Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
11-23-08, 09:39 AM
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Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Taken from a post over at the TiVo forums:
Teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyZB7Udga4
Movie promo special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRb_...eature=related
This was originally slated to come out last July. The film was directed by Stephen Herek (Critters, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Three Musketeers (1993), Mr. Holland's Opus, to name a few) and was written by John Masius and Stephen Godchaux, two writers/executive producers from the series.
Here's the plot synopsis...
And yes, there are some cast changes...
According to Ellen Muth (George), if the DVD sells well enough, MGM is very interested in getting the show picked up once again.
Teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyZB7Udga4
Movie promo special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRb_...eature=related
This was originally slated to come out last July. The film was directed by Stephen Herek (Critters, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Three Musketeers (1993), Mr. Holland's Opus, to name a few) and was written by John Masius and Stephen Godchaux, two writers/executive producers from the series.
Here's the plot synopsis...
Spoiler:
And yes, there are some cast changes...
Spoiler:
According to Ellen Muth (George), if the DVD sells well enough, MGM is very interested in getting the show picked up once again.
11-24-08, 06:19 AM
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Looking forward to this. Hopefully it will tie up some loose ends. If this works out, maybe Brian Fuller can go back to this since Pushing Daisies has been canned.....
11-24-08, 07:49 AM
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Bryan Fuller left early in the first season due to conflicts with MGM Television, including disagreement over major script and storyline cuts considered important to the main theme. He stated that the "lack of professionalism... made it really difficult... it was like being at war... they were constantly trying to strong arm me. It was the worst experience of my life." According to Fuller, Showtime canceled the show because of "a loss of quality and a sense the problems would continue."
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First video is no longer available ... second has a "malformed" something or other ... hopefully a revival will be as good as the show was -- simply one of the best shows ... ever.
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11-26-08, 03:12 PM
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Interesting that Sarah Wynter and Laura Harris played sisters on 24 and now are playing the same character.
02-16-09, 11:56 PM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Still shows as a preorder at Amazon with today as a release date:
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Like-Me-A.../dp/B001JV5BHQ
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Like-Me-A.../dp/B001JV5BHQ
02-17-09, 02:00 AM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Got this on my radar but won't pick it up until I finish the aired episodes. Great show.
02-17-09, 04:41 AM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
I would have preferred to see Betty (Rebecca Gayheart) return rather than have them recast Daisy.
02-17-09, 05:12 PM
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I just watched this last night and it is a pretty good closer to the series, if it is that. The story does take place five years after the first episode not five years after the last episode. Kudos to the original cast, they step back into the characters seamlessly.
I'm hoping it does pull in great sales so this can come back as a series.
I'm hoping it does pull in great sales so this can come back as a series.
02-17-09, 05:28 PM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Had forgotten that this was coming out. Thanks for the bump in the thread. Just put it in my Netflix queue.
02-17-09, 05:50 PM
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From a big fan of the show, to me it was a big mess. I love the George plot, but when anyone else was on screen it just seemed to be bad. The girl who plays Dixie really couldn't act and didn't have 5% of the charm the old dixie had, and everything else seemed really rushed. I do hope that everyone else does like it so the dvd sales are good enough to hopefully get the show back on the air where things can feel not as rushed.
So even though in my opinion only about 20% of it was any good go and buy it anyway to let whoever know the show still has a following.
So even though in my opinion only about 20% of it was any good go and buy it anyway to let whoever know the show still has a following.
02-21-09, 03:08 PM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Eh, I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.
I didn't think it was awful per say, but I hope they at least get a chance to make a few more movies and whatnot to close out the series better.
I didn't think it was awful per say, but I hope they at least get a chance to make a few more movies and whatnot to close out the series better.
02-21-09, 03:14 PM
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Re: Dead Like Me: Life After Death (Direct-To-DVD Film) Out On DVD February 17th!
Watched this last night. Just nowhere near the quality of the show. 2/5 at best.
Henry Ian Cusick's character didn't even seem necessary. I think Jasmine Guy was the only thing I liked about this. Is it me or did they turn Mason into a massive idiot all of a sudden? He was a screw up in the series but never seemed so dumb as he was portrayed in this.
I doubt I'll ever watch this again - it really doesn't provide much more closure than the last episode of Season 2 so I don't see the point.
They still didn't explain anything about
Henry Ian Cusick's character didn't even seem necessary. I think Jasmine Guy was the only thing I liked about this. Is it me or did they turn Mason into a massive idiot all of a sudden? He was a screw up in the series but never seemed so dumb as he was portrayed in this.
I doubt I'll ever watch this again - it really doesn't provide much more closure than the last episode of Season 2 so I don't see the point.
They still didn't explain anything about
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