Binge watched the first few episodes of this and was pleasantly surprised.
Of course everyone knows the original show, the comedy with Robbie the Robot. This new one is not a comedy at all, just a pretty solid sci fi adventure show. It jumped right into the action with a pretty awesome crash scene and just keeps rolling with disasters and problems throughout the episodes.
A few flashbacks to give backstories but nothing annoying like westworld. The best thing is that the dialogue isn't cheesy or sappy like Seth Macfarlane's "The Orville", the characters are pretty believable. Caught a couple sci fi shortcuts (like ice freezing way too quick) but not enough to cause too much disbelief. The acting is not bad, one of the main characters was a regular on House of Cards.
Lately I've been getting pissed at Netflix: either original movies being just really badly written or i've gotten into a series that didn't get continued so this helps their case with me a bit.
