Quantum Leap
T.V.Well, im back!
Took me awhile, you say? Well, you start watching Quantum Leap, see where your time goes!
This show, i rate as Great. It is a bit cheesy, but that is a large part of its appeal.
"Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator, and vanished. He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and dirven by an unknown force to change history for the better. his only guide on this journey is al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only sam can see and hear. and so dr beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home"
Puts it pretty succinctly eh? Not only is that an accurate discription, but i quoted that from memory! Hah! i Rule. Anyway, my awesomeness aside, this show was one of my family's favorites, one that we all sat down to watch. So, not only is this show interesting, it brings back good memories, memories of a type that im sure many other familes share, being that it is a family show. All of the "adult material" is glossed over by Sam (Scott Bakula), who is very puritanical. He is often tempted, but generally he resists, unlike his friend and partner, Al (Dean Stockwell), who is very... uninhibited. If rated in these days, it would probably be pg 13, due to sexual innuendo and violence.
Sam Beckett is a brilliant scientist who decided to create a time machine, and actually accomplished it, but as his funding was about to be cut, he entered his machine prematurely, and got trapped in a loop, stuck in the past, without a means to return home. He believes god is directing his leaps, and only to help individuals, never large scenarios like wars. A funny thing about every few episodes, is that he invents, or plants an idea, that is a current commonplace action, song, invention, etc. For example, Sam performed the Heimlich manuver upon Dr. Heimlich, who proceeded to give him an odd, thoughtful look. Another amusing facet of the show is that they touch on controversial issues, but are unoffensive about it. If an issue is hot, current, controversial, political, what have you, they present both sides and leave it unresolved.
To sum it up, this is a show for the ages, it captures the feelings and essence of the 50s through the 90s, and its a hopeful show, a gentle show, a show of possibility, and it wouldnt hurt anyone if they started playing re-runs on tv so younger generations could watch it as well. *HINT HINT*
well, thats all for tonight, and i leave you with my customary random quote that if you guess you win 50 dollars*
hiyo silver, away!
Tommy
*disclaimer: you win 50 monopoly dollars*
*disclaimer disclaimer: just kidding, i lied, you dont win anything, except for peace of mind, but not a piece of MY mind, but of your own
TEEVEE!
T.V.The first "review" I would like to make involves Cowboy Beebop.
I give Cowboy Beebop, an anime that occasionally plays on Adult Swim, twelve thumbs up. Lol, but honestly, it is a spectacular show. It chronicles a relatively short time in the lives of 4 bounty hunters, or "cowboys" as they're called in the show, and one super-smart welsh corgi. The show starts off with only Jet, the owner of the starship "Beebop" and official, unofficial, leader of the group, and Spike, who owns a ship as well, which docks in the Beebop, named the Swordfish II.
Later on, the two semi-successful bounty hunters pick up a welsh corgi named Ein, who is called a "data-dog" and is intelligent, and often the source of a quick chuckle, as nobody on the Beebop ever quite seem to notice the almost human aspects of the dog. He plays almost a similar role as the famous, infamous, "black cat" in the anime Trigun (and no, this isnt a blog about anime, it just so happens, that i find several to be quite worth my time).
The two males of the group also pick up Faye Valentine, a compulsive gambler and occasional bounty hunter, who has a case of amnesia, seemingly from her cryogenic freezing, and "Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV", the adopted name of a young girl who happens to be one of the best hackers on planet earth. Edward's hacking alias is "Radical Edward" but her real name is Françoise Appledelhi. Ed is the main source of information the the quazy quartet, due to her hacking skills, though focus is not her strong point. Ein is her best friend on the Beebop, and the feeling is returned by the little dog.
Cowboy Beebop is based in our solar system in the year 2071 AD, though if we are to have all those planets and moons terraformed and occupied by then, we had better get a move on ^_^. Most travel between celestial bodies is done by travelling through hyperspace via the Astral Gates.
The Astral Gates are inherently flawed, and were the cause of the cracking of the moon, a tragedy that led most people to flee earth, and the rest to burrow underground. They're also tollways, to add insult to injury, lol.
The episodes are called "sessions" in reference to the jazz theme that weaves its way through the series. I personally feel that the score for the series, in the form of jazz sessions, makes the series feel more connected, more real, because although I'm not a rabid jazz fan, there is a great deal of feeling set deep into jazz, as well as into the show.
Hmm, looking up at what i've written so far, it seems that i could go on and on and on and (someone stop me here!) on, so i think i'll cut this review short and just say, emphatically: "WATCH IT!"
I can guarantee a good time and a quality show, though i wont stake my reputation (what reputation you ask? :-P) on ALL of the episodes, every show has at least one or two eppys that dont blow your mind, though none come to mind when thinking of this show.
Tommy Lightyear to the rescue!
p.s. moved from "howdy"
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