Top Ten Films Based on a TV Show

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The next in an ongoing series that nobody really asked for.

This list pays homage to the television shows that made a successful jump from syndication to silver screen. Because my high-standards can be compromised for no subject, this list pertains only to direct adaptations, not just partials. As such, films such as Brain Candy, Wayne's World and Borat are ineligible.

Damn me and my restrictive rules.

10. Strangers with Candy

I waited three long years between the time I heard about the Sundance premier and when I actually got to see it. And that's just not fair. Don't ask for an explanation of the film or the series. It can't be done. Just watch it. Preferably under the influence of something.

9. The X-Files: Fight the Future

The paragon of '90s sci-fi culminated in this fantastically done feature film. Seriously. How much did the series suck after this film? It also fostered a level of unshakable fear and paranoia in me that was previously fulfilled by spiders. Here's hoping the sequel is just as good, even if the name is stupid.

8. Mission: Impossible

Say what you will, because I know you have to say something or else your brain will shut down permanently, but I liked this film and still do. The sequel was self-indulgent crap, but the sequel's sequel (there needs to be a word for that) almost made up for it. Though, that was mostly Phillip Seymour Hoffman and J.J. Abrams.

7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A lot of adapted films feel obligated to spend the first act filling in the finer details of the characters and settings to inform those who may not be familiar with the source material. However, TMNT's title does that itself. It could also be argued this film was based on a comic book, but shut up.

6.Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

What separates the entire Twin Peaks diegesis from a single episode of CSI, Without a Trace, Law and Order ad nauseum? David Lynch made characters good enough to be recycled episode after episode. Laura Palmer was dead before the first episode, she was already a well-rounded individual. And Lynch reminds us of this with the prequel no one asked for, but everyone appreciated and was grateful for.

5. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

It's essentially another episode of MST3K with one less host segment. I could be a tad biased, but this movie's as every bit as good as any episode of the series, and the series is great. You cannot refute or deny this. Just accept it. Plus, Tom Servo says 'Shit' three times. You don't get that on TV.

4. The Naked Gun

From the good ol' days of TV when even the least popular TV shows got 13 episodes. Even though the pacing and style of Police Squad was clearly more akin for feature film length, Leslie Nielsen was every bit as ridiculous in the 22-minute format.

3. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

Easing the transition of South Park from crude humor and fart jokes to crude humor, fart jokes and social commentary, South Park: BLU is near perfect in all senses. The soundtrack alone would put it on the list.

2. Serenity

In case you can't tell, I'm a sci-fi dork. And this was my Woodstock. If only Joss Whedon hadn't been such a tease and given us a little information on Shepard Book, this would have been number 1 easy. What other film features outer space cowboys and a 90-pound psychopathic kung-fu girl winning an entire bar fight? I think Arsenic and Old Lace does; I'm not sure.

1. The Fugitive

Harrison Ford. Tommy Lee Jones. The One-Armed Man. Start to finish, this film is a perfectly executed crime-thriller, and greatly sums up the entire Fugitive series' run while simultaneously being its own individual piece.

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Loved your list..
I grew up on TMNT comic books.. Eastman and Laird's original black and whites.. dude.. nuff said.
Anyhow:
Charlie's angels- If I ever have a boy, his name'll be Bosley.

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