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Rent Sliders: Series 1 & 2 (1996)

"What if you could find brand new worlds, right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension. My friends and I found the gateway. Now the problem is...finding a way back home!"

While working in his basement, Quinn Mallory opens the gateway to parallel worlds. For a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher, Professor Arturo, along. Upon opening the vortex, Quinn uses too much power, which causes the vortex to suck them in along with Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown, who happened to be driving by Quinn's house. The four are stuck in a parallel world and must find their way back to the gateway for the next 'slide', hoping each time that the next one will take them home...

Series 1:
1. Pilot (Part 1)
2. Pilot (Part 2)
3. Fever
4. Last Days
5. The Prince Of Wails
6. Summer Of Love
7. Eggheads
8. The Weaker Sex
9. The King Is Back
10. Luck Of The Draw

Series 2:
1. Into The Mystic
2. Love Gods
3. Gillian Of The Spirits
4. The Good, The Bad, And The Wealthy
5. El Sid
6. Time Again And World
7. In Dino Veritas
8. Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome
9. Obsession
10. Greatfellas
11. The Young And The Relentless
12. Invasion
13. As Time Goes By

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Reviewed by: JS
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Sliders: Series 1 & 2 review by JS

GREAT SCI-FI ACTION

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Forget the lastest batch of US sci-drivel, this is a show that doesn't solve all of it's problems with a Matrix-inspired fist-fight or an explosion-of-the-week. The Sliders are actually capable of thinking through their problems, which is a handy skill to have when faced with the challenge of a new world. Sliders bridges the gap between those time-travel shows with a regular cast (like Quantum Leap, The Time Tunnel, Doctor Who, Seven Days, etc) and more speculative science fiction anthology shows like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone. However, that's not to say that the concept of Sliders is unoriginal - quite the opposite. It attempts to answer all of those 'what if' questions that arise from the exciting theory of travelling to multiple dimensions (crossing the Einstein-Rosen Bridge). It plunders popular culture along the way, with episodes blatantly based on various movies, icons and books (for example, 'The Good the Bad and the Wealthy' and 'Greatfellas' which really speak for themselves) but again, somehow, Sliders injects it's own originality into the mix to create a truly thought-provoking, addictive and original series with characters that work excellently together (solid performances from a great cast as well). Without referring to popular culture the show simply wouldn't work as well as it does - afterall, part of the magic is wondering what the world might be like, for instance, if Elvis was still alive, or if the allies had lost the second world war, etc. As Quinn Mallory puts it: "What if you could find brand new worlds, right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension." Only one odd thing is the episode selection screens, as they don't tell you in which order to watch them (assuming you don't use the 'play all' option). This means that, for me (selecting episodes from left to right) the Sliders arrived on a new world dressed in hippy-style clothes, but didn't actually get those clothes until the next episode. All in all a fantastic show.

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Special Features:

Audio commentary by the series' co-creators
'Making Of' featurette
Photo gallery
Interactive menus
Scene selection

Release Date:	27/12/2004
Production Year:	1996
Run Time:	1000 minutes
Aspect Ratio:	Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Format:	Pal
Colour:	Colour