quantum leap reboot...
 

Good god, I pray it won't suck, but it probably will..
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...bc-1235074815/

the original show was VERY close to woke in some cases, but it skipped over that by having a likeable straight white male fix some of histories greatest wrongs, no matter who that person was. and had his complete opposite as his helper and foil to show how wrong humanity was in the past. today's hack writers will not get that subtlety and beat us over the head with woke BS.

They should have Captain Archer travel back in time and meet his past ancestor from the 90's.

Sure. Wait until Dean Stockwell is dead and can't make an appearance... woke garbage as it may be...

The original series was pretty heavily left leaning but at least Sam still kicked some a$$ when he needed to... And they didn't have issues brushing up with legit historical events.

I'd say I'm going to hope for the best but I'm for sure going to expect the worst... At this point, I'd rather have a spin off series dealing with the Evil Leaper instead, but they'd mess that up too.

The greatest QL sequel was Enterprise.:)

There used to be a website called Al's Place that had at least a few hundred fan written scripts that all paid super close attention to the series bible that was fun to read. No idea if its still around & properly updated though. Been more than a few years since I've gone to look at it.

Al's Place is still around. I pop in there now and then...and they just updated the site with the news of the revival:D

I dunno how to feel about this. On one hand, I loved the show and still do. H&I does a QL marathon of the entire series 3 eps a night during the week. We usually have it on for background noise, but some eps I still really love, like the one where he was Lee Harvey Oswald, or the one with the beauty pageant contestant in the 50s. They broke a lot of ground with controversial topics in that show, especially with regards to historical social issues. The one with his Union soldier ancestor helping the runaway slaves was especially good, as was the three parter about the black girl being accused of murder in a mostly white town. And the rape victim. There were a lot of eps like that, and they were done really well.

Quantum Leap was one of my favorite series back in the day. Granted I watched it as young teenager, so a lot of context and social issues went past my head, since I watched it mostly for time travel shenanigans.

Not sure, if reboot will execute it right, since a lot of charm of the show was coming from chemistry between Sam and Al, and I am not sure, if producers will be able to find (or even bother to find) actors who have such great chemistry.

That's actually my biggest caveat regarding a reboot. The chemistry of the two was great, but it was also kind of about their dynamic as polar opposites. Al was the womanizing, sometimes prejudiced foil to Sam who was all about doing what was right for everyone involved, no matter how hard it got. Al had a bit of a growth arc, too, as the show went on, and he saw Sam in situations that were so difficult to deal with. Not sure a new show could be as effective doing the same.

A director for the pilot has been assigned

https://deadline.com/2022/02/quantum...ot-1234930855/

Will it star a black guy who keeps ending up in slavery/racist eras and situations, I wonder?

No white people in the casting calls:

https://cosmicbook.news/quantum-leap...ary-characters

of course! that's the only story black people can relate too! Not finding jobs, or falling in love, or getting an A on a report card.

I can already see how the first plot unfolds, having the woman get revenge on a husband DURING her divorce proceedings.

ugh, this thing is going to be another woke train wreck.

So it's a continuation. The Quantum Leap program is restarted to try and investigate what happened to Sam:

https://deadline.com/2022/03/raymond...ZooPbFQNbjWSn4

The original series showed the system, Ziggy, only works with Sam & Al, barely with Gooshie or family members of Sam & Al.. How TF are they going to spin it for that dude? Would rather see it star someone as Sammie Jo & pick a random woman for one of Al's daughters and you have 2 women as the leads & then have some dude play Gooshie's replacement/relative or something. This is going to suck so terribly bad... if it doesn't get cancelled before even hitting the air...

Ernie Hudson joins the cast

https://deadline.com/2022/03/quantum...ot-1234973289/

"Non-binary" is cast:

https://cosmicbook.news/quantum-leap...VoCcu2ReaF3rvc

Woke bs metric unlocked. Sh*tshow status acquired. I'm out.

can we stop with this non binary ****?

TNG had the perfect episode showing why this was a impossible idea. That episode would be banned these days for transphobia.

sigh. I wanted to have high hopes this would be good and free of woke. but now it's gone.

It's going to full series

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...bc-1235141711/

Oh boy... :(

A look at the stunningly bold and diverse cast:

https://cosmicbook.news/sites/defaul...inary-cast.jpg

https://cosmicbook.news/quantum-leap...a6Kz4fnLAEkjIg

What is that thing with pale hair?
Oh, a non-binary psycho?
Amazing.

I am glad to see Hudson's back, but everything involving propaganda or transqueer cultshit can go the same way **** goes in a toilet.
Down. The. Drain.

I think it's a lady that wants to be non conformative or something..

I wouldn't even be surprised if it was a woman acting 'non binary' because there are so few of those weirdo's out there.

I mean...

I kind of don't...care.

The Project Quantum Leap members (Gooshie, Dr. Beeks, etc) were mostly unseen in the original. They appeared but not often at all, and were mostly mentioned by Al. If the new ones are going to appear in every episode, that will be very annoying... Hudson is the new 'Al', right? I think his dynamic with the new Sam is what will make or break the show...along with the writing, and the overall feel of it. I like the idea of Ernie Hudson in the role, though I'm not really hopeful the show's going to be as good as the original.

Maybe instead of 1 guy bouncing between dimensions, it's a whole team bouncing between dimensions together? Like Sliders?

But then...it's Sliders, as you said, not QL.

I wouldn't put it past them, though I think what they might do is have the QLP members come out more...which would also break the show. Seems very messy, and dumb if true.

Oh h3ll....

What would be the point of making it a Quantum Leap related, than?
Oh, wait, modern media with their own "original" takes on old concepts.

Doesn't look bad at all, I'll definitely give it a go. I have no problem with "the message" as long as it's well written, and the original QL was always woke and could get unbearably preachy sometimes looking back.

It better have an alphabet rap.

I bet Bakula will be in it as a surprise thing. He's not busy. They've made it a point to say it's a continuation. They obviously would have asked him and it wouldn't be a no.

Probably nothing huge, though.

There is world of difference between "woke" than and "woke" now.

I don't think the original was woke...

A little preachy maybe, but not woke.

I think people are beginning to misuse what woke actually means. Sigh.

Applicable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V5iWXB4Xtk#t=43s

Plot details for the reboot...:

https://deadline.com/2022/06/quantum...ne-1235054476/

So...Ernie Hudson's character, Magic, won't be Ben's 'Al' after all. That is super disappointing. Not only was Magic a legacy character, I think Ernie Hudson was an excellent choice for someone that could potentially match Dean Stockwell's charm and likability in the role of the leaper's companion.

Blah.

Agreed on that one. wanna bet it's the 'non binary' cast member?

It's not, actually.