First id like to say I was a big fan of the 98 film back in the day despite its goofy writing. I appreciated the stunning special effects - which by the way has aged wonderfully imo. What can I say I was a 90s kid, the film was specifically marketed to me. Also, the all-star cast gave it a special charm. So the LIS series will always have a special place in my heart thanks to that film.

Ok now that that's out of the way... this series is very well casted. The Robinson siblings are amazing, charismatic, and spontaneous young actors that really give the series personality and one of the few bright spots of this series. Now, not to stir up some sh**, but I've seen many weirdos and socially insecure buffoons taking pot shots at the African American girl and the mother whos a very highly ranked engineer I believe. So, yea, these people see this and automatically dismiss the series based on a minority and a woman in a high position of authority and think it's a big travesty or something. HAHAHA! Can you believe that!?

it's like... 'OH NO WE CANT HAVE A MINORITY AND A WOMAN RUNNING THINGS!! IT'S TOTALLY UNREALISTIC. *ROOOAR!!!*' ...

ehhh, excuse my terrible angry republican impression. But again, I'm truly amazed by the ignorance.

Aesthetically, they do a great job of making things seem really alien, from the wildlife, weather, atmospheric anomalies, to even the grass!! Afterall they are on an alien planet. If I had a nickel for each time a sci-fi series lazily directed an alien world scene or episode and gave no effort into making it look alien id be a zillionaire. Many ups for LIS in that regard I love the attention to detail. Also, the Jupiter ships look of strikingly similar design to that of the Jupiter in the 98 film, I kinda fangirled when I noticed and thought it was a nice touch.

Now that the positives are out of the way Id like to focus the attention on the negatives... which are abundant, sadly.

This series suffers from some head scratching moments and overly goofy flashback scenes ad nauseam. For example, and without spoiling anything... this Dr. Smith character, upon realizing the nature of her character the Jupiter crews do very little about it. Any sane person IRL would've incarcerated the person and thrown away the key, or better yet thrown her out an airlock into deep space. Oh but no not in LIS!! There was also an incident in EP 8 regarding an important shipment of fuel which was hilariously botched by the writing and just painted the entire cast as a buncha sentimental nitwits with no regard for the lively hood of the Jupiter community... I guess they don't want to get off of that planet alive!? Haha. Also the families acceptance of an alien robot was a real mind *uck considering the robot made a very VERY fatal foray into the series. How anyone would want that thing around them after that incident is beyond me, anyone with a brain would've said "NOPE", strapped some C4 to the thing and went about their business. Some really questionable and weird plotting in this series which narrowly avoids ruining the whole thing. If this continues I cant see myself sticking around for the entirety of the series.

All and all, a decent reboot, nothing special. Great cast and visuals. If the writing improves I can see myself sticking around, if it doesn't I can see myself losing interest fast.

6/10