This production just slaps you in the face every episode.
It begins in the first moments... a craft on the edge of space, with the computer dutifully reading out the altitude, "three thousand feet!," as the console displays three thousand meters. The adventure takes place "trillions of light years from home" in a universe that is 13 billion light years across. A planetary ecosystem that supposedly regenerates itself after being regularly incinerated by an accident of orbital mechanics (aided by the vacuum's favorite plot device, a black hole).
Sadly, the human element is as disappointing as the technical errors: poorly elaborated motivations for the characters, decisions that do not make sense, cheap suspense shots, equipment malfunctions with perfect timing, the random and senseless termination of the series' most iconic figure, and various sorts of random and chaotic stumbling about on a far off planet.
The only redeeming quality I found was some of the scenes; the artists really did a great job of visualizing a new world. Despite those efforts, the series falls flat. Just go watch Avatar for the twentieth time.
Review of Lost in Space
