# Which old movies need a TV reboot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306 "2019-12-03T12:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/21 "2019-12-03T21:48:40Z")
I’ve always wanted to see a weekly show based on \*Without A Clue. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/22 "2019-12-03T22:12:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How about **Willow** , there is a world ready for exploration. Fills the Fantasy niche very nicely. [Sketchy good news!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10278918/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/23 "2019-12-03T22:23:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Ground Hog Day** , different person though I would think, would have some possibilities. > > \*\*Clerks \*\*had a cartoon, probably wouldn’t work but could. quirky work-com. > > Does Stranger Things count as a Goonies TV Show? > > Back to the Future had a cartoon series. Live action probably not worth it. > > Ferris Bueller had a failed show and a more successful knockoff. > > Weird Science had a show even. > > Maybe Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, a Time Travel comedy. > > Maybe they can make The Neverending Story truthful and make it never ending. IIRC, Bill & Ted had both a cartoon adaptation (on CBS) _and_ a (very short-lived) live-action TV adaptation (on Fox). ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/24 "2019-12-03T23:00:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I thought something like this would make a good anthology show. Someone in the big city has every day repeat on them so they realize they can go out and do whatever they want every day. They’ll meet people, help them, have rapid romances, quick little adventures, always learning a new lesson about life every day. I would like to see it stay true to the movie and not move into Quantum Leap territory but sure. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > [Sketchy good news!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10278918/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) I would give it a try. Recently rewatched the movie with my kids (actually young adults now). We all enjoyed Willow. Only the special effects were weak, the story and acting was solid. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/25 "2019-12-04T00:30:49Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Doc Savage_, this time with a decent budget. (And, more importantly, decent writers.) Do we get the alligator disguise? Tell me we get the alligator disguise! ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/26 "2019-12-04T02:17:54Z")
A mocumentary series based on _Deathrace 2000_. Sure, the cross-country Deathrace gets all the press and attention, but how do drivers get to that point? They have to make their way up through local and regional races, of course! That guy in a wheelchair may be worth a lot of points, but do the just-starting-out drivers have the budget to cover the type of damage a wheelchair can do to a speeding car? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/27 "2019-12-04T02:34:03Z")
The Dude from _The Big Lebowski_ as a free-lance private detective who’s always underestimated because he looks like a loser stoner. Sort of _Rockford Files_ crossed with _Columbo_. "Um, yeah, man, that’s cool. That’s cool. That’s a good story. Just, uh… just one more question…" ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/28 "2019-12-04T09:04:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The Dude from _The Big Lebowski_ as a free-lance private detective who’s always underestimated because he looks like a loser stoner. Sort of _Rockford Files_ crossed with _Columbo_. > > "Um, yeah, man, that’s cool. That’s cool. That’s a good story. > > Just, uh… just one more question…" Brilliant idea! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/29 "2019-12-04T09:48:06Z")
_Dragonslayer_ - I’m seeing something like the Jack the Giant-Killer stories - a series of dragons needing slaying under different circumstances. Maybe half-season arcs per dragon. _Labyrinth_ would work, seeing as they did such a great job with _Dark Crystal_. Not focused on Jared or Sarah except in cameos, but more episodes on other adventures there. _Krull_, _Willow_, _Mad Max_ would all be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/30 "2019-12-04T09:51:24Z")
The Journey Of Natty Gann. The Rocketeer. Robocop. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/31 "2019-12-04T10:00:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _Labyrinth_ would work, seeing as they did such a great job with _Dark Crystal_. Not focused on Jared or Sarah except in cameos, but more episodes on other adventures there. Yeah, there are certainly enough characters and locations to mine for interesting stories there. Even more so than _Dark Crystal_, which featured a largely depopulated world (though the TV series worked around this by setting the story in an earlier time). ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/32 "2019-12-04T10:09:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I never saw the TV series _Conan_, so I don’t know if they were any more faithful to the Robert E. Howard stories than the three movies were, but I could get into a series that really did adapt Howard’s material, rather than writing a script that was what they _thought_ Conan ought to be. Give me The Tower of the Elephant and Rogues in the House and Red Nails and I’ll watch. You can even rewrite some of Howard’s non-Conan stories as L. Sprague de Camp and Marvel comics did, as long as you do it right. Apparently there is [a new _Conan_ TV series](https://deadline.com/2018/02/amazon-developing-conan-drama-based-robert-e-howard-books-colony-co-creator-1202278547/) in the works. You might like it as it seems to be based on the books rather than the movies (but therefore disqualified from this thread’s criteria). The linked article also mentions a forthcoming adaptation of _Logan’s Run_, though it’s not clear whether this is to be a movie or a TV series. Either way, I’d be interested in watching. They ought to cast Megan Massacre as Jessica, who somewhat resembles a young Jenny Agutter. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/33 "2019-12-04T13:41:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The Rocketeer. On Disney+ right now. It’s not bad, though aimed at a younger audience than the movie. What about The Phantom? I loved Billy Zanes take on it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/34 "2019-12-04T14:16:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They could do a _Walking Dead_ sort of series. I was actually imagining more of an anthology type series- maybe a full season per story, maybe 2-3 episodes per story, but all stand-alone. I know that’s sort of counter to the modern-day highly scripted series arc model, but hear me out- the Mad Max world seems like it would better lend itself to a series of weird and odd adventures and situations that Max would find himself in, and he’d basically go back into the wasteland at the end of each. Having the full scripted-arc style show would tend to jack up the mythology I think- he’d go from being a somewhat mysterious loner who finds himself in weird adventures and situations, to being a more normal protagonist. That’s not to say that Max’s character shouldn’t be developed, but Max as the lone wanderer is kind of a key character point, and you won’t get that if he’s part of a larger group for too long or too deeply. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/35 "2019-12-04T14:19:56Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The Journey Of Natty Gann. > > The Rocketeer. > > Robocop. i loved the 90s robocop series espically when he interacted eith the old man of OCP and if we have buck rogers could we base it off the original story? armageddon 2419… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/36 "2019-12-04T15:15:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Ground Hog Day** , different person though I would think, would have some possibilities. Set, presumably in an eastern North Carolina meat processing plant. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/37 "2019-12-04T16:23:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Robocop. [Canada had one of those!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop:_The_Series) It was… uh… not specifically too good. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/38 "2019-12-04T18:28:09Z")
I know it was already done back in the 70s, but a **Planet of the Apes** TV series could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/39 "2019-12-04T19:15:11Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > and if we have buck rogers could we base it off the original story? armageddon 2419… There is a 70 year old Buck running on Facebook where he fell into a meteorite crater in the 1940s and awakened 500 years later. Someone dug him up or something. What happened in 2419? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306/40 "2019-12-04T19:31:07Z")
I think the movie casino from 1995 would make a good TV series, at least for one season. I’m sure a lot of stories were available for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-movies-need-a-tv-reboot/844306.md?page=3)