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So the orville just came out with a book / audio book (narrated by an actor) based on one of the scripts of a popular episode.

It would have been interesting to see Ralph Macchio as Marty or today's Tom Holland.  I wonder if any of them in that role could have made it work in the way that Stolz couldn't.  Similarly, Jeff Goldblum as Doc.

Sliders comics are discussed here:
https://www.justanotherfanboy.com/2022/ … andom.html

Top Gun Maverick was awesome.

I loved how they leaned into nostalgia. And beyond that, the film.

Wow, I love!

MacFarlane could probably do an interesting Sliders.  Would love to see him and Tracy work together though I'm not sure if there would be some lack of chemistry on some of the pushing the boundaries of political correctness Tracy might desire to do.

Very interesting points on the BTTF releases

This actually exists.  @Jim_Hall on here as gathered locations via Google maps at slidecage.com and also has thousands of screenshots from every episode

Nice to be back!

there is this interesting phenomenon where SD content often seems to look better on SD sets than modern ones.  I  mean, if you look close, maybe not.  I don't know. But I get the sense it can.

Great way to enjoy a lot of the Sliders writings we have:

I've been using this over the last few days as a text-to-speech reader on my phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta … &gl=US

It allows you to have it read any web page of your choice. On desktop, I use a couple of good browser extensions but chrome doesn't have extensions on its mobile browser so hadn't had anything on the phone until now.

It's great having it on my phone, I've used to for a bunch of fan fiction and Think of Roullete Wheel and some good commentary/essays on here. 

Definitely recommend it.  I bet nobody thought in 1996 that a SLIDERS fan fic they read would be getting read by an andoid off a computer the size of your hand.

Sliders has always been one of those things I can turn to during stressful times.  It is one of those things that takes me out of my world and into another.  Something to turn to. So having these clear HD clips is just another incredible thing for the treasure chest.

just enjoying ireactions samples from the upscale/restoration project again.

WOW, how incredible it came out.  Wish something like this was commercially available to the fan community.  It really is such a gift to be able to see SLIDERS had it been shot with more moddern equipment.

While the outfits can feel dated at times, the picture quality makes it feel much more recent and gives a longer shelf life to the programming in my opinion.

not clear why peacock doesn't do something like this.

I think Ireactions makes a great point because things that get canned after a season or two in a revival format gives the lasting impression and feeling that it was a mistake to ever come back.

That said, I certainly am grateful for the good material we got in S10 & 11 of X-Files, and I am a sucker for nostalia.  So bring back our team, a season or two be damned.

good lord

Ah looking forward to it!

Whatever Tracy wrote for the failed tv pitch would be utilized is my preference.

Audio drama would be a bit more expensive than audio book due to SAG rates and one actor vs multiple so I am as bullish on audio book format as it lowers the cost barrier th at might otherwise get in the way.

Wow

How great would that be if sliders returned?

Last aired 2003 to 2005 I believe.

These are all great points and frankly I would add that the amount of shows in a season back then got writers to the point of caring less because they had to crank out so much product.  As you pointed out the business model was more so ad supported back then.

I personally am not a fan of a fair amount of reboots that don't continue with or honor the original characters.  I feel like the original actors and characters literally get dumped.  It seems though hard to get revivals green light vs. reboots.  Old shows have baggage and tend to be dated because it happened 20 or 30 yrs ago.  It is less "cool" for a programming exec to green light them.

hahaha... that's awesome

WOW, I absolutely love these!!

https://xfilespreservationcollection.com/

love this...

Carter watched the pilot with fans..

ha, that's awesome!

If you have someone democrats love than republicans will hate them and half the country is pissed anyway.

Maybe the answer is someone neither side hates nor loves.

That's in part how I am looking at the current situation.

The bees are a smart delivery mechanism.

There's aspects of the mythology that I love.

