A Conversation for Talking Point: Turning Television into Movies
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The Shepherd Started conversation Jul 3, 2003
None. Don't do it. Leave things alone.
I cannot think of one big-screen adaptation of a TV show that has stayed faithful to the original and has worked. 
John 
Caveat :
I've had a long day at work, it's p*ssing down, I have a headache and my contact leneses are playing up, so this might have influenced my post. 
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jul 3, 2003
What about The Fugitive? That worked rather well AND even had a man with an artificial arm in it.
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The Shepherd Posted Jul 4, 2003
> What about The Fugitive?
IMO, it was reasonable. Thought that the Tommy Lee Jones character was good, but the film turned the character into a joker compared with the TV series, so it wasn't "true" to the original.
> ... AND even had a man with an artificial arm in it.
Agreed. Method acting taken to its extreme 
John
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Pandapig Posted Jul 4, 2003
Well, I haven't seen 'The Fugitive' but I would go with your original point that TV programmes don't make good movies. The main reason IMHO is that the originals are usually made for broadcast in 30-minute episodes, then for a movie you have to try to stretch the humour/suspense to around 90 minutes and it NEVER works. The only one I half-enjoyed was The Addams Family and even then I still prefer the originals.
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jul 4, 2003
The same could be argued of Stephen Soderberg's remake of Ocean's 11. While not a remake of a TV series, it was a much better film than the original, which was just an excuse for a few aging playboys to get pissed in Vegas. OK, so the characters weren't true to the original but the film had a brio and style of its own. The issues is whether anything gets lost in the remake.
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jul 6, 2003
Are you extracting the Michael??
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Jim Lynn Posted Jul 6, 2003
Not in the least. A hugely successful movie which took the premise of the TV originals and merely made it bigger.
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jul 6, 2003
Ah. I thought you were suggesting that someone made a movie from it. I got the wrong end of the stick. 
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I've never seen the film but I quite like Mike Myers.
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rev. paperboy (god is an iron) Posted Jul 9, 2003
I've seen both the wayne world movies, they are among the the wayne world movies, they are among the best of the SNL movies but still not as funny as the original SHORT skits. Did we really need two of them?
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rev. paperboy (god is an iron) Posted Jul 9, 2003
oh when will I learn to preview first and post second
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Chronicargonaut Posted Jul 9, 2003
The first Star Trek films were good, in particular Wrath Of Kahn. Then again, it regurgutated the franchise so now we have "Enterprise"....
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- 1: The Shepherd (Jul 3, 2003)
- 2: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jul 3, 2003)
- 3: Medivh (Jul 4, 2003)
- 4: The Shepherd (Jul 4, 2003)
- 5: Pandapig (Jul 4, 2003)
- 6: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jul 4, 2003)
- 7: Jim Lynn (Jul 6, 2003)
- 8: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jul 6, 2003)
- 9: Jim Lynn (Jul 6, 2003)
- 10: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jul 6, 2003)
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