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post #1 of 96
9/14/10 at 4:43am
Thread Starter 
In the wake of the success of BSG a whole bunch of TV shows are getting the remake treatment. But which ones have been overlooked or which ones do you think deserve to be remade and why?


I'll start by suggesting Red Dwarf, hands down the best Sci-Fi comedy show ever made. The cast are now too old to carry on and to be honest the last two seasons were way below the quality of the others. I think there is a ton of great writers out there now who could do a fantastic job with the remake; especially if they used the first book as source material to start with.


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post #2 of 96
9/14/10 at 4:54am
My Mother the Car. Mix in some Knight Rider. Gold, I tells ya.
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post #3 of 96
9/14/10 at 6:31am
It's going to be weird when they "reimagine" LOST in twenty years.
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post #4 of 96
9/14/10 at 6:36am
Three's Company!
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post #5 of 96
9/14/10 at 7:12am
Can't say I'm dying to see it but they might actually be making more Red Dwarf with the original cast.

Agree that adapting the novels (maybe as a movie?) might be an interesting idea. But the thing about most of the best british comedy is that they're usually the writers' babies, and somehow it doesn't feel right to farm a show out to other writers just because. Most US attempts at remaking UK shows are dreadful.
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post #6 of 96
9/14/10 at 7:27am
Didn't they remake The Prisoner? Wasn't it meant to be god-awful?

I'd like to see I, Claudius get the big budget modern TV series treatment personally.
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post #7 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:12am
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The Prisoner remake had Sir Ian Mckellen in it but yeah it tanked. Thing is BSG proves it can be done it just needs to be done with care. I think if they did remake Red Dwarf it would have to be British writers or the chaps that do the US office.
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post #8 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:19am
The Wire.
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post #9 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:21am
The Highwayman. Give it a no-holds barred, ultra-violent treatment, and elaborate on the dystopian aspects of the setting.

Also, Steven Moffat should get working on his version of the British classic Dick Turpin, stat.
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post #10 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:37am
I know the genre is already old and tired, but I would love to see a remake of The Greatest American Hero. The concept of an everyman with a liberal philosophy given a suit that grants him super abilities who then loses the instruction manual so that he has to figure out how to use the suit through trial and error has a lot of potential. Pair him up with an ultra-conservative CIA agent, and there's just a treasure trove of possibilities.
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post #11 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:45am
Something Western, please.

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I know the genre is already old and tired, but I would love to see a remake of The Greatest American Hero. The concept of an everyman with a liberal philosophy given a suit that grants him super abilities who then loses the instruction manual so that he has to figure out how to use the suit through trial and error has a lot of potential. Pair him up with an ultra-conservative CIA agent, and there's just a treasure trove of possibilities.
I'd watch that in an instant.

EDIT: Also, I've been thinking Blake's 7 could do with an update. It was pretty bleak and nihilistic for its time, but the problem today would be making it stand out from all the other space bandits on the run type shows (Farscape, Firefly, even Battlestar Galactica). I think the key would be in embracing its Britishness and giving it to a showrunner like Steven Moffatt or Mark Gatiss.
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post #12 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:54am
Diff'rent Strokes
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post #13 of 96
9/14/10 at 8:57am
Quantum Leap is such an open premise and such a solid, sci-fi concept, it could withstand any more number of Dr Who-esque re-castings, as more scientists step into the quantum leap accelerator (and vanish) perhaps to find Sam Beckett. Wasn't it mooted some time ago that this exact concept was going to go ahead with Beckett's daughter going looking for him? I don't about that one specifically, but the potential for a continuation of the core concept is certainly there.
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post #14 of 96
9/14/10 at 9:02am
Thread Starter 
What I liked about Quantum leap what the premise that you could only leap within your own lifetime. That is what set it apart from other time travel shows.

So yeah, as you say it's ripe for reknewal.
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post #15 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:21am
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
What I liked about Quantum leap what the premise that you could only leap within your own lifetime. That is what set it apart from other time travel shows.

