Quantum Leap Reboot (spoilers allowed)

[bloodtide]

Well.....it was OK for a plot. You need to introduce the characters. If they keep the same format, it looks like it will be half present day and half in the past.

They....well....might have '80's it up to 11, but...as an '80's fan I can let it slide. At least Ben did not watch Alf on TV.

Ernie Hudson plays Herbert 'Magic' Williams, after hearing someone call him "Magic" twice....hardcore fan that I am...I figured out who he was....

This episode at least was written and produced by someone(s) that watched and likely liked the original. There are enough Easter eggs to fill a basket.

 

[Mad_Jack]

With the current popularity of superheroes, they need to bring back Man from Atlantis...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If we’re going to talk rebooting classic shows, I’d love to see quality updates on:

Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Rockford Files
Kolchak, the Night Stalker*
Barney Miller
Space:1999
Logan’s Run

There are others. But the ones I’m thinking of (but not posting) are bittersweet “comedies” that might not sit well in our current cultural climate.






* yes, there WAS one already, but it didn’t really do justice to the original

 

[Zardnaar]

Double or nothing on Thunder in Paradise.

Did I run over your grandmother or something?

I don't see this reboot lasting tbh.

 

[R_J_K75]

The Scarecrow and Mrs. King was another favorite.

Recognize the name, I dont remember it though. Ernie Borgnine in Superfuzz I remember.

 

[R_J_K75]

If we’re going to talk rebooting classic shows, I’d love to see quality updates on:

Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Rockford Files
Kolchak, the Night Stalker*
Barney Miller
Space:1999
Logan’s Run

There are others. But the ones I’m thinking of (but not posting) are bittersweet “comedies” that might not sit well in our current cultural climate.






* yes, there WAS one already, but it didn’t really do justice to the original

I think my upthread example of the Equalizer (TV Show 2021ish) is pretty apt. The movies were good with Denzel Washington, but the TV show seems too re-imagined and it falls short from the original. I like Dana Elaine Owens as a singer and an actor but this wasnt the right vehicle.

 

[Ryujin]

If we’re going to talk rebooting classic shows, I’d love to see quality updates on:

Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Rockford Files
Kolchak, the Night Stalker*
Barney Miller
Space:1999
Logan’s Run

There are others. But the ones I’m thinking of (but not posting) are bittersweet “comedies” that might not sit well in our current cultural climate.

* yes, there WAS one already, but it didn’t really do justice to the original

Yes, as I mentioned up-thread, the "Kolchak" remake completely missed what made the original great.

The "Logan's Run" reboot has been in development hell for the last 2 decades.

I doubt that anyone could ever do "Barney Miller" justice. That was lightning in a bottle.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If we’re going to talk rebooting classic shows, I’d love to see quality updates on:

Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Rockford Files
Kolchak, the Night Stalker*
Barney Miller
Space:1999
Logan’s Run

There are others. But the ones I’m thinking of (but not posting) are bittersweet “comedies” that might not sit well in our current cultural climate.






* yes, there WAS one already, but it didn’t really do justice to the original

What you mean is:

Blake's Seven

 

[Ryujin]

What you mean is:

Blake's Seven

"Something about that wall doesn't look right."
"Throw more paper mache at it!"

 

[jolt]

The Powers of Matthew Starr or nothing!

Oh, and The Phoenix.