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From: firenza@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Space Rangers... Episode 4... or 1??
Date: 28 Jan 93 03:59:54 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu

In article <1993Jan28.032349.14642@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
>
>	It seems that CBS is so inept that they not only managed
>	to screw up the order of Space Rangers episodes (for instance,
>	today [#4] was obviously the pilot!)--they managed to show the
>	_worst_ one (drug episode--the first one) first!..
>
>
>	Tonights episode rating:  Pretty darn good.  I liked last weeks
>	better, but this one kept me watching.
>
>
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  After seeing SR get nailed by every review so far, I decided to watch it 
tonight as I taped the other shows I watch.  Guess I lucked out, since from
what I have read, I have seen both the pilot and the best episode.  Which
scares me, since this wasn't a great episode.  Being a fan of GOOD science
fiction, this had me on the floor laughing.  I can't wait 'til MST3K starts
doing bad sci-fi tv series.  This one will be in some of the first episodes
for sure.

Tim
From: qtm2w@Virginia.EDU ("Quinn T. McCord")
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: last episode of Galactica
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:04:56 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia


	If Glen Larson was so disgusted with Galactica 1980,
then why did he write (at least in part) 9 of its 10 episodes,
including the pilot?!  Your rumor intrigues me, however, and I
would love to hear some confirmation on this bizarre final
episode.
						-Quinn
From: jennise@opus.dgi.COM (Milady Printcap the goddess of peripherals)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Time Trax
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:23:00 GMT



Possible Spoilers

************************************************************





Oh yeah! I know a _lot_ of guys who look googly eyed at a woman's
picture, get to spend the night with her, and then decide that they've
lost everything worth living for. Please. I was glad someone thought
about it later, although one sentence didn't make up for it.

All in all I thought the show was pretty well written, with the
exception of the opening. I've never seen/or read a script that simply
listed the complete back story of a character. I've been lectured
about heavy handed exposition before but now I have perfect evidence
of why not to do it. Geez it was boring! I wonder how many people
didn't make it through those 5 minutes. (My personal opinion: the
beginning was after the computer recited history of Dorian. We didn't
need the teaser.)

However, once we got past that I thought it was pretty well written. I
really liked the version of the future that the show presented. I
thought it was interesting and well thought out. It's a shame we
probably won't spend too much more time in 2193 during the run of the
series.

Once we got to 1993 this weren't quite as interesting 

Now to the lead actor. UUUUUUGGGHHH! During his first tirade I kept
wondering how bad the other actors up for the role must have been.
It's frightening. I hope Darian can spend the rest of the series
perfectly happy because real emotions take him beyond his abilities.

I'll watch it again. Somewhere (I think TV Guide's little pseudo
reviews) it was stated that this show was as bad as Space Rangers. I
disagree.
From: techy@iastate.edu (Babylon 5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Battlestar
Date: 24 Jan 93 16:24:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.C1D9LE.2tr
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <william.johnson-240193102225@lip.engin.umich.edu> william.johnson@um.cc.umich.edu (William Johnson) writes:

>
>To go along with the others who have wrote back in answer.  There was only
>one 'decent' show in the bunch of Gal. 1980.  That was the show that
>explained the loss of Starbuck.  It wasn't a 'kiddie' show fortunately, and
>at the time, it left quite an impression on me.  

The name of that episode was called "The Return of Starbuck"... I wrote a 
review of it for my SF/Fantasy newsletter this month.  SHould i dump it
to ascii and send it up>


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Project Vincent     |a black highway at night.  We were in uncharted
____________________|territory now, making up future as we went along.
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From: jsfjp@acad1.alaska.edu (PERRICONE FRANK J)
Subject: Re: QL:  Leapee names??
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:54:00 GMT

>I was wondering if there was ever a list showing the name of every leapee that
>Sam had leapt into.  If so, is it available at cisco?  Would something like
>this be pertinant data for the episode guide??

For a while I was adding this to my copy of the episode guide, but the
difficulty of keeping it in the new episode guide when I downloaded new copies
made it not worthwhile.  But it perhaps should be a field in the heading of the
ep-guide.
From: mre@kepler.unh.edu (Monty Python's Life of MikE)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: New shows
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:54:41 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

In article <1993Jan26.060152.11703@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim)) writes:
>Robert Fletcher writes:
>
>>  Has anyone heard of a new show that has the main characters jumping to
>>different dimension, different Earths, if you will.
>
>Sounds like "Doorways", a George RR Martin project that he's been
>working on for a year or so; it was originally supposed to premire
>last fall, then this spring, but ABC kept postponing decisions and
>delaying things.  The premire episode (2 hr movie I assume) is done,
>now its just up to ABC as to when it will air and if it will be made
>into a series.  
>

This reminds me of the Castle Perilous series by John DeChancie.  Any Castle
fans out there?
--MikE....wondering if there's an alt. group for CP...not that I can get it
here....


