🐱 'Quantum Leap' Shows Off Diverse Non-Binary Cast

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NBC has released first look images from the pilot episode of the Quantum Leap reboot/sequel featuring the diverse and non-binary cast.

Earlier in the month, the network announced a series order.

The cast is led by Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Seong, who has previously been described as the "spiritual successor" to Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett from the original series.

Ernie Hudson, known for the Ghostbusters movies, is playing Herbert “Magic” Williams, a Vietnam veteran and head of the time travel project at Quantum Leap who using a bit of politicking and his military know-how to keep the Pentagon at bay, buys the team some time to rescue Ben but expects answers once he’s back.

Nanrisa Lee is playing Jenn the head of security at Quantum Leap headquarters.

Mason Alexander Park is playing the non-binary character Ian, the chief architect of Quantum Leap’s AI program.

Caitlin Bassett is playing Addison, the project lead at Quantum Leap HQ who operates state-of-the-art technology to communicate with an individual time traveling in the past. Judging from the last image below, it seems likely this is the equivalent of Al Calavicci, played by the late Dean Stockwell as Addison is holding a similar-looking communicator.

Quantum Leap is described as: It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

The series hails from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt serving as writers and executive producers; original creator Don Bellisario is also serving as executive producer with Deborah Pratt, and Martin Gero.

The show is also said to be set in the present day, with Scott Bakula is not presently said to be involved.

Quantum Leap will air at 10 p.m. Mondays following The Voice in the Fall.

 

[LurkTrawl]

They really want that. But the original (as entertaining as it is) is closer to a whimsical boomer wankfest. It’s one of those sci-fis that doesn’t feel sci-fi. He might as well just been wizarded away through his lifetime lol

I legit didn't know it was scifi for the longest time as I'd only known of the show from internet memes, never saw it in my youth. It really, really just seems like wizard shit.

 

[Hollywood Hitler]

I assume any show that has a majority NB, tranny, and/or POC cast is a money laundering scheme ala Flowers for Hitler sort of thing.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Ernie Hudson was in Dragonball: Evolution, Ghostbusters 2016 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Him being in something means jack shit in regards to quality.

Jackshit in regards to quality, but I do give him props for being a pretty solid working character actor. Seriously this is the most true to life quote for his career:

 

[Snekposter]

was Quantum Leap even good? i remember xbone shills talking about it as it was the second coming of Christ but was forgotten as soon as the show and "game" came out.

only reason i rememver it is beacuse CIA guy was the main bad guy

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That's Quantum Break. Which is not a terrible game, actually. Not the second coming of Christ, but enjoyable, and CIA dude does a pretty fun job as the villain.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

"Oh non gender specific g-rated expletive!"

 

[Dysnomia]

I like Ernie Hudson. That's about it. I'd rather have him be the main character.

Also he's 76. Holy fuck time has passed by.

IS this a suquel or reimagining. I could have supported it if they were going to try and find Sam but if its just a redo of lets progressivize this and resell it then I"m out. Like the first episode should have been a message from Sam saying he's still alive and leaping and then they restart the project to go try to rescue him.

There was an idea floating around for a movie or possible sequel series where Sam's daughter from his altered timeline where he didn't get stood up at the altar goes looking for him. Sadly this isn't it. They might have to pull a cameo to save this ship for a few extra minutes though.

How are they going to handle the "problematic" content? Sam's been a woman, a pregnant woman, a chimp, a downie and worst of all he's been people who weren't white. Can Ben also be these things or will it be seen as racist and transphobic? It's going to be boring. I can tell. They'll have to turn the plots into oatmeal flavored cardboard to prevent controversy.

 

[Mega Man II Intro - GB]

How are they going to handle the "problematic" content? Sam's been a woman, a pregnant woman, a chimp, a downie and worst of all he's been people who weren't white. Can Ben also be these things or will it be seen as racist and transphobic?

Maybe he just leaps as himself.

 

[Dysnomia]

Maybe he just leaps as himself.

That would fix the problems I mentioned. Although it would be kinda boring.

Let's see if they keep the one rule that Quantum Leap had.

He could only jump into people from the time period HE exists.

So, judging from his age: From 1990 to now.

Big fucking deal.

Bet you won't see him don't any pseudo-Nam episodes in Bosnia or Kuwait or Rwanda or Angola.

Bet they break that rule like a motherfucker so they can have him go back and march with Martin Luther King JR.

