Author Topic: Which SF series should they remake? (Read 53818 times)

SFEley · **Reply #50 on:** March 19, 2007, 10:27:15 PM

Quote from: Jim on March 19, 2007, 03:14:08 PM

Quote from: jrderego on March 19, 2007, 03:07:48 PM
I'll see your Small & Frye and raise you a Streethawk!

I'll see your Streethawk and raise you a Holmes & Yo-Yo!

That's a new one on me. Having read the page, you win.

I was going to throw in Misfits of Science as well, but I remember actually enjoying that one.

ClintMemo · **Reply #51 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:42:56 AM

Getting back to primetime network slush, does anyone else remember "The Fantastic Journey"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075503/
(I love IMDB. Maybe I should post that in the other thread...

)

Mfitz · **Reply #52 on:** March 20, 2007, 02:43:29 PM

Quote from: SFEley on March 19, 2007, 10:27:15 PM

That's a new one on me. Having read the page, you win.

I was going to throw in Misfits of Science as well, but I remember actually enjoying that one.

I like it too.

Zathras · **Reply #53 on:** March 21, 2007, 10:59:11 PM

Quote from: Jim on March 19, 2007, 08:57:49 PM

Wonder Bug, yes, I remember that show. Three generic teenagers find a wreck of a dunebuggy and transform it into a flying mystical car with a magic horn. Those Krofft shows were whacked, downright surreal. I loved them like crazy when I was little.

When Wonder Bug was a piece of crap (before transformation) they called it "Schlep car". I remember the spinning license plate. A few years ago on the TV station "Boomerang" they had a Krofft Supershow marathon and showed all those old shows for a couple days. Sigmund the Seamonster, HR Puff n' Stuff, that goofy show where the people were hats.

Jim · **Reply #54 on:** March 21, 2007, 11:52:23 PM

Quote from: Zathras on March 21, 2007, 10:59:11 PM

...that goofy show where the people were hats.

Wait, not Lidsville, starring Charles Nelson Riley and Butch Patrick, by any chance?

I was thinking of running a home-brew HR Puf-n-Stuf-based RPG at Gen Con this year, you know, for kids, then nixed it in favor of superheroes.

SFEley · **Reply #55 on:** March 22, 2007, 01:15:39 AM

Quote from: Jim on March 21, 2007, 11:52:23 PM

Quote from: Zathras on March 21, 2007, 10:59:11 PM
...that goofy show where the people were hats.

Wait, not Lidsville, starring Charles Nelson Riley and Butch Patrick, by any chance?

Holy cow. I just went to that page and watched the video of the opening sequence. I'm sort of glad I missed that one -- I think it really would have messed me up as a kid. >8->

ClintMemo · **Reply #56 on:** March 22, 2007, 02:11:18 AM

Wow!
I just got back from http://www.70slivekidvid.com/

I had forgotten about so many of those shows....

...where did my childhood go...?

Heradel · **Reply #57 on:** July 02, 2008, 01:08:15 AM

Doing my bit of necromancy to post the news that The Prisoner remake is going forward.

Alasdair5000 · **Reply #58 on:** July 02, 2008, 08:26:43 AM

GOOD choices too. Be interesting to see where it's set and exactly how much of the crazy is going to be carried over.

wintermute · **Reply #59 on:** July 02, 2008, 12:37:47 PM

Quote from: SFEley on February 16, 2007, 03:18:42 AM

Quote from: Heradel on February 15, 2007, 07:37:56 PM
Huh, I was thinking of suggesting that one. Do you have a link to information?
I wonder if they'll keep the bouncing ball s ... things.

Oh, and:
http://www.sixofone.org.uk/Prisoner-Remake.htm

"But the new production is a mini-series of 6 episodes, costing £1 million each."

I think the short series is a great idea. Anna and I just watched The Prisoner on DVD last year, and our shared judgment was that it was an incredible concept with some very solid episodes, but it went on too long. It started with the sense that the producers knew exactly where it was going, and then over time it just got weirder and less grounded. The final episode was a pure psychedelic drug trip. I was very reassured when I checked the Internet and confirmed that no one else knew what the hell was going on either.

