Starboard - JOC's word on Sliders movie

Date: 09/18/2001
From: SFDarlin

Informant, I'm assuming this was your question:

From informant: There has been much buzz about a
Sliders movie. Can you tell us what the latest info is on
that? It'd be great to see the original cast back
together.
No Sliders movie. It fell apart.

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Well, who knows? Something could always come about in the future.

For those who would like to view the interview go to:

http://www.eonline.com/Celebs/Star/Oconnell/ask1.html

-SFDarlin

that chat is old news (end)

Date: 09/18/2001
From: Grizzlor

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Actually new

Date: 09/18/2001
From: TemporalFlux

It's just Jerry reiterating what he said during that chat back in March of this year. I still find an optimistic tone to the news, though. After all, we had to actually have something tangible going for there to be a falling apart. If the movie idea had gotten that far, it could easily be revived by the studio at a later date.

As for this E! question session, I found it interesting that Jerry finally admitted the truth about his departure from Sliders. After years of people questioning the information I had, the man himself has finally cleared it up that he was indeed trying to wrest control of Sliders and take it in his own direction. Whether or not Jerry in control would have made the show better is up for debate...but I have a hard time imagining him doing a worse job than what ended up being season five.

Tf
temporalflux@hotmail.com
http://www.dimensionofcontinuity.com

Maybe he just didn't like Peck's vision.

Date: 09/18/2001
From: FogBoy

After all, he "wanted the show to be better."

Thanks for the news, SFDarlin! |n/t|

Date: 09/18/2001
From: Blinker

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TF, Jerry better S4, worse S5

Date: 09/19/2001
From: Grizzlor

I think Jerry would have been better at season 4 if he had control, as long as he kept to one plot arch for the season!

As for season 5, I'm not sure the content or episodes would have been that much better. maybe worse, considering you would have the entire S4 cast again. That means bad acting charlie, and jerry too. Jerry is better than Robert Floyd, at least at playing Quinn. I will always think that Floyd should have been given a NEW character to play. That was a bad move to give him jerry's character. Diana is a much better character than Charlie, hands down. with Jerry, the price tag may have limited the show's budget even worse! The question would be if Jerry would have done the Entire year. If only a part, which scifi would never have allowed, maybe there would be room for a new character. Still, if Jerry was given control, or at least part control with say Bill Dial, and Peckinpah was TOTALLY eliminated as a result, perhaps they could have gotten Sabrina Lloyd and John Rhys-Davies to guest on the show!
unless that happened, the season would have been equal or worse. Colin would have served no purpose whatsoever.

Thanks SF! :-) <end>

Date: 09/19/2001
From: Vance454

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Floyd WASN'T given Jerry's character...

Date: 09/19/2001
From: FogBoy

...he was given Mallory. Any similarities to JOC's Quinn ended with the name. The entire personality was different, and was intended to be.

So, he did get a brand new character.

Ah, but you forget FogBoy...

Date: 09/20/2001
From: Grizzlor

yes, Maggie's "love interest" did die with Mallory, and yes, he was a different character, having little to know memory from Quinn, although either Geiger or Diana said that Mallory had more matter from JOC Quinn, which makes no sense that he would have hardly any memory of his.

however, remember Applied Physics, Eye of the Storm, and The seer? to name a few, these episodes centered on separating the Quinns. This was without a doubt the worst and most annoying aspect of the whole SERIES!!!!! That and wade in a jar and Arturo the Actor!!!! Season 5 really annoyed me with these teasing of the original team, yet they never intended to bring any of them back. In fact, we got Sabrina's voice, Jerry's old image, and Rhys-Davies Stunt double for crying out loud. Anyway, it was really dumb and annoying how they would keep bringing Geiger back and trying to fix Quinn, even though they never would. That really P-ed me off. They should have given Floyd a NEW Character that had NOTHING to do with Quinn, like Tembe Locke's. That way, you can start new, and stop wasting time and the viewer's PATIENCE by masquerading this "we'll save Quinn crap" though it never happens

You should of posted on universal boards

Date: 09/20/2001
From: sliderseth

and done something about a movie. Instead you said wait for R.K.W to tell us he wants help. (Then again Battlestar Gallactica hasn`t got far.)

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