Netflix's Lost in Space

So, I baaaarely remember a tiny part of exactly one episode of a rerun of the original series. And I didn't see the movie remake from a few years ago, so when I was excitedly telling N about this series, and she said, "You don't watch Lost in Space for the plot," I said, "Ummmm...."

That said-- and with the caveat that the only thing I know about the other two iterations is what I learned from reading about them on Wikipedia-- this one is worth the watch. Tension-filled, heartwarming-- but also incredibly family-centric, with stupid (or foolhardy) decisions actually playing out the way stupid decisions are likely to. And all this is done without the whole thing feeling like a morality play, which is why people sometimes shy away from that kind of realism.

I'm the sort of bear who will fast-forward when there's too much suspense, so I probably missed about half of the first episode. Afterwards, I was talking to a friend who suggested I just mute the sound next time, so, while I didn't go back, I have seen much more of the rest of Season 1 and the first part of Season 2. Since Season 1 ended on a cliffhanger and they have no incentive not to do that for Season 2, I've been waiting to finish Season 2 until 3 was out.

Hmm. I only remembered one curse word in the whole series, then looked it up on Common Sense Media and found out that there is at least one per episode! Maybe I'm not the most reliable source for this. If you're a parent, watch it before you let the kids watch-- but if you like exciting stories, but feel frustrated by the moral vacuum that most exciting-story-characters seem to live in, this will probably suit you fine.

Klaus

If you're the kind of person who is likely to like this sort of thing, you have probably already seen it-- but Netflix's Klaus was quite lovely indeed. You do need the context at the beginning that it's a Santa Claus origin story, because it takes a minute to get off the ground, but it all pays off in the end. It gets all the points for silly, most of the points for heartwarming, and many of the points for funny. I thought it should have won the Oscar (though I haven't seen the one that won, so...)