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 ====== Sliders ======
-A 90s [[offtopic:USA|American]] science fiction TV series. Not about kids skidding at a local ice rink. The series instead told the tales of a four-strong team of people travelling and adventuring throughout the multiverse. They were forced into this involuntarily, after a freak accident with the titular "sliding technology" removed them from their own timeline (analogous to [[OTL]] in the mid-to-late 1990s, and dubbed Earth Prime). Essentially a "lost in space" style setup, but with alternate versions of Earth as the "planet of the week", instead of... well, planets. The series offered [[ATL]]s both on the more realistic and more [[ASB]] side, various strange parallel worlds, even other civilisations that developed "sliding" and explored or tried to conquer the multiverse. //Sliders// was to be the ultimate, dimension-and-timeline-hopping adventure show.
+A 90s [[offtopic:USA|American]] science fiction TV series. Not about kids skidding at a local ice rink. The series instead told the tales of a four-strong team of people travelling and adventuring throughout the multiverse. They were forced into this involuntarily, after a freak accident with the titular "sliding technology" removed them from their own timeline (analogous to [[OTL]] in the mid-to-late 1990s, and dubbed Earth Prime). Essentially a "Lost in Space" style setup, but with alternate versions of Earth as the "planet of the week", instead of... well, planets. The series offered [[ATL]]s both on the more realistic and more [[ASB]] side, various strange parallel worlds, even other civilisations that developed "sliding" and explored or tried to conquer the multiverse. //Sliders// was to be the ultimate, dimension-and-timeline-hopping adventure show.
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 After the series basically //fell off a cliff//, Rembrandt was the only remaining initial character, and travelled with:
   * **Maggie Beckett** (Kari Wuhrer) - an armed forces captain from an ATL with much more destructive world wars, a much more tense Cold War, and an Earth threatened by the explosion of a pulsar star on top of that. Beckett was introduced as little more than eye-candy and a potential love interest for Mr. Quinn "I'm too good for Wade" Mallory, and was a blatant attempt to side-rail Wade, then fire her actress. Criticised for being a shallow character dreamt up by execs (with an infamously broad casting list to boot). Oddly, by the time Quinn left the show (not that long after Wade), there wasn't much hanky-panky between him and Beckett.
-  * **doctor Diana Davis** (Tembi Locke) - African-American scientist lady, supposedly a very experienced, nigh-genius researcher. Felt distinctly tokenist instead, and a poor substitute for the greatly missed professor Arturo. Not the actress' fault. Shame on the writers for not giving a damn and not trying better !\\
+  * **doctor Diana Davis** (Tembi Locke) - African-American scientist lady, supposedly a very experienced, nigh-genius researcher. Felt distinctly tokenist instead, and a poor substitute for the greatly missed professor Arturo. Not the actress' fault. Shame on the writers for not giving a damn and not trying better ! Diana only appeared during the final season. About the only really interesting story involving her that the writers bothered to cook up was when she learned the bad guy of that season might have influenced the history of her professional life.\\
 Finally, Rembrandt's last new companions, and the worst of all the later cast decisions:\\
-  * **Colin Mallory** (Charlie O'Connell) - some ATL lost brother, relative or something or other of Quinn Mallory. Played by the brother of Quinn's actor, no less. Look, it... The whole thing with two, three or four different Mallories in seasons four and five was just... confusing. Okay ? Yeah, we have no bloody clue either.\\
+  * **Colin Mallory** (Charlie O'Connell) - travelled along with Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie in the increasingly sorry, Kromagg-obsessed fourth season. Some ATL lost brother, relative or something or other of Quinn Mallory. Played by the brother of Quinn's actor, no less. Look, it... The whole thing with two, three or four different Mallories in seasons four and five was just... confusing. Okay ? Yeah, we have no bloody clue either.\\
   * **Mallory** (Robert Floyd) - season five cast member, who originated after a bizarre merger of Quinn Mallory and his aforementioned ATL relative Colin. Quinn's personality, kind-of-sort-of lived on in him for a while, but gradually evaporated. Erm, yeah. We've got nuthin'. Mallory himself was a bit of a nothing character, a gimmick in an era of the show when the embracing of gimmicks (including gimmick-y ATLs) was in full, shameless swing. A character created in an unsettling accident, an idea that even //Star Trek: Voyager// played for drama with "Tuvix", //Sliders// completely botched. Was it any wonder ? //Sliders// was just that kind of show, especially at the end. \\
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 The higher quality and relatively innovative nature of the first two seasons are often overshadowed by the diminishing returns of seasons three, four and five. The series is, in and of itself, worthy of a POD, as often expressed by its loyal fans: Had the OTL season three not have happened, or only kept its better episodes and its original cast, there was still hope for the show. It was starting to find its footing. Sadly, due to many of the initial characters and writers leaving, and the execs focusing on how to actionise or sex-up the series, an improvement in quality was not to be.
