tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post870267472037848707..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: Journeyman Continues: 8: Livia's StoryPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-66946889828632431052007-11-15T16:41:00.000-05:002007-11-15T16:41:00.000-05:00I would like to add that you cannot always go by r...I would like to add that you cannot always go by ratings anymore to determine if something is popular anymore. I am a big Journeyman fan but I hardly ever get to see it on Monday nights. (Do to various reasons.) So when I watch it I get it off of NBCs website the next day. I am sure that I don't count on the ratings and one must wonder how many others are there like me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-52927270048113321022007-11-14T19:13:00.000-05:002007-11-14T19:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for reassuring me that there are Journeyman...Thanks for reassuring me that there are Journeyman fans out there. I am in the UK and my fellow US-tv fans here all think Journeyman the hit of the season- real and emotional with a genre twist. But I was beginning to despair that the other side of the Atlantic appreciated it as much as us.<BR/><BR/>The only thing I have to add to the theorising is that Langley said Dan didn't fall far from the tree (or words to that effect), on the surface implying that he looks like his father. Which he obviously doesn't so the real motivation to that line must have been that they have time travel in common. I look forward to discovering the role Langley played in Vasser Senior's life.keppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415451785456438864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-40081168057441688492007-11-13T12:26:00.000-05:002007-11-13T12:26:00.000-05:00I think in a strange way genetics/natural selectio...I think in a strange way genetics/natural selection are involved, as that would explain why Livia and Dan were drawn to each other. <BR/><BR/>I mean, Dan's father disappeared too, didn't he? And the analogy last night about Livia and Dan being like Foreign Correspondents seemed very telling to me.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-36955402527302948982007-11-13T12:23:00.000-05:002007-11-13T12:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-26627834130917436552007-11-13T09:52:00.000-05:002007-11-13T09:52:00.000-05:00I get the going back in time bit, all you have to ...I get the going back in time bit, all you have to do is make sure you don't mess up anything to change your future self (tricky for sure). I do have an issue with Livia jumping forward and into the future though. It makes for an excellent story, but if you try and wrap your head around it, it's a little more difficult. Livia must not have a lot of family or friends in the past. Each time she jumps into the future, that past timeline will continue and she would be known as a missing person in the time she jumps to. She could probably even look up herself in news clippings if someone had reported her missing or something. Her jumping back readjusts the timeline again. A little more difficult in my eyes I suppose, certainly a lot more to think about when writing a story for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-58203764729020090462007-11-13T08:05:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:05:00.000-05:00I've been enjoying this show a lot and your commen...I've been enjoying this show a lot and your commentary. Could you please devote more time in an episode of Light On Light Through to this show and time travel in general?Michael A. Bursteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701222644205600836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-32570125336917313012007-11-13T04:59:00.000-05:002007-11-13T04:59:00.000-05:00True, but he could have pulled her into it, in the...True, but he could have pulled her into it, in the same way that Dan was (if not the Scientist, someone or something did)...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-49178224671111622152007-11-13T03:18:00.000-05:002007-11-13T03:18:00.000-05:00I meant, how could he have been the one to cause L...I meant, how could he have been the one to cause Livia to start hopping so to speak, because there has been no clues to lead to that particular conclusion in my eyes, especially since her home time likely predates his birth.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-52320040697598370262007-11-13T02:49:00.000-05:002007-11-13T02:49:00.000-05:00Good point about Dan always being Dan...But why do...Good point about Dan always being Dan...<BR/><BR/>But why does the Scientist in control , or creating whatever propels Dan and Livia through time (in their different ways), negate or make meaningless Livia's journeys? Suppose he's head of an organization, or even just works for an organization, that shuffles all kinds of people around in time, for whatever reason...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-67104286610043718622007-11-13T02:10:00.000-05:002007-11-13T02:10:00.000-05:00I don't think the Scientist is in control because ...I don't think the Scientist is in control because then Livia's journeys don't make sense. <BR/><BR/>What I do think is he was studying the phenomenon, and may actually be like Dan and Livia... someone travels through time, which would explain the phone call. <BR/><BR/>The big difference I notice between this show and QL is that unlike Sam Beckett, Dan is always Dan, and he is always on the periphery of the lives he is changing, not the active participant in them.<BR/><BR/>I do like the possibilities that the Livia revelations open up... like perhaps Dan will end up in the future or farther in the past(like popping up in 1906), both eras which will give him little clue as to what needs to be done.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.com