I will start this review as someone who never watched the original, but watched the 1998 version... The 1998 version, which is a very bad film by itself is what I was preparing for before watching this, so my expectations were pretty low from the beginning... Did I enjoy this ? - Absolutley... The Tv show starts in the middle of story, without explaining too much about how the characters got where they are and as the action proceeds, the story unfolds itself bit by bit through flashbacks in a "LOST" style... The dialogues are not stunning but they're not bad either, the CG and sets look stunning, it is a very high production TV show after all...The story is intriguing enough for me to binge watch it... Now there are some inaccuracies in science, like ice freezing too quick, but most of shows have some dumb moments anyway even "S.T.:Next Generation" ... This show reminds me "Earth 2" most of all so far which I enjoyed in 1994 and which is where JJ Abrams stole his "LOST" ideas from... Now if you enjoy sci fi with a good story and superb looking scenery, you will love that, but people who's favorite films are "K- Pax", "Gattaca" or "Space Odyssey 2001" would better re-watch "Martian" or something...

A lot of reviewers seem to be giving extremely negative reviews for no reason really... Don't get me wrong the Tv show has some minor flaws, but generally it's pretty great...