S4 | “The Chasm” | Tunnel

Posted Thomas on April 9th, 2008 | Filed under Wallpapers | Comment now »

You have been chosen… to download the silhouetted team of Sliders for your desktop wallpaper. Enjoy:

Sliders | 800×600 | Tunnel | Wallpaper
Sliders | 1024×768 | Tunnel | Wallpaper
Sliders | 1280×800 | Tunnel | Wallpaper
Sliders | 1280×1024 | Tunnel | Wallpaper
Sliders | 1600×1200 | Tunnel | Wallpaper

The Wall

Posted Thomas on April 2nd, 2008 | Filed under News | Comment now »

Since reviews and extra materials are being delayed, I’ve decided to add some extra shows to keep everyone entertained. There are available to watch (for U.S. residents only) in “The Wall” category. In the meantime I plan on working on more reviews, wallpapers, PDFs, etc.

A Defense: Seasons 4 & 5

Posted Thomas on April 1st, 2008 | Filed under Discussion | Comment now »

**Spoilers**

While the first two seasons are the most popular among fans, the last two seasons have their own vital significance to the series as well. I find many who are quite repulsive of the seasons and there are others who even doubt whether or not to watch them.

Let’s consider the season four premiere of “Genesis”, where it’s revealed that Quinn is from another world. Sure it takes time to get used to that fact, and yes it’s quite shocking, plus debatable if it was just a Kromagg game. But the fact remains that this plot opened up debate and imagination, more so than we were given from the third season. The Kromaggs and Quinn’s new world become a plot for enjoyable continuity throughout the entire season.

We also discover Rembrandt’s despair of leaving Wade behind among the Kromaggs; considering he could have done something. We find Maggie tamed among the other Sliders this season and friendly, calling their world her home since her own was destroyed. We find Quinn even more determined to get home and thrilled that he has a brother. There aren’t that many times when we see him as happy. Then we have Quinn’s lighthearted brother, Colin. He doesn’t fail to create interest by being naïve and yet he creates the comic side of the season. The fourth season certainly lacks no interest in character development, continuity or humor. Even though the Professor and Wade are gone, a team must go forward whenever they lose someone and that’s what we find the Sliders doing.

You’re probably thinking season five is the least enjoyable and yes, I will agree. The departure of Quinn (Jerry O’ Connell) and Colin (Charlie O’ Connell), was one of the biggest factors if not the biggest that led to that. Nevertheless, a real treat from season five is Rembrandt. At times we see him disconnected with the new Sliders, longing for his old friends. He’s still determined to get home with all that has happened; and yet he’s still the interesting guy he is. We’ve rode along with Rembrandt from the beginning and we see from his eyes all that has happened to him. In a way, the fifth season should be viewed as Rembrandt’s story, as he reflects upon his lost pals.

Now I don’t know about anyone else, but I just hate it when we see a favorite character played by another actor. Instead of replacing the characters Quinn and Colin Mallory with different actors, we’re given another plot. It’s smearing Quinn into another guy and calling him “Mallory”. It probably wasn’t the greatest idea but at least there wasn’t another actor actually trying to portray our beloved Q-Ball.

The complete series as a whole is quite unique because there were no major fairy tale endings. If the theory of sliding could be discovered in our own time it would probably end up like our favorite TV series, Sliders. No happy endings, depressing and disastrous, with a few annoying Sliders with us along for the ride.

The Fourth Season DVD Set (S4)

Posted Thomas on March 25th, 2008 | Filed under Shop | Comment now »

The fourth season of Sliders is now available on DVD. This Fourth Season set contains 5 discs.

Details:
- 5-Disc Set
- Contains The Complete Fourth Season
- “Play All” Feature
- Runtime: 16hrs. 32mins.
- Subtitles: English
- Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0
- Full Frame: 1.33:1

DVD Review: The Fourth Season (Region 1)
Release Date: 3/25/08
DVD Set Rating: 8/10

This Fourth Season set is very similar in appearance to the Third Season. It looks like a disappointment yet again, and it harkens back to the rigid plastic that was presented for the third season. However, once you open the green colored case and discover more, it’s quite a different story.

