Netflix’s Lost in Space Season 2
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I love Smith’s character. She’s a very realistic version of a person who’s first priority is survival. I think that’s all there is to it honestly. I don’t think she’s spiteful or malicious (at least most of the time) I think she is just concerned about self preservation. I can respect that, even if I can’t relate.
Exactly. What defines this Smith first and foremost is her fear. Her fear drives her to do bad things to protect herself, which makes her more afraid of being discovered and facing the consequences. It's a nice amalgamation of the original Smith's two defining qualities, his compulsive lying and his cowardice. In this Smith, her fear is the reason for her deceit.
I'd agree with that. I also think it's the realistic, complex portrayal that makes her disturbing! She feels like a real person to me and provokes a reaction accordingly. Probably the most realistic portrayal of a "villain" that I can think of off the top of my head!
You can absolutely see the fear component this season. Specifically the hallway scene when she was on her way to the bridge. I thought that was a nice culmination of the small flashbacks they had been pairing in.
Another characteristic I noticed was the desire for her to impress her mother and for her to live up to the expectations her mother (or she herself) set. I think that’s starting to tie in as well.
It seems like she’s starting to want to be the person the Robinsons really want her to be. Even though they have tiffs with her, in general I think they see her as an adjunct to their family. Maybe the desire to impress her mother is starting to shift to a desire to impress them.
At least personally, I think when you have a relationship in your life that greatly impacts the way you view yourself, that’s going to carry on even when that person is gone. You’re going to always need that affirmation from someone, until you eventually figure out how to get it from yourself.
The Doctor Will See You Now.
To quote the green girl. "Preetty Dr Smith, nice Dr smith" She's one of the best things this season apart from Don and Penny
I want Don to be my boyfriend.
I believe the scarf she wears was a gift from Johnathan Harris
Don't be. There were lens-related effects all over the season. I have zero problem with actual lens artifacts, but a large percentage of them were unjustified by the on-set lighting.
I'm three episodes in and really loving this season. Talk about suspense, tension-filled, immersive-story-telling. This show has evolved! SW:ROS put me to sleep, ST: DISC was disappointing, The Expanse, and this show is giving me the type of Sci-fi storytelling I want.
I have heard that one said before but can't see it. Where is it like Mass Effect?
As far as I can tell, Mass Effect-like aesthetic is derogatory short hand for 'cinematic'.
Season 2
Overall, it is a good continuation. Even better in some respects than the first season. Every character has an arc that follows on from where they were at the end of the first season. Doctor Smith's betrayals are very believable and consistent with her characterisation from the first season. It also shows that fear is a motivator in her manipulations and other behaviour. Penny is still rather quippy and she also gets more development, showing that she's insecure about her writing and value as one who has 'soft skills'.
However, she does get encouragement as the season goes on. The storyline around the Robots and what the humans have done continues to intrigue. This series is even more recommended. 9/10.
Overall, it is a good continuation. Even better in some respects than the first season. Every character has an arc that follows on from where they were at the end of the first season. Doctor Smith's betrayals are very believable and consistent with her characterisation from the first season. It also shows that fear is a motivator in her manipulations and other behaviour. Penny is still rather quippy and she also gets more development, showing that she's insecure about her writing and value as one who has 'soft skills'.
However, she does get encouragement as the season goes on. The storyline around the Robots and what the humans have done continues to intrigue. This series is even more recommended. 9/10.
It was fun.
As soon as biological Dad was mentioned and given the "lost in space" treatment I knew we'd end up meeting him.
I wonder if Judy will now be torn between her biological dad and her adopted dad?
I do hope they go there and explore those feelings.
Watched it just before New Year. Enjoyable!
I’m surprised the planets have all remained unnamed. Even characters just go with “that planet”, “the other planet”. I assume this might be a callback to the original series?
I suspected they would not make it to Alphacent because the trajectory was determined by detecting a Jupiter at the target coordinates. The characters then assumed the only place (other than Earth) with Jupiters has to be AC.
I’ve been watching this season in alternation with The Deep, also on Netflix and about a family of scientists where Mom is the captain. Both shows featured a permanent lightning storm - and mentioned the one at Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela in particular - which I’d never heard of before.
I hope we start to get merchandise, at least a Jupiter 2 model, at some point. Even the obscure The Deep has toys.
What Saturn ships? Did I miss anything, or do you mean the Jupiters?
I’m surprised the planets have all remained unnamed. Even characters just go with “that planet”, “the other planet”. I assume this might be a callback to the original series?
I suspected they would not make it to Alphacent because the trajectory was determined by detecting a Jupiter at the target coordinates. The characters then assumed the only place (other than Earth) with Jupiters has to be AC.
I’ve been watching this season in alternation with The Deep, also on Netflix and about a family of scientists where Mom is the captain. Both shows featured a permanent lightning storm - and mentioned the one at Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela in particular - which I’d never heard of before.
I hope we start to get merchandise, at least a Jupiter 2 model, at some point. Even the obscure The Deep has toys.
What Saturn ships? Did I miss anything, or do you mean the Jupiters?
Yeah, pretty much, but also, what would be the point of naming them? They don't want to settle them. They haven't had the opportunity to report their discovery to scientists back home. And as long as they're stuck in these systems, there aren't a lot of other planets that they need to be differentiated from. And the impulse to name a territory the moment you set foot on it is kind of a vestige of colonialism and imperialism, an implicit act of taking possession. I mean, who's to say it isn't already occupied or claimed by beings with their own name for it?
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