Lost in Space - New Netflix series

[Vipers]

El stovey said:

My kids enjoyed this. Some ok cgi, kids discovering stuff and having adventures, I think it’s more aimed at 12 year olds than adults really.

How many adults grew up with Micky Mouse, Donal Duck et al and still enjoy them, I know I do.

[anonymous-user]

Vipers said:

El stovey said:

My kids enjoyed this. Some ok cgi, kids discovering stuff and having adventures, I think it’s more aimed at 12 year olds than adults really.

How many adults grew up with Micky Mouse, Donal Duck et al and still enjoy them, I know I do.

Sorry, I wasn’t saying adults can’t enjoy it, I enjoyed watching it with my kids, it’s just that if people are looking for recommendations as to whether to watch it, it’s more Disney than Ridley Scott in my view.

In fact, it’s becoming a popular genre on Netflix now these quality series which are suitable for children and younger teens but not Nickelodeon style, a series of unfortunate events was one of Netflix’s first big forays into this age group. Hopefully there’ll be a lot more.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 16th April 16:04

[JamieBeeston]

Had such potential, and whilst not crap I just didn't feel it actually went anywhere at all...

It all felt like one big "previously on" designed to set up the real series (I hope anyway)

Some annoyingly stupid logic in places, but I'll watch S2 when it comes out just to see if they actually make some good use of what, if handled well (read a little darker!) could be a great 5-6 series run.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Can't stand the Dr Smith character nor the woman who plays her. I've never seen the original but why would someone who is effectively stranded on an unknown planet be such a tt?

Also the teens are half decent actors....the little lad who plays Will looks like he's stting a big one in his pants every time the camera pauses on his face. He sits there squirming around unsure what to do with his face. Can't stand him either.

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 18th April 21:32

[SpudLink]

Made it to the end. I’d say I quite enjoyed it by the final episode. Damning with faint praise, perhaps, but not everything is ‘must watch’ event TV.
It looks like the next season will be more recognisably ‘Lost in Space’, with the core characters. Rather than ‘Stranded on a Planet’, with one dimensional extras.
I still think they should have balanced the characters of the 2 daughters differently. It seems like one has every talent going, while the other is just ballast.

[James 33]

Finished the series tonight and i thought it came together nicely at the end and sets it up well for the next series. Ok some of this one was a bit cringe but i'll give series 2 a go assuming they carry it on.

[bigrich4]

Otispunkmeyer said:

Can't stand the Dr Smith character nor the woman who plays her.

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 18th April 21:32

I'm with you on that one. I keep thinking about her lack of acting ability in Blade:Trinity (an awful film generally, granted). I finished episode 5 last night and I'm struggling with how stupid these supposedly 'best-of-the-best' characters are.

[LoonyTunes]

kennydies said:

It is more "lost on a planet" than lost in space....

Er, that's exactly the premise for the original series.

For me the downsides were:

1. It became to much of a "family drama" for a fair few episodes

2. The Robot in war-mode was far too obviously CGI'd

[warp9]

fk me. Absolute American bubble gum pop 'sci fi' for 12 yr olds.

I'll have a boufant for a variable. 🤪🤟

[Beefmeister]

I think it’s great fun, easy watching and a fair few great moments.

Just finished Ep7 and there were some lovely almost-wet-eyes moments in the tar pit, followed by proper guffaws with the squeaky ‘I love you’

But hey, according to some of you lot I must be a brain dead moron for enjoying this and ST Discovery and hell, I even watch Black Lightning

[SpudLink]

Beefmeister said:

I think it’s great fun, easy watching and a fair few great moments.

Just finished Ep7 and there were some lovely almost-wet-eyes moments in the tar pit, followed by proper guffaws with the squeaky ‘I love you’

But hey, according to some of you lot I must be a brain dead moron for enjoying this and ST Discovery and hell, I even watch Black Lightning

I loved Star Trek Discovery. I enjoyed Lost In Space. But decided life is too short to bother with more than one episode of Black Lightning.

[tobinen]

Just watched episode 1 last night. I'll carry on but so far I'm not overly enjoying it, we'll see. Visually good though.

[hooblah]

I haven't read the comments but I thought i'd share my views after watching episode one.

And what a load of st it was.

How the fk did the alien legs chase him without being able to see? So he climbs up a tree to find the other half behind him. What? How the hell did he get up there? Any why couldn't he use his 10 arms to drag himself back down? And why didn't the little kid just boot the fking thing to the floor?

Oh and don't get me started on the magnesium... It doesn't just ignite with a spark. You need some serious heat input to get it going. Oh and good job sticking it in her hand and lighting it. She wouldn't have a hand left after that!

It was snowing when they got there. How was it so cold that the ice froze almost instantly, yet then it starts raining towards the end? Wasn't it a good thing that it started to rain? It should have helped thaw the ice.

And after the robot saves the girl, they're like 'now keep us warm'. As if all of a sudden the robot is now their bh.

