Netflix: Lost in Space

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Originally Posted by listopencil

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.

Spoiler!

They made the Dad an idiot- they made Will dumb and timid. Only the Mom and Black Judy have any brains-women power-lol Hell the Mom can walk on a five mile hike hours after having her leg broken and hardly a limp.
Really poor writing-so many loopholes in the plot. Sunken ship-no problem- the robot has super duper hot hands and can dry it out in minutes!!