Journeyman, a new offering from NBC, debuted Monday night after the hit show Heroes. I watched it and was pleasantly surprised. At first I thought it was going to be a ripoff of Quantum Leap, but the show was not anything like Quantum Leap, except for the time travel. I’m not going to go into a comparison of the two shows.
I recommend that everyone watch it and give the show a chance. It seems to be the perfect complement to Heroes. Obviously, NBC is hoping that fans of Heroes will be interested enough to stay tuned. Technically, it is a genre show, but I found myself thinking in the back of my mind how long will it be before I get an explaination as to how Dan travels. However, I was paying so much attention to the story that I didn’t get a chance to think about the “hows” and “whys.”
It’s both well written and well acted. Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus in HBO’s Rome) leads a pretty good cast. *Its worth mentioning that Kevin McKidd somewhat confirmed rumors about being cast as Thor (click here for story from SciFi Wire). Anyone who’s seen him in Rome, like me, would think he’d make an excellent Thor.
Shows like this make me wonder why terrible shows like Painkiller Jane and the current version of Flash Gordon make it past pitch stage.
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This post was written by Bedlam on September 26, 2007
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It was good. I hope they don’t ruin it when they explain the time traveling.
I would rather they not explain it. That would make the show more about what he is doing and its affects on him and his family, instead of trying to be concerned about how he’s doing it.
I think that would work for a while. The problem is that character will eventually ask why he was chosen and how its happening.
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