Quantum leap revival/reboot

Somebody must be fairly confident of it getting the green light, the original series is repeating on at least three stations over here.

Probably airing out of order

I just mean the scene changed a bit. Was longer with different dialogue and saying "Oh boy" in a different position.

Yeah, just figured they would take the prologue from the next episode and stick it on at the end of the previous episode. Though I suppose the epilogue would usually be really short but need the longer prologue.

I know this thread is about the remake, but randomly watching on Sky now. The Leap Home and didn't realise before that Scott plays Sam's dad even though it's obvious.

Aren't they WOKE topics? I would have said they are. I don't use the term WOKE unless I'm discussing the topic, like we are here, so I'm not an expert.

The point I'm making is that those were hot button, social issues back when the original series was made. And it dealt with them in a very progressive way back then. I'd expect them to do more or less the same thing with the reboot, using today's hot button social issues and deal with them in a progressive way too.

What do you think they'll do?

I'd say the things you're considering genuine problems were seen as 'idiots jumping on social justice bandwagons about made up problems' back before they were pushed to be seen and addressed as real problems. Civil rights for blacks in America was only an issue for pickos, commies, gays and subversives. Now we see it as a real issue. Similar with civil rights for nationalists in NI.

Not every issue transitions from WOKE, SJW issue to being considered a genuine issue, of course.

I'd be shocked if the QL reboot doesn't deal with things like, the environmen, trans, racial and wealth inequalities. A d I'd be even more surprised they don't deal with them in a progressive light.

Can you see a situation where he leaps into a transgender scenario and leaves with the impression that transitioning gender is mental illness, only done for personal gain or symptom of a bad egg?

This is the problem with reboots. The audience gets old and crotchety. If the show stays true to its roots it'll annoy the people who liked the original because they were young and hopeful, are now old and salty. They don't want to know about new issues and assume new issues are not genuine concerns.

That's why I wouldn't advise a reboot. It was a great show. Leave it alone, would be my advice.

I’m old and crotchety about a lot of things but not Quantum Leap.

It is a great concept, was very entertaining and I’m glad the new series is a sequel but I’m not precious about it. Not a reboot by the way.

New and old problems in society being dealt with is fine with me. Actual problems - not made up stuff.

You seem to be confused about I said about Beckett being too empathetic and unprejudiced. I was saying that rather than being so open-minded about everything that it would have been more interesting, for example, he was shown to be a little homophobic when he first leaps into the live of a homosexual person but by the time he leaves he is more understanding*. Why in the world you think that spending time as a trans gender person would result in the the main character thinking less of those people is beyond me?

* Al was the much better character in the original show. He had prejudices and failings and was far more believable a person.

Yeah, I think there's no way the show will do anything except take the progressive angle on modern hot button issues, such as transgender. I think that will annoy lots of older people who think it's not a real issue.

Whether you think its a real issue or a name up issue is up to you. But it's certainly a contemporary issue and that's why I think the kind of issue the show will address amongst many others.

He also had a baby!

But when it happens now the reddit dwellers will be screaming woke.

"That was good episode but they ended it badly with the writers needing Beckett to beat up the rapist rather than something more original."

Yeah she beat him up in little gazebo sort of thing. I think that suited the ending at the time. Like a feel good factor - 'she socked it to him'. At the time-ish, IIRC there was a load of movies ending where the victim ends up getting their own back the same way that they had whatever it was, done to them, rather than in court or going down the legal route.

Can't imagine one of the heroes this time (Al) snooping off to "check out the women's bathroom" or whatever.