I was about to bring up the "Evil Leaper", and the implication that Satan was somehow behind her mucking with history...
I don't recall if Ziggy's voice was audible through the handlink (since we only heard what Sam could hear), but I believe we heard the computer's voice at PQL headquarters. And I remember a running gag about Sam programming it with Barbara Streisand's ego. On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 6:18:32 PM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > Exactly. The Waiting Room was one of the reasons they were able to track > down where Sam had leaped to and figure out why he was where he was (the > Buddy Holly episode excluded); that it wasn't "anywhere on the planet at > some time between the mid-80s and the present." I seem to remember one > episode where the person in Sam's body escaped and they had to track him > down. > > Did Ziggy ever talk beyond beeps when Al would hit his Lego unit? Gushie > talked, but Ziggy? > > As for other leapers, have we all forgotten the Evil Leaper? (I wish we > could, but she's canon.) That, and the meddling with actual events (like > the JFK assassination), were kind of a signal to me that they were running > out of ideas. > > I also miss the "oh, boy"s, and hope they're not replaced with the "oh, > sh--" we got in the first cliffhanger. > > I realized the other day that, as much as I liked the show, it's really > something of a ripoff of DC's Deadman. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 01:38:00 PM PDT, M-D November < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe I get distracted by the little things, but...did it bother anyone > else that the Waiting Room never got mentioned? In the original series, > one of the reasons Al didn't show up until the middle of Act 1 was because > he was usually questioning the time-swapee in the Waiting Room, and I don't > feel like it was EVER mentioned in the pilot, despite the larger presence > of the project team. Also, why doesn't Ziggy talk anymore? > > I will say that I'm glad the production design recognized that the vision > of "THE FUTURE" from the original series wasn't practical to replicate. > Waaaaaay too much neon. > On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 4:01:10 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > > Since I expected it to be horrible I came away mildly impressed that it > was less bad than it could have been. I think the two leads are strong and > promising. > > It does have that performative ultra diverse stance that made ST: > Discovery so tiresome, but I would not blame that for the substantial > talent drop off after the two Leads. Most network shows that are all white > cast mediocre and forgettable actors after all. It does feel like they are > missing a fierce Latinx character, a guy in a wheel chair, and either a > super smart male nerd or super smart hot babe from the Sub Continent to > fill out their Diversity Bingo card. Yawn…but then, every generation has > its self indulgences. Millennials like to think they roam in well > represented diversity packs, even though the truth is most 30 years spend > most of their time with people from their own ethnic group. > > I will watch a few more episodes, if only out of respect for the pleasant > memories of hours I spent canoodling with my then new wife while watching > the original. But even more than the self congratulatory diversity > enactments, I am dreading what appears to be the now irresistible > overarching conspiracy plot line… > > > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 7:53 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t > practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cast seems to have been > chosen more for diversity than for talent. That said, Raymond Lee has the > potential to be a good lead. It is not as bad as it could have been, but it > is also not as good as it could have been. > > Streaming on the Peacock > -- > Kevin M. 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