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From: johnson@rtsg.mot.com (Brad Johnson)
Subject: Re: Time Trax
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:39:03 GMT

Just to put in my 2 cents, I have to say that if Time Trax 
in series form can continue to expound on the ideas generated
in the premiere, then it's going to be a great show!

To each his own, but by way of comparison, I thought
the Space Rangers premiere was the worst piece of SF cliche
drivel I've ever seen.  (Except for the pilot apparently
_choosing_ to lie on her stomach to fly her spaceship.  That
was at least hilariously stupid.  What happened to any concept
of sensible human engineering or ergonomics?)

I don't claim that Time Trax was startingly original or
anything, but the FX were pretty good and the future environment
postulation was very good.  I thought the writing was only
so-so, and the plot was extremely MacGyver-ish, but you
can't win them all.

To compare with Quantum Leap, I thought Time Trax was 
leaps (pun intended) ahead in the sense that the science fiction
and time travel concepts were INTEGRAL parts of the show.
I also really enjoy QL, but let's face it -- the time travel
thing is only a cheesy plot device to put the protagonist in
a wide variety of completely un-related situations week after week.
(Can anyone say Deus Ex Machina?)  Sam Beckett could just as well 
be an angel as a time traveller.  (Now let's not start that again.)

Back to Time Trax -- My only fear is that they won't show
the world in 2193 much anymore, which would be a shame, since
that was by far the best part of the premiere.

And finally, trivia -- Where else have I seen the woman
who played Annie and Alyssa (you know, the female lead)?  I
know I recognize her from somewhere, but I can't think where.
Please help!!!

Thanks for listening,
Brad Johnson (johnson@ebony.rtsg.mot.com)
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From: asheffie@cayley.uwaterloo.ca ()
Subject: Re: QL: This season not bad...
Keywords: QL
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:52:29 GMT

I disagree.  I thought "Taming of the Shrew" was a great QL episode.  Why?
Because it was ORIGINAL.  It was a refreshing change of pace from the usual
stuff.  Sam and the girl were the only characters in the story, and it took
place far away from civilization.  It was different.  It was simple.  No major
moral lessons or anything.  You could just sit back and enjoy.  It was great.

-Alex
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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: QL - FAQ & Ep Guide
Keywords: QL
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: global
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:45:18 GMT

In article <417@westmx.westmont.edu> aba@westmont.EDU (Anne Anderson) writes:
>Are the FAQ and episode guide from QL ever posted on the net?  I don't

The FAQL is posted every time I update it. Having read the next 5
scripts and having an inkling about a few more, I don't plan to update
it till the season is finished -- because I don't have time to update
it every week!

As to the ep guide...Jason?

Sally




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I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
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From: ayh@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Ann Hopkins)
Subject: Re: Note on Galaxy Rangers
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.tv
Organization: Myself
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:51:06 GMT

In article <1k1thoINNoet@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz978@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Charles E Gibbs) wrote:
> 
> 
>  I am pretty damn sure there were 65 episodes.  They aired during the 
>    1986-87 season.
> 
>  Also, I remember reading somewhere that some major cable network (not the
>  Cartoon Network or Sci-Fi Channel, but someone I can't remember) bought the
> syndication rights of GR and is currently planning to air all episodes
> as part of a new cartoon line-up.  I'm trying to find the article now and will
> get back to you guys as soon as I can.
> 
> Personally, I thought the show kicked butt.
> 
> Chuck GIbbs
> gibbsc@ac.grin.edu

I would certainly appreciate seeing it again.  We have only a few scratchy
copies of episodes.  It was a great show, but you have to admit the Moth
Moose story was kind of
silly.

----------------------------------------------
Ann Hopkins
ayh@wdl1.wdl.loral.com
----------------------------------------------
From: ericg@cacofonix.cs.uoregon.edu (eric leander gorr)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Battlestar
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:39:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1993Jan23.233933.16292
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.

