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February 28, 2016 9:01 AM   Subscribe

By James H. Burns: Recently, a television mini-series based on Arthur C. Clarke’s classic novel, Childhood’s End, debuted internationally. But if the vagaries and fortunes of Hollywood had been just a bit different, there could have been such a production, or a theatrical feature film, far sooner, from Universal Studios - The Lost Childhood’s End: A Tale of Phil DeGuere, The Late 1970s, and Arthur C. Clarke’s Classic Novel
posted by Artw (6 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
"DeGuere has already completed a pilot script for ABC which he described as “The Six Million Dollar Man meets Carrie""
posted by doctornemo at 10:13 AM on February 28, 2016


The article was from 1980, right? That was probably a good time for that 6 million man vs carrie. As I've read before it's basically just amazing that ANYthing gets made let alone anything good. In another thread someone had a link to over a hundred remakes in production right now. Let's start MeFi Studios over in projects.
posted by sammyo at 10:29 AM on February 28, 2016 [3 favorites]


I know the article isn't about the quality of the show but MAAAANNN was it bad.
posted by Cosine at 10:34 AM on February 28, 2016


The article was from 1980, right?

With updates, but I'm pretty sure they consist of "Oh, there actually was a show".
posted by Artw at 10:45 AM on February 28, 2016


I just watched 1.5 episodes of the show because of this post. It is indeed really quite bad. The first 15 mins are fun. In the end I just read the wikipedia entry, it should really be about 1 episode of The Twilight Zone/Outer Limits.
posted by Damienmce at 4:04 PM on February 28, 2016


I liked the show and thought it was quite good. I haven't read the book though, so what do I know.
posted by unliteral at 4:38 PM on February 28, 2016


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