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If NBCUniversal gives the immature igniter , Sliders maven Jerry O’Connell pitches that the reboot series should look to the first two seasons .
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Sliders Star Jerry O’Connell’s Idea on Rebooting/Reviving Series
" I love my experience and everyone involved , but come time of year 3 , we had all new foreman . A sight more guns / CGI / Explosions . I personally prefer the first two seasons , " O’Connell wrote onsocial media . " If we ever reboot , that ’s the direction I would go … # SlidersRewatch " The dominos for the cast lead off to go down in time of year three when originative change from Fox lead to shifting the focus ofSlidersfrom being more view - provoking to more action - oriented . Rhys - Davies was the first to depart in the midsection of season three with producers bringing inKari Wuhrerto play Captain Maggie Beckett to ponder on the creative shift . Lloyd would depart the serial , not making the move to SYFY , and Jerry ’s brotherCharlie O’Connell , who had guest starring role in time of year two and three , played Quinn ’s long - retentive crony Colin Mallory in season four .
Both O’Connells left before the 5th and last season , withRobert Floydplaying a variant called " Mallory , " with writers scrambling to find a way to publish off both worker as a junky accident during a slide that changed Quinn while Colin was lost . Tembi Lockewas introduced as Dr. Diana Davis as the serial focused on one of the serial publication ' other baddie , the Kromaggs , a militarised slipstream who capture various Earths and see the sliders as a threat .
Since Tormé ’s passing in 2024 , devotee have question what the future tense holds forSliders , given its cult position . For now , O’Connell was just happy talking with his castmates again , tellingBleeding Cool , " It was so fun to see [ John in Orlando at a con] … I had n’t view him . He lives in New Zealand now . He did all ' The Lord of the Rings ' movies , but humanity , I had n’t go out him since his last daylight on ' Sliders ' [ and ] that ’s not okay , " he sound out . " We catch up and went out to dinner . He ’s got all kinds of plans for a reunion and all that variety of clobber . I ’m letting ' The Professor ' sort of take it from here . All the Sliders [ cast ] are on an email string , and that ’s it . We ’re on an email chain , and we are spill the beans . "
Technology has advanced leaps and bounds in the preceding 25 years sinceSlidersended its original run and retconning the foursome ’s dangerous undertaking since season two is n’t such a basal idea , specially in the age of cyclosis when the drive for evaluation is n’t so dramatic as it used to be .
I love my experience and everyone involved but arrive Season 3 , we had all new party boss . A lot more hitman / CGI / Explosions . I in person preferred the first two seasons . If we ever boot , that ’s the direction I would go … #SlidersRewatch
— Jerry O’Connell ( @MrJerryOC)January 5 , 2025
revel this ? Please divvy up on societal medium !
