With the Man from UNCLE movie coming out this August and a rehash of X-Files on the way, it got me to thinking about all those long lost series that were hot in the 60s and 70s but now virtually forgotten and only available generally on the net or dvd. Some of the concepts surely would still make excellent remakes in series form today and with cgi and more cash, the skies the limit. Here's just a few;
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA: Hokey by today's standards, but the concept of a futuristic underwater TV series has as much going for it as outer space concepts. An attempt was made but didnt take itself too seriously in SeaQuest DSV. But a serious high tech underwater futuristic scifi may just ride the wave of success.
TIME TUNNEL: Back then they had to use material from movies for background historical shots, but the concept was fun seeing our two lost time travellers attend famous events in history and try to fit in while doing a little tweeking of the past. Still popular and coming out on blu ray early next year. Two telemovies have unsuccessfully tried to reboot the series, and they were pretty good efforts, but the accountants in TV land thought otherwise. We're into time travel stories. How about using cgi to go BACK TO THE PAST.
THE INVADERS: The cold war paranoia series had David Vincent out to stop those nasty Nazi like, Communist like, Terrorist like aliens from conquering our world through their secretive nefarious naughtiness. Top show and could be done with aplomb today with so many enemies of the World today to use as templates. We need some paranoia back where it belongs...on the TV screen.
COMMANDO CODY: One for the ancients. The original Rocket Man of the screen...and that was theatre screen because this was pre-TV stuff. Commando Cody is still available as about four serials on DVD and has him fighting invaders from the Moon and Mars with his flying jet back pack and his hokey spaceship, that was probably borrowed from the Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers serials of the 40s. Tongue in cheek stuff at best today, but Cody's flying sequences are more believable than anything today on the big screen, and the idea of a jet packed flying hero, of the Ironman type, could make good TV fodder.
That's just a taster there folks. Which remakes would you think would succeed?
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA: Hokey by today's standards, but the concept of a futuristic underwater TV series has as much going for it as outer space concepts. An attempt was made but didnt take itself too seriously in SeaQuest DSV. But a serious high tech underwater futuristic scifi may just ride the wave of success.
TIME TUNNEL: Back then they had to use material from movies for background historical shots, but the concept was fun seeing our two lost time travellers attend famous events in history and try to fit in while doing a little tweeking of the past. Still popular and coming out on blu ray early next year. Two telemovies have unsuccessfully tried to reboot the series, and they were pretty good efforts, but the accountants in TV land thought otherwise. We're into time travel stories. How about using cgi to go BACK TO THE PAST.
THE INVADERS: The cold war paranoia series had David Vincent out to stop those nasty Nazi like, Communist like, Terrorist like aliens from conquering our world through their secretive nefarious naughtiness. Top show and could be done with aplomb today with so many enemies of the World today to use as templates. We need some paranoia back where it belongs...on the TV screen.
COMMANDO CODY: One for the ancients. The original Rocket Man of the screen...and that was theatre screen because this was pre-TV stuff. Commando Cody is still available as about four serials on DVD and has him fighting invaders from the Moon and Mars with his flying jet back pack and his hokey spaceship, that was probably borrowed from the Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers serials of the 40s. Tongue in cheek stuff at best today, but Cody's flying sequences are more believable than anything today on the big screen, and the idea of a jet packed flying hero, of the Ironman type, could make good TV fodder.
That's just a taster there folks. Which remakes would you think would succeed?
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