So they make it with a rando korean-american guy as the mc.
And since EVERYTHING has to be a super serious drama now, the show takes itself too seriously and ends up being stupid as a result. Of course the show also has to insist on the MC being a marty stu because only white men are allowed to have flaws.
The whole reason the old show was popular was that it was like "omg what if this happened to YOU, what would you do?" but instead it's like "keke i r sooper smart azn who can do everything, ninja powa activate!"
and people wonder why everything these people make turns to shit.
The story and the premise are OK, but the actors are hoboshit. An expressionless Oriental as the new Sam, a homely, wooden woman as the new Al, some kind of weird-looking hermaphrodite as the new Gushi, Ziggy is offline for reasons, and the only one worth half a shit is the new new character played by Winston from Ghostbusters, who is basically the new Dean Stockwell (the established actor that old people recognize.)
Not even half the charisma amongst all them that Bakula and Stockwell had between the two of them.
(For any older Canadian lurkers who still use cable, Vision TV still runs the original at 1 pm every day. Dunno who else might have it.)
check out this great script we wrote where you play comically bumbling oaf who nobody respects and a woman comes in to fix your mistakes and lectures you about your privilege!
I have fond memories of catching a few episodes. It was on tv in Norway in the afternoon in the mid-late 90s alongside stuff like Fresh Prince, ancient Zorro series, S Club 7, Babylon 5 and fuck knows what else.
So they make it with a rando korean-american guy as the mc.
And since EVERYTHING has to be a super serious drama now, the show takes itself too seriously and ends up being stupid as a result. Of course the show also has to insist on the MC being a marty stu because only white men are allowed to have flaws.
The whole reason the old show was popular was that it was like "omg what if this happened to YOU, what would you do?" but instead it's like "keke i r sooper smart azn who can do everything, ninja powa activate!"
and people wonder why everything these people make turns to shit.
The original show ended before it could jump the shark of ridiculousness.
You thought leaping into a NASA chimpanzee was bad?
There were plans for an episode to have him leap into a CARTOON CHARACTER.
If he can jump into a retard, he can jump into a chimp.
He was a nigger more than once
Edgy and hilarious
Racist, Asians can’t pronounce r’s
Chicken flied lice!
Bakula is actually a really chill dude, met him a few times he was down to earth and pretty interesting.
Glad he didn't step into this clusterfuck.
Bakula is one of my favorite actors, largely because of this show. I have the entire original series on Blu-Ray, it holds up very well.
Aside from that episode where they broke their own "within his own lifetime" rule and had him leap into a Civil War general.
And the chimpanzee. Good lord, the chimpanzee.
I've never seen Quantum Leap but I thought he was great as Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise.
I tried watching NCIS: New Orleans but unfortunately even he can't save that show; it was unbearable.
New Orleans is by far the weakest. Still love Bakula though
does the blu-ray collection have the musics replaced with generic stuffs because of copyright?
Fun fact: This show accidentally proved that, within its own universe at the very least, life begins at conception.
The show's rules on time travel meant that Sam Beckett could only leap "within his own lifetime." Meaning the day he was born, up to the airdate.
Sam's birthdate is August 8, 1953. But there were two episodes that took place within nine months BEFORE that date.
Until the last season.
Which I noted in another comment, yeah.
The War of Northern Aggression? Seriously?
The story and the premise are OK, but the actors are hoboshit. An expressionless Oriental as the new Sam, a homely, wooden woman as the new Al, some kind of weird-looking hermaphrodite as the new Gushi, Ziggy is offline for reasons, and the only one worth half a shit is the new new character played by Winston from Ghostbusters, who is basically the new Dean Stockwell (the established actor that old people recognize.)
Not even half the charisma amongst all them that Bakula and Stockwell had between the two of them.
(For any older Canadian lurkers who still use cable, Vision TV still runs the original at 1 pm every day. Dunno who else might have it.)
This was a show my mom really liked so I had to watch it. I enjoyed it as well. Due to my remake/reboot fatigue I haven’t watched this
didn't even know it was completed and started airing
I have fond memories of catching a few episodes. It was on tv in Norway in the afternoon in the mid-late 90s alongside stuff like Fresh Prince, ancient Zorro series, S Club 7, Babylon 5 and fuck knows what else.
This is how you know it's bad. Even Bakula wouldn't show up, and he graciously made it to the worst of the Star Treks and NCIS'.