They'll probably go "We have extended it so you can jump to your life AND Sam's life."

Sam lept into a Civil War soldier once. It was explained that it was a rare possibility because it was a relative of his. There might have been more to it then that. I think that someone just wanted to do something different and came up with that story. But it was a one off thing.

 

[Next Task]

But is it any good? They never addressed this.

They focussed on diversity. So, yes, they did address it.

 

[Keavy Rain]

How many of you have Car Shield? That's why he's in this show.

If buying a monthly subsection to a “Warranty extension” service that’ll ghost me the second I file a claim is the price I have to pay to stop seeing old shows and movies reinvented as “Woke” I’ll give you my CC# right now.

 

[Next Task]

Also, the original spent no time back in the lab, it was entirely set in whatever situation Sam was in, with Al there as a hologram. It was practically an anthology show, like the Hulk show or The Fugitive, Sam going around fixing things in a new place and time each week. The SF aspect was window dressing.

So of course a new version is going to upend that by having their diversity hires spout technobabble at each other for half of each episode. Also, I believe they introduced an 'evil leaper' in the last season, so that will probably make an appearance, and will probably be a straight white man.

They can't exhume Dean Stockwell, at least. But like every one of these diverse 'sequels', expect them to shit on the original while acting like they're paying respectful homage. Expect some deep character assassination of the original leads in the name of subversion and adding moral grey to what was a simple, optimistic show.

 

[Aunt Marge]

They're making them bad on purpose for tax evasion purposes. Get a tax break here for hiring minorities, a tax break there for hiring women, here a break, there a break. Then when the show bombs (on purpose), the studio gets to write off the losses on their taxes.

All woke shows are set up to fail. That they push an agenda is just a bonus.

I guess niggers are good for something after all

 

[Flea Man Marbles]

Because 'True Diversity' is having a cast of people who look different

 

[Quantum Diabetes]

**leaps into Yaniv’s body**

“Oh boy…”
**hangs self**

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

How are they going to handle the "problematic" content? Sam's been a woman, a pregnant woman, a chimp, a downie and worst of all he's been people who weren't white. Can Ben also be these things or will it be seen as racist and transphobic? It's going to be boring. I can tell. They'll have to turn the plots into oatmeal flavored cardboard to prevent controversy.

That's the biggest issue. The "problematic" content was the point.

Much as I hate woke modern social justice bullshit, I loved QL as a kid even though it was proto-woke. But one of the main points was Sam, a (fucking) straight white male (!) was thrown into the lives of women, blacks, guys, retards, etc and had to learn to be them, to empathize with them. It was a woke as you could get. They used the white everyman Beckett as the substitute for the mostly white audience, as a vehicle to get them to think.

Casting the leaper as a minority completely defangs this. Being sanctimonious in the modern SJW way will wreck this. Another part that worked was that Sam's only point of contact, Al, was a cigar smoking, womanizing ladies man, who was ostensibly more conservative and crude than liberal scientist Sam, so when he talked about stuff in the past, it didn't come off as sermonizing or completely demonizing the old ways. Al, 10 years or so older than Sam, had lived as an adult through more of that era.

The other bad parts are that they will clearly be spending too much time in the modern world. The amorphous "lab" in QL was a black box we rarely saw into. They show was mostly Al talking to Sam. There was little focus on the "present". And if they follow the time travel rules and stuck to the millennial era, it will be trash. QL was, annoyingly for a Gen Xer, a paean to The Boomer Experience. Doing the same thing for Gen Ys and trying to make the events of 1990 to 2015 as impactful and important to society will be lame. There's only so many 9/11 eps you can do.

 

[Keavy Rain]

That's the biggest issue. The "problematic" content was the point.

Much as I hate woke modern social justice bullshit, I loved QL as a kid even though it was proto-woke. But one of the main points was Sam, a (fucking) straight white male (!) was thrown into the lives of women, blacks, guys, retards, etc and had to learn to be them, to empathize with them. It was a woke as you could get. They used the white everyman Beckett as the substitute for the mostly white audience, as a vehicle to get them to think.

Casting the leaper as a minority completely defangs this. Being sanctimonious in the modern SJW way will wreck this. Another part that worked was that Sam's only point of contact, Al, was a cigar smoking, womanizing ladies man, who was ostensibly more conservative and crude than liberal scientist Sam, so when he talked about stuff in the past, it didn't come off as sermonizing or completely demonizing the old ways. Al, 10 years or so older than Sam, had lived as an adult through more of that era.

