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StavitaPig[17]
07/08/09

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Perfect solution:

FYREFLY

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Grey_Area
07/08/09

@StavitaPig[17]: Y not?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

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How about we reboot SyFy back to SciFi...
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ceilingFANBOY
07/07/09

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I have a feeling that if they did a reboot of Quantum Leap they would change it to a show where he tries to fix major events in history and would cause it to lose the sentimental and ethical dilemmas of the show. I don't want Quantum Leap to be about saving Lincoln from being assassinated, it has to be about helping people who are robbing a bank to save their farm get out alive while avoiding jailtime...all while knowing that he is just blocks away from his dead father but he can't go see him because he has to help these people.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/07/09

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It sounds like every 3-4 months, Don Bellisario gets Siffy to buy him a really nice lunch for free, stringing them along.

Heh. Read the quote, you'll see.
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Jeff Edsell
07/07/09

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Hm. The "updated, darker Quantum Leap" concept scares me a little, because that's basically Journeyman (which I can't judge because I never saw it), and Journeyman tanked hard.

The Alien Nation reboot could work, especially because of the growing interest in District 9, and the new V both of which cover some of the same themes.
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NerD: Blattella
07/07/09

@Jeff Edsell: Journeyman didn't tank. It was one of the first real victims of the writers strike. If you get a chance watch it on Netflix.

If they went that direction with Quantum Leap. I'd be jazzed.
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Mav
07/07/09

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Well. The Henson Company has been going on about an announcement they're going to make at ComiCon during the Farscape panel. And Rocke is there.

I am not thinking it will be more Farscape on the channel but come on. Webisodes? Something? Set int he same universe? Anything? Bueller?
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Pope John Peeps II
07/07/09

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Aww man... They stole my network pitch for Quantum Rape
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Dr Wadd
07/07/09

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Quantum Leap is going to be a tricky one to attempt to reboot. They don`t really have an science fiction "hooks" to hang the remake on since it was only nominally science fiction most of the time, and so very much of its greatness was entirely due to Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. I imagine it may be hard to get those two back for a full series, but a few TV movies with them could be the way to go here.
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pfc.joker
07/07/09

@Dr Wadd: I couldn't agree more; it's the wicked chemistry between the two that kept that show going so long, that and the fact I still remember it was one of the few SciFi shows mom would watch with Dad and me because it wasn't a "real SciFi show".
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ValborgStag
07/07/09

I would love to see some real ending to the story. A mini-series maybe where an older Dean Stockwell has devoted the rest of life to getting Bakula back - maybe a plan that requires someone risk leaping themselves and getting unstuck - do AL chooses to go off on a rescue mission and there's an instant start right there.

I agree with all the other commenters that it was their chemistry as actors that made the series, not the characters as they were written (though obviously they go hand in hand)
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

@ValborgStag: The only problem with that is that Sam died the minute he went through the Quantum Leap Accelerator. It just took him a while to come to terms with that, which is why he kept leaping from body to body. In the end once he made his peace with it he was able to go back and talk to Al's wife to right that one last wrong, before moving on to the Afterlife...
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bluehinter
07/07/09

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If they want to do something that's "Firefly-like, but not Firefly" I wouldn't object to a remake of Earth 2, provided Tim Curry wasn't allowed within 500 ft. of the set.

If they keep the core premise of "An overpopulated Earth launches a colonization mission to another planet, but the ship is sabotaged and only a few survive. The planet turns out to be inhabited by various indigenous lifeforms, and had previously been a dumping ground for hardened criminals and other undesirables." and then scrap 90% of everything else, then you've got a pretty open-ended show that can be shot entirely in Vancouver, with lots of opportunity for drawn out Lost-eque "OMG, What's in the hatch!!!" style drama.
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Erich Krueger
07/07/09

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Another vote for Firefly. Start w/ a TV movie, if most of the cast is busy. It's Whedon, he'll FIND a way to bring Wash back. (I miss Wash!)

Barring that; Blake's 7!
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bluehinter
07/07/09

@Erich Krueger: I'd watch it, even with a crappy American cast, on the sole condition that they dust off Paul Darrow, and have him come back as a (more) bitter half-crazy Avon, who's been locked away 'Man In the Iron Mask' style in a top secret Federation prison for the last 30 years.

I'd be tempted to ask for Jacqueline Pierce back too, but apparently she's moved to South Africa to raise monkeys. And no, I'm not making that up.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
07/07/09

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They should just call me. I can get this sucker taken care of.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
07/07/09

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He glossed right over what's wrong with the entertainment industry in general. You can't put hard SF on SyFy? Why the hell not? Where do you put it? Lifetime? FOX? I thought the whole idea behind 900 cable channels was that you could have niche programming and sustain it without blockbuster ratings.

What's confused and disguted at the same time? Confusted?
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/07/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: I'm confusted as well.

That was some of the finest non-think doublespeak ever from him.
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KinoEscalate
07/07/09

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They need to kiss George Lucas's ass very badly so they can air his live action Star Wars series which is ramping up pre-production.
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DeltaGuy
07/07/09

@KinoEscalate: Wasn't there a rumour at some point that this is going to HBO? Pay cable is really the only venue I can see that would realistically pick up 100 episodes of an unproven TV show.
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jmortj5
07/07/09

@DeltaGuy: Granted, Star Wars, the TV show, is unproven, but do you honestly think that all the SW geeks/nerds (myself included) would really NOT watch it. It would be very lucritive (sp) for ANY network to pick it up.
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DeltaGuy
07/07/09

@jmortj5: It may be lucrative, depending on how intense the bidding war is for the series, and if the networks are able to avoid overpaying for its rights. Considering the current financial situation of broadcast television, I really doubt that any of the networks (NBC, CBC, ABC, FOX, or The CW) are really going to be able to guarantee all 100 episodes will be aired, or be willing to pay such a premium for an unproven product. I personally believe that TimeWarner will purchase the rights, and air the series in first-run on HBO, and then in a second, basic cable on TNT.
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wandering_nomad
07/07/09

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Take Virtuality, Fox obviously doesn't want to do anything more with it.
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DeltaGuy
07/07/09

@wandering_nomad: They don't need to take it, NBC-Uni already owns it. They just need to release the pilot on DVD, reair it again on SyFy as a "premiere", and instant Space Opera!

If they do not go with Virtuality, however, I do believe that they should focus on launching a new series. As enjoyable as Firefly and Farscape both were, each series carries too much baggage to be relaunched. With a good creative team, SyFy can create something just as good. Fans and viewers simply need to give them this opportunity, and move on past these cancelled gems.
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Theoban
07/07/09

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Deadwood...IN SPACE!

Kings...IN SPACE!

Ian McShane delivers monologues...IN SPACE!

Give me a job already, Skiffie
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/07/09

@Theoban: It's like Craig Ferguson's skits of "Michael Caine in Space", but it's an hour of Ian McShane intoning stuff. Okay, maybe half-hour.

I'd watch it.
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