|
Edward Mass posted:Is there really a demand for a new Quantum Leap? Can't we just, you know, have something original?
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 06:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 22:34 |
|
|
Well, time to get back to my spec script, then. It's about man's inhumanity to man...in outer space...but everybody acts like it's the 1970s.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 06:46
|
|
|
So you're saying it's time to pitch my spec script for a dark and gritty Space: 1999 reboot?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 06:56
|
|
|
howe_sam posted:We're getting a reboot of Greatest American Hero If he (or she) doesn't loving fly like they're barreling out of control down a ski-slope I'm gonna be pissed.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 07:10
|
|
|
Edward Mass posted:Is there really a demand for a new Quantum Leap? Can't we just, you know, have something original? Such as Travellers?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 12:33
|
|
|
Edward Mass posted:Is there really a demand for a new Quantum Leap? Can't we just, you know, have something original? Honestly, I could use more optimistic sci-fi on my screen, and QL was nothing if not hopeful in tone. And we totally saw what the back end of Project Quantum Leap looked like! And honestly, by going off the wall with its coloured block scheme, it didn’t really date. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 13:06
|
|
|
howe_sam posted:We're getting a reboot of Greatest American Hero, we can tolerate a reboot of Quantum Leap. I don’t know why they’re doing that. No goddamn Robert Culp anymore.  
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 13:34
|
|
|
The_Doctor posted:Honestly, I could use more optimistic sci-fi on my screen, and QL was nothing if not hopeful in tone. I just wish we could have a Bluetooth TV remote or something that looks like Al's device.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 13:54
|
|
|
Quantum Leap would do great on a service like Netflix now given the nostalgia kick that movies/tv are on lately. The can at least reuse some Stranger Things stuff for a 1980s episode.Dr. Gargunza posted:So you're saying it's time to pitch my spec script for a dark and gritty Space: 1999 reboot? I legitimately have said for years that a Space 1999 reboot could actually be good.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 14:02
|
|
|
Maelstache posted:If they cast a younger actor to replace Sam, I guess you'd have to shift the time-frame to have the show be about Millennial nostalgia, as opposed to baby boomer nostalgia like the original was. That's assuming they'd stick to the rule about only leaping within the leaper's lifetime. Now I really hope a continuation never happens. I’m envisioning an episode where nu-Sam thinks she/he is there to stop Columbine or 9/11, but really is there to save somebody’s dog that ran out into traffic or whatever.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 14:06
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/claytonhickman/status/970023733506211845 https://twitter.com/seanpertwee/status/970286524016287745
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 14:39
|
|
|
Servoret posted:Now I really hope a continuation never happens. I’m envisioning an episode where nu-Sam thinks she/he is there to stop Columbine or 9/11, but really is there to save somebody’s dog that ran out into traffic or whatever. This is probably the ultimate reason why QL can't be remade today. A lot of the plots dealt with controversial topics the show would get castigated for dealing with now--civil rights and race relatiions, religion, historical events like the JFK assassintion, the Downs episode, mental health, war, etc. And often it was a misdirection and they didn't take the predictable plot route. Even though QL tended to be nuanced and is known for being sensitive, some people would be very offended about some aspect of it. I mean, there a lot of people in this thread who EXTREMELY WORRIED  about the very idea that a white male showrun show starring a white woman might touch on the US civil rights movement. QL would do this like, every week. And casting a woke POC female as the lead wouldn't necessarily be a solution--if any of the showrunners, writers, and directors were white males the ability of the show to touch on certain topics would be greeted with scathing blog posts, The Root and IO9 articles blasting it, and boycotts.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 14:52
|
|
|
I think most people probably wouldn't care either way, to be honest
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 15:42
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 15:44
|
|
|
Remember about 10 years ago there was a Bionic Woman reboot starring Michelle Ryan which lasted about four episodes? I never saw it but I found the script for the pilot and it really seemed like an obvious thing to have another go at. Maybe it turned out rubbish. I don't know. I remain curious about the Shane Black/Fred Dekker reboot of The Avengers I've heard about.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 16:05
|
|
|
They’ll have to call it something other than The Avengers, I’d imagine.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 16:28
|
|
|
The_Doctor posted:They’ll have to call it something other than The Avengers, I’d imagine. This reminds me how adamant my coworker was that Marvel would be hosed when the time came to title the first Avengers film. And holy poo poo was he angry when proven wrong. Like, 5 years later he was still being a bitch about it. Also I can't believe there are no phone cases that look like Al's hand unit from QL.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 16:52
|
|
|
The_Doctor posted:They’ll have to call it something other than The Avengers, I’d imagine. "Steed and Peel" or something like that (everyone forgets that Honor Blackman was the co-star for a couple of years before Diana Rigg showed up). Rhyno posted:This reminds me how adamant my coworker was that Marvel would be hosed when the time came to title the first Avengers film. And holy poo poo was he angry when proven wrong. Like, 5 years later he was still being a bitch about it. In the UK it was officially called Avengers Assemble entirely because of the movie with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman from 20 years ago. Frankly if Black and Dekker were going to reboot something, it should be A Nero Wolfe Mystery with Robbie Amell as Archie and Chi McBride as Wolfe. 
Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Mar 4, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 17:27
|
|
|
Nero Wolfe, but modern day is an idea that works almost too well.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 17:45
|
|
|
Nero Wolfe, modern day, and keep the mostly-ensemble cast approach that the A&E series used. goddammit, I miss that show.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 17:54
|
|
|
howe_sam posted:Nero Wolfe, but modern day is an idea that works almost too well. Wolfe and Archie are literally timeless characters, inasmuch as time passed in the novels but they never aged; Wolfe and Archie were the same people in 1975 (when Stout's last Nero Wolfe story was published) that they were in 1934 (when he started the series). There were some continuation novels written and set in the 1980s and the only thing that really changed was that Archie kept the germination records for Wolfe's orchids on his PC rather than in a filing cabinet.  I joked a while ago that this "Sherlock-style Dracula series" Moffat and Gatiss reportedly want to do will be set in 201X, star Alexander Vlahos as Dracula and be called Drac. Well, imagine Moffat and Gatiss doing a Nero Wolfe series: Wolfe would be played by Jamie Dornan, he'd always talk about how he used to be obese, and Archie would be played by Lara Pulver, except she'd cry all the time because Wolfe doesn't love her back.  Edit: I apologise for this derail; Nero Wolfe is my favourite detective series. 
Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Mar 4, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:06
|
|
|
Wheat Loaf posted:Well, imagine Moffat and Gatiss doing a Nero Wolfe series I'm afraid I must decline with thanks. There's only so much insufferability I can take in my short span of time upon this earth.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:11
|
|
|
Wheat Loaf posted:"Steed and Peel" or something like that (everyone forgets that Honor Blackman was the co-star for a couple of years before Diana Rigg showed up). Everyone forgets that Steed was the sidekick for the first season to another guy, Dr Keel. Honor Blackman didn’t show up till season 2.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:11
|
|
|
The_Doctor posted:Everyone forgets that Steed was the sidekick for the first season to another guy, Dr Keel. Honor Blackman didn’t show up till season 2. Oh, absolutely, but it's slightly more justified in that case because I'm pretty sure the entire first season is a lost show except for maybe one episode.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:13
|
|
|
Wheat Loaf posted:Oh, absolutely, but it's slightly more justified in that case because I'm pretty sure the entire first season is a lost show except for maybe one episode. Two eps ... oh wait, three eps now. They found one last year!* *Funny little anecdote about that lost-now-found-ep "Tunnel of Fear". Apparently rumors were abound for years that a fan had an off air audio copy of "Tunnel" in his possession, but refused to allow a copy of it to be released so others could enjoy it. If it's true, it's funny as hell that his audio copy is worthless now.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:26
|
|
|
Davros1 posted:Two eps ... oh wait, three eps now. They found one last year!* I'm suddenly thankful as all hell that none of the Doctor Who fans who recorded the audio of the now-missing episodes as they aired weren't quite so selfish as this.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:46
|
|
|
Let's be real, there's at least one DW episode sitting in a private collection somewhere that won't ever see the light of day because the owner never talks about it and is also a dick.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:54
|
|
|
Rhyno posted:Let's be real, there's at least one DW episode sitting in a private collection somewhere that won't ever see the light of day because the owner never talks about it and is also a dick. Isn’t it that episode of the Web Of Fear?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:57
|
|
|
Rhyno posted:Let's be real, there's at least one DW episode sitting in a private collection somewhere that won't ever see the light of day because the owner never talks about it and is also a dick. I thought Mugabe was ousted.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 18:58
|
|
|
Edward Mass posted:I thought Mugabe was ousted. He was allowed to keep his collection Ousted from power, never from our hearts
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 19:07
|
|
|
Nah, it's totally some dickbag living in his mom's basement.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 19:16
|
|
|
Wheat Loaf posted:Frankly if Black and Dekker were going to reboot something, it should be A Nero Wolfe Mystery with Robbie Amell as Archie and Chi McBride as Wolfe. Yes, Nero Wolfe is a great idea. There's multiple stories that I read and swore I'd seen on the TV show, only to discover that I hadn't. Chi has the chops for Wolfe, but if we take A Right to Die seriously, we need to cast a black man as Archie, too. William Jackson Harper, maybe? Might be too old, especially given that McBride's a bit young for Wolfe. And I don't know how you top Colin Fox as Fritz.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 20:26
|
|
|
Narsham posted:Yes, Nero Wolfe is a great idea. There's multiple stories that I read and swore I'd seen on the TV show, only to discover that I hadn't. Chi has the chops for Wolfe, but if we take A Right to Die seriously, we need to cast a black man as Archie, too. Is that the one where Wolfe says something like, "If I were a black man, Mr Goodwin would have to be as well," and the inference is that Archie is actually Wolfe's son? quote:William Jackson Harper, maybe? Might be too old, especially given that McBride's a bit young for Wolfe. And I don't know how you top Colin Fox as Fritz. Chi McBride right now is actually the exact age (56) that Stout always gave as Wolfe's in the novels. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 21:15
|
|
|
Senor Tron posted:I legitimately have said for years that a Space 1999 reboot could actually be good. They 'reimagined' (hosed with) the design of the Eagle a bit too much in their concept art, to my mind. "What's the single most iconic and memorable thing about the old show? Yeah, we're gonna JJ that bitch up."
