Television Shows Do Not Make Good Movies! (Except Star Trek...)

[TiggerBear]

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qwertbook82 wrote:

I think that while movies based on TV series may not live up to the original, they do draw attention to the original. For example: I hadn't even heard of Firefly until I saw Serenity and after watching Get Smart (the movie) I watched the original on youtube.

On the other side the worst TV to movie I have ever seen : Dead Like Me. It was one of my favorite shows, but it was an awful movie.

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Going to have to disagree with you there. I liked the movie ending of "dead like me". I missed the characters. It was a nice warm ending that the end of second 2 did not give.

[jmh5477]

I totally agree that the Firefly series made a GREAT movie! I wish there was more like that around!

[TiggerBear]

Paul do you feel vindicated that "Land of the Lost" which cost 100mil got an opening weekend result of 7 mil and has been declared summer's first box office bomb?

[Jon_B]

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TiggerBear wrote:

Paul do you feel vindicated that "Land of the Lost" which cost 100mil got an opening weekend result of 7 mil and has been declared summer's first box office bomb?

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Wonderful news.  I hope the studios will decide to stop funding Will Ferrell movies now.  

[paulgoatallen]

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Jon_B wrote:

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TiggerBear wrote:

Paul do you feel vindicated that "Land of the Lost" which cost 100mil got an opening weekend result of 7 mil and has been declared summer's first box office bomb?

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Wonderful news.  I hope the studios will decide to stop funding Will Ferrell movies now.  

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You know what's so funny about all of this? Over the weekend, Chiller TV had a Land of the Lost marathon on and, while I was pulling baby feeding duty in the wee hours of morning, I watched a few episodes and I loved it!

When it comes to just about anything, there's nothing like the original!

Paul 

[Bradinator1]

I agree with Jon. Someone needs to put a stop to anyhting with Will Ferrell in it. He's never made a movie I wanted to watch. I knew Land of the Lost would be crap.  Wish they'd quit trying to ruin my childhood memories with that kind of stuff.

On a lighter note does this thread speak also for childhood toys? I saw they are working on development of a movie based around the gumby-like space guy Major Matt Mason. Really! This was a great (at the time) 6"-9" rubber spaceguy with bendable wire inside (for lifelike posin' don'tcha know). Loved that toy. Can't imagine how they make a movie out of it, but there it is.

Brad

[TiggerBear]

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paulgoatallen wrote:

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Jon_B wrote:

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TiggerBear wrote:

Paul do you feel vindicated that "Land of the Lost" which cost 100mil got an opening weekend result of 7 mil and has been declared summer's first box office bomb?

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Wonderful news.  I hope the studios will decide to stop funding Will Ferrell movies now.  

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You know what's so funny about all of this? Over the weekend, Chiller TV had a Land of the Lost marathon on and, while I was pulling baby feeding duty in the wee hours of morning, I watched a few episodes and I loved it!

When it comes to just about anything, there's nothing like the original!

Paul 

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Paul if you've got NetFlicks, they put all of the episodes up for free watch. Slestack your brain away.

[Ryan_G]

At least Will Ferrell won't be in the big screen adaptation of A-Team.  Instead it looks like it will be Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson.

[paulgoatallen]

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Ryan_G wrote:
At least Will Ferrell won't be in the big screen adaptation of A-Team.  Instead it looks like it will be Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson.

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OMG. OH MY GOD... But why am I even surprised?!?

Paul 

[Bradinator1]

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paulgoatallen wrote:

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Ryan_G wrote:
At least Will Ferrell won't be in the big screen adaptation of A-Team.  Instead it looks like it will be Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson.

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OMG. OH MY GOD... But why am I even surprised?!?

Paul 

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Amusingly enough I saw the article whilst on my normal website rounds on the SciFi Channel website. Since when did the A-Team fit into that genre?! Neeson must have some contractual obligation and is stuck with this dog. I thought the original was dopey, a remake could only be worse. Blech!

Brad

[Ryan_G]

I'm not so sure.  To my way of thinking this is one TV show that may actually benefit from a movie remake.  The action will be bigger (fights, explosions, and the like), they have a longer period of time to set up the story.  As long as they don't try to make a comedy out of this, which is were I think a lot of remakes go wrong, I think it may be ok.

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Bradinator1 wrote:

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paulgoatallen wrote:

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Ryan_G wrote:
At least Will Ferrell won't be in the big screen adaptation of A-Team.  Instead it looks like it will be Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson.

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OMG. OH MY GOD... But why am I even surprised?!?

Paul 

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Amusingly enough I saw the article whilst on my normal website rounds on the SciFi Channel website. Since when did the A-Team fit into that genre?! Neeson must have some contractual obligation and is stuck with this dog. I thought the original was dopey, a remake could only be worse. Blech!

Brad

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[TiggerBear]

(shaking head) I don't know I liked the A-Team as a kid till somewhere first season when I noticed you could build a battlecrusier with all the bullets fired during the episode and yet no one got shot.

[Bradinator1]

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TiggerBear wrote:

(shaking head) I don't know I liked the A-Team as a kid till somewhere first season when I noticed you could build a battlecrusier with all the bullets fired during the episode and yet no one got shot.

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....and no one ever had to re-load. Kinda like the G.I. Joe cartoon where the goal was, apparently, just to destroy the other guy's stuff. Massive explosions and no one even gets a nasty bruise.

Brad

[TiggerBear]

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Bradinator1 wrote:

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TiggerBear wrote:

(shaking head) I don't know I liked the A-Team as a kid till somewhere first season when I noticed you could build a battlecrusier with all the bullets fired during the episode and yet no one got shot.

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....and no one ever had to re-load. Kinda like the G.I. Joe cartoon where the goal was, apparently, just to destroy the other guy's stuff. Massive explosions and no one even gets a nasty bruise.

Brad

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Well with a cartoon that's one thing, and with G.I.Joe a few characters did die(around ses3). But for a "real" show, cartoonic violence is just way too silly for pretime shows. 

[TiggerBear]

Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

[Ryan_G]

I'm either the wierdest person on the planet or ....... ok never mind I'm just wiered.  But that just made me giddy for the rest of the day.

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TiggerBear wrote:
Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

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[TiggerBear]

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Ryan_G wrote:
I'm either the wierdest person on the planet or ....... ok never mind I'm just wiered.  But that just made me giddy for the rest of the day.

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TiggerBear wrote:
Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

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Yep they're currently casting, and recording music as we speak. No, you're not weird. I got a little bouncy at the thought myself.

[paulgoatallen]

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TiggerBear wrote:
Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

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I'm speechless.

Paul 

[Ryan_G]

I'm going to assume you ment that in a good way Paul

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paulgoatallen wrote:

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TiggerBear wrote:
Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

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I'm speechless.

Paul 

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[Melhay]

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TiggerBear wrote:
Speaking of cartoons, has anyone else heard the bit about Jem getting a live movie around next year?

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Are you talking about the cartoon on the average girls that change to a big haired, lots of makeup cool band?  I wonder what the movie would be about? 

God, I completely forgot about this cartoon.  I use to watch it all the time when I was younger.