July/2021: Just finished watching the entire 8 episode series. The premise of the series is to return home. In the attempt, the family moves from one province to another (within 'Otherworld') encountering adventures along the way.
The final episode had me asking the question... can the family do better in life than to have Gina as princess and (essentially) benevolent absolute ruler of one of the provinces? Even the entire family was treated like royalty - respected and honored.
It seemed to me like a great life. Plus, they seemed to have much better tech than 1985 earth. I can't imagine that life on earth could even begin to compare. It would be interesting to edit the final few minutes - most of it was simple voice-over anyway.
Instead of the father, Hal Sterling, stating that they were moving on - have a 'voice double' state that they were staying in the province. "We found our new home", "Home is where our family is", etc.
Staying in this province would have worked against the premise. I'm sure that at the time, they had every intention (hope?) of a continuation of the series. Today (2021), 36 years later, the re-edit would create a great series ending (and closure).
Regardless... great series with the varieties of provinces acting like different worlds within "Otherworld".
The final episode had me asking the question... can the family do better in life than to have Gina as princess and (essentially) benevolent absolute ruler of one of the provinces? Even the entire family was treated like royalty - respected and honored.
It seemed to me like a great life. Plus, they seemed to have much better tech than 1985 earth. I can't imagine that life on earth could even begin to compare. It would be interesting to edit the final few minutes - most of it was simple voice-over anyway.
Instead of the father, Hal Sterling, stating that they were moving on - have a 'voice double' state that they were staying in the province. "We found our new home", "Home is where our family is", etc.
Staying in this province would have worked against the premise. I'm sure that at the time, they had every intention (hope?) of a continuation of the series. Today (2021), 36 years later, the re-edit would create a great series ending (and closure).
Regardless... great series with the varieties of provinces acting like different worlds within "Otherworld".