So yeah, as you say it's ripe for reknewal.
Didn't they screw that up in the last season?I could have sworn Beckett leaped into a Civil War relative at one point.
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post #16 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:30am
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Diff'rent Strokes
Swear to God, this was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the thread title.

But, yeah, I'd say something Western: Have Gun, Will Travel or something like that.
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post #17 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:34am
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Didn't they screw that up in the last season?I could have sworn Beckett leaped into a Civil War relative at one point.
They actually tried to justify that through genetics, that something affected the leap and had Sam going into people with a similar enough genetic code or some such. I think Quantum leap would be great also.
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post #18 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:38am
'Wanted: Dead or Alive'. Keep it a Western (don't follow the path of the Rutger Hauer film) and make it gritty.
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post #19 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:42am
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The Highwayman. Give it a no-holds barred, ultra-violent treatment, and elaborate on the dystopian aspects of the setting.

Also, Steven Moffat should get working on his version of the British classic Dick Turpin, stat.
There was a show I watched (and loved) as a wee fella called Smuggler. It was set during the Colonial/Napoleonic era, if I remember correctly (8 or so was a damn long time ago now!), and although the majority of the plots and storylines went over my young head, it totally captivated me. I'd love to see something like that on TV again. I also remember it actually got followed up with a sequel called Adventurer, which was set around the discovery/colonization of the Pacific region (NZ, Polynesia etc). If I remember correctly, Temuera Morrison scored his first acting role on that show (which was a big deal at the time, as he was the son of NZ entertainment legend Howard Morrison).
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post #20 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:45am
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The Wire.
Excuse me? That show's perfect. Nothing to change or re imagine.
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post #21 of 96
9/14/10 at 10:55am
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Excuse me? That show's perfect. Nothing to change or re imagine.
Check your sarcasm detector, Tati. It may be on the fritz.
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post #22 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:02am
Not Funny!
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post #23 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:13am
A reboot of The Avengers along the lines of the new Dr Who could be fun. [ahem] Kelly Brook as Emma Peel, please. [/ahem]
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post #24 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:14am
The one show I would have liked to have seen remade they already did, and it crashed and burned* -- Fantasy Island.

*Not that it was bad, I really liked the much darker and more overtly magical tone it had, it just failed in the ratings.
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post #25 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:16am
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A reboot of The Avengers along the lines of the new Dr Who could be fun. [ahem] Kelly Brook as Emma Peel, please. [/ahem]
I think that the failure of the quite terrible movie will prevent this reboot from ever happening.
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post #26 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:17am
DARK ANGEL. Third world America doesn't seem so far fetched these days
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post #27 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:22am
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The one show I would have liked to have seen remade they already did, and it crashed and burned* -- Fantasy Island.

*Not that it was bad, I really liked the much darker and more overtly magical tone it had, it just failed in the ratings.
I really liked the most recent Fantasy Island also. I agree that the darker and darkly humourous mixture was fun. And McDowell was great to watch as Roarke.

I think this kind of show needs to be brought back, in general.

Another show they tried to bring back that failed, but I think has the potential to be great if executed correctly - Kolchak, the Nightstalker.

*Edited to add*

Just read the synopsis of Malcolm McDowell's Fantasy Island, and it reminded me of another short-lived show I'd like to see brought back and redone - Nightmare Cafe.
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post #28 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:23am
KUNG FU. This time with Mark Dacascos please.
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post #29 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:24am
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Excuse me? That show's perfect. Nothing to change or re imagine.
For shame, my friend.
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post #30 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:24am
I'd like to see Dark Shadows brought back for the small screen. I was quite into the remake in the 90's when it abruptly stopped.
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post #31 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:26am
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KUNG FU. This time with Mark Dacascos please.
Seconded. ANYTHING to get him off of that Iron Chef gig and back to kicking ass.
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post #32 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:30am
Lost
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post #33 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:34am
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KUNG FU. This time with Mark Dacascos please.
Okay, I like this idea. I would watch the hell out of it.

Wasn't it Mark Decascos who was in that Crow TV series that came out a few years back?
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post #34 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:39am
"Voyagers!", man.