-/10 for the premise and basic ideas, 3/10 for the execution (relative to the entire series), 23/30 frommages for the cheesiness factor.
+/10 for the premise and basic ideas, 3/10 for the execution (relative to the entire series), 23/30 //fromages// for the cheesiness factor.
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+==== Re:Sliders: Matt Mitrovich reviews Sliders ====
+Since 2019, [[offtopic:Mitro]] has been gradually reviewing the //Sliders// TV series episode by episode, in narrative chronological order.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w116Z5gZk3E|Intro and the Sliders pilot]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITK8LwylIlc|Summer of Love]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdxUJKzdlM|Prince of Wails]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJghelogNL8|Fever]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtjhL7A8DoQ|Last Days]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_JnJiWS9w|The Weaker Sex]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBmT-T8l9w|Eggheads]]**
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+==== Other external reviews ====
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6RH80TH74|SLIDERS (1995-2000) - Gone But Not Forgotten]]** - Video retrospective at the JoBlo Originals channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX8fqen43qM|Why SLIDERS Is A Cult Sci-Fi Classic - Lost and Found]]** - Video retrospective at the Nater Tot channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Q8-_JopMQ|Forgotten Television - Looking Back At The TV Show Sliders (Part 1)]]** - Video retrospective at the rangerreview channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-HEVnZyRx4|Forgotten Television - Looking Back At The TV Show Sliders (Part 2)]]** - Video retrospective at the rangerreview channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfyzifAqsvY|Review of Season 1]]** - Video review at the Slider's Prime channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nBLhSICJp4|Review of Season 2]]** - Video review at the Slider's Prime channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoCmk_6NbI|Review of Season 3]]** - Video review at the Slider's Prime channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VW4kJ__W98|Review of Season 4]]** - Video review at the Slider's Prime channel.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDyVrHoumtw|Review of Season 5]]** - Video review at the Slider's Prime channel.
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 ==== See Also ====
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 **[[https://earthprime.com/|Earth Prime]]** - A long-running fansite (ca since 1998, with a nice modern revamp since 2012), that documents, examines and //picks apart// the series and all its anciliary materials. Behind the scenes stuff includes rare things that you can't find anywhere else on the net. If there is one fandom that //knows// their own show hated them and their intelligence, it's this one. The website's authors openly admit that, but work on the site and keep it running as something of a memento about series with a neat premise that were dreadfully mismanaged. The critical essays //[[https://earthprime.com/essays/genesis-the-destruction-of-the-sliders-concept|Genesis: The Destruction of the Sliders Concept]]// and //[[https://earthprime.com/essays/abusing-the-audience|Abusing the Audience]]// are a particularly biting read about the show's gross mismanagement during seasons three, four and five.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrSB_S_W14|John Rhys Davies shares Sliders regrets and reboot hopes]]** - From an interview at a con.
 **[[https://entertainment.theonion.com/sliders-ended-two-seasons-too-early-if-you-ask-me-say-1819571639|'Sliders Ended Two Seasons Too Early, If You Ask Me,' Says Sliders Creator To No One In Particular]]** - A 2010 satirical post-mortem article about the series, from parody news site The Onion.
+**[[https://twitter.com/Sliders_S14|Twitter of an ATL where Sliders was a hit show that lasted for 14 seasons]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtasHWLKWSM|Sliders the Movie]]** - Satirical short at Funny or Die about a potential reboot. They got Jerry O'Connell for the short !
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