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Old TV: New Movie
Basically, movies have been around 100 years. Television has been around 60 years. This makes me wonder where they came up with ideas for movies for the first 40 years.
I'm kidding, of course, but.
Hollywood recently made one of my childhood favorites, "Dark Shadows," into a movie. The original was a gothic horror soap opera, done on a 1960s TV series budget. The movie version went for campy.
No, I haven't seen it yet, but I will. When it's on NetFlix. I'm too cheap to gamble on a full-priced movie these days.
It's a little disappointing that they didn't make it a big budget horror flick, but I can appreciate that it's easier to go for campy than to scare people these days.
This same camp-over-serious movie take was done with "Dragnet" a few years back. It was awful.
As long as your movie version is going to suck anyhow, why not really go for it?
So. Here are some TV shows that should be made into blockbusters:
ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, THE MOVIE - Sure, Andy Griffith is about 90 years old, but he could play the grandfather of Opie's son, Andy 3, who is the new sheriff of Mayberry. Of course, these days, the town is called Methberry, and - well - they aren't worried about Otis and the source of his moonshine anymore.
GREEN ACRES, THE MOVIE - Unfortunately, this one has Adam Sandler in the Oliver role. Nothing else matters because it will suck.
FLYING NUN, THE MOVIE - Sr. Betrielle will be able to fly, but not because of twisted physics. Clearly, she has supernatural powers. Whether these powers come from God or Satan is the question.
Surely my ideas are no worse than the ones Hollywood is coming up with. And. I know some of mine would suck.
I'm kidding, of course, but.
Hollywood recently made one of my childhood favorites, "Dark Shadows," into a movie. The original was a gothic horror soap opera, done on a 1960s TV series budget. The movie version went for campy.
No, I haven't seen it yet, but I will. When it's on NetFlix. I'm too cheap to gamble on a full-priced movie these days.
It's a little disappointing that they didn't make it a big budget horror flick, but I can appreciate that it's easier to go for campy than to scare people these days.
This same camp-over-serious movie take was done with "Dragnet" a few years back. It was awful.
As long as your movie version is going to suck anyhow, why not really go for it?
So. Here are some TV shows that should be made into blockbusters:
ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, THE MOVIE - Sure, Andy Griffith is about 90 years old, but he could play the grandfather of Opie's son, Andy 3, who is the new sheriff of Mayberry. Of course, these days, the town is called Methberry, and - well - they aren't worried about Otis and the source of his moonshine anymore.
GREEN ACRES, THE MOVIE - Unfortunately, this one has Adam Sandler in the Oliver role. Nothing else matters because it will suck.
FLYING NUN, THE MOVIE - Sr. Betrielle will be able to fly, but not because of twisted physics. Clearly, she has supernatural powers. Whether these powers come from God or Satan is the question.
Surely my ideas are no worse than the ones Hollywood is coming up with. And. I know some of mine would suck.
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