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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[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll give you the opposite. Mash was first a book then movie then TV series, but I think I enjoy them in the reverse otder. Can't think of many movies that spawned a hugely successful TV series.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The only one I thought of was Star Wars Clone Wars. It took a WHILE to become a successful series and even then animation is always in a different category.