Both of EWs TV critics watched the new series, so you dont have to.
Consider this their therapy session.
DARREN FRANICH:Danger!
Credit: Netflix
Danger, Kristen Baldwin!
Netflix has made a significant-looking investment in the new version of the Robinsons tale.
What this reboot presupposes is: What if their marriage wasawful?
How do you feel about the new Robinsons?
And did anything about the far-flung scope of the show futuristic, apocalyptic, outer-space Edenic interest you?
(Im guessing approximately 70 times more per episode than the original 1960s series?)
(This show loves a natural-disaster set piece.)
And are there any characters who intrigue you?
Too much of this first season moves like that.
Someone gets trapped in ice, or inside a strange ship, and then eventually gets rescued.
In sci-fi serial terms, this show is likeLostif the first hour ofLoststretched out forever.
The two characters who intrigue me are the characters most altered in the rebooting.
The robot is introduced as a strange alien intelligence, with a vaguely xenomorphic shapeshifting ability.
The robot comes with a bit of mystery.
Despite these twists, the characters actuallyarentthat different from their original incarnations.
Evil, angry red!
Are you shipping Dr. Smith and the Robot as much as I am, Kristen?
And were there any moments in particular that made you grumble?
Give me a Smith family prequel, hey!
They appear to be the only two characters onLost in Spacewith a real interior life that goes beyond must.
Good luck, you melancholy hunk of metal.
If that aint the motto of the newLost in Space, I dont know what is.
Its an extra bummer, given the quality of the cast.
Taylor Russell and Mina Sundwall do their best as sisters Judy and Penny.
Meanwhile, theres a scene late in the season where Parker Posey and Molly Parker stare at a wall.
It is so boring.
But after watching so many hours of this boring show, looking at a wall sounded like an improvement.
