I remember the original series. It was aimed at kids, and the plots were lame for adults. Dr. Smith was a bumbling idiot, and each character was very monolithic. The new format for Smith would have been well replaced with a more evil character like the one played by Gary Olsen. This is only the first 10 episodes, sadly with a Netflix binge show; the writers have had no time to react to the viewers response to the first few episodes. A big flaw with quote-quote originals. Also there was actually no 'real' science in the original.