The set is actually a book case design, and you can fold over each page. Each page contains one disc and they’re not overlaid. Best of all… the discs are single sided. Yes, the plastic is cheap, but what case isn’t? This fourth season case holds together so much better than all of the previous sets.

Once you slide out the case you will find an episode guide that’s actually a part of the case; it’s on the front and it continues on the back. Guess what? It’s in the correct episode production order too. The plastic case has a little style to it and I think you’ll enjoy it. There was really no style given to the third season set, just a bunch of clear orange plastic. On the back of the box there’s a synopsis of the series and the design is also similar to the previous set. But interestingly enough it’s not glued to the back, it’s actually a part of the box.

The menu has a totally new look with some Sliders theme music with a short interval of collaborated video. On a good note, the scenes that were cut for U.S. commercial airtime are included in the episodes for those who haven’t seen them. On to the disappointments; there are neither episode summaries nor any scene selections. The episode summaries are including on the case, however they’re not in the DVD menus. All you get is a numbered list of the episodes to play. However there is a “Play All” feature which is quite nice since the episodes are placed in the correct order. There are no extras which is a shame since “The Making of Sliders” was aired during the run of the fourth season. There are some sneak peeks of other Universal Studios shows, if you want to call that an extra.

Overall this is a rather big step for the Sliders DVD sets, at least for the packaging. While there are no extras, scene selections, or menu episode summaries, I feel that the case design more than makes up for those flaws.

You can purchase The Fourth Season set at your local retailer or at various places online including: Universal Home Entertainment.

Flashbacks | S4 | Episodes

Posted Thomas on March 25th, 2008 | Filed under Games | Comment now »

This edition of Flashbacks will test your memory of the 22 episode titles of the fourth season.

*How to Play:

The objective is to name the title of the episode that each image is from. After all the images have loaded, simply place your cursor over the image and it will reveal the answer. Be sure to answer the question before placing your cursor on the image. Good luck.

*Not applicable with Mozilla Firefox browsers. Internet Explorer is recommended.

S1: “Last Days”

Posted Thomas on March 25th, 2008 | Filed under Episode Quotes | Comment now »

Episode Quote: “Last Days”
Season 1
Original Airdate: 4/5/95

Quinn: “Maybe the dust cloud won’t be as bad as they think, or they miscalculated somehow.”
Wade: “Don’t, okay? I don’t want to spend my last few hours worrying about something I have no control over.”
Quinn: “You’re amazing. I never realized it.”
Wade: “There’s a lot of things about me you never realized.”
Quinn: “Oh yeah? What else?”
Wade (resisting kissing): “Do you have any matches?”
Quinn: “I’ll go check.”
Wade: “Great.”
Quinn: “If I had to do it over again… I wouldn’t have been so impatient. I would’ve waited till I knew more about what I was doing before I started sliding.”
Wade: “Hmm. Part of me likes not being in control, just having to go with the experience. It’s like… when I am in control I just – I just can’t let go, you know? It’s like I’m always afraid to do what I want… or say what I’m really feeling.”

Hulu: Watch Sliders Episodes

Posted Thomas on March 15th, 2008 | Filed under News, Watch | Comment now »

Don’t feel like putting in your DVDs? Well Hulu.com, a webpage founded by Universal Studios and News Corp., is dedicated in offering premium content including television shows, feature films, and more. For the first time, Sliders episodes are now available for your viewing pleasure online and all FREE:

Watch Sliders Now!

*At the current time, Hulu services are available for United States residents only.
*Episodes are also available to watch here at the Slidecage with select episode reviews.

S1 | 7/10 | “Last Days”

Posted Thomas on February 28th, 2008 | Filed under Episode Reviews | 1 Comment »

Episode Review: “Last Days”
Season 1
Original Airdate: 4/5/95
Review Rating: 7/10

The Sliders arrive on a world where an impending asteroid threatens to eradicate all of civilization.

