I recently heard someone say that a movie spin-off or continuation of a TV show never works. It works as a bit of nostalgia maybe, but it's usually a bad film. So, is it true?

Specifically I'm thinking movies that are set in the same universe or canon as the TV series that came before it. So something like Mission Impossible wouldn't count since the show and the films are different universes.

Also sometimes a film comes out during a TV series run, that's fine, it doesn't need to be after the series is over. I can also think of at least one example of a film kicking off a TV series, so that counts too.

(Also if there are absolutely terrible ones, let's talk about those too.)

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I also think South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut and The Simpsons Movie are both excellent animated films that get to exist alongside their TV series.

South Park is a hilarious film, solid musical, and I'd say they should make more, but the series nowadays are often just films, and Matt & Trey are still making musicals in other media like Team America World Police and Book of Mormon, so they don't need to just use South Park.

The Simpsons, people love to shit on The Simpsons but the film was excellent and I'm glad we're getting another one. It was a grand adventure that we don't get to see the Simpsons family go on, and the adventure was a fun one.