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Do you think a modern revival of this series would fly?

posted 8 years ago by zooeyhall
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Or maybe I should say "sail"?

I recently purchased the DVD set of this series, and watched it on my big screen home theater.

I was an awestruck 12 year old back in the sixties, watching this on TV. Fifty years later, I was pleasantly surprised to see it still packs a punch. Especially the first season. It holds up surprising well.

Which brings me to a thought: do you think a modern remake or revival of this series is something that might be successful?

"If" it could or would be done, which modern actors would be good choices for the lead roles?

[–] alpha128 8 years ago

I was an awestruck 12 year old back in the sixties, watching this on TV. Fifty years later, I was pleasantly surprised to see it still packs a punch. Especially the first season. It holds up surprising well. - zooeyhall

I never watched this show until the first season was released on DVD (I own both parts). I subsequently watched Season 2 and some later episodes on-line. I agree that the first season was very well done and was the peak of the series.

Which brings me to a thought: do you think a modern remake or revival of this series is something that might be successful? - zooeyhall

Isn't that essentially what Seaquest DSV (1993) was?

I don't know. Maybe they could give Voyage the Battlestar Galactica (2004) treatment and just keep the basic premise and characters. The creators would also have to come up with an overarching story. These days viewers expect serialized episodes and the original Voyage, apart from the occasional sequel, rarely did that.

[–] LAV25USMC 8 years ago

Maybe they could give Voyage the Battlestar Galactica (2004) treatment

TNT runs a show along those lines already called "The Last Ship". I haven't watched the show but from the description it seems to have many of the BS Gallactica elements. I imagine most would likely call it a knock off of The Last Ship (only underwater).

That said, I certainly wouldn't mind a revival or at least a movie, since doing movies of popular 60's & 70's TV shows is still a somewhat "in" thing.

[–] alpha128 8 years ago

TNT runs a show along those lines already called "The Last Ship". I haven't watched the show but from the description it seems to have many of the BS Gallactica elements. I imagine most would likely call it a knock off of The Last Ship (only underwater). - LAV25USMC

Actually, I have watched all of The Last Ship (2014), and it hasn't reminded me of either Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) or Battlestar Galactica (2004). If anything, the latest season reminded me of Star Trek (1966). That's because the main character, CO CDR Tom Chandler, kept picking up a gun and going on all the dangerous away missions, just like James T. Kirk.

[–] ddc300 8 years ago

Seaquest DSV was Steven Speilberg's take on VOYAGE. They even hired Roy Schieder because he was a thoughtful, 'Richard Basehart-like actor' (this is a direct quote from a book on the making of the series, "Seaquest: DSV").

[–] alpha128 8 years ago

Seaquest DSV was Steven Speilberg's take on VOYAGE. They even hired Roy Schieder because he was a thoughtful, 'Richard Basehart-like actor' (this is a direct quote from a book on the making of the series, "Seaquest: DSV"). - ddc300

I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.

[–] Blueghost 7 years ago

Voyage was a product of its time, and like the other guy said, Seaquest was essentially VTTBOTS updated for a 90s audience, with some Star Trek the Next Generation overtones.

The issue is that the ocean still has mysteries, but people are just a bit more educated now than they've ever been. So how do you write a TV show that's not necessarily plausible, but at least believable in some way to be entertaining.

That's what Voyage was when it first aired. It's not really plausible by any stretch of the imagination, but people bought into the shows reality, but only partly because we didn't now as much about the sea as we do now.

I hope that helps.

[–] pluckytotheend (263) 4 years ago

Yes, a new VTTBOTS series set in the future and centered on a world altered by global warming and just to make things interesting the discovery of an amphibious humanoid species which was the premise of "Deadly Amphibians" in season four. Resentment towards humanity is an issue as we become more intrusive with our exploitation of ocean resources and our pollution. The amphibians have a global underwater civilization and evolved an organic based technology. Seview's mission of exploration is altered to deal with this new reality as humans and amphibious humanoids try to coexist.

[–] moviechatterer (13265) 4 years ago

So like Waterworld then?
:)

[–] pluckytotheend (263) 4 years ago

If I recall correctly Earth in that movie was thoroughly drowned, so no, not that severe.