I put off watching this for 18 months because I just didn't feel motivated to take it on again after the annoyances of Series 1. But I've run out of things to watch so I clicked it on. Episode one was average, lost in space at sea. The star as with all of series one was the special effects, which is the case with many netflix series, high production values let down by bad and sometimes insultingly bad writing.
But from episode 2 they managed to pull it around somewhat with great acting from the kids characters, and we tolerate the adults, the dad who looks like dr cox from scrubs, the poor man's joe rogan as don and the annoying mum who looks like a composite of a bunch of unmemorable female actors. And we all hate Dr Smith (not love to hate as in the original Dr Smith but just plain don't enjoy a minute of plot or screen time given to Parker Posey). She's just plain unfun to watch, from her stupid accessory headscarf, to every other misjudged mannerism Posey has deemed to give her character.
As mentioned by others the plot seemed to be the cast experiencing life threatening problems, solving them and moving on to the next life threatening problem, till it got boring, but the writers managed to turn i around somewhat with rejoining the main ship, and the scarecrow arc,
There were some ok science details, the lightening farm, the rust, the ammonia gas giant planet etc but also some terrible ones. Searching for water on a planet with breathable atmosphere? Water is easily manufacturable from air ie hydrogen and oxygen. Did they forget that? And Water is also easily purified down to 100% H2O, via distillation, even in our time.
In conclusion the bigger details were interesting, some of the characters were good, some were the same and some were annoying.
Series 2 was a decent 7.5 overall, up from a solid5-6 of series 1 if you ignore some of the holes. Loving the universe build and special effects, appreciate the effort to get the script and wider story game up. I'll check out S3 and hope they can iron out the flaws.
But from episode 2 they managed to pull it around somewhat with great acting from the kids characters, and we tolerate the adults, the dad who looks like dr cox from scrubs, the poor man's joe rogan as don and the annoying mum who looks like a composite of a bunch of unmemorable female actors. And we all hate Dr Smith (not love to hate as in the original Dr Smith but just plain don't enjoy a minute of plot or screen time given to Parker Posey). She's just plain unfun to watch, from her stupid accessory headscarf, to every other misjudged mannerism Posey has deemed to give her character.
As mentioned by others the plot seemed to be the cast experiencing life threatening problems, solving them and moving on to the next life threatening problem, till it got boring, but the writers managed to turn i around somewhat with rejoining the main ship, and the scarecrow arc,
There were some ok science details, the lightening farm, the rust, the ammonia gas giant planet etc but also some terrible ones. Searching for water on a planet with breathable atmosphere? Water is easily manufacturable from air ie hydrogen and oxygen. Did they forget that? And Water is also easily purified down to 100% H2O, via distillation, even in our time.
In conclusion the bigger details were interesting, some of the characters were good, some were the same and some were annoying.
Series 2 was a decent 7.5 overall, up from a solid5-6 of series 1 if you ignore some of the holes. Loving the universe build and special effects, appreciate the effort to get the script and wider story game up. I'll check out S3 and hope they can iron out the flaws.