The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

TC — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:35:50 GMT

Are you kidding? Miami Vice movie? Really???? Worst movie ever made.

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

Scott Von Doviak — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:31:28 GMT

We didn't leave out THE FUGITIVE. It's in Part II of the list.

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

David Rutter — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:43:23 GMT

You left out "The Fugitive", which was a better product by far than the TV Show.

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

The Angry American — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:38:48 GMT

Of the movies listed in this group, I agree wholeheartedly with The Wrath of Khan, The Naked Gun, and The Fugitive. These are the best of the lot that I've seen, although to be fair, I've never seen the movie version of The Blues Brothers and it's been years since I last saw the television version of The Untouchables.

I'm rejecting both The Simpsons and South Park movies out of hand. I don't understand the allure of either show, maybe because I'm not into the humor. I'd rather watch NTSC color bars than either of those shows--or anything Tyler Perry has made or will make.

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

Jennifer — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:51:36 GMT

You can't be serious! How could you leave out "The Brady Bunch" movie? There hasn't been a more existential postmodern reinterpretation of a television show updated within a time warp than this movie. Completely unself conscious while being relentlessly self referential, not to mention funny and eerily disturbing.

re: The 12 Greatest Movies Based on TV Shows, Part I

Janet — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:58 GMT

You know, I'm starting to think that the release of all the Marvel movies is really more about making television shows as movies than comic books. Almost all of the Marvel comics being adapted now are the ones I, and almost everyone my age, watched on TV as a kid. While I have managed to resist most of the movie pandering to my childhood, like Speed Racer, I have to admit I fell completely for Iron Man. It wasn't until I was leaving the theater that it occurred to me that they were cynically selling me my childhood. I guess no one can be resistant to all nostalgia marketing.