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Positive:
10
Mixed:
18
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Critic Reviews
Uncle BarkyApr 12, 2018
Apr 13, 2018
Season 1 Review:
It's not without problems, mostly having to do with pacing and length and a certain narrative repetitiousness that creeps in when your story arc lasts 10 hours. But its solutions to building out and modernizing characters who in the original were brightly painted cutouts are generally sound, while some basic alterations to the premise help ensure that the new series is not the cosmic "Gilligan's Island" the '60s series became.
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RogerEbert.comApr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
There’s nothing particularly challenging here narratively, and the series starts on some rocky terrain before it finds its footing, but this is high-caliber escapism, the kind of well-done show that develops a propulsive rhythm as you get to know the Robinson family.
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Apr 10, 2018
Radio TimesDec 6, 2021
Season 3 Review:
Sure, the dialogue has often been cheesier than a Dairylea triangle and Robot generally had more depth than many of the show’s flesh and blood characters (hello John Robinson), but it’s been a fun ride these past three and a half years, and showrunner Zack Estrin always managed to make each season distinct.
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Apr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
There’s a sense of adventure in Lost in Space, but what could have been more giddy fun has been ejected from the series, and is presumably spinning in orbit somewhere, getting burnt up by the sun. Lost in Space functions mainly as an escapist, more or less conventionally designed diversion.
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Apr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
[Parker Posey] makes the counterfeit doctor a bona-fide sociopath. And a solid reason to keep watching. You may need one. In what’s probably a trend, the 10 episodes of the 2018 Lost in Space seem intentionally constructed with the binge-watcher in mind, hence the leisurely, erratic rollout of character, conflict and circumstances, and an introduction rooted in pure boredom.
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Dec 24, 2019
Season 2 Review:
There is some forward momentum with the overarching plot about how humanity’s last stand is built on stolen alien technology, but not enough to make the new season look like something more than a smoother series launch. You won’t get lost in Lost In Space, but the family-friendly adventures of the Robinsons will still make for solid viewing over the holiday break.
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IndieWireDec 24, 2019
Season 2 Review:
Although the individual characterizations and performances aren’t especially inspired, there’s still a genuinely heartwarming family dynamic at play throughout the season. The Robinsons play off each other’s strengths well and their teamwork and inexhaustible supply of ingenuity makes for plenty of feel-good fun, even if never shakes that feeling of familiarity.
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IndieWireApr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Lost In Space is at its strongest when the unknown is coming for the Robinsons, not the other way around. The Netflix series never fulfills the wasted promise of Lost In Space, but for a show that’s navigating such well-trod territory, it does turn up some intriguing unknowns.
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Apr 13, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Posey plays the role with a gravity that encourages the show to orbit her, eccentrically, whenever she’s in view. The dynamic exemplifies the awkwardness of this muddled update. Charging in several directions at once, it asks the viewer to imagine efforts to secure a proud future for humankind, but it seems most vital when painting depraved schemes to survive.
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Apr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The show’s creative team--the writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and the showrunner Zack Estrin--has assembled these spare parts with more competence than the project really required, and in the first couple of episodes they achieve something that could fairly be called Spielbergian, or at least Spielberg-esque. ... Things subside pretty quickly, though, and the balance of the season is a formulaic and increasingly sentimental family drama.
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UPROXXApr 11, 2018
Season 1 Review:
There are some nice action sequences, particularly in the opening two episodes, directed by Game of Thrones‘ Neil Marshall, and the series as a whole looks great, convincingly transforming the wilds outside Vancouver into something that feels genuinely alien. But outside of everyone’s complicated relationship with the Robot (and even that’s a very slow burn), there’s just not enough there in the story or characters that feels distinctive or compelling enough to keep going.
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TV Guide MagazineApr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Only Ignacio Serricchio, as mercenary mechanic and unrepentant booze smuggler Don West, brings a spirit of infectious irreverence to these adventures. Otherwise, it's a long slog to the climax which ends where the series should have began. [16 Apr - 29 Apr 2018, p.12]
ColliderApr 11, 2018
Season 1 Review:
As a vision of adolescence facing a life-and-death crisis, it’s far too tidied, controlled, and sober to come off as relatable. There’s no sense of how seductive and overwhelming the unknown can be for an adult, never mind a kid or teenager. And as a vision of adulthood in both personal and elemental disaster, it’s simplistic, safe, and dominated by work.
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Apr 11, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The show looks like a blockbuster space movie, with a soundtrack loaded up with the same wonder-filled strings and horns we hear in those same movies. But all that action is painfully repetitive and tedious. ... Posey, though, grew on me as Dr. Smith. She’s not over-the-top enough to raise the overall energy level, but she provides a welcome spot of evil and humor. While the Robinsons brave every crisis the CGI whizzes throw at them, always certain they will prevail, her fear and loathing are tons of fun.
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Apr 12, 2018
Season 1 Review:
From Batman (’60s camp classic became morose Dark Knight movies) to Battlestar Galactica (bad utopian ’70s sci-fi became good dystopian sci-fi), the idea is to complicate the original premise and go for a realism signified by a somber tone and a cynical, knowing air. Knowing this, the new version of Lost in Space seems to be trying to have it both ways, and loses in the process. ... After checking out the first few episodes of the Netflix series, I found myself wishing [Matt] LeBlanc would rocket-ship in for a cameo.
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