Hi all you Sci-fi fans, I love Quantum Leap and the star of the show Scott Bakula. Are there anymore out there too?
Spk l8er
CJ Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Uh oh.
OK, I'm a fan of the show too and occasionally pull out my tapes.
Pet peeves include contradictions about whether or not Al can see Sam leap, whether Al sees Sam as himself or the person he has leaped into, and the second version of Al's handlink to Ziggy.
I also don't understand why there are so few episodes on the DVD release, yet it remains full price.
Posted by Beckett Goddess (Member # 1465) on :
It's a shame there aren't so many episodes released on DVD. Anyhow Iam setting up a new website its still under construction but there is still plenty to see.
CJ
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[ December 27, 2004, 07:31 PM: Message edited by: TSN ]
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I abstain from clicking on any sci-fi link with "touch of fantasy" in it as a matter of preserving what little hope I have left for humanity's value.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
What say you wait until you have a bit more than one post before you start advertising for yourself, hm?
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
That was pretty harmless.
Posted by Beckett Goddess (Member # 1465) on :
Look guys why u being so harsh I have been working really hard getting my site up together Iam only trying to spread the word to get a post on my forum Iam adding more and more and it should be done by the end of this week. Please give me a break.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Posting simply for the purpose of advertising a website is spamming, and that's against the forums' rules.
Throwing out a link to your website in the course of a developed discussion when it's relevent is okay as is having a link your website in your signature. Just throwing it out there isn't acceptable.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Drop the link down to your sig and post about Sam all you want.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Spk l8er"
Posted by Beckett Goddess (Member # 1465) on :
Ok Iam sorry guys very new to this had no idea I would cause offence to you all. I wasn't aware I was spamming I do apologise it won't happen again.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Well, you could start by actually discussing something about the series.
For instance... the pet peeves I mentioned were an attempt to start an actual conversation about Quantum Leap.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
It's a shame, but I never got to watch Quantum Leap save for about half a dozen episodes.
It always seemed to me, though, that the series was based on having Sam Beckett change the future. Is this accurate, or did I just watch the few episodes that did this? If it is accurate, that's a twist on the usual "restore the timeline" or "protect the timeline" that we're usually fed in TV sci-fi series.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yes, Sam was actively changing the timeline, "putting right what once went wrong", in other words, usually helping people fix their messed up lives or preventing accidents.
In a couple of episodes he even changed things that effected his own life, such as fixing something in a girl's life that later caused her to marry him, though he didn't realize this until years later when he switched places with Al and found himself in his own time.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Though later, we are introduced to his nemesis, a female leaper whose job it was to SCREW UP people's lives, to cause pain and suffering. She and her hologram worked for the opposite number of whatever force was leaping him around in time (be it God, or Fate, or Time, or himself, depending on what you want to believe), and had far greater control over the time travel process - to the point that they can pretty much send and recall multiple leapers at will.
Mark
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I thought they were grasping at straws when the brought in Sam/Al's opposite numbers.
The final few episodes were fantastic though- particularly the less than happy ending.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
While the idea of a rival leaper/organisation had it's potential, it wasn't fully explored and ended up pretty nonsensical. It wasn't like they were even trying to stop others from meddling with the timeline - in other words, being a force for maintaining the status quo; they were trying to make things worse by, I dunno, fucking around with a mentally-retarded kid. There are easier ways to screw up the world, I'd say. Something a little-less labour-intensive, you know? And maybe employing someone who actually enjoys being an evil-minded cunt, rather than forcing some easily-swayed-by-hot-Bakula-action dipsy girl to do their dirty work.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
They sort-of resolved things with the girl-leaper (sounds like a porno) in a subsequent episode where Sam and her were in some women's prison.
I cant recall how that one resolved though- the problem with those episodes was that having so many leapers in one story completely overshadowed any reason for their being there in the first place.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I know that the series didn't wrap up with a happy ending, but did it really come out that Beckett was leaping for God?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
He was leaping for new age feel good nonsense.
TAKE THAT.
I am cold and lonely.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: They sort-of resolved things with the girl-leaper (sounds like a porno) in a subsequent episode where Sam and her were in some women's prison.
I cant recall how that one resolved though- the problem with those episodes was that having so many leapers in one story completely overshadowed any reason for their being there in the first place.
