I recently heard someone say that a movie spin-off or continuation of a TV show never works. It works as a bit of nostalgia maybe, but it’s usually a bad film. So, is it true?

Specifically I’m thinking movies that are set in the same universe or canon as the TV series that came before it. So something like Mission Impossible wouldn’t count since the show and the films are different universes.

Also sometimes a film comes out during a TV series run, that’s fine, it doesn’t need to be after the series is over. I can also think of at least one example of a film kicking off a TV series, so that counts too.

(Also if there are absolutely terrible ones, let’s talk about those too.)

  • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I think the X-files movies were pretty good overall and did a good job with some of the storylines that they started on the show.

    I wanted to say Pee Wee’s Big Adventure but that’s not really the same universe I suppose.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldOPM
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      2 days ago

      I haven’t seen the Pee-wee films since I was a kid, but it’s the same character… But everything else is different. So it kinda counts, especially as a spin-off of the show.

      • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Oh you should definitely do a rewatch of the movies at least then there’s a lot of stuff you don’t notice when you’re a kid haha.