Instant Favorite.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

I thought this show started great so I'm giving it a (very generous) rating of 9 out of 10. At first it was an incredibly unique premise (about people sucked into a vortex who then have to travel from world to world (or dimension to dimension actually), hoping to one day "slide" back home, to their original planet earth.The effects were also very good for their time, although now they are pretty dated and even funny.The cast was good. John Rhys Davies was amazing as the Professor, and Sabrina Lloyd was a favourite of ours too. After he left the show really jumped the shark, and after she left the show it was pretty much completely unwatchable. I didn't mind the actress who replaced her as much as other reviewers here but the show just wasn't the same. Remy was also great and Jerry O'Connell was good, though in the last half of the series he seemed to be on auto-pilot and didn't really care. His brother was just awful.I would recommend just watching until the original characters start to leave. After that the show really loses itself and is no longer very good.

Sliders is one of my favorite science fiction shows of all time even in my childhood. Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss created possibly the best sci-fi show of all time if the studio didn't stick their noses into it. about 4 individuals sliding to parallel earths to discover "what if" worlds, like what if USSR taken over USA, or a world were male population are almost extinct, just great stuff for a weekly episodes. the cast are all terrific: Jerry O'Connell (Quinn Mallory), Sabrina Lloyd (Wade Wells), Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt Brown) and the awesome John-Rhys Davis (Professor Arturo) all share such a great chemistry, sense of humor and character development. 'Seasons 1 & 2' are simply amazing, thanks to good writing, the worlds themselves were creative and at times very clever, great chemistry between all characters and just pure fun entertainment. 'Season 3' was a huh... well a very mixed-bag season. it's around that season, the series saw some major changes. FOX network took creative control away from the creator/show-runner Tracy Tormé due to creative differences and being replaced with the executive producer David Peckinpah as the show runner, he is partially responsible for the series jumping-the-shark and the drop in quality. first problem i notice was the change in tone, it's more going for action packed season that falls between serious and silly at the same time, Quinn Mallory's personality changes so frequently and dramatically in this season. from a likable misfit to a cold self-centered jerk, helping other people is more important then he's friends which is so out-of-character for him. Wade also changed a bit, she's a little preachier, but has really great subtle moments. Rembrandt and Arturo are the only ones that are consistent with their personalities. first couple episodes are as good as the first two seasons, but then there are the painful "monster/movie rip-offs of the week" episodes. few of the movie rip-off episodes are watchable despite the poor writing, but unfortunately most of them are predictable, boring and borderline terrible, even by sliders standers. due to decline in quality John-Rhys Davis had enough and wanted the leave half-way through season 3. his departure (killed-off) was one of the saddest moments in television history for the original cast members and the fans. then we are introduce to Kari Wuhrer as Maggie Beckett replacing John-Rhys Davis for the second half of third season. Wuhrer's character at first was terrible replacement for Arturo, her wooden acting and her bitchy military personality always irritate me. the fact she become Quinn new love interest, always tags along with him, pushing Wade a side with Rembrandt feels just wrong on so many levels. Kari Wuhrer was clearly in the show to attract younger-male viewers (boost the ratings) but thankfully by season 4 she's more likable and fleshed-out character. i feel bad for Sabrina Lloyd who left the series after season 3 with a bad taste, because of the idiotic decision from the producer and not getting along with Kari Wuhrer's ego. since FOX practically ruined the series, they give it to the "sci-fi channel" for the last two seasons. 'Season 4' is an improvement in terms of writing and quality after the jumbled mess of season 3. it's faithful to the original concept, but darker and serious then the previous seasons and not as great as first two seasons but overall a good season. it involves "The Kromaggs" from season 2 as the main villains of season 4. Jerry O'Connell's brother Charlie O'Connell join the cast as Quinn's lost brother Collin Mallory. Collin is very enjoyable character for the most part. with the issues i addressed, i love this series so much, and i collected all four seasons of sliders. the reason i said all four is because that speck so-called 'season 5' doesn't exist to me, not only the worst season but complete chore to sit-through. with nothing left but a shadow of it's former self. without Jerry O'Connell there is no point continuing the series. jerry and his brother left the series, after a dispute with the network (sci-fi channel) but a fifth season was made without them anyway. almost the entire original cast gone, smaller budget then previous seasons, re-using the same location, poorly-written episodes and no closure. how sad when a series started out so great and promising and ended up derailed by idiots.

I should be a science fiction fan and I should like this show. But I don't. This show could have been much better than it actually became. There are some problems with realization. I know that most sci-fi isn't realistic, but they really shouldn't have run into their doubles as much as they did in worlds where history has taken too big a change in timelines. But that's not all the problems I've had with the show. I don't want to tell you all about them as I have much better things to do with my life. But you may think this review is a piece of crap and I respect your opinion. To me, the show just seemed too low budget to be any good and there are episodes that should never have been made. I can't give you all the details, but for me, at least, you shouldn't bother with this show.

A scientist creates a device that enables him to travel through different parallel worlds...But there is a problem...They cannot get back home...I watched this show as a youngster and was taken in by the variety of worlds that existed...This was probably my first exposure to sci-fi shows and movies...Not a very bad one at all. Now, I'm a older and I have watched far greater shows with far greater writing as well as acting, so compared to other shows this may not hold as well...I really enjoyed the episode were they arrive on a world full of dinosaurs and the world were they meet the army officer...A fun show nonetheless.