That was a two-parter, IIRC. After coincidentally meeting again on the same mission to screw up / fix up someone's life, Sam tries to break Alia from her captors by simul-leaping by... Hugging. They end up as prisoners in a women's prison. The bad guys leap Alia's former hologram into the Prison warden to find them, and ultimately Alia's self-sacrifice or something causes Time or Fate or God or whatever to leap her out. I was rather annoyed when Al was searching for her, and simply concluded "wherever she is, she's free".
I did think the idea that Sam might accidentally leap with Alia while they tried to simul-leap was interesting though... of course they never did anything with it.
And in the end, it turned out that, whomever was actually behind Sam leaping, he was ultimately in control of it himself, only being forced to do it as long as he truly wanted to. And since he's the uberBoyscout, it turns out he wanted to do it forever.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
It also turns out that he was Captain Braxton.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
And MacGyver's friend, Jack.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
And Major Ryan, the guy was one of two guys who ended up poorly parrotting General Hague's lines when the latter got Leaped into Admiral Leyton.
Mark
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I did sort of like the fact that Sam got a chance to give Al the one thing he really wanted before continuing his journey (and presumably forgetting a whole bunch of stuff), even though it sort of screwed Al's girlfriend, Tina. Getting the same actress to play Al's first wife was a nice touch, both because of the continuity and the fact that she's wicked hot. The bit at the end with the leap effect on the photograph was kind of overkill, though.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Tina was having an affair with Gooshie.
Though I wonder about any paradox made by Sam giving Beth back to Al. The show detailed several times that Al helped Sam innumerable times in getting Project Quantum Leap off the ground, and that without Al, Sam would never have started in the first place. Likewise, it was Al's despondency about losing Beth that drove him to be an alcoholic shadow of a man, when Sam found him.
Time travel. Tricky business. Unpredictable.
Mark
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I've wondered about that too. Also about the fact that Al knew the answers to so many of Sam's conundrums because of information he learned from all his ex-wives. If he was married to Beth all that time, Sam would've been in big trouble.
One also wonders how he managed to maintain his rank as an admiral being the drunken loser he apparently was.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
You know, I never quite got how he could keep leaping for all eternity. Isn't he eventually going to fix EVERYTHING?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
As Al said, "Nobody lives forever, Sam."
Sam continued to age as he leaped around. Eventually, he'll grow old and die. Or get killed during one of his leaps.
The Bartender indicated that his leaps were about to get harder, afterall.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I'd think that Sam kept all his memories of Al- after he fixed Al's life for him.
Kinda to give him some moral foundation to hang on to- just the lack of Al as an emotional anchor nad source of information would make leaping considerably tougher.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Well, there's nothing to indicate that Al suddenly stopped being Sam's partner. It never said that Al was gone. Unless that's how you want to interpret the leaping effect on the photo of Al at the end.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I kinda got the "Al lived happily ever after and Sam was alone" vibe from it, yeah.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Problem is, Sam would've never had a prayer of getting anything done without Al. I agree the idea of Sam having to forge ahead by himself is fairly romantic, and it would even make Sam's decision to put that right a sacrifice as well as a gift, but it's not very believable.
Posted by StarLord (Member # 1430) on :
There is still persistent talk of a Quantum Leap TV movie. Supposedly Dean Stockwell is involved and Sam's daughter will be the female leaper, in search of her dad. Hope is that Bakula will appear briefly as Sam. This is intended as a pilot for a projected Leap II series.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
M'kay... whence came these rumors?
The premise sounds mildly plausible, though I have trouble believing any scientific organization would send another into the past knowing that they can't be reliably retrieved. Also, why would they have to "find" Sam? Is Al not still in touch with him via lepton/mason connection? I can't imagine Al ever abandoning Sam, assuming the revised timeline kept Al a part of Project Quantum Leap.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I heard this was mentioned on IMBD a couple of months back....no idea if it's genuine or not though.
What happened to our fragile new Flarite that started this thread? (insert image of insane asylum full of thin-skinned, would-be Flarites rocking back and forth in straight-jackets)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You could possibly interpret the "the leaps are about to get harder" line to indicate that the Bartender knew that Sam was about to do something noble and would no longer have Al helping him. If he had these powers to see into the future and stuff, and if you think that Al was going to stop helping him. And stuff.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
The bartender realised that Sam's constant companion, from that episode on, would be booze.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Had the series continued, we would have seen that every time Sam leaped into a new life, there would be a different drink within arm's reach. You know, just to get him going.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
He can quit whenever he wants to! GOT THAT!?! WHENEVER HE WANTS TO!!!
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