My wife feels that this is an extremely cynical TV concept: the people making Future Man realize that we’re all happy to complain about reboots and remakes and whatnot, but we still watch them. So why not lampshade it? And this absolutely lampshades it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJaUfpbEYIU
I mean, it name-checks The Last Starfighter. They’re absolutely leaning into the criticism. It’s rather invigorating, really. Then again, I’m the nostalgia-target here, so maybe you should take it into account.