You thought it was a made for tv movie but it wasn't

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12-29-08, 09:43 PM

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You thought it was a made for tv movie but it wasn't

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12-29-08, 09:48 PM

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12-30-08, 12:47 PM

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I saw a horrible movie a few years ago, Smile, seemed like a Lifetime TV movie.

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12-31-08, 12:42 AM

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Same. Was surprised when I learned the new DVD release was widescreen.

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12-31-08, 05:39 AM

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I always thought that Ron Howard's The Paper felt like a great pilot for a TV series.

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12-31-08, 01:27 PM

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I remember catching the pilot to Threshold when it first aired, having not heard anything about the series previously, and thinking it must have been a TV movie.

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12-31-08, 03:19 PM

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Well played. The first one that comes to mind for me is My Super Ex-Girlfriend. That was a train wreck.

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12-31-08, 03:55 PM

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The dialogue sounded like it was right out of a UPN sitcom. Went to IMDB afterwards to see what the screenwriter had previously worked on.

Not surprised.

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"No Escape," which I love but thought was just an HBO produced film before finding out it did get a theatrical run.

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I use to believe Burnt Offerings was a tv-movie. Probably because of Dan Curtis and Karen Black my brain cross-referenced it with Trilogy Of Terror.

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01-01-09, 07:55 PM

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The Family Stone. What a God-Awful movie.

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01-02-09, 08:20 PM

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I remember catching the pilot to Threshold when it first aired, having not heard anything about the series previously, and thinking it must have been a TV movie.

I remember reading about the show before it aired, but as I watched it I felt like it could have been a made for TV movie.

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01-02-09, 11:39 PM

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2 Fast 2 Furious

I know it was of course a theater movie first, but the acting and low budget car chases and stunts really had a made-for-TV quality to them.

This coming from someone who enjoyed the 1st and 3rd in the series.