The premise was strong—a group of pilgrims leave an overpopulated and dying Earth in , to travel back some 85 million years for a second try at civilization. And the show was given a massive budget to ensure the special effects and CGI dinos were up to snuff. Considered a precursor to Quantum Leap , Voyagers! Jon-Erik Hexum played Phineas Bogg, and was part of a team of time travelers dedicated to ensuring that history stayed on track, which meant lots of run-ins with famous historical figures for Bogg and his kid sidekick, as the pair traveled across the centuries.
They were sort of like Bill and Ted, minus the impromptu bouts of air guitar. Katie and Dan were going to split up for a while. Livia was going to die in episode Dan was going to save her in And in 22, Dan would come back to his house in the present like he did in the pilot and someone else would be living there.
Katie and Zack would be gone and this time Dan would have no idea how to get his family back. And then we'd start season two. I'm getting depressed thinking about it. This staff was so fucking smart. We would have just gotten better. You know, I'm not bitter toward NBC as much as I am the mainstream critics who collectively dismissed us without giving us a second look.
I think when we went out we were doing some of the best TV out there. I spot zero prior sci-fi in your filmography. Have you always quietly harbored an interest in the genre or was it more that NBC herded you toward it in the wake of its success with "Heroes"? You're right about that. Nothing in my resume, nor did I watch any sci-fi. But not because I turned my nose up at it. Quite the opposite. I didn't think I was smart enough to understand it.
My brothers were big sci-fi fans and I always sort of envied them for it. My brother Mat is one of the founders of Sideshow Collectibles. I was a big sports nut as a kid and was sort of the outsider. And the same rules apply to sci-fi as they do to more traditional dramas -- rich characters and compelling stories. No, my agent Marc Korman suggested time travel after he heard that ABC was looking for a show in that genre.
NBC was the last place we went. I found the genre so liberating and challenging. We got to use time travel as a prism to comment on marriage and infidelity, sibling jealousy, lust, etc. I like to try different things. I don't know if I'd do another sci-fi show, but I wouldn't close the door on it either.
I like to mix things up. Frankly, the show isn't as simple as it sounds. This will be funny, hopefully smart, provocative and turn on its head the relationships between men and women. Playing the readers' advocate here: Still kinda sounds like "Switch. However, if we get past the pilot we'll have our work cut-out, no question.
I do know this: We'll be pushing boundaries and getting into some situations that haven't been seen on television before. I thought I had a fresh take on the time travel genre and we were just getting to lift-off speed when the plug got pulled.
By the way, I'd put our 13 shows up against all the returning second year shows and dare anyone to say we shouldn't be among them. Anyway, our show won't be what anyone expects beyond the pilot, I guarantee that. And it should be funny. I've got two other projects at Sony. I hope NBC reconsiders. Everytime they have something good they cut it and I change the channel. I loved Las Vegas and they cut that. What a disappointment… this show was really entertaining and the intro for the series is amazing composing… I even purchased it from itunes!
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