I stopped watching and mostly forgot about it soon after the original thread about it here. Also will not miss.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 2:49 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > The bigger problem for me (beyond the lack of chemistry of any of the > players) was the combination of terrible writing and worse acting. The > writing staff apparently didn't believe in either subtext or subtlety, > driving home every character beat by having someone say the equivalent of > "You know something about you? You're (fill in the perfectly obvious > trait). I found Raymond Lee, Nanrisa Lee, and Ernie Hudson to be okay, but > Caitlin Bassett and Mason Alexander Park were working at the level of > mediocre high-school thespians. > > Somehow, the original staff told us everything we needed to know about Sam > and Al without driving it home with a sledgehammer, which was something the > new people never figured out. > > I won't miss it, though I do wish they'd have brought Sam back. (I guess > Bakula was too smart to get mixed up with this one.) > > --Dave Sikula > > > On Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 6:34:03 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote: > > I bought a Quantum Leap prequel novel at a used bookstore this week. It > was an easy read. It was written before the fourth season when they really > dive into Sam’s backstory, so there were inconsistencies. But the book did > capture the chemistry between Sam and Al, and that chemistry is what made > the series work. The reboot lacked any chemistry, which meant it had to > rely on story, but at its core Quantum Leap was an anthology series set in > different places and times populated by different characters, and that has > always been a tough sell. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/dff223be-c370-4a9f-9dc2-101f94fdb95bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/dff223be-c370-4a9f-9dc2-101f94fdb95bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKvLdzyWFHBS6i7G94OD4Xrc-w0%3DV03toKtS4katLxt0g%40mail.gmail.com.
