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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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Now that multiple people have mentioned Serenity I feel I need to mention Peacekeeper Wars as the wrap-up for Farscape. It was basically two seasons crammed into three hours, so it was somewhat rushed, but it wrapped up the show nicely and is a great watch!

[–] unknown@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Peacekeeper Wars is my choice for this too. It had such a good ending and it just felt so right and in keeping with the whole rest of the show.

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I had completely forgotten about that! Man, I really need to do a full rewatch.