From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Time Trax
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:56:33 GMT
Organization: HHMI/Human Genetics, Univ of Pa.

In article <2B5ECE67@ssd0.laafb.af.mil>, KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL writes:

> Hmmm... we seem to have The Six Million Dollar Man meets Quantum Leap 
Hey, pretty good general description, but I think the "cop show" description
is going to fit a little better...

> 1 - Why did they insist on calling it the Smithsonian Institute?  It's the 
> Smithsonian *Institution*.
They got me, I've *always* called it the Smithsonian Institute.
 
> 3 - How did the door of the bathroom stall that Damien (sp?) materialized 
> into get locked from the inside?
For that matter how did he transfer in that position?  And what kept him from
materializing *in* something solid?
 
> Damien's office
I think it's Darrian...he's not the anti-christ.  :^)

> 8 - Why didn't the National Archives have those old newspapers on microfiche, 
> microdot, or some form of computer storage (CD-ROM)?
Agreed, this really bugged me...just plain stupid.

> 9 - How come Doctor S (never could figure out his name - Sahmbi?) needed the 
> machine to go into the past, but Sepp the Nazi didn't?  Sepp just licked the 
> envelope, and he was gone.
I couldn't figger out this one either.
 
> 12 - The chronology of Damien's popping into the Smithsonian went all askew.  
> Selma said he arrived sometime after 9:00 PM, then Annie says something about 
> how they've grilled him for several hours, then they go out to dinner 
> (breakfast, maybe, but not dinner!), and the waiter says, "I go home at 
> eleven, sir."  Get the time straight!
Good point!  I hadn't noticed.  "Oh continuity person!"
 
> 14 - What was that about Sepp getting three doses of that drug?  He had one 
> when he popped into 1993, and one when he popped out.  Where did the third 
> one come from?
I didn't follow this either, they did seem to rush alot by you in a hurry.
 
> 16 - I wonder, if there is a 200-year limit on the use of that drug, couldn't 
> they just set up their operation in 1993 and send other people back to 1793?
Because they couldn't get the chemicals/equipment?  Remember the good doctor
left in a "bit of a hurry".
 
> And the narration at the beginning was annoying.
Someone else bitched about this too, I really liked it!  Thought the whole
intro was pretty cool.  I liked how they repeated his entrance sequence.
 
Could someone explain his "car alarm" gizmo to me?  What do the three buttons
do?  I didn't catch that part.

I enjoyed this show, thought it was well written except for the entire 
love interest character.  She was handled very poorly, and there were 
far too many coincidences/twists to her character.

Another thing that bugged me.  I understand the "signifigance" of using
John Wilkes Booth's gun, but come on!!!  Ever heard of misfires?  You 
realize how old that gun was?  It wasn't maintained, cleaned, anything...
there's no way a proffesional would have used that gun over a baretta, or
especially one of those nifty beam weapons they showed.

And I really liked the "occidental" martial art.  Looked very good in the
fight between Darrian and Sepp.

Greg Bole                          "I always wanted to be an orphan.  I could 
bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu          have, if it wasn't for my parents."
                                         Gary Oldman in _Prick Up Your Ears_
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