Best film remaking a television show?... No doubt about it, Traffic... ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:58 PM Subject: [MOPO] Best TV show turned into a movie?
OK, I knew there would be much variety and differing points of view as to what is/was the best TC show ever. We all have our favourites and believe me I think we have only touched on the tip of the iceberg. I for one loved Hogans Heroes as well as MASH as well asDads Army and Porridge and many many more. I feel the greatest TV show made for it's diversity and ground breaking rule bending attitudes was Star Trek not because of it's production but more because of it's dealings with attitudes and social understandings all under the guise of Sci Fi, that can never be denied. Undoubtedly there are better TV shows and better writing since those heady times of where no man went before. And how can we judge whether a TV show is good? I think one of the pointers is that phrases, characters and situations become part of the household daily converstaion is one thing, lets face it "This message will self destruct in five seconds" became part of our daily life as much as "Scotty beam me up" (yes I know the latter was not quite right). But perhaps the other mark of a good TV show is when a movie spin off comes about. If a film is good and we get a follow on TV series that means the movie was popular enough to not let the characters fade away. MASH is certainly a good example of this. Although the film chracaters for me were so much better than the TV version. But here's the question MOPOers. What is the best film to come from a TV show? At this time in Hollywood history old TV shows are getting makeovers and new actors for Movies what is the best? I loved Mission Impossible and MI 3. I also liked the Dads Army film. The Sweeny was not great but Sweeny 2 was a good film. Addams Family was fun, The Star Trek movies are excellent (well not all...), Twilight Zone was pretty good, Missed opportunities have to include Starsky and Hutch, a TV series crying out for a movie and what did we get? A pile of doo doo. Thunderbirds was another pile of doo doo. And a further question. What TV show would make a good movie? Adrian Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
