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Quantum Leap - Season 6 Premieres September 19th
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Dirk Benedict
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Darkmakaimura
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Didn't they explain that G-d was behind it all in the final episode and that Sam kept leaping because he subconsciously wanted to help people?
There was an evil Leaper and Al equivalent (both women) that ruins people's lives and I think it was hinted that the Al equivalent was the Devil.
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Krathoon
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It is implied they are doing good, but are still hijacking people's lives. They never show the aftermath of a leap.
Badlucktroll
Member
I don’t like it. Its not magical like the original series, and contains tons of exposition. Also, Scott Bakula turned it down.
ManaByte
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Quantum Leap: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes
Dr. Ben Song, lead physicist of a top-secret government time-travel program known as Quantum Leap, makes an unauthorized leap into the past, awakening in a different body with only fragments of his memory intact. Guided by Addison, a colleague in the present day who appears to him as a hologram...
www.rottentomatoes.com
Forgot this even existed after Bakula said he passed on it.
Pilgrimzero
Member
In the old show, Sam was the serious type with some levity and Al was the levity with some seriousness.
New show, Ben and his girlfriend are the serious types.
First eps is okay. Ill keep watching but wont be surprised when its cancelled after 1 season. Assuming they dont make some changes.
New show, Ben and his girlfriend are the serious types.
First eps is okay. Ill keep watching but wont be surprised when its cancelled after 1 season. Assuming they dont make some changes.
nush
Member
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
How is the green screen effects in this worse then the 90's original 
I've literally haven't seen it that bad since the 90's and only in cheap music videos
Look at this shit
I've seen enough, it's absolute garbage.
Everything is too fast paced, jumping back and forth with Ben and his Team
Information is just thrown at you and then they move onto the next scene.
I know more about Ian then I do Ben
Like what the fuck was they thinking, no wonder Scott doesn't have anything to do with it.
It's shockingly bad and looks like it has a lower budget then a early 90's sci-fi show.
I had low expectations but shiiiiit, was not expecting it to be this bad.
I've literally haven't seen it that bad since the 90's and only in cheap music videos
Look at this shit
I've seen enough, it's absolute garbage.
Everything is too fast paced, jumping back and forth with Ben and his Team
Information is just thrown at you and then they move onto the next scene.
I know more about Ian then I do Ben
Like what the fuck was they thinking, no wonder Scott doesn't have anything to do with it.
It's shockingly bad and looks like it has a lower budget then a early 90's sci-fi show.
I had low expectations but shiiiiit, was not expecting it to be this bad.
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Pilgrimzero
Member
Further thoughts:
Its a pilot. Pilots are janky and a show needs a few episodes to find its voice.
A pacing nit: Ben didn't walk in his hosts shoes it was just action scene to action scene. To much time with the future cast. Needs to slow things down. Old show was all Sam with Al popping up every 15 minutes or so, and that was it for the Future characters. Not really sure why this show is pushing the Future cast so much. I guess for the meta mystery of why he Leapt early...
I guess there needs to be a meta story instead of each episode being one and done.
Also, what did we learn about his host? Nothing, aside from he's an undercover cop. I guess the show can be more about the Future Mystery and less about the lives Ben Leaps into.
Anywho, just needs room to grow and show its hand. A pilot is a pilot. Heck I look back at Buffy season 1 and how so much better it got in season 2 onward.
Its a pilot. Pilots are janky and a show needs a few episodes to find its voice.
A pacing nit: Ben didn't walk in his hosts shoes it was just action scene to action scene. To much time with the future cast. Needs to slow things down. Old show was all Sam with Al popping up every 15 minutes or so, and that was it for the Future characters. Not really sure why this show is pushing the Future cast so much. I guess for the meta mystery of why he Leapt early...
I guess there needs to be a meta story instead of each episode being one and done.
Also, what did we learn about his host? Nothing, aside from he's an undercover cop. I guess the show can be more about the Future Mystery and less about the lives Ben Leaps into.
Anywho, just needs room to grow and show its hand. A pilot is a pilot. Heck I look back at Buffy season 1 and how so much better it got in season 2 onward.
nush
Member
inter-personal drama, 2nd storyline that lasts a whole season and everybody needs a "Team in a base".
Diversity quota and so Ernie Hudson can make a Ghostbusters reference at some point.
It's a pre-destination paradox, future Ben uploaded the new OS and he needed to leap to get the code to upload it. Easy.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Hey buddy…he was just hoping his next leap, would be the leap home…don’t blame him.
Nico_D
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Watched 15 minutes of it, I'll probably watch the rest of it too. I was afraid it's some C tier acting job but the actors are doing their best even if their material is a bit... challenging. Lot of exposition like some reviews were saying, they should've let it unfold organically instead of telling everything. The imaging chamber CGI was really bad.
I don't what the rush: the original took 25 minutes (just checked) before bringing Al to the screen and even then only for a minute or two, letting Sam be alone and lost. In this one, the observer is there basically immediately after the leap.
I don't what the rush: the original took 25 minutes (just checked) before bringing Al to the screen and even then only for a minute or two, letting Sam be alone and lost. In this one, the observer is there basically immediately after the leap.
fuck_diggity_cunt_ingdon
Banned
Based solely on that trailer I think we can begin to understand why Scott Bakula turned down returning 
AJUMP23
Member
Would you say La Brea is the pits?
dorkimoe
Member
Poorly made cgi pits
They should get really meta and nasty with it, have the guy jump into the body of a has-been actor refusing to reprise a fan favorite role and when he looks (quickly) into a mirror its a pic of Scott BakulaBased solely on that trailer I think we can begin to understand why Scott Bakula turned down returning
BLAUcopter
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cash_longfellow
Gold Member
I read through the thread but didn’t notice because I’m buzzed, but is this streaming or is it on cable somewhere right now?
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disregard, literally everything I asked is in the picture on the OP
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disregard, literally everything I asked is in the picture on the OP
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fuck_diggity_cunt_ingdon
Banned
Couldn’t make it through the trailer.
Looks awful.
Looks awful.
daffyduck
Member
Does he say "Oh boy!", in the opposite sense of how Sam Beckett would have said it?
nush
Member
Best episode so far, becuse they kept the base team stuff to a minimum and focused on the leap. Added some interesting lore about what it's like to be leapt into and the main mystery is still blatant predestination paradox. Next episode either uses the retcon about only jumping within your lifetime or is a fake out.
nush
Member
And the quality has dropped back down again. Instead of focusing on the leap they keep throwing all this extra shit into the story. So now the episode time has to fit in, the leap (Most important), relationship with his wife, Evil (maybe) Leaper, all the shit with the team at the base. All that extra shit is just predestination paradox that the writers think is so smart but actually is so obvious if you've probably watched any other time travel movies/shows.
Badlucktroll
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Just got shitcanned
tvline.com
Quantum Leap Cancelled After Two Seasons at NBC
“Quantum Leap” has made its final jump — get the details.
tvline.com
nush
Member
I cancelled it when I could not even finish the first series.Just got shitcanned
Quantum Leap Cancelled After Two Seasons at NBC
“Quantum Leap” has made its final jump — get the details.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Ii actually liked the show... Didn't like how they did the second (final) season beginning tho. It closed really well tho. I loved it. It felt like a series finale. Nailed it.