Lost In Space- 2018 Reboot
Netflix has released the 2018 Lost in Space Reboot/Reimagining and I have started watching it. In the reboot, Maureen Robinson is a highly educated scientist and not the milk and cookies serving, stay at home Mom that the 1960s show's version was. Judy Robinson is a mixed racial black girl and the biological daughter of Maureen (suggesting an unknown black father who is not in the show), while Penny and Will are the white children of Maureen and John, who adopts Judy as his own daughter. So it is an interracial family.
Believe it or not they brought back actor Billy Mumy (who is in his 60s and played Will in the 1960s show) to play Dr. Zachary Smith, but early on Dr. Smith's identity is stolen by a nutcase character named June Harris (this character is homage to the late actor Jonathan Harris, who was legendary playing the original Dr. Zachary Smith). The Reboot's Robot, who is highly intelligent and not the "bumbling ninny" who bore the constant brunt of insults from Dr. Smith in the original version, is now able to shift his appearance in 2018. The Robot adapts and modifies his appearance to give the humans a more aesthetically appearing robot companion.
It is fairly imaginative how they rebooted the whole cast and plot. One interesting detail is that Will, the youngest child, originally holds rejected applicant status (he is the only one in the family who flunks Jupiter 2 training). But Maureen is able to sabotage the program's security system to show that Will actually did not flunk his Jupiter 2 training and was accepted into the program. This deception is of course done in order to keep the family together. In the ultimate irony, Will, despite really holding "reject" status that is apparently known only to Maureen (but suspected by Will), he almost immediately proves his usefulness and resourcefulness on the Jupiter 2 mission. He bails his family members out of some extremely dangerous situations, first by applying his knowledge of geology, and then by first saving the life of and later befriending the Robot, who proves to be a highly intelligent problem solver with superhuman powers.
It's interesting. The cast members face much, much greater adversity than the 1960s cast members did, from treating and healing injuries sustained in the initial crash, to battling the harsh elements of the planet they find themselves on, to battling others on the planet. If you liked the original 1960s show, you will find it interesting.