hellraiser7 What if has always been something that has crossed our minds every once in a while. If we ever went one direction or made a different decision at some point in time. This is a sci-fi gem that I feel is a bit underrated and became a little forgotten as it slid though the cracks of time.The premise I think is a really cool idea. Instead of time travel it's going though alternate worlds, which isn't anything really new but this show I feel is one of the ones that does it right. It definitely predates "Fringe" which also tackled the concept, however that show was more on a serious and darker basis. This show is more light pulp sci-fi fun, it has an intelligent premise but it has fun with it.I really like the production value despite modest budget it was used well to create the fascinating worlds. It's true some effects mainly the CGI is a bit dated but really were in it for the worlds the characters go though. But were really in it for the adventure and most of the worlds they go to are a lot of fun but most importantly diverse. In a way gives the adventures a multifaceted where they don't just focus on one sub genre of sci-fi but others like Alien Invasion, Post Apocalipse, Time Travel, you name it. I also feel that in each of the world some of them hold a plausibility when they went the wrong direction which makes me glad were on our current course as well as suttle satire on our existing subculture; like one of my favorite episodes is the Christmas one where there in a world literally made up of shopping malls.The theme song is pretty solid, it goes at a fast pace so the show isn't boring. I even like the characters my favorite Quinn Mallery (played well by Jerry O Connell in one of the only good roles he's ever had). His character is a geek but isn't a stereotypical one, he is energetic, smart, has charisma, ambitious, despite having the same goal as everyone else, and caring a certain guilt from the fact his invention is playing roulette with the coordinates of different earths, he's still positive and can't help but fascinate about each one traveled. Maximilian Arturo is my second favorite character (played well by an actor I like John Rhys Davies) despite gruff, serious and the mentor of the group, there is a suttle light hearted sensibility to him whether intentional or unintentional. He's got some of the best lines in the show.However this show I feel does have good messages to it; how the choices we make truly have consequences that not just can affect us individually but everything as a whole. But also how one to few individuals can make a difference.The only problem I have with the show is that is slid off course by the fourth and fifth season. They were trying to go a more serious direction which didn't work and get lost on itself when the worlds they slid toward became less interesting, characters either minused or become less interesting versions, as well as some new editions that didn't pan out. Personally they should've stayed on their regular course, kept the key character, and have them triumph at the end, sadly that didn't happen.This is another show that I feel could use a revival as long as it maintains the right course. Overall "Sliders" is an adventure worth a slide.Rating: 3 stars

sdlitvin The premise of a wormhole that can take the Sliders to any alternate reality was terrific. No limit to the number of possible stories.What wasn't terrific is the cliché of what happened once the Sliders got there--even in the generally heralded Season 1.A typical episode: The Sliders land on some new world. Initially things don't look so bad to them. But soon they find out that The World Isn't That Great After All. They end up running afoul of some Bad Guys (seems that they just can't stop meeting up with Bad Guys), who want them killed. So they escape, flee, and manage to slide out of there Just In Time before they're killed. It seems like the last third of nearly every episode is about the Sliders Chased By The Bad Guys. Evidently with very few exceptions, the only way to motivate the Sliders to slide again was to have them Chased By Bad Guys.Why can't the Sliders land someplace where they're not in any physical danger, but they just are appalled by the customs or the society or something there? Why can't there be alternate worlds which are truly so nice and tempting that the Sliders are tempted to stay there, rather than return home to their friends and families? And have to make a difficult choice between love of their families on Earth Prime vs. a life in paradise on Paradise-Earth? The writers had an opportunity to do that with the Season 1 episode "Luck of the Draw." The episode would have been fine if Wade and Rembrandt each fell in love with a lottery winner, and tried to save the two winners before they were killed. It wasn't necessary to put Wade and Rembrandt in physical danger themselves. Doing so just added to the feeling that all episodes had to end with The Sliders Escaping From Mortal Danger.Other sci-fi series--Star Trek included--showed more creativity here. Besides all the episodes where Our Heroes Are In Mortal Danger, there were plenty of other episodes where Our Heroes had important decisions to make or an important problem to solve, or they tried to interact with local inhabitants and failed, or they were tempted to stay there and decided not to, etc. But all this seems beyond the reach of Sliders' writers.

copperncherrio So, over break I watched season 1-4 of Sliders, my dad's favorite show of all time (American show any how). It's a great concept show where a boy genius (college boy) creates a remote that helps you travel through multi dimensions. The group (professor, girl, genius, and singer) travels from multiple versions of our world to find their way home.Season 1 and 2 were EXCELLENT, season 3 was alright… the show got pretty bad when the cast changed (either by being killed off or otherwise). I stopped watching by season 5. I watched the first episode and I just felt disappointment. Only one of the original characters from episode is there and the other characters are annoying and SUCKS.ARG. Other than that, the concept of the show is outstanding in the first two seasons. They come to the world where multiple theoretical extremes are implemented on a world that we know and our heroes figure out how the survive the world until they can use the Timer again so they can move to the next world.Some of the great worlds are major what ifs. For instance, a world where nuclear bombs were never invented, Russians won the Cold War, sexism is reversed where women are dominant over men, among many other things.Some however got silly, a universe with vampires being one of them.My favorite world however was the one where academia was treated with popularity like that of sport stars and movie starts. It's bizarrely brilliant. People chase after the brilliant for autographs and their biggest sport is based on math and science questions mixed with the idea of Othello.

Angelus2 A scientist creates a device that enables him to travel through different parallel worlds...But there is a problem...They cannot get back home...I watched this show as a youngster and was taken in by the variety of worlds that existed...This was probably my first exposure to sci-fi shows and movies...Not a very bad one at all. Now, I'm a older and I have watched far greater shows with far greater writing as well as acting, so compared to other shows this may not hold as well...I really enjoyed the episode were they arrive on a world full of dinosaurs and the world were they meet the army officer...A fun show nonetheless.