XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv
From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net
In article <7BKri.9272$Uz4.7276@newsfe19.lga>,
Sean Carroll wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > Michael Bowker wrote:
>
> >>Don't think that's true. The 1960's Batman had a Movie and a show, I
think?
>
> > McHale's Navy had 2 movies while it was on the air (earlier than Batman).
> >
> > The Man From U.N.C.L.E. had something like half a dozen of them,
> > although they were expanded episodes, not original theatrical material
> > like Batman and McHale.
> >
> > Off the top of my head, there's also Dark Shadows (2 movies), probably
> > Thunderbirds depending on the release dates, The Monkees, Dr. Who,
> > Secret Agent . . .
> >
> > X-Files isn't even close in this category.
>
> You're right, it isn't. It doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the
> same breath.
>
> After all, people actually WATCHED the XF movie, and still remember it!
Yawn. People watched and remember Dark Shadows. It spawned a movie
during it's run and a movie after it's run, books, conventions, record
albums, a revival series, a truly astonishing number of VHS and now DVD
releases, and a new revival movie is in the works.
>
> PS: 'The Monkees' did NOT have a movie during its run. 'Head' did not
> come out until AFTER the series was cancelled, and it was not really
> connected to it, being an entirely separate project that the band
> themselves had creative control over. In fact, they intentionally made
> the movie as much UNLIKE the series as they possibly could.
Okay, so only several series beat X-Files, not several plus 1.
Look, I liked much of the X-Files, and enjoyed the movie. But claiming
phony records for it doesn't do anything but make it's fan base look
desperate.
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