# TV Shows You'd Like to See Become Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860 "2005-08-13T13:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/21 "2005-08-13T23:38:36Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Well, the movie was canon to the series, so it was really more of a Tv series made based on a movie. Ya’ would think fans would know that. However, I could certainly appreciate the idea of a “Ten years after the series ends, the old crew has to take out a new threat” movie. The movie isn’t strictly canon. A similar event as happened in the movie happened as backstory to the series but not exactly A lot of the movie’s mythology was changed for the series. I.E. One Watcher/One Slayer, menstrual vamp-radar… flying Vamps… I would like to see a big screen version of Mr. Belvedeer. Yes I am serious. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/22 "2005-08-13T23:54:55Z")
I almost respected what you were saying, till you said the following: > [@Push You Down](#): > > I would like to see a big screen version of Mr. Belvedere. > > Yes I am serious. Thus, I no longer give a damn about the fact that she talked about how she “Kinda, sorta’” burned down the gym at her old school, despite the fact she didn’t do exactly that it in the film. No-way, no-how do I care about the claim that the unproduced original script was canon, and not the actual movie, from now on. 🙂 Oh, and I seem to recall seeing Orson Wells as Mr. Belvedere in the movie version. [suB](In a parody on the Critic, that is.)[/suB] ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/23 "2005-08-14T00:35:51Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **Deep Space Nine** , **Quantum Leap** , and a wrap up finale of **Joan of Arcadia**. I wouldn’t turn up my nose at **Sports Night** either. Deep Space Nine wouldn’t work as a normal movie with the way it was written and how it ended. To keep with the tone it built and to fully resolve all its plot points, you would need something like a mini-series or another half season. Fitting Sisko’s return, Bajor’s admittance into the Federation, Cardassian Reconstruction , the Dominion’s rebirth, and all the other little details like Rom as Nagus, Worf as Ambassador to the UFP, Kira as the commander of the most important outpost in the Alpha Quadrant, the new Kai on Bajor, and Ezri and Julian as a couple – the things that made DS9 so rich in comparison to the other Trek shows – into a hundred minute movie just doesn’t sound feasible. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/24 "2005-08-14T04:48:16Z")
_The Simpsons_. And I will lay a hurtin’ on somebody if they try to do it live action! I second \*Early Edition \* , and would love a _Sports Night_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/25 "2005-08-14T05:14:13Z")
Survivor. No, seriously, this is not a “reality-show-goes-on-a-big-screen” thingy. Rather, it has a predefined script which distills all the fine moments and the cliche things which happens throughout. Like the tough-talking, criticising people are going to get eliminated first and all that things. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/26 "2005-08-14T13:35:48Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > _Night Court_. No reason, just been watching the marathon on TVLand. > > E. Me too! That was a fun show, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/27 "2005-08-14T19:56:30Z")
No need for a Buffy movie- just one called WATCHERS & SLAYERS & WICCAS, OH MY! starring ASH, Eliza & Alyson, with James M, Tom Lenk & Mr Alyson as Wesley’s revenant. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/28 "2005-08-15T00:26:59Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > **Samurai Jack** , live action. Maybe with Sam Raimi or Robert Rodriguez directing. Ooooohhh… Good call! Though a live action Aku would probably give me nightmares :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/29 "2005-08-15T00:53:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > None of them! > > **Stop the Madness!** Amen to that. When I saw that they’d done “Dukes”, even more horrible ideas came to mind. …_The Love Boat_ aaargh! I saw a tape where the individual story segments were spliced together. It makes no sense! ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/30 "2005-08-15T01:01:31Z")
Twin Peaks …oh wait, that has been done already ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/31 "2005-08-15T17:33:19Z")
**Firefly**. . . . Woo-hoo!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/32 "2005-08-15T17:43:53Z")
I’ve had an idea kicking around in the back of my head for a “Doctor Who” movie for many years. It was sort of a pipe dream of mine, never expecting it to emerge. Then I read that the series was revived in England with the possibility of making a big-budget movie out of it. Woo-hoo. “Land of the Lost” ought to be made into a flick. I’d see that. I’m probably the only person who even remembers this show, but there was an ultra-cheesy, low-budget syndicated tv show in the late 70s called “Starlost” that I thought would make a decent movie. If it isn’t obvious by now, I am quite a fan of bottom-of-the-barrel Ed Wood level sci-fi extravaganzas. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/33 "2005-08-16T00:33:44Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > I’m probably the only person who even remembers this show, but there was an ultra-cheesy, low-budget syndicated tv show in the late 70s called “Starlost” that I thought would make a decent movie. It’s actually familiar to many people who’ve read the Harlan Ellison essay “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore”, detailing Ellison’s involvement in the pilot script and it’s subsequent desecration. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/34 "2005-08-16T00:38:20Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > It’s actually familiar to many people who’ve read the Harlan Ellison essay “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore”, detailing Ellison’s involvement in the pilot script and it’s subsequent desecration. Has Ellison ever liked any adaptation of his work? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/35 "2005-08-16T00:42:03Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > I’ve had an idea kicking around in the back of my head for a “Doctor Who” movie for many years. It was sort of a pipe dream of mine, never expecting it to emerge. Then I read that the series was revived in England with the possibility of making a big-budget movie out of it. Woo-hoo. There was a made-for-TV [Doctor Who](http://imdb.com/title/tt0116118/) movie a few years ago. I rather enjoyed it. It wasn’t big-budget by theatrical blockbuster standards, but its budget was obviously larger than that of the TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/36 "2005-08-16T00:54:55Z")
\*\*Magnum P.I.[/b/. Bring back all the principles - they’re all still alive and, uh, available, after all. Set it in the present, give them a great script, and I’d see it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/37 "2005-08-16T01:04:19Z")
[Tripping the Rift](http://www.scifi.com/tripping/about/) would be cool as a live action/CGI mix movie. Who could play Six? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/38 "2005-08-16T01:11:04Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > The movie isn’t strictly canon. A similar event as happened in the movie happened as backstory to the series but not exactly > > A lot of the movie’s mythology was changed for the series. I.E. One Watcher/One Slayer, menstrual vamp-radar… flying Vamps… > I would like to see a big screen version of Mr. Belvedeer. > > Yes I am serious. [Sitting Pretty (1948)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040795/) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/39 "2005-08-16T01:12:44Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > _The Simpsons_. > And I will lay a hurtin’ on somebody if they try to do it live action! > I second \*Early Edition \* , and would love a _Sports Night_ movie. Your wish will be rewarded. [Simpsons 2008](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860/40 "2005-08-16T01:14:18Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Has Ellison ever liked any adaptation of his work? No [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-youd-like-to-see-become-movies/316860.md?page=3)