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Just wait until Ib and I have our own podcast where we talk about Sliders: Reborn!

Thanks for pointing out they were broken.

Between Ib researching for the Rewatch Podcast and my upcoming book, when does he have time for his real job?

No wonder my spam has gone down.

It's my site, you can hit me (or Ib) up here through PM, or email me at matt dot hutaff at gmail dot com.

How do you suggest people watch L&C if they plan to follow you into the next series? I'm not seeing it on any streaming service I subscribe to (except for the Pilot, which is free to watch on Amazon).

I see this and forget just how out of wack the original broadcast order was in comparison to the production order.

Did you attempt to edit out the commercials or are all the sweet, sweet 1996 ads/promos still on that VHS?

If you like, I'm sure ireactions would be happy to chronicle your materials on Earth Prime. Or, if you're comfortable adding it yourself, we could probably extend an invitation to post it directly yourself.

Grizzlor is a man on the go!  You should check out his vlog series where he noodles around Monaco and other European hot spots on 100 euro a week; it's fantastic.

I like how you edit out my amazing use of the word "gobsmacked" in our private conversation but manage to keep in my numerous "fucks" and casual mention of "tard-level dumb."

Ib, how'd you manage to fit all that into one tweet?!

First of all, I don't want my participation in this exercise to signal that I condone what is happening. That said, since Ib is taking some elements I flung at the wall while breaking the REBORN story and presenting them as a reboot, I want to at least adjust the concept to fit this new idea.

A lot of the confusion/plot density is coming from having a situation where everything is in place from the original series EXCEPT the part where they slide. Easy way to simplify this? None of that stuff is there: Quinn is living a regular if unremarkable life and has to come home to help make sense of his house after his mother dies. He cleans out the basement, but finds a tape marked video diary. He scavenges an old VCR, puts it in. It's the same footage we're familiar with, but he has no idea what he's looking at. Why is his younger self talking about Wade and Arturo and why is there a wormhole in the background? Where did this come from?

Now there's the mystery of the origin of the tape - are we watching events on a parallel universe or is this a twist on our own home earth. Why doesn't Quinn know about sliding? And then Quinn decides to try and recreate what he's seeing on the tape - going so far as to enlist Arturo's help. And how does he get the equipment? Wade's career gives him that connection.

So you're actually witnessing the birth of sliding. The three of them have some level of agency in its creation. And when they slide, there's mystery surrounding it all. They don't even have to become lost. They just have to make sense of the fragments left behind in the basement as to where this all began.

Gives you a recurring set (the house), gives you danger (surviving until the timer brings them back), and offers a way to incorporate a Rembrandt if they find a clue that he was a part of all this in the first place.

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And that is the last you will hear from me on this subject.

To be more specific, the site was "switched off" by my host because it was getting an erratic amount of resource usage. I cannot even access the folder containing all the themes/media to download it.

Once I do, I will transfer the site to the new host and cut the cord on the old one. Scrambling to migrate your entire digital presence from one place to the next is a GOOD way to ring in the new year!

Only because you pointed it out here - thanks!

Well, let me ask you this: what's a bigger priority for a Dynasty that can't have children? Solve that problem, build a series of breeding camps to create half Kromagg, half human children (ensuring the Dynasty's extinction in 2-4 generations), or master the cloning of human beings?

They really should break it down into a two-parter: one discussing the episode and one discussing Ib's descent into MADNESS over its execution.

Wade "experimented" when she attended a junior college in 1993-94? Really? Is that why she broke up with the boyfriend and latched on to Quinn like a lovesick puppy dog?

You think Universal would take the time and energy to actually remaster the series? They couldn't even be bothered to remove all of the act stingers and flat out clipped the opening credits from one season two episode.

It's interesting that you single out "Eggheads" as Wade at her meanest, considering how snarky and shrill she got during her self-imposed "makeover" during season two. The lines you cite are, to me, some of the funniest in the series (Rembrandt is an idiot to bet on a game he knows nothing about), and Wade is far more caustic in episodes like "Time Again and World."

Says the guy who earnestly asked me if it mattered that his fanfic started the day the pilot aired instead of the day Quinn slid as established in the pilot.

Hey - spoilers!

The original BBoard is gone. So are its replacements. So are some of the versions of this BBoard. All that stuff was lost. The only difference is I made the choice to post to those. I should have the option to opt out of keeping dead posts alive.

Thanks for removing them - I appreciate it.

Are those both from the pilot?

Yes - it was at a real Giants game back in 1994? Someone provided a first hand account ages ago; from what I remember he did got really into it.

"Random Quest" was, in brief, a Very British Show. Amazing they made an hour-long mini-movie that is completely devoid of forward momentum, energy, and humor/drama. I'd skip it.

You can add "I'll Follow You Down" to the list as well. Very good low budget time-travel movie featuring Haley Joel Osmont and Rufus Sewell. You can watch for free with Amazon Prime.

I've worked in higher education for the past decade and this is old news in those circles. Ramped up in the past 2-3, certainly, but the gender neutral terms are positively quaint in comparison to all the gender dynamics stuff. "Cisgendered" popped up overnight.

Looks like it was blocked by NBCUniversal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeP4_8g2iP8

If anyone's still got it, can they re-upload and set to private? As long as a file isn't public, it can be shared with the community.

I know who used to maintain it and have emailed the address I have for them several times in the past couple years. Never heard back, hence this public request.