek was on every Saturday night at 10:15, and I watched it religiously.

That's for sure.

Yep. The Wife and I just finished watching it. (Last episode last night). I remember watching the original when I was a teenager - it sucked snot.

This one, for all intents and purposes, looks 1,000 times better than the original. Netflix seems to have spent a boatload making it and I can see it running for 4-5 seasons easily.

Finished it. Episode 9 and about half of episode 10...incredibly hokey. Almost as hokey as the original show. I enjoyed the show well enough though. I'd probably watch another season.

Netflix generally kills it on a lot of their original programming. I am not sure how they stay profitable sans commercials because some of their shows cost a fortune. I would love them to acquire Stargate property.

Past properties I would like to see Netflix run.
Stargate, either restart the franchise or have the old cast **** up in the first episode and restart the timeline.
Babylon 5, updated cgi relaunch then sequel series.
Thundarr the barbarian anime.
Firefly, but with Kaylee and Jane as cocaptains with a new crew. The rest can do cameos.
Goonies 2, with the kids now being parents.
Vampire masquerade/the kindred.
Critters, relaunch.

Those would kick ass. I can't let go of the Firefly dream either.:D

Netflix earnings report came out today. Up almost $20 after hours

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Finished it last night. I enjoyed it. Yes there are things that could be better but that is the case with most things. I would imagine there will be improvements in the next season with as much viewership as this season has gotten.

125 million x $10.99/mo x 12 mo = 16.48 billion/year

That’s a ton of acquisitions and original programming.

Hollywood basically cut their own throats to get that SVOD check. Now they’re competing with the monster they made.

I hope it is good but it looks like a step back.

Didn't know it had that big of a user base. Okay then.

Finished it last night. I'm torn between what it is and what it could be. I'm sure I'll check out the second season, if there is one. But they'll have to step it up a notch if I'm going to make it past episode 2.1.

6.5/10

Apparently there will be a season 2:

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/los...ws-1201952695/

This is where I am at with the series....I almost turned it off after episode 3 but talked myself into watching the rest of the season to give it a fair chance.

Hopefully the writers will get a better imagination...

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I couldn't get past turning Dr. Smith in to a woman. I know, bad on me...

That does make one sit back, and think, wth?

Pft, she did a great job with that role.

This might be enough to get me back on Netflix. Dropped it due to lack of interesting content a couple months back.

That looks better than the first season. I was always a sucker for the original. No matter what I say I'm sure I'll have to watch all of this season too.

Damn right. If Dr. Smith isn't played by a flaming homosexual, it ain't Lost in Space, by God.

Kinda makes you wonder what the parents were thinking. Always leaving Will alone with Dr. Smith. The original character in the black and white episodes would have been thrown out of the airlock.

Looking forward to season two on Christmas Eve

There are some strange agents at Trona, Ca.
But where many films and series using bizarre terrain have been filmed at the Pinnacles. To include the original Lost In Space:

https://youtu.be/jWjIV2wNdQg

Hagen canyon Jupiter II crash:

https://youtu.be/JPjLmOEUks8

Naval Weapons Center Electronic Warfare ranges are adjacent to trona pinnacles. I used to make daily “Kodak” passes for the weird ohs out there. Some couples never saw me inbound.

I'm just starting season two now. I'll be back after three or four episodes to give some unspoilered opinion

Season 2 was pretty good. Not a bad show, all things considered. Although Maureen sometimes seems like the biggest heel on the show the way she's portrayed, and nearly every male character with an iota of power is a villain, while all the female characters are heroes, except for "Smith", who's only bad because she's a victim of circumstances growing up.

Better than the first one. And I liked the first one. Smith is just pure evil. I'm not buying that she's bad because of her family. If she were Judy, or Penny, or even Maureen, she'd still be bad. And her kind of evil is kinda fun to watch

I am to the point they just found the robot. I am debating continuing am a bit bored and sick of Dr Smith. I was curious about the canal through the ocean with the steel bottom. then they jumped off and on to the resolute. Just to much jumping around with little action am a bit disappointed.

Couldn't make it through Season 2. It was one ridiculous crisis after another. Will touching a claw print from the robot and getting a flashback was the last straw. Had to turn this stupid, annoying, shitty acting, terrible plot and writing show off. Worst reboot ever.

I've made it through 3 episodes this season. Shitty writing, one contrived situation after another. A killer robot has almost made to your kids and you start singing to get it's attention? JFC. I could go on and on but this thing isn't even worth the effort to trash it.

I sort of enjoyed the first season, the role reversals bothered me a little however I just decided that this is what we get now. The characters seemed rather flat and didn't really drive the story, they are all paper boats on a river. No chance to change course or control their destiny. Just going along for the ride. Seems to be a major issue with writing today.

Haven't started the second season yet, trying to keep an open mind on it. Still makes no sense to keep someone around (Dr. Smith) that shouldn't be sharing oxygen with anyone else. In the original Lost in Space, they had to change Dr. Smith or he would have been pushed out of the air lock (and realistically should have been). I guess it's like Star Wars, Star Trek or any of the long running science fiction shows; times change and the shows change with it. Maybe not always for the best.

I think I will catch Clownado first. It's supposed to be bad; intentionally bad and sometimes, that's good.

Finished watching Season 2...the biggest complaint I have is that it has too much peril to make it enjoyable. It's like they always have to be in danger...there are so many possibilities of discovery and learning that they miss.

And the ending....just silly. No way that scenario is going to come to fruition. I won't spoil it for anyone who has not watched the full season.

Finished it this morning. I knew that there was something I could do when I wake up at 3am and can't get back to sleep. It was fine; the constant impossible situations didn't really ever feel like anything bad was going to happen. Why anyone would trust June Harris (Dr. Smith) is beyond me.

Maybe some gratuitous nudity would help?

The only thing that can be trusted about the doctor would be knowing exactly who she is and what that'll cause her to do. And I like this nudity idea that you have. Season three should start off with the doctor eating the ginger girl's ass

Dr. Smith annoys me to no end at times.

Seriously, how could you not kill her early in season 1? If I were in charge of security, or just the Navy SEAL guy, I would've thrown her out an airlock or just broke her neck way before the beginning of season 2.

The other thing that's annoying is why doesn't anyone have a gun when they land on these alien planets populated by extremely dangerous animals? It's like they want to be eaten/killed.

And finally, why is the Navy SEAL so damned clumsy?

Other than those issues I'm enjoying the show, except I agree with someone above; there's too much peril per episode. I want to see more of the planets they're visiting.

And someone needs to eat the ginger's ass. The little black girl needs to go down on someone soon as well.

its lame to start with. But, even if it wasn’t, I can’t get past my hate of her.