These days, great special effects are expected, even standard. Here, the remake does not disappoint. The CGI and SFX people, who have naught to do with anything else but their craft, could honestly expect an award for their work.

afa everything else? Danger, Will Robinson. I don't blame the actors; one deals with what they get. But I doubt that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor could have salvaged this. Parker Posey could have been a gem. The (ersatz) Dr. Smith role is a hundred percent in her mien. But like Jonathan Harris, who had full control in rewriting ALL his lines, to great effect, Parker should have been given that permission. As it is though, she had to suffer being a hateful one-dimensional character. The greatest acting in the world cannot overcome that.

The rest of the roles were little better. I cannot think of another recent TV series that so wasted great talent on such dismal assignments. The storyline was so dark and unrelenting it reminded me of Alien 3; I even found myself turning the brightness up at times. There were always threads in the plot that served some hope of interest, but they ended up inevitably falling flat. The science was puerile; come on script writers, give us viewers more credit than that: we are a more scientific bunch than we were in 1966. There were some truly glaring oversights here.

I will say that there was barely enough, but still enough, to keep me watching for a few episodes. But it was only my weekly dinner guests who wanted to see the whole thing that pushed me to the end.

The youngster who played Will was decent. Nowhere Bill Mumy, but he is new to acting whereas Bill was already an old pro at the ripe age of 10 lol. But his talent is obviously there. His siblings did their best, suffering from the same issues as Posey. Really, they all suffered from one-dimensionality, save Ignacio Serricchio as Don West, who actually had a meaty part, pulled it off well, and was a definite bright spot.

The only other bright spots were the Robot, not at all the affable and effervescent Robot of old, but nevertheless intriguing and visually captivating - especially that face of infinity it had, and the overall physical attributes of the set. All of it, from the Jupiter 2 to the planet and it's landscape and denizens, were enjoyable.

But the writing... I was an English/Literature major for a while, and while I could never compare myself to the Duffer Bros, I am sure that this series could have employed me to positive effect! There really seemed to be a disconnect between the basic skeleton of the ongoing plot and the final details that failed to enrich it.

But having said this, I do have great hope that the writers will have learned from their mistakes this go-around, and since the season ends with what is obviously a foray into another completely different gestalt, the canvas is brand new, and so can their palette be. There remains great potential here, and I remain optimistic.