Original series or the reboot?
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I tried the new series but couldn't really get myself to feel for Addison (I think that's her name?) and Ben the way I did for Sam and Al, but that's probably just me because I loved them soooo much!!
If I have to pick, it's the original series. However, I did enjoy the revival quite a lot! I hate so much that it didn't get the extended life it needed to really succeed.
Agree. It had worked through the growing pains and was really starting to go somewhere!
There is only one Quantum Leap,the original series. The remake shares it's name and that's it.Theres an old saying. You can't go home again. Usually that's true. Times changed,and the time to bring the series back was decades ago,with the original cast and crew. The ship sailed on that long ago.
The tragedy is that the original series had such a short run and that Donald Belisario never saw fit to bring the ORIGINAL show back,decades ago with the original actors and crew,or at the very least give the series and it's fans the closure they deserved with a proper ending,even if it was only a tv movie reuniting Dean and Scott to bring Sam home.
The ONLY reason this website exists is because of love for the ORIGINAL series and the chemistry between Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell on screen that made the show work, as well as the talented people behind the scenes,most who were veterans of the industry. It was a product of its time and place and the people involved.
One wouldn't go into a museum and paint over a Picasso or Rembrant and attempt to pass it off to fans of that artists work.
All of these "reboots" are horrible. "Lost In Space","Hawaii 5-0","Magnum Pi.","Knight Rider" without David Hasselhoff where Kitt is a Mustang. It never ends. It's just lazy filmmaking and a crass attempt to cash in on the name recognition of a preexisting commodity. All of these shows seem to be made by people who either havent seen or don't understand why and what made the original series so beloved.
The original Magnum was a hit because of the chemistry between John Hillerman and Tom Selleck as well as Larry Manetti and Roger Mosely. The show also had good writing,directing and music.
Can you imagine someone trying to remake "The Andy Griffith show" without Andy Griffith or Don Knotts and set in these times? Or "The Rockford Files" without James Garner,Stuart Margolin and Noah Beery Jr.? When a beloved pet or family member passes you don't run out and replace them with a different person and name them after the loved one who passed. No,you honor their memory and are grateful for good times you had and cherish what you had. You realize they were unique and special and irreplaceable.
Scott and Dean were and always will be the only Sam and Al. Period.
The tragedy is that the original series had such a short run and that Donald Belisario never saw fit to bring the ORIGINAL show back,decades ago with the original actors and crew,or at the very least give the series and it's fans the closure they deserved with a proper ending,even if it was only a tv movie reuniting Dean and Scott to bring Sam home.
The ONLY reason this website exists is because of love for the ORIGINAL series and the chemistry between Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell on screen that made the show work, as well as the talented people behind the scenes,most who were veterans of the industry. It was a product of its time and place and the people involved.
One wouldn't go into a museum and paint over a Picasso or Rembrant and attempt to pass it off to fans of that artists work.
All of these "reboots" are horrible. "Lost In Space","Hawaii 5-0","Magnum Pi.","Knight Rider" without David Hasselhoff where Kitt is a Mustang. It never ends. It's just lazy filmmaking and a crass attempt to cash in on the name recognition of a preexisting commodity. All of these shows seem to be made by people who either havent seen or don't understand why and what made the original series so beloved.
The original Magnum was a hit because of the chemistry between John Hillerman and Tom Selleck as well as Larry Manetti and Roger Mosely. The show also had good writing,directing and music.
Can you imagine someone trying to remake "The Andy Griffith show" without Andy Griffith or Don Knotts and set in these times? Or "The Rockford Files" without James Garner,Stuart Margolin and Noah Beery Jr.? When a beloved pet or family member passes you don't run out and replace them with a different person and name them after the loved one who passed. No,you honor their memory and are grateful for good times you had and cherish what you had. You realize they were unique and special and irreplaceable.
Scott and Dean were and always will be the only Sam and Al. Period.
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But it wasn't really a reboot. It was a continuation, a sequel. No one tried to replace Sam and Al. This was basically QL's "The Next Generation." It was excellent and IMHO fit perfectly fine as basically seasons 6 and 7 of the Quantum Leap story.
I watched all of the interviews Fate's Wide Wheel did with the creative team, and they all were big fans of the show. And they respected and listened to Deborah Pratt as the "Keeper of the Lore."
The show absolutely honored Sam and Al; especially Al! As a very, very longtime super fan of Al, I was impressed and pleased with how much thought and care went into all the references to Al. I mean, they'd started out with the idea of trying to do at least one scene featuring Dean, despite the health issues that led him to retire in 2015, but he sadly passed before the show was ready to film.
Having Beth and Janis there to represent Al was amazing, and their story wouldn't have happened if the crew didn't know or care about the OG.
Sometimes I wonder how many eps of QL22 people have actually seen. I don't get where people think the show had no respect for its predecessor.
I watched all of the interviews Fate's Wide Wheel did with the creative team, and they all were big fans of the show. And they respected and listened to Deborah Pratt as the "Keeper of the Lore."
The show absolutely honored Sam and Al; especially Al! As a very, very longtime super fan of Al, I was impressed and pleased with how much thought and care went into all the references to Al. I mean, they'd started out with the idea of trying to do at least one scene featuring Dean, despite the health issues that led him to retire in 2015, but he sadly passed before the show was ready to film.
Having Beth and Janis there to represent Al was amazing, and their story wouldn't have happened if the crew didn't know or care about the OG.
Sometimes I wonder how many eps of QL22 people have actually seen. I don't get where people think the show had no respect for its predecessor.
I agree that the original series was better. I also understand the reference to Star Trek sequels... spin offs...whatever. The revival didn't get enough episodes to really do it justice but some of that was just not completing a storyline before jumping into the next one. As I've said before the same problem occurred with Ghost Whisperer but at least it got five seasons. I love time travel shows but they are just a tough sell! The landscape is littered with attempts and most of them get two seasons if they are lucky such as Timeless and The Time Tunnel. Oh well, I guess we all have to hope our wait for the next one won't be too long.