...Hmmm. Come to think of it, I guess it's possible they're remaking it right now. They simply changed the title to Lost.

There are various stories about how long Prisoner was supposed to be, and how it was supposed to end, but they all have on thing in common: Patrick McGoohan was told on a Friday evening that they needed the script for a final two-parter by Monday. Filming started the following Wednesday, and it was aired within two weeks of him turning over the script, so no-one really had any time to ask "does this actually make sense?"

But the morning after it aired, McGoohan woke up to find fans camping outside his house to ask him what it had been about. They didn't get an answer.

Anyway, I'm interested to see a Prisoner remake, but also somewhat wary. After all, I'm not the only person who rates it as one of the finest TV shows of all time.

The Gerry Anderson show that needs to get remade is Terrahawks, especially if they can get Windsor Davis back to play Sergeant Major Zero.

Roney · **Reply #60 on:** July 04, 2008, 11:15:25 PM

Quote from: wintermute on July 02, 2008, 12:37:47 PM

The Gerry Anderson show that needs to get remade is Terrahawks, especially if they can get Windsor Davis back to play Sergeant Major Zero.

Seconded to the ninth power. Uh... 512thed. I loved that show. There was more than enough warped originality to be able to support a fairly serious makeover, even BSG-style.

Oh, and for anyone else trying to follow links in this zombie thread, the Sapphire and Steel audio appears to have moved. (Many thanks to Alasdair5000 for uncovering this. I could listen to David Warner and Susannah Harker until the stars go cold.)

Tango Alpha Delta · **Reply #61 on:** July 05, 2008, 02:00:54 AM

Quote from: Roney on July 04, 2008, 11:15:25 PM

I could listen to David Warner and Susannah Harker until the stars go cold.

Not saying much, there... one of them already did...

(sorry, it was just begging to be done!)

zZzacha · **Reply #62 on:** July 05, 2008, 12:05:27 PM

Quote from: lowky on March 19, 2007, 05:33:36 PM

V would be a good candidate for a remake. and while not really sci-fi would love to see millennium resurrected.

V ! I loved that one. I always wanted to see V again, I was so sad when the series stopped. Way back... 1984!
Anyway, last year it was on tv again! I was so happy! I told my boyfriend: "You HAVE to watch this. Real awesome SF series from the 80s" (he's 5 years younger than me, so there's a BIG generation gap). Hmpf. It was SOOOOOOO boring! I think most sentimental 35 year olds were thinking that, because they aired only two episodes and then it stopped again. Nobody was watching. What were we thinking in the 80s??!?

So yes, bring on the remake! Give dialogues the some speed. Or put the whole series in one movie, that would make a great movie!

_{[edit: addidtion from my boyfriend]}
In the same year I was watching V, my boyfriend was watching the great SF series Children of the Dog Star, an Australian tv program. Not many Americans will know that one, especially since it ran only 6 episodes.

ChiliFan · **Reply #63 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:46:26 PM

Why should SF series keep being remade? The list of remakes as well as proposed remakes now includes BSG, The Bionic Woman, Blake's Seven, Knight Rider, and The Survivors. If any more SF series are going to be remade, then they should be as obscure as possible, and originally made in B&W, then that might be a good reason to remake them!

Actually, I've got a few ideas for new SF series, so if any producers are reading this, why not contact me and see if you like my ideas?

Russell Nash · **Reply #64 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:30:46 PM

remaking something is a way of hedging a bet. It gets more interest. People already know the gemeral idea. It's just an easier way to get people to watch the first couple of episodes.

Alasdair5000 · **Reply #65 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:15:03 AM

Quote from: Russell Nash on July 08, 2008, 08:30:46 PM

remaking something is a way of hedging a bet. It gets more interest. People already know the gemeral idea. It's just an easier way to get people to watch the first couple of episodes.

