Why do they always do this?

[AndyC]

I agree.

I thought the movie paralleled the series nicely though. It started out well, then rapidly slid downhill into a dumb story focussed on Will and Smith. It also got a bad case of what Guy Williams called "the cutes" when the stupid cartoon alien showed up. A pitiful replacement for Debbie the Bloop.

The whole time travel thing should have been axed as well. It was too much for one movie, to get them lost AND have a separate adventure. That part just felt tacked on and done in a hurry. The movie should have focussed on them surviving on the planet and escaping back into space.