The other bad parts are that they will clearly be spending too much time in the modern world. The amorphous "lab" in QL was a black box we rarely saw into. They show was mostly Al talking to Sam. There was little focus on the "present". And if they follow the time travel rules and stuck to the millennial era, it will be trash. QL was, annoyingly for a Gen Xer, a paean to The Boomer Experience. Doing the same thing for Gen Ys and trying to make the events of 1990 to 2015 as impactful and important to society will be lame. There's only so many 9/11 eps you can do.

Look, this may be a PL but Scott Bakula Quantum Leap was a key component to me learning to think for myself.

I know it sounds weird but, for me, learning to think about how another person may see the world got my mind going and it never stopped. If this damages the Quantum Leap brand it may deter future fans of the Bakula era from seeking it out.

 

[TV's Adam West]

Quantum Leap. I love this show. A heartwarming and exciting series that still has appeal. I thank my late grandfather for introducing me to this and still have memories of us watching it.

I can't wait for Hollywood to ruin yet another beloved IP for diversity and fuck you, we hate you purposes.

Be glad you didnt live to see the 2010's grandpa.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

That's the biggest issue. The "problematic" content was the point.

Much as I hate woke modern social justice bullshit, I loved QL as a kid even though it was proto-woke. But one of the main points was Sam, a (fucking) straight white male (!) was thrown into the lives of women, blacks, guys, retards, etc and had to learn to be them, to empathize with them. It was a woke as you could get. They used the white everyman Beckett as the substitute for the mostly white audience, as a vehicle to get them to think.

Casting the leaper as a minority completely defangs this. Being sanctimonious in the modern SJW way will wreck this. Another part that worked was that Sam's only point of contact, Al, was a cigar smoking, womanizing ladies man, who was ostensibly more conservative and crude than liberal scientist Sam, so when he talked about stuff in the past, it didn't come off as sermonizing or completely demonizing the old ways. Al, 10 years or so older than Sam, had lived as an adult through more of that era.

The other bad parts are that they will clearly be spending too much time in the modern world. The amorphous "lab" in QL was a black box we rarely saw into. They show was mostly Al talking to Sam. There was little focus on the "present". And if they follow the time travel rules and stuck to the millennial era, it will be trash. QL was, annoyingly for a Gen Xer, a paean to The Boomer Experience. Doing the same thing for Gen Ys and trying to make the events of 1990 to 2015 as impactful and important to society will be lame. There's only so many 9/11 eps you can do.

I think QL was popular and is still watchable today because it was essentially a mystery of the week show, just not about murders like most of them. Sam had solve problem of the episode with clues he as an outsider could get and get familiar enough with characters figure out motives and actions they did and do. It had same structure and vibe as cozy murder shows like Murder she wrote and Matlock. That leaves values kinda irrelevant. Not completely but you can ignore with the message easy, that' just personality of the detective being fairly common one, and still enjoy the mystery. Did you figure it out before the show gives the anwer, did you notice all the clues and how did it all come out? This format also needs fast moving plots because you need to get everything into a one episode, who, what, when and how, and done by end of it. That automatically limits how low can go and even if you fuck up one episode the next one will be something different.

That to be said I doubt that this iteration will be any good. The too large cast will eat too much time from the mystery and therefore I'm pretty sure they won't do them. I'm guessing they are going for more longer plots rather than taking advantage of the episodic nature of the original and that will fuck the phasing. Just lectures with little highlights of cause and effect sprinkled in to justify the name.

 

[GrammaNazi]

Quantum Leap will air at 10 p.m. Mondays following The Voice in the Fall.

They are putting this dumpster fire of a show against Monday Night Football? Yeah, good luck with that.

 

[PeriodicTrouble]

Man, call me a faggot all you like, but I fricking LOVED this show as a kid. It was my first favorite show, and I never missed an episode. I was sad when it ended. OF COURSE Hollywood has to continue taking things that brought me happiness as a girl and raping it with troons/niggers/woke bullshit, as someone said above, evil can't create. Disney has been pozzed and raping Marvel to death, another childhood love of mine,I won't allow their sick bullshit in my house any longer.

I generally only watch TV when doing chores or making meals, but this one I'll definitely take a pass. I wonder if they have the original seasons on Hulu?

I don't think it's on Hulu. It is on the Roku Channel for free though. Apparently it's the HD masters with the original music or at least that's the case according to Allison Pregler.