VR.5 is an American television program. It was broadcast on the Fox network from March 10 to May 12, 1995. Of the 13 episodes that were produced, only 10 aired during its original run.
The show starred Lori Singer as Sydney Bloom, a telephone engineer and daughter of Dr. Joseph Bloom, played by David McCallum, inventor of advanced virtual reality. Also involved in the project was his wife, Dr. Nora Bloom, a neurochemist. The full extent of her co...
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VR.5 is an American television program. It was broadcast on the Fox network from March 10 to May 12, 1995. Of the 13 episodes that were produced, only 10 aired during its original run.
The show starred Lori Singer as Sydney Bloom, a telephone engineer and daughter of Dr. Joseph Bloom, played by David McCallum, inventor of advanced virtual reality. Also involved in the project was his wife, Dr. Nora Bloom, a neurochemist. The full extent of her contribution was never revealed prior to cancellation.
When inside virtual reality the visual look of the show was changed by filming on black and white film, then manually adding color to each image; this effect took four weeks for each episode and contributed to the cost of the show which was up to $1.5 million per episode.
While Rysher Entertainment has never released a definitive statement, it is generally believed that this well-above-average cost coupled with a poorly chosen time slot formed the reasons for the show's commercial failure....
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