Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

It what might have been some corporate synergy planning, SyFy is running episodes of Quantum Leap all day today, in no particular order... David On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 12:09:55 PM PDT, PGage wrote: I actually like both of the leads in this show, though in episode two it is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

I actually like both of the leads in this show, though in episode two it is Lee who really shines. But I continue to not like almost anything about the show that is not taking place in the actual Leap. Maybe David is right and it is just that it is too soon for all that, but I think no matter

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Another issue is that the second episode is, IMO, a little too soon to focus so much on the modern-day storyline.  I understand that with most of the cast not traveling in time you want to spend some time with them, but it doesn't show much confidence in the basic concept of the show to make

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Well, now that the second episode has come and gone, this one looks like a dead fish. The effects were slightly better this time, though for all the money spent on a credible Space Shuttle set, they might have done better to put a couple more bucks in the script. (None of the other crew members

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

I was about to bring up the "Evil Leaper", and the implication that Satan was somehow behind her mucking with history... I don't recall if Ziggy's voice was audible through the handlink (since we only heard what Sam could hear), but I believe we heard the computer's voice at PQL headquarters.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

That episode (Saving Jackie O) is my all time favorite; I thought for sure they would lean more heavily into stuff like that, and hope the new one does (e.g. new guy stops a woman who is supposed to help make the Space program work from running over a young boy in the street. It works, and he

RE: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] >Part of the clips for upcoming episodes mention Ben leaping outside of his own >timeline. Without looking it up, I seem to recall Sam jumped back into a Civil War era ancestor in one episode. -- You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

YACS.  I can't even claim a swiss cheese memory as a defense here. David On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 03:16:00 PM PDT, Pete Ahles wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 5:55 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV wrote: Part of the clips for upcoming episodes mention Ben leaping outside

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Exactly. The Waiting Room was one of the reasons they were able to track down where Sam had leaped to and figure out why he was where he was (the Buddy Holly episode excluded); that it wasn't "anywhere on the planet at some time between the mid-80s and the present." I seem to remember one

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 5:55 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Part of the clips for upcoming episodes mention Ben leaping outside of his > own timeline. > > As for Ernie Hudson's character, he is supposed to have served with Sam's > brother in Vietnam, so

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Part of the clips for upcoming episodes mention Ben leaping outside of his own timeline. As for Ernie Hudson's character, he is supposed to have served with Sam's brother in Vietnam, so technically he met Sam when Sam leaped into his brother. David On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 02:49:37

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 5:21 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Wonder if the new Quantum Leap will explore the butterfly effect of > leaping. The only time I recall the original series discussing it in any > depth was when Sam inadvertently saved Jackie O’s life when JFK was > assassinated. > > Once when the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

No mention of the waiting room yet I read elsewhere that Ernie Hudson’s character was in the original series (played by a different actor) and served with Al in Vietnam. One can guess that character was intended to be Al in the reboot pilot script, but then Stockwell passed away. I have no prior

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Maybe I get distracted by the little things, but...did it bother anyone else that the Waiting Room never got mentioned? In the original series, one of the reasons Al didn't show up until the middle of Act 1 was because he was usually questioning the time-swapee in the Waiting Room, and I don't

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Since I expected it to be horrible I came away mildly impressed that it was less bad than it could have been. I think the two leads are strong and promising. It does have that performative ultra diverse stance that made ST: Discovery so tiresome, but I would not blame that for the substantial

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

So is Indiana. Jimmy Stewart would attest to that. https://www.Jimmy.org Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2022, at 09:52, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > Clearly, time travel has all kinds of weird ripple effects on the timeline. > > Although even in our timeline, California IS in Pennsylvania: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Clearly, time travel has all kinds of weird ripple effects on the timeline. Although even in our timeline, California IS in Pennsylvania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California,_Pennsylvania > On Sep 21, 2022, at 4:34 AM, Diner

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

All I've seen is the trailer. It looks slick and cool, but... So he's being chased through 1985 Philadelphia by 1980s-vintage Philadelphia police cars. So far, so good. But... the street has palm trees on it! And the cars spin out in front of a building marked "Children's Home Society of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 8:11 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Some of that might be an extra big budget to make the pilot pop. They’ll > probably cut back on the CGI in future episodes. > What I think is the CGI is meant to reduce the show’s dependence on a studio backlot or, Heaven forbid, location

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

I'm of a similar mind as Kevin.  I get the impression from the additional cast and a couple of plot points that this time around there will be a *lot* more time spent on the present-day environment compared to the Bakula-Stockwood edition.  (To be fair, we rarely saw the Quantum Leap project

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

Some of that might be an extra big budget to make the pilot pop. They’ll probably cut back on the CGI in future episodes. On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:53 PM Kevin M. wrote: > The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t > practical. It’s a decent first story, but the