Having had a week to consider since the premiere last week, I think part of my issue is that this isn't 'Quantum Leap'. Okay, it's Quantum Leap; it's right there in the title. But it's not the Scott Bakula version. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? I'm not ready to say yet. It's different, but is it good on its own?
The new QL seems very... 2022. So there's a team, and a conspiracy, and we get to find out more about the people behind the project. They seem to be wasting a lot of time in the present, and it seems like half the episode is about the present-day machinations rather than the leap itself. That could be good: I don't find Ben that strong a protagonist, and I'm not convinced he could carry the show the way Bakula did. Is he stronger than last week? Sure.
Also, judging from the preview, at least some of the new show is rehashing the old show, but at an accelerated pace. It looks like Ben is going to leap beyond his own timeline, something they didn't do on the original until season 5. I think we've found out more about the project crew in two episodes than we did in five seasons on the original.
Overall, I wish they'd give the new show a little more time to breath. It all seems very rushed. We're two episodes in, and we already know why Ben is leaping. Which kinda ruins the conceit of the original: Sam Beckett was forcing himself to leap, for altruistic reasons. Ben could be jumping to recover Sam, with some help from Janis, but helping anyone else, they seem to be just incidental points along the trip to his destination. If he helps the Atlantis crew, it's just because they happened to be where he landed in 1997. Ben seems to be vested in helping Sam Beckett, not the people he runs into. I suppose that could change, but that's what it seems like now if you look at it not-so-hard.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
The new QL seems very... 2022. So there's a team, and a conspiracy, and we get to find out more about the people behind the project. They seem to be wasting a lot of time in the present, and it seems like half the episode is about the present-day machinations rather than the leap itself. That could be good: I don't find Ben that strong a protagonist, and I'm not convinced he could carry the show the way Bakula did. Is he stronger than last week? Sure.
Also, judging from the preview, at least some of the new show is rehashing the old show, but at an accelerated pace. It looks like Ben is going to leap beyond his own timeline, something they didn't do on the original until season 5. I think we've found out more about the project crew in two episodes than we did in five seasons on the original.
Overall, I wish they'd give the new show a little more time to breath. It all seems very rushed. We're two episodes in, and we already know why Ben is leaping. Which kinda ruins the conceit of the original: Sam Beckett was forcing himself to leap, for altruistic reasons. Ben could be jumping to recover Sam, with some help from Janis, but helping anyone else, they seem to be just incidental points along the trip to his destination. If he helps the Atlantis crew, it's just because they happened to be where he landed in 1997. Ben seems to be vested in helping Sam Beckett, not the people he runs into. I suppose that could change, but that's what it seems like now if you look at it not-so-hard.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?