Rhys-Davies told Digital Spy that he left after clashing with the show's writers - and described the scripts for Sliders as "incomprehensible gibberish". But they would say, 'John, why don't you just say the words as written? The actor said Sliders - about heroes travelling between parallel worlds - had a "lovely concept" and "could've been the best show on television". Singer Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown Cleavant Derricks is driving to a gig when he accidentally gets sucked through too. The group finds themselves in a version of earth that has entered an ice age and Quinn quickly uses the device to escape a tornado.
However, because the group travelled through before the countdown on the timer had ended, they remain unable to get back to their dimension. They spend the rest of the series trying to get home. It's a fascinating concept but one that proved tricky to pull off if the history of the series is anything to go by. From cast changes to creative differences, here are 17 things you need to know about Sliders :.
Sliders was created by Robert K. He was also interested in the idea of alternate histories and what the world would be like if major events ended differently. He was influenced by that show's ability to explore controversial topics and social issues more easily because it was set on another planet. This led to Sliders being satirical as well as sci-fi. However, few have done it better than Sliders, which debuted in on FOX.
The San Francisco-set series lasted five seasons the final two of which aired on Sci Fi and is currently available for streaming on Peacock. Rebecca Romijn. Meanwhile, the group must deal with some of the most clever and thought-provoking situations ever conceived in a sci-fi TV series. Prior to Sliders, there had been several films and TV series that had moved backward or forward in time, but rarely was the idea of time travel viewed as a tunnel that moved sideways.
Other times, differences are significant. And the production put out an episode saying the fans should be abandoned to die.
The cliffhanger ending of the fifth season was conceived after the Sliders production team knew that there would be no sixth season. The producers were upset that the Sci-Fi Channel was no longer providing feedback on their episodes and wished to lash out. The only party to suffer was the audience. And they were rewarded with constant unprofessionalism behind the scenes, causing personal conflicts that resulted in:.
It would be wrong to say that the fans of the series were treated with total indifference by the cast and creators. After the cancellation, original creators Robert K. Despite dire scripts and dull stories, Mr. Derricks never did less than his best, even if he was visibly struggling. Davies felt that Sliders should have been a Star Trek scale franchise for Universal. He made it clear that he adored the Sliders concept. Universal and FOX had fired the man who loved Sliders while retaining the creators who were at best indifferent to it.
Genre television is a very different landscape from what it was when Sliders was on the air. These days, shows like Community and Fringe see their creators actively engaging with fans through social media.
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