'The Little Engine That Shouldn't Have, But Managed

[Anthro Girl]

BTW, Torley, I really like the titles of these two threads. Very clever!

[kiwigater]

Now see, you've just re-traumatised me over the Quantum Leap fiasco!
Has to rate as my second fav series of all time - after Stargate of course, and even then its a close call, mostly cos QL ended, what, a decade ago, AND I'm still bitter about the end! Goes to show what long memories sci fi fans have!
I just think its a shoddy way to treat fans who have been behind a series for years to end it in such a depressing way. (PTB take note!). Still makes me sob like a little girl when I see that ep with Beth, and the finale is just as bad!

OK, totally OT here, seeing as I think QL was a show that should have and DID...

BUT, I think Enterprise fits into this thread. Maybe. Despite my devotion to Scott Bakula (yum!), and being a trekker in general, I just can't seem to stick with this series. I try, and try, but just haven't really enjoyed any of the eps. I don't know why. I think maybe it has to do with cast chemistry, I just don't get that from the Ent cast.
JMHO!
(I'm sure there are lots of people who'll disagree with me, *shrug*, to each their own...)

[Torley]

BTW, Torley, I really like the titles of these two threads. Very clever!

Ehe Anthro Girl, thanks but I cannot accept that credit... credit for that goes to Thoth

(not Thorley hee hee)

Thinking of trains makes me think of Blaine the Mono.

[Anthro Girl]

Ehe Anthro Girl, thanks but I cannot accept that credit... credit for that goes to Thoth

(not Thorley hee hee)

Er...um...yeah...I knew that! <scratch head>

Thanks Thoth!

[Xevallah]

A few points

a) Season 4 of Farscape was good. Not better then season 3 but come on! Some of my favourite episodes are in season 4. How can you NOT love John with a bomb strapped to his chest dancing on a table in a PK-Scarren conference?

b) The only way you can possibly enjoy lexx is if your on some kind of drug or heavy medication...SERIOUSLY!

c) The finale to Quantum Leap was one of the best endings to a sci-fi show ever. Come on! He had been choosen by god to help people and his work wasnt finished! I cant believe you would feel better if Sam was at home in a recliner sipping a beer then changing peoples lives for the better one day at a time. He wants to do this, he knows it is his destiny! His purpose! If only we could be so lucky as to have one so clear!

[Shipperahoy]

I'm glad that you liked the Quantam Leap finale. No matter how many times I watch it though it still bugs me to no end. It's like nails on a chalkboard. I mean the whole premise of the show was about him trying to get home. I waited for years to see him finally make it. And did he? No. Aaaarrrghh!

[Thoth]

Thanks for the responses, as always.
Mmmm, so much to get through. (I like to give a personal response to all posts in my threads that I fell strongly about. I know it's not necessary but I like doing it).

Thanks very much Anthro Girl, I do my best. (Note that I fell very strongly for praise coming my way )

Tripping the Rift will stay on the air as long as there are teenage boys. I mean South Park has been on forever. Although, I have to say, that I actually enjoy South Park. It's rude, gross and politically incorrect but the funny thing is that there is usually a meaningful social commentary buried under all of the fart jokes which makes it even funnier to me.

Couldn't agree more, the most idiotic shows around are made for teenage males. And Im one of them, I know. We're highly charged, sexually deprived guys who need something to enjoy. And so shows like South Park, Jackass and others are created for us. Ill note some of the worse: Jackass, Dirty Sanchez, what else, oh...MTV in general!

BTW, the correct term for us is teenage males as we are neither men nor boys.

KorbenDirewolf, Im not gonna be a hypocrit and start arguing about this, although I am tempted, but I LOVE Charmed! So there!

As for Enterprise, I think that it's main weakness is the lack of the Federation, the feeling of unity of it in TNG and its ideals prevailing even in stressful situations in Voyager.

Ah...good old Quantum Leap. I can remember it, which is funny as I think it's stated here that it ended 10 years ago and I don't think BBC would have shown re-runs of it back then and I don't think that I'd be able to rememeber it so vividly if I was only 5 at the time. I liked it. I saw it recently and almost had a heart-attack as I saw 1. the terrible graphics and 2. your man from Enterprise on it.

EDITED to change Hard-attack to Heart-attack. Guess what it sounded like for me, a teenage male!!!

[Matt G]

Whenever I've caught bits of Farscape, it's always hit the wrong notes for me - so I'm surprised their fandom is as big as SGs.

[nugglebugget]

[QUOTE=ShadowMaat]Ohhh, I dunno.... yeah, they're pretty bad story-wise, but if it hadn't been for Boa vs. Python I might never have realized the true buffness of David Hewlett. [QUOTE]

You never can tell what wonderful things you'll learn from such fare that SCI-FI dishes up

[KorbenDirewolf]

There's also SeaQuest 2032, after they wrote the cast of SeaQuest DSV into a corner, made it seem most of them were dead and cancelled that show. Only to come back later with several years having passed and most everyone ending up back on Earth with no memory of how they got there or where they'd been.

[CyberKnight]

Couldn't agree more, the most idiotic shows around are made for teenage males. And Im one of them, I know. We're highly charged, sexually deprived guys who need something to enjoy. And so shows like South Park, Jackass and others are created for us.

South Park is a show unto its own. It fits the genre of over hyperbolizing everything until it becomes funny.