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 <[email protected]>
wrote:
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 when, a little
of that would go a long way, and has been pointed out, the more time spent on
developing the story in the Leap, the better.
>From what I could tell, it seems they conflated elements from the history of
>Atlantis missions as the basis for this story, which I don’t hate, though
>maybe I would have liked to see them focus just on the tile problem part,
>forget the Mir part, and really done a real revised/real history thing with it.
Unlike Dave I am no more negative about the show now than after episode 1, but
my continued viewing is still relying mostly on stored goodwill, rather than
earned merit. If they can avoid going fully Monty on the present day conspiracy
shenanigans I probably have enough good will stored to carry me through the
full season.
On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 at 8:33 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
<[email protected]> wrote:
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 it essentially
the B plot so soon. I think this feeds into what Dave Sikula is talking about
because rushed plots tend to focus on exposition at the expense of character.
David
On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 03:36:46 AM PDT, 'Dave Sikula' via
TVorNotTV <[email protected]> wrote:
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 noticed Lee
having conversations with someone who wasn't there?)
The biggest problem remains the cast. Lee is fine, Hudson is serviceable (even
with nothing to play), but the others -- especially Caitlin Bassett -- are
stuck with leaden dialogue and ciphers of characters that they don't have the
chops to do anything with. The other issue is the tone. No matter what happened
on the original version, there was a chemistry and a friendship between Sam and
Al. In the reboot, no one seems to like each other, and they spend their time
recounting exposition and detailing each other's character traits rather than
interacting.
I'll give it a few more episodes -- worse shows have gotten better -- but,
right now, this show should leap home.
--Dave Sikula
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