3/10. Absolute bks. It only scores that high because of nice visuals.

[Tony Starks]

The robot was impaled on the tree.

[BossHogg]

hooblah said:

I haven't read the comments but I thought i'd share my views after watching episode one.

And what a load of st it was.

How the fk did the alien legs chase him without being able to see? So he climbs up a tree to find the other half behind him. What? How the hell did he get up there? Any why couldn't he use his 10 arms to drag himself back down? And why didn't the little kid just boot the fking thing to the floor?

Oh and don't get me started on the magnesium... It doesn't just ignite with a spark. You need some serious heat input to get it going. Oh and good job sticking it in her hand and lighting it. She wouldn't have a hand left after that!

It was snowing when they got there. How was it so cold that the ice froze almost instantly, yet then it starts raining towards the end? Wasn't it a good thing that it started to rain? It should have helped thaw the ice.

And after the robot saves the girl, they're like 'now keep us warm'. As if all of a sudden the robot is now their bh.

3/10. Absolute bks. It only scores that high because of nice visuals.

You do know it's not a factual documentary?

[jmorgan]

Alien and tree, for some reason could not help but think of Vyvyan and his head.

[singlecoil]

BossHogg said:

You do know it's not a factual documentary?

I'm sure he knows that. I do too. But fiction is supposed to make some kind of effort to be believable. Not true, but believable.

[SpudLink]

hooblah said:

I haven't read the comments but I thought i'd share my views after watching episode one.

And what a load of st it was.

How the fk did the alien legs chase him without being able to see? So he climbs up a tree to find the other half behind him. What? How the hell did he get up there? Any why couldn't he use his 10 arms to drag himself back down? And why didn't the little kid just boot the fking thing to the floor?

Oh and don't get me started on the magnesium... It doesn't just ignite with a spark. You need some serious heat input to get it going. Oh and good job sticking it in her hand and lighting it. She wouldn't have a hand left after that!

It was snowing when they got there. How was it so cold that the ice froze almost instantly, yet then it starts raining towards the end? Wasn't it a good thing that it started to rain? It should have helped thaw the ice.

And after the robot saves the girl, they're like 'now keep us warm'. As if all of a sudden the robot is now their bh.

3/10. Absolute bks. It only scores that high because of nice visuals.

If that’s your reaction to episode 1, I think it would be best if you didn’t watch any more. It’s very soft sci-fi with implausible characters behaviour. That doesn’t get any better. If you can look past that then there is some enjoyment to be had. If not, you’ll just get angry with it.

[Beefmeister]

hooblah said:

I haven't read the comments but I thought i'd share my views after watching episode one.

And what a load of st it was.

How the fk did the alien legs chase him without being able to see? So he climbs up a tree to find the other half behind him. What? How the hell did he get up there? Any why couldn't he use his 10 arms to drag himself back down? And why didn't the little kid just boot the fking thing to the floor?

Oh and don't get me started on the magnesium... It doesn't just ignite with a spark. You need some serious heat input to get it going. Oh and good job sticking it in her hand and lighting it. She wouldn't have a hand left after that!

It was snowing when they got there. How was it so cold that the ice froze almost instantly, yet then it starts raining towards the end? Wasn't it a good thing that it started to rain? It should have helped thaw the ice.

And after the robot saves the girl, they're like 'now keep us warm'. As if all of a sudden the robot is now their bh.

3/10. Absolute bks. It only scores that high because of nice visuals.

It saddens me when I read stuff like this. Can't you just switch off and enjoy something? You must be a riot.

[singlecoil]

Beefmeister said:

hooblah said:

I haven't read the comments but I thought i'd share my views after watching episode one.

And what a load of st it was.

How the fk did the alien legs chase him without being able to see? So he climbs up a tree to find the other half behind him. What? How the hell did he get up there? Any why couldn't he use his 10 arms to drag himself back down? And why didn't the little kid just boot the fking thing to the floor?

Oh and don't get me started on the magnesium... It doesn't just ignite with a spark. You need some serious heat input to get it going. Oh and good job sticking it in her hand and lighting it. She wouldn't have a hand left after that!

It was snowing when they got there. How was it so cold that the ice froze almost instantly, yet then it starts raining towards the end? Wasn't it a good thing that it started to rain? It should have helped thaw the ice.

And after the robot saves the girl, they're like 'now keep us warm'. As if all of a sudden the robot is now their bh.

3/10. Absolute bks. It only scores that high because of nice visuals.

It saddens me when I read stuff like this. Can't you just switch off and enjoy something? You must be a riot.

You clearly don't understand how annoying sloppy writing can be to people like the gentleman above who was prepared to suspend his disbelief and enjoy a series which was obviously very expensive to make. It really wouldn't have been difficult to have written it in such a way as to overcome the objections above and others that have been posted.

It's the frustration that causes rants like the one above, the fact that they very nearly made a decent watchable show and then fked it up.