I don't know about you but I came to know Sam, Ziggy and Al pretty damned well.
They would do tie in episodes about Al's life and family and Sam's life and family all the time. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:26 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: any one catch Life? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:01 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: any one catch Life? > > > > Journeyman *is* Quantum Leap. I wonder if they've stolen the > individual > > episode plots as well. > > I'm still hoping it can distinguish itself. At the very least it's > trying > to be more mysterious (since we don't know the mechanism of it - and I > hope > they keep it that way) and he's got the added twists of actually > needing to > dodge himself, friends and other travelers in the past and people who > think > he's crazy in the future. > > I think the main difference is that "Journeyman" seems to be > character-driven where "Quantum Leap" was event-driven. > > The point of "Quantum Leap" was the stories of a generation: the > gimmick was > simply used to tie those stories together. It was essentially an > anthology > series. > > In "Journeyman" the point seems to be the characters: the gimmick is > used > expose aspects of the characters while also, pretty much secondarily, > telling a story about the past. I think we've already learned more > about > the characters in "Journeyman" in the first episode than we did in four > years of "Quantum Leap". > > I'm not knocking "Quantum Leap" (Yeah... I'm a Leaper) but I do think > that > beyond the base gimmick both series are trying different things (of > course > "Journeyman" could downslide down - it's only been one episode). > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
