I watched the reruns of the original in the early 70s. It was fun and campy, but what you would expect from a series of that time. So I was very excited going into this series.

What I found was that not much had changed. While the visuals were amazing and the acting was par, the stories were trash.

My 11-year-old was as excited as I was about the series. But when she can sit there and quote the dialogue before it happens, you know the story is as cliche as the phrase "Danger Will Robinson!".

What I saw were characters being geniuses one moment and then being the stupidest persons in the galaxy the next. And every time someone had a brilliant idea, you knew that at the last possible moment something was going to screw the whole thing up. And you were not disappointed.

The two bright spots in the series are "Dr Smith" (Parker Posey) and Maureen Robinson (Molly Parker). The Doctor in the original was a blathering idiot. In this series you see a cold, calculating psychopathic genius. Everything she does and says is part of a carefully calculated plan. And Molly Parker is awesome just being there!! Just as much a genius as Smith, she portrays Maureen as confident and cool under pressure.

I probably won't watch anymore of the series because I found myself laughing at the perfectly predictable scenarios far more than the actual comedy.