I think the thing with sci fi it there are a certain type of people it'll pull or almost can't resist not watching it.
Like your almost guaranteed a certain percentage of however many subscribers you have will see it, you work out how much revenue that makes you and budget accordingly and you can't loose.
I feel like I used to be one of those, but after watching so many truly dire netflix sci fi movies I have finally learned.
Stowaway was it, awful.
How about the one with the squid thing under the ice, Europa something?
There have been plenty of others as well, absolute abominations.