As you mentioned there are casual fans and there are hardcore fans.  It's probably a lot harder for a hardcore fans to tolerate with very real issues with continuity and mythology.  Casuals fans can look the other way, simply in part because they don't always see the problems.

I think I heard something like when S10&11 returned, the very broad casual audience didn't like the humor stuff -- they wanted the monster of the week.  And of course hardcore fans liked quirky stuff.

I hope the new series in development, The X-Files: Albuquerque, actually happens.

Definitely Wade!

and Derek in Obsession.

And this psychic in Into the Mystic:
http://earthprime.com/wp-content/upload … 10-005.jpg

and Gillian in Gillian of Spirits.

and Mel Torme in Greatfellas.

 
An interesting take.   Maybe an accurate assessment... or at the very least a fair way of looking at it.

That said, I feel there's some pulpiness to the show and I'm OK with the approach to the monster of the week and not having to tie up loose ends on those.  Part of the point of it is just that electro guy exists.  And Mulder's own curiosity to explore the unexplained, or the stuff nobody would belief.  Not necessarily for us, but for him.  And Scully's desire to keep investigations based on finding facts in front of acting on faith.  And the conflict with that against the faith she lives by.

For me, I love Mulder's dry humor, his obsessions, his weirdness.  Hey, isn't it great that not every character on tv is like Matthew Perry or something?  In some ways... mulder made it OK to be weird.  And we all know about the scully effect.

I don't pretend to be able to wrap my head around the mythology, nor do I get overly concerned about it.   I think it's fair for viewers to want everything to make perfect sense and break down how it holds up to reality.  It's just not how I personally process these things.  I'm willing to look the other way, and think life doesn't always seem to make perfect sense anyway even though there's underlying reasons for everything that we don't always have access to.

I love the partnership between the pair.  They have different dynamics that make for an interesting pairing. I just love what the show gives me and really don't worry about where it falls short.  I feel like there's always good stories to be told with both and would love to see more in the future.  If I'm not crazy about half of it or even two thirds, I still get the episodes that really fall into the X-Files classic material.  I suppose it may also be because I don't go in with huge expectations and don't know the mythology back and forth that I'm less bothered.

With a franchise like Blade Runner, I'm a bit more critical. So I guess I can understand frustration with approach and writing at times.

Morgan certainly would be great to take over it the show was ever handed over.

I think generally X-Files really works for me because of the Mully Sculder relationship and characters.  I just want to watch them, and them in situations... particuarly the dramatic ones X-Files allows.

I can live with other issues because at the end of the day, I am interested in following them along.

I never was into X-Files to the same degree as Sliders, and I def. think you are a bigger fan othan me of the X-Files (and have much greater knowledge), but as far as shows go... well, other than Sliders, I can't think of a show that I like more.  OK, maybe Breaking Bad?

I'm quite picky with shows. And at this point, it's hard to invest in 5-10 hours or more in new ones.  Maybe I'll completely watch all the season of like 3-4 new series a year.

Other than our classic foursome from SLIDERS, I just can't think of other characters I want to spend time with more than Scully and Mulder.  I think for both shows, the characters work because of the relationship between them.  There is a bond between the characters.  And each come at life from a different angle.  And they go about their journey together, with a underlying respect for one another.

I can tolerate problems with any of the series if those characters are there. As you've said so often, you know these characters are like good friends.

They certainly earned the nine seasons they got with very good ratings.  I agree it is shocking for a sci-fi show on fox but they really had a strong vision from the beginning and there was not much for FOX to muck with. Though maybe fox is the reason Gillian was told to walk behind David.

The movies obviously duchovny was unhappy with, especially on the budget, which he thought treated it like an indy film (not that I agree).  But the backstory on the second film failing was the studio pushing for that creative direction.

Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster and The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat were classics.

There actually is a new x files series in development but it doesn't involved Mulder and Scilly.

The X files should never be more relevant though.  Our government has a new publicly acknowledged UFO office and there are rumors we may get public hearings on the matter.