The middle of the street is just not the place to land after a slide, but luckily the area the Sliders arrive in is deserted. As soon as they arrive into town however, an array of abandoned vehicles, police officers and distant vandalism awaits them. The Sliders find refuge in an electronics store, while curious of all the mayhem in the streets.

The store owner warns them of the coming asteroid and as serious as the situation is, you can’t ignore his amusing sarcasm, “you people just crawl out from under a rock?” The asteroid is scheduled to arrive in two days, but the Sliders find themselves with a timer counting down with nearly three. Rembrandt decides to leave the group while Quinn and Wade head off together to find their families. They all pledge to regroup before the impact and Arturo is left to find an answer before their lives become history.

Arturo teams up with one of his former students, Conrad Bennish Jr., in anticipation of creating an atomic bomb to destroy the asteroid. It’s interesting that on this world Einstein rigged the bomb during WWII, simply because he didn’t want to accept the responsibility of its destructive powers and the moral issues that it came with. You would think Bennish would be one of the last individuals to solve Einstein’s secret, but he’s also the type not to know how to handle the power.

While Arturo is off trying to save the world, Wade and Quinn try to find some sliding equipment as well as their undiscovered relationship. I believe this episode begins to slow rapidly when the two try to develop that relationship. It’s something that needs to be addressed but it’s just too long and there’s too little dialogue between the two, to the point that it gets tiresome.

Although this episode contains “end of days” human behavior like unruly party animals and last minute “reborn agains”, I don’t think the subject was entertained nearly to the degree it should have been. One question that arises is how the government trusted Arturo and Bennish’s bomb after Einstein supposedly failed at his. Some of the most entertaining elements of this episode however, is Bennish’s obnoxious behavior and the race against time.

The Sliders wait in anticipation to see if the atomic bomb will save the earth, their time till the slide and the countless lives who feel the end is near. Although this episode contains some flaws, it’s a rather basic and entertaining subject for sci-fi and the realm of parallel worlds. All in all, I think you should find this episode quite enjoyable for a troubling last days scenario among the lives of our heroic team of Sliders.

Pick A World, Any World

Posted Thomas on February 27th, 2008 | Filed under Discussion | 3 Comments »

Which parallel earths would you like to visit?

I feel “Eggheads” would be intriguing to see, where geniuses are the equivalent to sports stars. The earth’s population would be more intelligent, and as a result make new scientific and medical discoveries. Opposed to the less intellectual games that we have, like football and basketball, it would also open more ways for children to learn. Season three’s “Slide Like An Egyptian” would impose an Egyptian culture into our mindset; a foreign concept for the majority.

Finally, “World Killer” from the fourth season is a must see. You get there look around, and realize everyone on the face of the planet has slid to an alternate earth. Think of the silence… there’s no roaring vehicles, no loudmouths, and you even have exclusive “roaming” privileges. Which worlds would you like to visit?

S1: “Fever”

Posted Thomas on February 12th, 2008 | Filed under Episode Quotes | Comment now »

Episode Quote: “Fever”
Season 1
Original Airdate: 3/29/95

Wade: “I had the strangest dream.”
Quinn: “It wasn’t a dream.”
Wade: “Am I going to be okay?”
Quinn: “You’re going to be fine.”
Wade: “You look so happy.”
Quinn: “I am happy. Everyone’s getting healthy again. We really made an impact now. We brought the people on the last world a cure. No matter what happens from here on in… sliding made a difference. Get some rest.”
Rembrandt: “How is she?”
Quinn: “A lot better. She just went back to sleep.”
Arturo: “Did you tell her about the cannibals?”
Quinn: “No. Why stress her out? She went through enough on the last world.”
Rembrandt: “Who do you suppose they’re going to eat first?”
Arturo: “I suppose the young are more tender.”
Quinn: ““Age before beauty.” That’s a universal tenet.”
Rembrandt (to Arturo): “Don’t look at me. I’m just a “Chicken McNugget.” You’re the “Quarter Pounder.”