Movies that should be shows

[andgar923]

From time to time there are shows that released as films and they usually tend to suck compared to their show counterparts. But rarely is there films that become tv shows.

I just saw 'Everybody Wants Some' and felt it would be a great show.

Which other film should have it's own tv show?

[iamgine]

"Eye in the Sky" should be "Homeland"

[ScalsFan21]

Hear me out: Shawshank. Tell me that couldn't have been made into like a 5 season Oz-type show without sacrificing any of its plot/message/whatever. Only downside would be probably not getting a guy like Morgan Freeman or Robbins.

[highwhey]

there are advantages to having a mini series on hbo or netflix over making a film.

[Im Still Ballin]

Plenty really

Take any good crime drama and package it up into a longer, drawn out and detailed version

Take The Departed for example, or Heat..

I'd wager one season or something.. Anything longer and you're really asking for more than what usually one feature film can offer, unless that is you are really changing things up.

[mongePR(kb24)]

FAQ about time travel

[Thorpesaurous]

The trick is for the world that's created to be interesting enough to explore multiple stories within it. It certainly helps if the characters are interesting enough to follow through multiple stories too, but it really requires the world to be interesting more than the characters even.

Eyes Wide Shut would've been a great HBO series. Lord of the Rings could've been broken out. Star Wars could've been broken out. End of Watch would've made a good series.

[MintBerryCrunch]

FAQ about time travel
That would be awesome.

I thought The Last Man on Earth with Will Forte would have worked better as a single 1.5 hour long movie. Just stretch out the first episode and be done with it.

[Patrick Chewing]

I could see Heat being a season of True Detective.

[Im Still Ballin]

I could see Heat being a season of True Detective.
Exactly what I was thinking... Although no occult type shit there

[MintBerryCrunch]

But rarely is there films that become tv shows.


This is becoming less and less true. In recent years we have gotten Bates Motel (Psycho), Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs series), Minority Report, 12 Monkeys, Evil Dead, Scream, Teen Wolf, etc.

[andgar923]

This is becoming less and less true. In recent years we have gotten Bates Motel (Psycho), Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs series), Minority Report, 12 Monkeys, Evil Dead, Scream, Teen Wolf, etc.
Ah... very true, I forgot about those.

[Nastradamus]

Plenty really

Take any good crime drama and package it up into a longer, drawn out and detailed version

Take The Departed for example, or Heat..

I'd wager one season or something.. Anything longer and you're really asking for more than what usually one feature film can offer, unless that is you are really changing things up.

Oh man, I'd kill for a Michael Mann bank robbers series.

[Nastradamus]

This is becoming less and less true. In recent years we have gotten Bates Motel (Psycho), Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs series), Minority Report, 12 Monkeys, Evil Dead, Scream, Teen Wolf, etc.

How do you leave the best one off the list lol

(Fargo)

[MintBerryCrunch]

How do you leave the best one off the list lol

(Fargo)
Please forgive my sin.

[Thorpesaurous]

How do you leave the best one off the list lol

(Fargo)

That's what I was gonna say, and that's a great example. The series uses the world of the movie, but otherwise is unrelated, and is just telling different stories within the world.

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Star Wars.

[MintBerryCrunch]

Star Wars.
There are the animated shows, and there has been talk of a live action show.

[MintBerryCrunch]

Varsity Blues is being developed for CMT now.

[highwhey]

The trick is for the world that's created to be interesting enough to explore multiple stories within it. It certainly helps if the characters are interesting enough to follow through multiple stories too, but it really requires the world to be interesting more than the characters even.

Eyes Wide Shut would've been a great HBO series. Lord of the Rings could've been broken out. Star Wars could've been broken out. End of Watch would've made a good series.
If you liked end of watch, you might find southland enjoyable. They share pretty much the same world (2 cops in gangbanger LA).

[MintBerryCrunch]

If you liked end of watch, you might find southland enjoyable. They share pretty much the same world (2 cops in gangbanger LA).
Training Day the TV show starts next month.

[Thorpesaurous]

I've got some intention of checking out Southland. I know a girl who was a dead body on an episode.

[MintBerryCrunch]

I've got some intention of checking out Southland. I know a girl who was a dead body on an episode.
She's really making her mark on the acting world, isn't she? :lol

[Duderonomy]

X-Men should have been done as a live action TV show years ago.

I believe fox has it in development right now. Once they do you know Wolverine will not show up until season 5.

[MintBerryCrunch]

X-Men should have been done as a live action TV show years ago.

I believe fox has it in development right now. Once they do you know Wolverine will not show up until season 5.
TV doesn't have the budget to make a convincing X-Men show IMO.

[Thorpesaurous]

She's really making her mark on the acting world, isn't she? :lol

Yeah, she doesn't sound very bright, so I don't think it was in the cards. But she did some modelling, not fashion stuff, she's just way too short, but was really involved in makeup, body paint type of modelling. She's plenty hot. And that was a long time ago. I believe one of the people she did some bodypaint work with got a gig doing makeup on the show and they used her briefly in a scene. I tried to find it once to confirm it, but it's not listed anywhere.

[Charlie Sheen]

X-Men should have been done as a live action TV show years ago.

I believe fox has it in development right now. Once they do you know Wolverine will not show up until season 5.

Wouldn't work for me. That cartoon holds too special of a place, and I couldn't look at them separately.

The one cbm that stands out to me is Ghost Rider. I'd like to see what writers could do telling the story of who Johnny Blaze was, how he became the rider and introducing Mephisto when it's not all jammed into the first hour of a movie.

[Patrick Chewing]

Star Wars.


Production value would be too costly I'm afraid.

[I know you are]

Production value would be too costly I'm afraid.
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