The original "Lost in Space" was a goofy show that didn't really take itself seriously. But it was fun and we got the great Johnathan Harris as Dr. Smith in the process. Then in the 90's came the gritty reboot in the form of a movie which had promise but was, in itself, rather silly in places. And like a lot of things we now have a "Lost in Space" for the 21st century and honestly I wish we hadn't.
Here's the thing, I don't hate this show. But I don't particularly like it either. The sets are decent, the look is stylish, the actors are capable of doing their job so what's the problem? Well, it's the writing which makes these supposedly incredibly smart people into some of the dumbest people around. Well that and errors all throughout the series and have you question why the need to add in all these moments of manufactured drama.
An error, like literally within the first minute of the first episode. They're falling towards the surface of a planet and the computer is reading their altitude in feet when the display is clearly in meters. And I don't mean doing a conversion. No, it says they're at 3000 feet and the display has just shown them at 3000 meters. This happens quite often in which a display will show things in meters or kilometers only to have them just change the unit to feet or miles. And these are supposed to be scientists. Or how the mother says they're trillions of light years off course. Had she said kilometers or even miles it wouldn't have been much of a problem. But light years is another matter. The entire observable universe is only 93 billion light years across meaning they would have had to, somehow, travel further than the edge of the observable universe in an impossibly short period of time while still being partway between Earth and this colony they were heading to.
The rest of it isn't all that much better. People make stupid mistakes, often times aided by some incredibly shoddy science all for the sake of drama. Like Penny getting stuck in the ice. If water froze that quickly, they would have frozen solid the moment they took off their helmets.
Sorry, but this is just childishly written which is a shame. It could have been so much better had they gotten better writers.
Here's the thing, I don't hate this show. But I don't particularly like it either. The sets are decent, the look is stylish, the actors are capable of doing their job so what's the problem? Well, it's the writing which makes these supposedly incredibly smart people into some of the dumbest people around. Well that and errors all throughout the series and have you question why the need to add in all these moments of manufactured drama.
An error, like literally within the first minute of the first episode. They're falling towards the surface of a planet and the computer is reading their altitude in feet when the display is clearly in meters. And I don't mean doing a conversion. No, it says they're at 3000 feet and the display has just shown them at 3000 meters. This happens quite often in which a display will show things in meters or kilometers only to have them just change the unit to feet or miles. And these are supposed to be scientists. Or how the mother says they're trillions of light years off course. Had she said kilometers or even miles it wouldn't have been much of a problem. But light years is another matter. The entire observable universe is only 93 billion light years across meaning they would have had to, somehow, travel further than the edge of the observable universe in an impossibly short period of time while still being partway between Earth and this colony they were heading to.
The rest of it isn't all that much better. People make stupid mistakes, often times aided by some incredibly shoddy science all for the sake of drama. Like Penny getting stuck in the ice. If water froze that quickly, they would have frozen solid the moment they took off their helmets.
Sorry, but this is just childishly written which is a shame. It could have been so much better had they gotten better writers.