Journeyman

I watched Journeyman last night. It's the latest TV show to jump onto the science fiction bandwagon. NBC lined it up right after Heros so fans like me would just keep right on watching. Of course these days I don't know if a lineup has much meaning; after all, I tivo-ed both programs and didn't watch them until the next day. The only reason I knew about Journeyman was because somehow the commericals for it were compelling enough to get noticed even while I was fast forwarding through them.

So what's my favorite thing about Journeyman? Well the fact that one of the actresses is named Moon Bloodgood. It's got to be a stage name right? In any case it's a great name. As for the show, I'd have to say that it's off to a rocky start for me. It is basically Quantum Leap reinvented. The main character is flitting through time to somehow correct problems in time. At least that's what I can tell so far. It's going to be interesting to see in the coming weeks how they explain the phenomena that pulls the main character 'Dan' through time.

I think the biggest problem I have with the show right now is the element of fantasy that they've included. The rather young couple with a young son owns a gigantic house in San Francisco. They didn't inherit it because 'Dan' has already traveled through time and visited the house and it was owned by someone else. I guess they might have inherited the money to buy the house; still a huge house like that. They have some explaining to do on that point. Maybe he uses his time travel powers to make them win the lottery.

They definitely have a lot more challenges making a show like this today then even ten years ago. They have to be very, very careful to make sure that they use the right cell phone at the right time and the technology is changing so fast that by including technology in the show, the show may become dated almost immediately. These days it's not unusual for a person to carry a cell phone, pda, mp3 player and possibly a laptop. 'Dan' even wore a bluetooth earpiece in the show.

The funny thing was that while they were being so careful to monitor the cell phone technology, they never bothered to change the hairstyle of the main guest star. Over about a 20 year period (I think) the guy had the same hairstyle. Sorry, even guys change their hair a little.