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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 10/11/2005 : 1:53:44 PM
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Firefly and Police Squad share the unique distinction of being one of the few TV series to have spawned feature films despite the fact that both shows were cancelled after only a few episodes.
Any other shows out there that met extremely early demises that you would have liked to have seen get turned into feature films... ideally starring their original casts?
Kolchak comes to mind... I'm talking the original now... but that's the only one.
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 5:38:55 PM
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I'm not so sure about feature films - it's really difficult to make that cross-over. But I wouldn't mind seeing what the following would look like:
"Now and Again"
"Fantasy Island" (the Malcolm McDowell one - much darker than the original)
"Best of the West" (I thought it was pretty funny - at least back then).
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 5:49:40 PM
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Originally posted by hbrennan
"Fantasy Island" (the Malcolm McDowell one - much darker than the original)
I thought McDowell's version was pretty silly. At times it was PAINFUL to watch. Try the FIRST season of Fantasy Island or (Better yet) the pilot movie. Some of the stories were pretty grim and hard nosed.
EXAMPLES FROM THE PILOT:
Bill Bixby re-creates a war-time romance, then murders(?) the actress playing his lover and has a nervious breakdown. (It's not clear if he did kill her and O'Roark is covering it up)
A hunter who wants to be hunted is stalked by some men he had wronged. When he reaches the "home free" line, the other hunter says "To hell with Mr O'Roark!" and tries to shoot him anyway, but O'Roark wounds him. He then reviels that the men hunting the first man were every bit as scummy as the hunter.
How can you compare Montalban's cheerful "Smiles, everyone! Smiles!" to McDowell's sneering delivery?
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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hentai_wolf
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
139 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 6:06:22 PM
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| I'd like to see Kevin Smith make Clerks: The Animated Series: The Animated Movie. Or something like that. It was cancelled after only 2 episodes. |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 6:08:09 PM
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originally posted by Greenhornet:
How can you compare Montalban's cheerful "Smiles, everyone! Smiles!" to McDowell's sneering delivery?
Easily. The premise was completely different. The original was based on the notion of Ricardo playing an angelic character who was an agent of Heaven. Malcolm's character was based on the opposite. Not to mention the absolutely ridiculous character of "Tattoo". McDowell’s sidekick had a wonderfully poignant redemption that revolved around his childhood issues that was never matched in the sappy original 70's version (although I did like the "Love Boat" style parade of 2nd rate "stars"). Would you actually go see a feature film based on the original? If so, then we might as well include "My Living Doll" (at least that had Julie Newmar)
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://henrybrennan.blogspot.com/ |
Edited by - hbrennan on 10/11/2005 6:09:10 PM |
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Marlowe
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Jay
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 10:23:34 PM
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Originally posted by hbrennan
"Best of the West" (I thought it was pretty funny - at least back then).
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://henrybrennan.blogspot.com/
Yikes! I thought I was the only person left on the planet that remembered "Best of the West."
Inane ramblings - http://www.blahdityblahblah.blogspot.com |
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Juniper
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
616 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 10:24:34 PM
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From the ABC is a big fat stupidhead that destroys everything it touches department I would like to see Cupid and Maximum Bob have feature films made of them. And as for Fantasy Island, I'm pretty sure after a Dukes of Hazzard feature there's no way a Fantasy Island pic isn't in some stage of development. I liked both versions which could each in their own way get pretty dark. The orginal it was funny to see the kistch matched with so much bleakness, "you brought Jack the Ripper back through time with you? well are we on a colision course to wackiness or what?" and the new version an intresting flip with McDowell's character being much more puckish than fatherly.
"The Devil Made this Movie for You!" |
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Danitsu
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
40 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 11:44:34 PM
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Brisco County Jr.
"If you get served and serve them back...Then IT'S ON!!!" |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:22:10 AM
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I think "The Prisoner" would be a good choice, too (the 1967 version). I also concur with "Brisco County Jr."
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://henrybrennan.blogspot.com/ |
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Ubiq
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:40:09 AM
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I third Brisco County, Jr.
If you count animated shows, I would like to know whatever happened to Samurai Jack and Aku. There are quite a few shows out there that just ended without a resolution, but that's the one that seems to most incomplete thanks to the 52 episode rule.
BM: I should have mentioned this at the beginning. I solve my problems with violence. |
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twitterpate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 5:21:24 PM
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Space Cases. Man, I would have loved to find out what the ending of that was supposed to be.
Jewel Staite was in that one, too. |
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Smitty
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 10:16:46 PM
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Wonderland a show ABC cancelled after 3 count em 3 episodes!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243665/
C'mon give us a DVD release, just so those that remember and loved the show can see its entire run.
-cs™
Your notions, though many are not worth a penny. |
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Atomic Glee
Archdeacon of Jabootu
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 02:30:43 AM
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The answer is obvious: NBC's classic, Viper.
OK, well, maybe not.
If we're counting animated series, then I'd go for Invader Zim.
Kevin Buchanan
Atomic Glee - The blog/modern pulp mag. http://www.atomicglee.com |
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governor_breck
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
79 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 1:15:00 PM
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Originally posted by Atomic Glee
The answer is obvious: NBC's classic, Viper.
OK, well, maybe not.
If we're counting animated series, then I'd go for Invader Zim.
Kevin Buchanan
Atomic Glee - The blog/modern pulp mag. http://www.atomicglee.com
Which incarnation of Viper do you mean? The original or the syndicated comeback version. As long as I get to see Heather Medway on the big screen, I'm a happy monkey. And Jeff Kaake needs the work, dammit! I'm all for dopey fun, but Viper was dopey...to the extreme!
I'm astonished that this isn't out on DVD yet. |
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BT
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 1:44:11 PM
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