pilight wrote:It would have to be a reboot. Bring in Cleavant Derricks for the piilot. Establish that Rembrandt brought the pathogen that drove the Kromaggs off the world decades ago, and have that story inspire professor Arturo's granddaughter Max to reinvent the technology. By accident, she slides some other people with her and they're off exploring new worlds.
I like the idea of continuing the story right where “The Seer” left off and I’d love to see Cleavant Derricks again- it's a great way to link old and new. I do have a couple of issues though.
Arturo neglected his son- why would this son turn around and name his daughter after a neglectful father? Why would she go looking for a man her father no doubt bad mouthed (or probably never mentioned)?
Why would Rembrandt’s stories inspire anyone? In the original story, Quinn was encouraged by scientific curiosity and a promise of fun and adventure by someone (a version of himself) who said it was a joyride. It was all fresh and new and unexplored.
By comparison, Rembrandt’s stories are horrific. First, they got lost with little to no hope of returning home. Second, from his point of view, he has lost three friends (Quinn, Wade, and Colin) whose deaths were the direct result of sliding (Arturo’s death was the result of sliding but since he was terminal, he was going to die anyway). Rembrandt can tell people about the planet full of women or where he was a musical icon, but mostly he would have stories about how the Kromaggs rule over multiple Earths (a lesson they would know all too well); planets on the verge of destruction through resource mismanagement or through no fault of their own; and how not knowing the simplest thing like the correct currency can get you sent to jail.
I don’t really see anybody wanting to start up something like this if all they had to go on was Rembrandt’s experiences. The military might be interested but then it ends up being more like Stargate SG-1.
People have a way of hearing what they want to hear. She could be excited about new worlds and different people. The Kromaggs would have been eliminated from her Earth when she was a preschooler, she might assume it's the same everywhere. Besides, she's not hearing all the details of Rembrandt sliding, she just knows he left then came back to save the world. What could be more inspiring than that? Maybe Rembrandt even tries to tell her and she just doesn't listen because she's hard headed like her grandfather. Maybe she does hear some details and believes her grandfather is still alive on Azure Gate Bridge world, so she sets out to find him.
As for her being named Max, that's negotiable. I just think it's a nice nod to the old show.