In article <93023.165340PB5329A@auvm.american.edu> Patrick Barton <PB5329A@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>Hey there everyone...I notice that Battlestar Galactica isn't discussed
>a whole bunch in this group, but I was wondering if anybody knew how
>the series ended...I know it was cancelled, but was the show ever re-
>solved (ie did they ever find Earth?)  While I was home over break
>I started watching BG again, when it started up nightly on the Sci-Fi
>channel, but now that I'm back to school, I can't watch it anymore, since
>we don't get the Sci-Fi Channel...any info would be appreciated...


At the end of the origional series, I don't believe they found Earth...but
there was a new series called Battlestar 2000 (or something like that)
where they finally reached Earth.  I heard this new series was
very stupid...was never able to watch it...so, this opinion is only based
upon what I've many other people say.
From: shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:24:28 GMT
Subject: Re: QL: Dr. Ruth
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv

I usually LOVE Al's outfits, but I agree the yellow suit was HORRIBLE!


Leslie
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leslie@hpprsd1.mayfield.hp.com
From: shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:59:18 GMT
Subject: Time Trax (Minor Spoiler)
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv

Minor Spoilers.....
























Did anyone see Time Trax last night?  I was really looking forward to this
and so far am not impressed.  I'm not quite sure yet whether it has
potential.  It started out pretty poor.  They did a pretty bad job laying the
ground work, and I don't believe overnight that there was really any attachment
between Darien and Alyssa.  But once they went back in time, it picked up
a lot.  They never did adequately explain how over a 200 year period of time
man all of the sudden has changed physiologically.  And the cities were WAY
too clean.  If there is so much violence then, as the commercial said, then
it wouldn't have been so clean and pretty! 

I think they should have spent a lot more time building up the characters 
and the relationships between them, and showing us what 2193 is supposed 
to be like so that we know what he is giving up!  I also think they should have
showed us his history instead of narrating it.

There may be hope in the future!  For now, I'll have to keep watching.
I'm holding out with hope for next week!

Leslie
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From: asheffie@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu
Subject: QL'ing in America...
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:44:30 GMT

Regarding all this talk about Sam only leaping around in America...

What about "Leaping of the Shrew", where he managed to leap all the way
to Greece?


-Alex

From: grj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Gary R. Jackson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:32:10 GMT
Subject: Re: RE:  QL Guest Stars (aka Repeaters)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv

In rec.arts.sf.tv, hamlet@zeus.tamu.edu.FC.HP.COM writes:

> 
> Last night on the Dr. Ruth Ep there was a really attractive woman
> playing the part of the sexually harrassed secretary.  I've seen her 
> before, but I can't remember where or who she was.  I figured this 
> question fits right in with our current discussion.

She currently is on Doogie Howser, M.D.  as a nurse, or nurse's aide, who is
Doogie's current love interest.  I haven't seen her anywhere else that I can
remember right now.

Gary R. Jackson
grj@fc.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Time Traxxxxxxxx
From: wookiee@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:58:47 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

In article <j.rohde.90.727633991@csi.compuserve.com>, j.rohde@csi.compuserve.com (Joe Rohde) writes:
> In article <JASON.93Jan21100231@ab20.larc.nasa.gov> jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin) writes:
> 
>>        The only thing similar to Quantum Leap is that it involves
>>time travel.  It's more similar to the Terminator movies with the
>>machines replaced by advanced humans.
> 
> Right.  And ignore the similarities between Al and Selma.
> 
I didn't watch Time Traxxxx, but I am pretty sure that Selma is not only a
holographic side kick ( like Al) but also some advanced AI computer in the
future (Like Ziggy).  Basically, she would be Al with a chip in his head (like
Knight Rider 2000).  

ignoring the above, and the 'Settings things Right' part of the show, and any
other similarities those of you who may have watched it saw, it has no
similarities to Quantum Leap.
 
> Joe
-- 

          "I have a new strategy, Artoo. Let the Wookiee win." - C3PO

          "Let the flesh control the mind." -Lestat deLioncourt

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                            there not.

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From: jhawk@panix.com (John Hawkinson)
Subject: Time Trax
Summary: capsule review and comments on pilot
Keywords: Time Trax timetrax PTEN 
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:50:30 GMT

Well, I watched the premier/pilot of Time Trax on Wed (20 Jan) at 8pm on
WWOR-9 (NYC) which is airing on Warner's new PTEN (Prime Time
Entertainment Network) syndication network. Anyway, I was wondering if
anybody had any responses?

