There are those who doubtless consider this trainwreck a work of art. This just in: IT STUNK!!!!! To begin with, the people responsible for writing and producing this show had never before written, produced, or were in any meaningful way involved with the production of a sci-fi series. When questioned about this, they replied that they didn't consider this to be a handicap; in fact, they said, this was one of their strengths! Granted, all sci-fi series strain credulity to some extent, but this is way over the top.
It quickly became apparent that these people had no idea what they were doing. Not that it mattered much: the viewers quickly became uninterested in what the actors were doing. The plots, such as they were, were often incoherent, the special-effects weren't really very special, and there were so many internal inconsistencies that, pretty soon, you just didn't care what happened to anybody on this misbegotten loser. Everyone - literally everyone - in the cast looked exactly like what they were: one from Column A and one from Column B central casting types. Nobody had bad teeth, or warts, or acne, or anything that might have made them just a bit more interesting. And their technology? Well, let's see: these people have interstellar travel and at least some control of gravity, yet they need rockets to travel in space? What? And the aliens? What aliens? Sometimes ya see 'em, sometimes ya don't, yes they really are here, no it's all in your mind . . .puh-leeze. One of the colonists is stung by a native animal and apparently dies. So, the other colonists bury him. With dirt. But wait! Turns out he's not really dead after all, just unconscious from the "venom". HELLO!! If he wasn't really dead before you buried him, he sure as heck is now! Or do people not need air to breathe in the future? Bottom line: this show was the walking unemployed from Day One, and if you've never seen it, consider yourself lucky.
It quickly became apparent that these people had no idea what they were doing. Not that it mattered much: the viewers quickly became uninterested in what the actors were doing. The plots, such as they were, were often incoherent, the special-effects weren't really very special, and there were so many internal inconsistencies that, pretty soon, you just didn't care what happened to anybody on this misbegotten loser. Everyone - literally everyone - in the cast looked exactly like what they were: one from Column A and one from Column B central casting types. Nobody had bad teeth, or warts, or acne, or anything that might have made them just a bit more interesting. And their technology? Well, let's see: these people have interstellar travel and at least some control of gravity, yet they need rockets to travel in space? What? And the aliens? What aliens? Sometimes ya see 'em, sometimes ya don't, yes they really are here, no it's all in your mind . . .puh-leeze. One of the colonists is stung by a native animal and apparently dies. So, the other colonists bury him. With dirt. But wait! Turns out he's not really dead after all, just unconscious from the "venom". HELLO!! If he wasn't really dead before you buried him, he sure as heck is now! Or do people not need air to breathe in the future? Bottom line: this show was the walking unemployed from Day One, and if you've never seen it, consider yourself lucky.