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 21:17
|
|
|
FreezingInferno posted:I'm suddenly thankful as all hell that none of the Doctor Who fans who recorded the audio of the now-missing episodes as they aired weren't quite so selfish as this. It's more amazing that due to several fans, every episode that's missing has an audio counterpart. I don't think there's another show like that. Payndz posted:There was a supposedly official Space: 2099 show in development, but I haven't heard anything new about it for a few years. It's probably gone the same way as the Blake's 7 reboot(s) that have been talked about but never happened. George Lucas changed the design of Han Solo's ship because it resembled the Eagle too much. It became the blockade runner at the beginning. Still, the 1999 Eagle became the Millennium Falcon Davros1 fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 4, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 21:34
|
|
|
Davros1 posted:George Lucas changed the design of Han Solo's ship because it resembled the Eagle too much. It became the blockade runner at the beginning. I've always been impressed with the capsules-and-girders design of the Eagle. It just screams "utilitarian human-built workhorse." I believe it also influenced the design of the human fleet ship in the Star Control games, though those were meant to be larger to house nuclear missiles and point-defense lasers. (Scale wasn't much of a priority in the early 90's PC gaming scene.)
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 21:40
|
|
|
Astroman posted:This is probably the ultimate reason why QL can't be remade today. A lot of the plots dealt with controversial topics the show would get castigated for dealing with now--civil rights and race relatiions, religion, historical events like the JFK assassintion, the Downs episode, mental health, war, etc. And often it was a misdirection and they didn't take the predictable plot route. Even though QL tended to be nuanced and is known for being sensitive, some people would be very offended about some aspect of it. I feel like there's two things that kind of set QL apart from other "white dudes have opinions" shows: First off, this was sort of the show's brand. It's not like it was doing this out of nowhere, it did it constantly, week-to-week. If this sounded bad to you, you probably wouldn't be paying attention to QL in the first place. Second off, as you said, it tended to be nuanced and is known for being sensitive. Audience goodwill can really smooth a lot over, and QL built up a lot of it by consistently handling these topics decently and sensitively. For a reboot, carrying this over would be kind of important; shows only get outright castigated for handling heavy topics if a) it's jarring and outside the show's lane and/or b) they have a history of cocking it up. If a QL reboot tackled heavy issues, even if it were white dudes, people would just be worried up until release and then if it came out and was good and sensitive, everyone would be basically fine. e: like, South Park doesn't get castigated for the simple fact that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have political opinions, it gets castigated for them having staggeringly awful political opinions that they feel compelled to wedge into a show about kids making dick jokes. BoJack Horseman, meanwhile, is a show ran by a white dude that's political as gently caress, but "woke" people love it, because like QL, it's both defined by handling those topics and incredibly sensitive about them.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 22:01
|
|
|
If they remake Space 1999 they have to still call it Space 1999 and it still needs to be set in the super-futuristic year of 1999 
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 22:26
|
|
|
Jerusalem posted:If they remake Space 1999 they have to still call it Space 1999 and it still needs to be set in the super-futuristic year of 1999 And clearly there's only one song they can use as the theme.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 22:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 22:34 |
|
|
Rhyno posted:And clearly there's only one song they can use as the theme. Bien sur! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLAsBzOOhLQ
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2018 22:39
|
|