Summary: Story set in future (2193) where criminals
are dissapearing from a particular jurisdiction. It turns out
that they're being sent back in time by a scientist who's
using the money to finance his time research. Things happen
and the main character, Captain Darien Somebody (?) ends
up going back in time after them. One of the things is that
the drug which allows people to go back and forth, TXP,
is apparently lethal after two uses, meaning each individual can
only make one round trip. Presumably future shows will be about
this guy rounding up the other criminals (96 or so left) stuck
in 1993.

Thoughts had:

	Are they actually going back to a ``parallel universe'' or
to the same universe? If it's a parallel universe, then how can
those people take out ads in the {Washington Post} and have them show
up? If its the same universe, shouldn't all the cops be alarmed that
if the criminals succeed then the world as they know it would change
forever?

	They mention this time-slowing ability but they never seem
to apply it...

	The SELMA ``thing'' is intriguing, but somehow it brings back
memories of the ``computer-that-saves-the-day'' (i.e. Knight Rider).

I guess that's about it...

--
John Hawkinson
jhawk@panix.com
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From: baylor@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: QL: Two-Faced Reviews: Dr. Ruth
Reply-To: baylor@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:15:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.220603.2963@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, mae@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Mary Anne Espenshade) writes:
>Possible spoilers for the Dr. Ruth episode of Quantum Leap.

>
>We do NOT really have any proof (I don't consider snide remarks from
>Ziggy proof of anything :-) ) that Tina has ever been involved with
>Gooshie, just that they were married in a radically different time-line
>in which Al didn't even exist. Hardly enough to base a judgement of the
>episode on.
>
You think Sam programmed Ziggy to be capable of lying? 
In fact Al found out about Tina & Gooshie once, but thinks the affair 
is over. So sorry, I don't remember which episode.
From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: I'm really really surprised!
Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:03:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu
Summary: Boogieman on USA and not a word here?!?  What gives?


Hey, what's up??  The dreaded "Boogieman" episode on USA the other day and
not a word about it on this group!!  What the heck is wrong, did everyone
finally grow up and quit the stupid stuperstition, or what??
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From: edcrwfrd@unlv.edu (Edward Crawford)
Subject: Re: Time Trax
Organization: UNLV
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:41:26 GMT


In response to #14 where you wondered where Sepp would have
3 jumps?

1: From prison to the Doctor.
2: From the Doctor's Lab to the Past
3: To the future.

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From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
Subject: Ds9: The Viral Generation
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:08:33 GMT

	Well, if you ignore the huge, disgusting hole brought about by
	the problems of cross-species viral infections (without a change
	in symptome, no less) and the "mutated to an airborn variety" 
	bit, I'll have to admit that this was finally a good episode
	of DS9.  (A step up.  The first one was bad, the second was lame,
	and the third was OK.  This one was fun.)

	Spoilers:


	
	Ok, bit problems are already listed above, but the following
	are some stylistic problems.

	1.  Are we going to have an Odo-morphs-with-furniture in 
	every episode?  

	2.  That camera shot with Kira (sp) telling, face to face,
	the doctor that he was infected was *extremely* poorly done.
	I don't think she's actually crosseyed, but it sure looked like 
	it.

	3.  The ENDING.  While I really like Quark (sp) the Ferengi, 
	and his interaction w/Odo in this episode (It was *fun* for once) 
	.. I really thought that the ending.. (ship ejects, blows up..
	then, "...and here's how we solved the problem, THE END.).. Boy,
	these guys *really* need to either get some editing lessons, or--
	preferably--accept the concept of more two-part episodes. 


'
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From: tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL Newsgroup
Date: 28 Jan 93 08:07:22 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

asheffie@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu writes:

>How come we don't have our own newsgroup for Quantum Leap?  It seems like at
>least half the messages in this newsgroup are regarding it.

>-Alex

Oh, not again....




LJC, who doesn't feel like filling in the newbie just now.


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From: z_coolidgeas@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: re: The Phoenix
Date: 28 Jan 93 12:24:55 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

My God, another THE PHOENIX fan. I thought I was the only one who knew the
series existed.

I only remember two episodes at the most.
If you've seen Judson Scott lately he's a mess.  He looks like he's run into
AIDS or something.  Which is too bad, he sounded idealistic in the one
interview he had with STARLOG.

jaa ne, Akane
President of THE HIGHLANDER PROJECT 
(recording every episode, just 'cause I can:))

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From: arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Ailsa Jenkins)