thawtz on Sliders

Not something i was thinking I'd get into but I guess it's destiny. Sliders, what to say about this show. Not enough good things. I was the perfect age, the perfect time to be casually watching nbc I believe when its first ad aired. The whole tsunami planet they slid to, instantly hooked after that and I had to keep watching the show. Little did my innocent mind know the show would die a tragic death and become another show that started brilliantly only to sputter and die.

Made a silly tweet to its star Jerry O Connel a person I honest to God have known since I was a small wee child and he responded to it. Sent a shock down my spine to have my childhood hero care at all about my nonsense. He doesn't know what Sliders meant to a generation of nerds like myself. It was awesome to see our personas reflected on screen in a cool way.

That's what sliders was about. It was a heady show. It was NOT about sliding at all. It was about the complex moral dilemmas the characters faced and how they solved them through their intellect. If the sliders weren't half a team of genius physicists, they'd never survive very long.

It worked. I think Jerry does know. It's just that there's a tough rift between him and the show since his exit wasn't on friendly terms. He says he was kicked off, other reports say he wanted to become producer and was denied, others say he and his brother just decided to bounce to get back into films more since that's where he started before becoming a tv star.

All I remember was at the time it was devastating. I was there, I saw the episode where Quinn merged with his double and became a new quinn. It confused me but I accepted it since I was loyal to the show and would roll with whatever nonsense it did. This however was a change I rejected. I lost interest and although we had cable, I could still watch sliders on sci-fi. I didn't bother. Why would I watch a show without my boy Quinn. And they tried to half ass put in there that quinn was inside of the body of the new quinn and some point he'd be brought back. I knew it was bs though and that the show was just on its last legs desperate to keep an audience it could never keep without Jerry.

Does Jerry give a damn about sliders anymore? I don't think anyone dedicates that much time 4 solid years of their life to one thing and not care. He loved it. His passion for it is clear as hell in the first 3 seasons. He loved being Quinn. No one could play that character as well and perfectly as him. It was a good f'n show with limitless potential that could go on forever and ever. And actually could get a revival tomorrow since it's still not ended.

I'd be down for a netflix finale of sorts if Jerry was down to do it. I mean everybody comes back, the whole team. One last final movie to put the series to bed.

I mean full house is still goddamn going. Roseanne coming back and nobody wants that bullcrap... Wow, gotta at least throw us Slider fans a bone here. Alas it won't happen. It's been too damn long, they've all moved on. Similar sci-fi shows have come and gone since sliders. Like when you think about it, Sliders was the original Lost. A group of diverse people struggling to survive together in a group going through weird sci fi happenings. Because Sliders worked, shows like Lost had it easier getting green lit. Suits knew people would watch such a show.

Anyway, I'm here, I'm still here and I remember the innocent time when I sat back relaxed on a winter night in the living room to watch the boob tube and f'n was just floored by this amazing show about a nerdy bastard like myself inventing f'n wormhole cellphone thing that fits in your pocket. I goddamn loved every minute of that time in my life.