“Challenge - think of a spinoff series that, in your opinion is better than the film on which it was based?”
June 30 at 2:21 pm
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Not counting Buffy, of course, because I think the film was SUPPOSED to be that bad! - Slippy Lane
Too fast- you beat me to it on Buffy. :) - Abby Martin
Hmmm. M*A*S*H? - Karim
Excellent choice on M*A*S*H. I'd also say the Odd Couple, although I really do love the movie. Also possibly The Dead Zone. And this new Sarah Conner Chronicles is shaping up to be pretty good. - Kevin Shannon
You guys are very good! Wish I could get my brain to work today.... - Abby Martin
@Abby it just shows I've wasted most of my life watching TV - Kevin Shannon
Was kind of hard to say that about an Altman movie, but Alan Alda pretty much owns the Hawkeye Pierce role. Also, Major Winchester was a cool character. That is all. - Karim
:) major winchester. - edythe
Charles (pronounced chaahles in that delightfully uppercrust way.) Don't feel bad. It wasn't one of his very best flicks. And it was one of the best series tv ever had. - Abby Martin
I knew there was one I was forgetting. La Femme Nikita. - Kevin Shannon
Kevin S: never saw the series, but the original French La Femme Nikita ROCKED. - edythe
She's right. It did- and it was soooo much better than the American remake. Why does Hollywood insist on remaking really great foreign films- and then screwing them up totally? - Abby Martin
I have to confess I never saw the film, but I liked the show so much I assumed it had to be better :-) Now I have to rent the film. - Kevin Shannon
Kevin- hopefully you'll love it. Let us all know. - Abby Martin
Ok, how about this one. The original Max Headroom was a made-for-TV movie filmed in England. When ABC picked up the series rights in 1987, they did a scene-for-scene remake of the movie in America. So, I like the original movie, followed by the series, followed by the remade movie. Still following? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... - Phil Glockner
Phil - a minor correction or two. For some reason, the link's closing bracket doesn't translate. I just tried putting the same link in :-) The chronology of Max appears to be UK TV Magazine show (85-86), UK TV film (87), Cinemax magazine show (87), US sci-fi action series (87-88). The british film was re-shot in the US as the pilot episode of the US series. Incidentally, what's with Matt Frewer's accent in Eureka? - Slippy Lane
Incidentally, I thought that both the british film and the american spinoff series were pretty good. - Slippy Lane
Slippy - you are right, the pilot was the remade American version. I'd like to get my hands on the original British film though, still my favorite. If I remember correctly they used a different bryce (the computer genius kid that creates max headroom) in the UK movie and he's more of a dick. I like that. - Phil Glockner
Stargate. - Jason Kaneshiro