# TV movie or failed pilot you'd have liked as a series? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752 "2007-04-19T04:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/21 "2007-04-20T01:15:18Z")
The Lost Room Global Frequency Aquaman very short lived tv series: Probe Veritas the Quest ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/22 "2007-04-20T12:56:49Z")
Lookwell. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/23 "2007-04-20T14:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Lookwell. [/QUOTE] Ah, yes. šŸ˜ƒ ā€œHereā€™s my headshot.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/24 "2007-04-20T14:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Lifetimeā€™s running a series now called Blood Ties, but itā€™s based on the Tanya Huff books, so itā€™s apparently not quite the same thing. I think the earlier one sounds interesting too. [/QUOTE] It does sound interesting. Though Carpathianā€™s make me think of the series by Christine Feehan. But definitely not the same thing. I love the Tanya Huff books, and the show is pretty good too (I love what they did with Henry Fitzroy.. yum). ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/25 "2007-04-20T16:24:34Z")
[Illeanarama](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBUV7YXUF8). I love Illeana Douglas, and this one camera deadpan Hollywood spoof made me laugh ALOT. Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr, and Justine Bateman were great in their guest spots too. I could definitely get into seeing this on a weekly basis. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/26 "2007-04-20T17:36:50Z")
[Remo Williams](http://imdb.com/title/tt0236677/). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/27 "2007-04-20T18:05:06Z")
Iā€™ve forgotten what it was called, but there was a movie about an assassin who becomes a monk or priest, and eventually has to pick up his gun again. Itā€™s framed round an inquisition and at the very end the four (?) inquisitors reveal that they are part of a secret church assassination squad. That might have been interesting. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/28 "2007-04-20T18:19:25Z")
I came in to specifically mention the **Questor Tapes** , He also had a pilot/movie that was about the repopulation of earth after some disasterā€¦ Ark 2 or Genesis 2 I thinkā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/29 "2007-04-20T18:30:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I came in to specifically mention the Questor Tapes, He also had a pilot/movie that was about the repopulation of earth after some disasterā€¦ Ark 2 or Genesis 2 I thinkā€¦ I suspect youā€™re thinking of one of the two far-future earth pilots he made, **Genesis II** (the one that has the double-omphalic Mariette Hartley [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070101/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070101/) ), or **Planet Earth** ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072000/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072000/) ) . I could swear there was a third one, but I canā€™t find it. Neither was about repopulating the earth, but featured less-populated and weirdly populated futures, with a sort of super-subway connecting different areas takling the place of the Enterprise in whisking the heros from place to place each week. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/30 "2007-04-20T18:33:43Z")
Aha! Here is is: **Strange New World**. Roddenberry wasnā€™t directly involved, though: > **[Strange New World (TV Movie 1975) ā­ 5.2 | Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073754/)** > > 1h 40m ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/31 "2007-04-22T12:45:06Z")
just for the sheer offensiveness of it iā€™d love to see more episodes of ā€œheil honey iā€™m homeā€ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/32 "2007-04-22T16:20:44Z")
I wanted [Ultraviolet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169501/) to become a series. That was the intent with the mini-series, but they didnā€™t pick it up so it was left hanging by the final part. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/33 "2007-04-22T16:38:39Z")
I thought [Island City](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110163/) had some potential to be good stupid fun. Ditto [The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112292/). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/34 "2007-04-22T16:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=Potato Pancakes] Heat Vision and Jack. A show about an astronaut with super brain powers played by Jack Black, and his talking motorcycle (voiced by Owen Wilson). See the 30 minute pilot episode here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s) [/QUOTE] Youā€™re right. That was hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/35 "2007-04-22T16:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] [Remo Williams](http://imdb.com/title/tt0236677/). [/QUOTE] Did you ever see the actual movie, with Fred Ward as Remo Williams? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/36 "2007-04-22T20:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] \*\* Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders\*\* ā€“ Nicholas Meyer adapted Robert H. Van Gulikā€™s novel about the Tā€™ang dynasty sage (who really did exist) into an ABC TV Movie of the Week. ā€¦ It was repackaged as a modern-day detective drama, still starring [Khigh] Dhiegh, and set in San Francisco (Hey, itā€™s got a Chinatown, right?), called **Chang!** (with an exclamation point). [/QUOTE] Actually, the show (which only lasted for four episodes) was called [_Khan!_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0072528/) As the linked summary notes, Dhiegh is believed to be the only lead actor to have no billing in the credits of his series. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/37 "2007-04-22T21:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I thought [Generation X](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116401/) had potential [/QUOTE] There was a syndicated series called Mutant X which was pretty good as long as you remember they had a FX budget of $5 a week. The pilot for SuperDog (Superpup?) was so deliciously bad, I wish theyā€™d made a series out of it. I donā€™t think that the Dark Shadows mini-series was supoosed to be a pilot for a regular series, but I kept hoping theyā€™d bring it back. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/38 "2007-04-22T21:26:42Z")
[QUOTE=furryman] The pilot for SuperDog (Superpup?) was so deliciously bad, I wish theyā€™d made a series out of it. [/QUOTE] I believe it was _Superpup_- basically, the George Reeves Superman series, but all the roles are played by little people (ā€œmidgets,ā€ to use the un-PC term) in dog costumes. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/39 "2007-04-22T22:25:32Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Did you ever see the actual movie, with Fred Ward as Remo Williams? [/QUOTE] I did. Not great cinema, but it wouldā€™ve made a great TV series. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752/40 "2007-04-23T00:23:32Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I thought [Generation X](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116401/) had potential [/QUOTE] Same here. Iā€™m a huge fan of the comic (I own every issue), and I enjoyed the movie despite the low budget and the absence of Paige, Jono and Penance. It definitely had potential. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-or-failed-pilot-youd-have-liked-as-a-series/400752.md?page=3)