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Beneath the ocean lies the future

I have to admit, I'm fairly tempted by this. Don't get me wrong; SeaQuest DSV was a terrible show. I recall enjoying maybe five episodes from the first season, and I wasn't exactly the most discerning sci fi fan at the time. I imagine that revisiting this puppy on shinydisk would be somewhat like volunteering for a dental exam. Nevertheless, there's no denying that it was part of an extremely special time in my life, when everything Spielberg and Spielberg-related lit my hair on fire. I even lurked outside the soundstages of SeaQuest while they were shooting an episode (I was at Universal that day on blind coincidence) and got all excited when Jonathan Brandis came out. Yes: Jonathan Brandis. I admitted it, why can't you? Anyways, that was before there was a talking dolphin and a whole lot of really bad Renderman CGI effects. Back before I realized that the show's theme song was an exact reworking of the theme from E.T., with the beats moved around. Back before the whole "jumpsuit and turtleneck means the future" thing got really old. SeaQuest? Heck yes.

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