Just don't let the star play with prop guns.
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post #35 of 96
9/14/10 at 11:41am
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Wasn't it Mark Decascos who was in that Crow TV series that came out a few years back?
Yes. I actually liked that to tell the truth.
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post #36 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:12pm
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Yes. I actually liked that to tell the truth.
I only watched an episode here and there, but didn't hate what I watched. I dunno why I never tried to get into the show.
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post #37 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:16pm
NightMan - shot for shot!

Seriously, how great of a synopsis is this? "After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil."
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post #38 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:27pm
Profit (John McNamara & David Greenwalt, 1996-1997)
The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling, 1959-1964)
Vengeance Unlimited (John McNamara & David Simkins, 1998-1999)
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post #39 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:33pm
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I'll start by suggesting Red Dwarf, hands down the best Sci-Fi comedy show ever made. The cast are now too old to carry on and to be honest the last two seasons were way below the quality of the others. I think there is a ton of great writers out there now who could do a fantastic job with the remake; especially if they used the first book as source material to start with.
Wait...so no one else here except me remembers the U.S. Red Dwarf remake pilot from the early '90s, starring the original Kryten and a pre-DS9 Terry Farrell as the Cat?
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post #40 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:40pm
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Wait...so no one else here except me remembers the U.S. Red Dwarf remake pilot from the early '90s, starring the original Kryten and a pre-DS9 Terry Farrell as the Cat?
Oh, I remember...

Trying so hard to forget.
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post #41 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:46pm
Thread Starter 
Yep I even remember Red Dwarf magazine trying to pass it off as good.

Still it could be done right.
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post #42 of 96
9/14/10 at 12:50pm
The Fugitive, but with a chick.
MacGyver, but with a chick.
Birds of Prey, but with dudes.
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post #43 of 96
9/14/10 at 1:13pm
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They actually tried to justify that through genetics, that something affected the leap and had Sam going into people with a similar enough genetic code or some such. I think Quantum leap would be great also.
I too would love a Quantum Leap revival, but good luck finding the chemistry you'd need to replace the two leads. Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. They were fantastic.

And then there's this....

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/08/0...us-scott-baku/
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post #44 of 96
9/14/10 at 1:15pm
Love Boat

....but make it all dark and moody like BSG


just think of all the out of work actors that need a job...(specifically the ones that couldn't get a gig on any of the Law & Order series)
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post #45 of 96
9/14/10 at 1:40pm
X-Files. Even with Fringe around there's still place to do it.

Lost is one of the few ones It's a safe bet will be redone.
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post #46 of 96
9/14/10 at 2:12pm
Stingray. Be kind of ripe for the way tv is done today with Story of the Week combined with a season long arch, and overall show arch of who is Stingray. Shawn Ryan to take this one on please.
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post #47 of 96
9/14/10 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by Barry Woodward View Post
Profit (John McNamara & David Greenwalt, 1996-1997)
The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling, 1959-1964)
Vengeance Unlimited (John McNamara & David Simkins, 1998-1999)
'Profit' is the best suggestion yet. Talk about a show that was cancelled WAAAY too quickly.

And regarding 'The Twilight Zone', we've already discussed in various threads how the mid-80s reboot was actually pretty damned good. There's no reason why a SECOND reboot couldn't be good as well.
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post #48 of 96
9/14/10 at 2:32pm
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And regarding 'The Twilight Zone', we've already discussed in various threads how the mid-80s reboot was actually pretty damned good. There's no reason why a SECOND reboot couldn't be good as well.
There was a second reboot. With Forrest Whittaker as the host. The couple of episodes I saw of it were bland and lifeless.
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post #49 of 96
9/14/10 at 3:58pm
Quantum Leap is a great idea. Endless possibilities while staying in "canon." If Stargate can have 7,000 series why not a couple more Quantum Leaps?

Also: Sliders. And keep John Rhys Davies, please.
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post #50 of 96
9/14/10 at 4:01pm

Re: Which TV shows need a remake?

X-Files would be interesting to see remade. I think it might be a bit hard because of Fringe though.

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