Q is for… Quantum Leap #AtoZChallenge
Q is for… Quantum Leap
Today’s show isn’t quite as old as the Incredible Hulk but I probably saw it around the same time. Quantum Leap had five seasons from 1989 − 1993.
Sam Beckett, a scientist leaps back in time – each episode sees him leap into another person’s body and have to do something to solve an issue in their lives before he can leap on. We only see who he is when he looks in the mirror – usually Sam is dressed as them which is funny when they are a lady. He always hopes that his next leap will be the one home. He does have help each week in the form of Al – his holographic colleague and Al’s computer Ziggy who can find out more about where they are and who Sam is. The banter between Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell was one of the best parts of this show.
Each episode was often like a mini movie – looking at serious issues, race relations, disability (blindness and learning disability), rape, alcoholism and so on.
There is an episode where he leaps into his younger self and tries to change things that he shouldn’t, another where he becomes someone just about to be executed, another where he is a chimp!. Also where a course of ECT makes him act like other people he’s leapt into. I’m not sure if I remember all of these – I sense another box set addition to my wish list.
Here is the Episode intro and music.
Do you remember QL?
What other TV duos do you like?
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P is for… Pratchett on Writing (A Slip of the Keyboard) (Book) and PHD Comics #AtoZChallenge
P is for… Pratchett on Writing (A Slip of the Keyboard) (Book) and PHD Comics
Well – ooops – didn’t read this properly. Saw this book on a publisher’s list and had been hoping to get a copy to review. It’s not actually published until the 24th October though but this is definitely on the must read list.
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction is a collection of essays and other non-fiction from Terry Pratchett (info from amazon.co.uk).
A quote on writing by Terry:
‘…I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.’ (Pratchett 2009 cited Preston 2009)
Preston, J., 2009. Sir Terry Pratchett interview for Unseen Academicals. Telegraph.co.uk. Available from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6231337/SIr-Terry-Pratchett-interview.html [Accessed 9th March 2010).
Instead of reviewing this then, I’m going to tell you about the source of reassurance that comes from reading PHD Comics. It helps to know you aren’t alone.
Here are my top 2 comics.
The Allnighter
The Allnighter “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham http://www.phdcomics.com
I am very much a procrastinator and identify with this so much.
Aura of Logical Distortion
Aura of Logical Distortion “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham http://www.phdcomics.com
How exactly do they do this? If only they could bottle it.
What gives you reassurance you aren’t alone?
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P is for… Point Pleasant #AtoZChallenge
P is for… Point Pleasant
Another one season wonder from 2005, and from the sticker on the DVD, one that was never fully shown on TV. Does this annoy anyone else? If the episodes are made at least put them on at a different time. Don’t people realise we get invested in stories?
In the town of Point Pleasant a young girl, Christina washes up on the beach and is taken in to someone’s home – she doesn’t want anyone to contact her family.
The symbol on the front is of 3 6s combined
The back cover tagline says:
She’s The Child of Darkness.
And She’s Under His Protection Now…
Who will win the battle between good and evil?
Actually now I come to think about it – the new trailer for the Beautiful Creatures film reminds me of this series.
Are there any series that you’ve never seen the end of because the network/channel pulled it too soon because of ratings?
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