Neither was The Sound of Music Angela Cartwright, but yes, for me she was age-appropriate. 
Still is, for that matter.
What got to me was that Don and Judy were obviously going to be a couple, but that left Penny with only her bratty little brother. Maybe there were going to be some unconventional arrangements on the planet?
YMMV, obviously. I was only a little older, but I actively loathed the show. So did a young film student named David Gerrold, who said of the show that it was like propaganda that was beamed into everyone’s house to make science fiction look bad. He went on to wrote “The Trouble with Tribbles”, among other things.
yeah, I know, some people love the later episodes for their camp qualities and apparently deliberate awfulness. But when they started out, they were pretty clearly trying to be a semiserious (if aimed at juvenile) SF drama. There ain’t no other way to explain all their ballyhooing about bringing in Michael (Klaatu) Rennie as a guest star in the first season two-parter “The Keeper”
I’m a spacecraft fan, then and now. The show was worth it just to see the Jupiter 2 (Angela and Robot were a bonus). I watched “The Invaders” mostly for the flying saucer, and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” for the Flying Sub.
Irwin Allen was truly a benefactor of mankind. 
^ Elvis, would you join me in a shriek of disgust for the movie Jupiter 1 (later 2)?
The entire movie, including the ship? Certainly.
Aiiiiieeeeeee!
Arghhhhhhh, I arghhhhhhhed!
I truly loved the “Land of the Giants” Spindrift; it was a nifty model kit–the little people in it fit right into my sisters’s hamster’s mouth. Made a great picture!
Yeah, but, you can take a premise that was done badly decades ago, take it seriously, and wind up with a decent show.
I was the same age when it was first broadcast and I loved it too. Never had seen cliffhangers before so I used to wonder how they would get out of it. Eventually I figured out none of them would be killed: no one had a red shirt.
Nowadays I think fondly of it for the Smith insults of the robot, that bubble headed booby.
It’s on Netflix so no extra money. I’ll watch it.
Yes, you could. I’ve seen it done. But it’s far easier to take a bad premise, take it seriously, and end up with something as bad or worse than the original. I’ve seen that happen more often.
Not that Irwin Allen cared the slightest about accuracy or plot continuation but in the first episode the newscaster talks about it being the first attempt that may have as many as 10 million people a year going into space.
What a good idea. Take a crappy SF series that was bad at the time and looks even worse now, update it by throwing in a token black woman and making Dr Smith a woman because, hey, diversity. Then shake it all together and serve. What could possibly go wrong?
At least the first series had Jonathan Harris and the crappy movie the great Gary Oldman. And this one has who? Parker fucking Posey. You’ll forgive me if I stay far far away from this stinking turd.
Oh, absolutely. But if the new version sucks, it’s because it sucks on its own. Not because the original sucked.
With Will Mumy? Hush. It would be good. It would be real, real good.
I was the right age when the original was on, but I only lasted two seasons before it sucked too much for me to watch more.
The trailer seems to be full of stock footage. You’d think they’d have filmed something exciting before putting it out.
Well, since it won’t cost me anything to see the first episode, I might try. But if it looks half as bad as the movie, I’m out of there.
And I was 10… what’s the problem!?
Queen of the Indies - I like Parker Posey :D.
Yeah, but will any of the new cast members go on to co-create a classic song like Fish Heads???
(Video directed by the late great Bill Paxton!)
Awwww, come onnnnnn…! What if I bring popcorn?
What this reboot really needs is to get J.J. Abrahms involved so they can find a tie-in with the Cloverfield universe! 