A serious danger appears in 2046 threatening the whole humanity on the Earth. Robinson family decided to go with the travels which headed to another planets where they can live and continue their lives. On their way they landed on a mysterious planet where they can't live.
I'm afraid that by the time the show introduced space eels, or something that looked like what I imagine an alien eel would look like, Lost in Space had lost me.
The concept of a family being lost in space is one that flows with potential, providing fertile ground for a complex, multi-layered story with genuine jeopardy - which this new arrival does achieve, but only to a point.
You can dress up "Lost in Space" in all manner of nifty special effects and clever updates, but the stink of its mediocrity is immediately apparent, as is the clumsiness of its broad intent.
Like the great serial adventure shows and films that Allen used as his template, Lost in Space pushes you to watch another one and another one and another one.
There's a version of Lost in Space that's very entertaining, but it feels as if the series' producers haven't quite found it yet. They're still chipping away at the giant block of ice, looking for the story within.
Lost in Space didn't have to be very good at all to improve on either the original or the movie. Still, it's much better than might have been expected.
