The Movie: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (coyedits, BSG link) |
|||
| Line 72: | Line 72: | ||
== Fan Works == |
== Fan Works == |
||
* ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'', despite being a fanfic, |
* ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'' by [[Eyrie Productions, Unlimited]], despite being a fanfic, is structured as though it was a TV series, with three seasons of nine episodes each. It then concludes with a The Movie, set after the episodes and wrapping everything up with an epic fight scene. |
||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
* ''[[Firefly]]'' spawned a theatrical film, ''[[Serenity]]'', which tied up most (but not all) of the dangling threads from the short-lived series. Universally known to fandom as the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Movie.]] [[Fan Fiction]] even uses this to help identify the time frame: Post Show Pre BDM, Post BDM, No BDM. There are some that are Post BDM + AU. |
* ''[[Firefly]]'' spawned a theatrical film, ''[[Serenity]]'', which tied up most (but not all) of the dangling threads from the short-lived series. Universally known to fandom as the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Movie.]] [[Fan Fiction]] even uses this to help identify the time frame: Post Show Pre BDM, Post BDM, No BDM. There are some that are Post BDM + AU. |
||
* The 1970s [[Speculative Fiction]] series ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' found its pilot released to theatres rather than broadcast. |
* The 1970s [[Speculative Fiction]] series ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' found its pilot released to theatres rather than broadcast. |
||
** This was also the case for the original '' |
** This was also the case for [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the original ''Battlestar Galactica'']], at least in Canada and Europe. |
||
*** ...and In America! Where it appeared in some theaters ... in ''Sensurround!'' |
*** ...and In America! Where it appeared in some theaters ... in ''Sensurround!'' |
||
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' 's movie was actually ''shorter'' than any episode of the TV series - having apparently had a few of the 'host segments' cut right out just prior to release - and featured [[Viewers are Morons|slightly dumbed-down riffing]] (i.e. fewer obscure references, more crude language) as well as an actually tolerable movie (''[[This Island Earth]]'', considered by many to be a ''sci-fi classic'') at the behest of [[Executive Meddling|guess who.]] This is not to say the movie isn't still pretty funny. |
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' 's movie was actually ''shorter'' than any episode of the TV series - having apparently had a few of the 'host segments' cut right out just prior to release - and featured [[Viewers are Morons|slightly dumbed-down riffing]] (i.e. fewer obscure references, more crude language) as well as an actually tolerable movie (''[[This Island Earth]]'', considered by many to be a ''sci-fi classic'') at the behest of [[Executive Meddling|guess who.]] This is not to say the movie isn't still pretty funny. |
||