Yes, I said in an earlier review that I wish they'd do more with Ian, and have Ben jump into him. And they sorta did that, so I suppose that makes me prophetic. Yay!
The episode was good. I'm still not radically impressed with Randall Lee, but he's got the "dull look of surprise" down. Granted, so did Scott Bakula in 'Enterprise', so I suppose Lee learned from a master.
I commented on another show that it's pretty much review-proof, and "Let Them Play" strikes me as the same, albeit for different reasons. It's not like in this day and age you can give a pro-trans story a negative review. Not without getting lots of thumbs down and accusation
"Let Them Play" was... okay. It was a lot less subtle than "Running for Honor" on the original QL. And there I go comparing the two shows again. But dagnabbit, if they don't want the new show to be compared to the old one, give it a different name.
The most interesting part were the bits with Ian. Whether it was his memories involved with the Leap, or Addison taking him into the imaging chamber, or the big reveal at the end that he was a Leaper, it was all pretty impressive. And very time-wimey when you think about it.
As I've noted before, I wish they were doing it on another show not titled 'Quantum Leap', because the original QL was initially more about the characters than the timey-wiminess. And that's a big part of what keep me out of the new show. I would rather find out more about the new characters, or see Ben interacting with the ones in his Leaps, than stuff devoted to the conspiracy and the time-wiminess. "Let Them Play" balanced it better than previous episodes.
As for the main (??) plot, as one reviewer outside of IMB noted, it seemed more like a fairy tale princess ending than anything. Gia gets accepted by Amanda, and Margie, , and the guy sitting next to Miriam, and the mean ole principal gets her legs cut out from her under by her assistant principal who conveniently turns against her. Basically Gia gets everything she wants, and much much more. It's not clear how Ben brought all of that to pass, or even if he did.
And does anyone else find it amusing that half the time when Ben is setting right what once went wrong, it's often his own initial mistakes that he's setting right?
The main thing that puzzles me about the episode is... who is the target audience? I figure the people who are tuning in at 10/9 central are pro-trans. If you're anti-trans, write a review and say so. So it's low-hanging fruit to write a pro-trans story for pro-trans viewers. Wouldn't it be more creative to sway people who oppose your view to your side, rather than write something for people who are already on your side?
Yes, the episode says things that need to be said. But it seems to be saying them to an audience who already knows those things. Say those things to the people who need to hear them? Or are the only people who watch QL "enlightened" viewers?
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
The episode was good. I'm still not radically impressed with Randall Lee, but he's got the "dull look of surprise" down. Granted, so did Scott Bakula in 'Enterprise', so I suppose Lee learned from a master.
I commented on another show that it's pretty much review-proof, and "Let Them Play" strikes me as the same, albeit for different reasons. It's not like in this day and age you can give a pro-trans story a negative review. Not without getting lots of thumbs down and accusation
"Let Them Play" was... okay. It was a lot less subtle than "Running for Honor" on the original QL. And there I go comparing the two shows again. But dagnabbit, if they don't want the new show to be compared to the old one, give it a different name.
The most interesting part were the bits with Ian. Whether it was his memories involved with the Leap, or Addison taking him into the imaging chamber, or the big reveal at the end that he was a Leaper, it was all pretty impressive. And very time-wimey when you think about it.
As I've noted before, I wish they were doing it on another show not titled 'Quantum Leap', because the original QL was initially more about the characters than the timey-wiminess. And that's a big part of what keep me out of the new show. I would rather find out more about the new characters, or see Ben interacting with the ones in his Leaps, than stuff devoted to the conspiracy and the time-wiminess. "Let Them Play" balanced it better than previous episodes.
As for the main (??) plot, as one reviewer outside of IMB noted, it seemed more like a fairy tale princess ending than anything. Gia gets accepted by Amanda, and Margie, , and the guy sitting next to Miriam, and the mean ole principal gets her legs cut out from her under by her assistant principal who conveniently turns against her. Basically Gia gets everything she wants, and much much more. It's not clear how Ben brought all of that to pass, or even if he did.
And does anyone else find it amusing that half the time when Ben is setting right what once went wrong, it's often his own initial mistakes that he's setting right?
The main thing that puzzles me about the episode is... who is the target audience? I figure the people who are tuning in at 10/9 central are pro-trans. If you're anti-trans, write a review and say so. So it's low-hanging fruit to write a pro-trans story for pro-trans viewers. Wouldn't it be more creative to sway people who oppose your view to your side, rather than write something for people who are already on your side?
Yes, the episode says things that need to be said. But it seems to be saying them to an audience who already knows those things. Say those things to the people who need to hear them? Or are the only people who watch QL "enlightened" viewers?
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?