Oh absolutely, Galactica in particular is about one half the original show and one half 'Very bad things happen! In spaaaaaaaaaaaace!' which attracts more audience than it normally would because of the Cylons and the Battlestar and such. There's also a point where a series becomes less of a remake and more of a different approach to the same ground. Moonlight for example, initially seemed to be Angel with the serial numbers filed off but as the series progressed it turned into something very different and good in it's own right.

Russell Nash · **Reply #66 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:24:03 AM

Quote from: Alasdair5000 on July 09, 2008, 08:15:03 AM

Quote from: Russell Nash on July 08, 2008, 08:30:46 PM
remaking something is a way of hedging a bet. It gets more interest. People already know the gemeral idea. It's just an easier way to get people to watch the first couple of episodes.
Oh absolutely, Galactica in particular is about one half the original show and one half 'Very bad things happen! In spaaaaaaaaaaaace!' which attracts more audience than it normally would because of the Cylons and the Battlestar and such. There's also a point where a series becomes less of a remake and more of a different approach to the same ground. Moonlight for example, initially seemed to be Angel with the serial numbers filed off but as the series progressed it turned into something very different and good in it's own right.

Al, you suck!!

You got me all hooked on the idea of a good vampire show. Then I went to IMDB to look it up and found out it was cancelled after only 16 shows. I don't need another Firefly to pine for.

(I guess I didn't really mean to say you suck, but you got my hopes up.)

Alasdair5000 · **Reply #67 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:28:16 AM

There MAY actually be good news with Moonlight and weirdly it's kind of Firefly-y good news. The fan response has been so huge there's a reasonable chance some kind of pickup may yet happen (And it is tons of fun:))

WillMoo · **Reply #68 on:** July 16, 2008, 03:49:12 PM

I skimmed the replies but has anyone mentioned "Space 1999"? If we are talking books I would vote for "The White Plague" or "Ring World" although they would screw up Ring World with too much CGI.

stePH · **Reply #69 on:** July 16, 2008, 04:15:49 PM

Quote from: WillMoo on July 16, 2008, 03:49:12 PM

I skimmed the replies but has anyone mentioned "Space 1999"? If we are talking books I would vote for "The White Plague" or "Ring World" although they would screw up Ring World with too much CGI.

Riverworld has endless possibilities. (I know a pilot was made for a Skiffy Channel series but I've heard that one is best forgotten.)

Windup · **Reply #70 on:** July 26, 2008, 01:55:18 AM

Quote from: WillMoo on July 16, 2008, 03:49:12 PM

I skimmed the replies but has anyone mentioned "Space 1999"? If we are talking books I would vote for "The White Plague" or "Ring World" although they would screw up Ring World with too much CGI.

I can't think of anything that could save Space 1999, save starting over from scratch. And then, in what sense is it a remake?

stePH · **Reply #71 on:** July 26, 2008, 04:22:09 AM

Quote from: Windup on July 26, 2008, 01:55:18 AM

I can't think of anything that could save Space 1999, save starting over from scratch. And then, in what sense is it a remake?

It worked for Battlestar Galactica, after a fashion.

Alasdair5000 · **Reply #72 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:00:37 AM

Quote from: stePH on July 26, 2008, 04:22:09 AM

Quote from: Windup on July 26, 2008, 01:55:18 AM
I can't think of anything that could save Space 1999, save starting over from scratch. And then, in what sense is it a remake?

It worked for Battlestar Galactica, after a fashion.

As long as they kept the theme tune and the design aesthetic of the Eagle I'd be happy. Actually, keep the theme tune and I'd be happy:)

Tango Alpha Delta · **Reply #73 on:** July 27, 2008, 07:33:27 PM

I didn't see it being re-aired, but I remember this one from 1987-1988 (when it scared the crap out of me!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_(TV_series)

I wouldn't mind seeing it remade... and made a little better.

Windup · **Reply #74 on:** July 27, 2008, 10:47:21 PM

The Night Stalker. The original starred Darren MacGavin as a newspaper reporter who tried to write stories about the supernatural. I see in Wikipedia that somebody took a crack at it in 2005, but it sounds like they were hemmed in by copyright considerations. I'd like to see someone with freedom to operate take on a remake; I really liked the show when it was first on.