I know the organisation and some of the characters will be the same as the series, but does anyone know if it's a more or less stand alone film?
I used to watch Spooks in the early days but didn't watch much further than Tom leaving. I'm now trying to watch all 86 episodes before the film comes out but I don't think I'll do it.
Am I going to be lost with all the past goings on at MI5 if I see the film but only half of the series?
I have just seen a preview screening of the film. I won't say anything about the film but there are a few appearances that will be a bit better knowing some of the characters from the final series (10), otherwise not much more knowledge is required.
shareThanks. So maybe I'll skip to series 10 if I know I won't get the full lot watched in time.
shareJust watched it having never seen the series. Don't feel I really missed out on much. Very well put together film 7/10
I've only seen a few of the latest two series but it didn't matter. It's a stand-alone film and there's very little to tie it to the TV shows. A slight reference is made to an event which occurred in the last series but that's all. I found it tense, exciting and twisty, with several great set-pieces. Nice to see a British film which isn't set in 1810 with everyone in corsets and wigs...
shareThere were a lot of good episodes after TOM left.
It was poor at the end up I think the golden age of SPOOKS was the middle period ADAM ROS and RUTH.
I would say probably not, I only watched from when Richard Armitage joined. I did eventually catch up right from the start but you can piece stuff together. There is one character from the series in the film and reference is made to past events. I do have to agree with ib011 - I never really rated Rupert Penry Jones one way or the other till I saw him in Spooks. He became my favourite of the characters - his seemed quite straightforward and that is what I liked. I like Hermione Norris and liked Ros' acerbic but vulnerable side.
Liked the series as it was very topical and the shots of London are superb. Ditto the film. An enjoyable hour and a half.
By the way any fans of the series with a better memory than me - was Will's dad ever mentioned in the series?
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I haven't watched the series since season 4 and I woul say you do not need much prior knowledge to go into the film. It may help but most of the cast is new so there are few plotlines from the series being followed up
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I've never seen a single episode of the TV series but my friend is a big fan of it. Went with her to see the movie and we both loved it. Not having seen the series didn't diminish my enjoyment of it at all.
shareDoes anyone know of any movie that has ever been made that required viewers to have seen all (or even one) of the episodes from the TV show it's based on? I don't believe it has ever been done since the audience for the movie would be too small, and the directors might have to put a disclaimer at the beginning of the trailer telling people to not bother seeing the movie until they track down and watch all 100 episodes or whatever.
shareIt's never that it's required, more that certain films have a lot more to offer to fans of the series.
Serenity springs to mind as an example. Sure, you can watch it in isolation and it's an okay film, but if you've seen the episodes of firefly there are so many references and nods to the series that it's far more enjoyable.
I suppose that's inferred given the characters are the same, and especially if the writers are the same. However, I still don't think being familiar with the Entourage characters or recognizing any subtle nods to the series, for example, makes the film significantly more or less enjoyable for viewers. Either way, the question was whether a person needs to have seen the series to watch the movie, which of course is never the case.
shareI'd also add the first X-Files movie, Fight the Future. Was okay as a standalone, but was still part of the whole arc of the series (I think between season 5 and 6, but too lazy to look it up right now). The 2nd X-Files movie was pretty much a standalone episode. Will be interesting to see what the 2016 short TV series is like. Good call on "Serenity" (personally, I had already seen "Firefly" when the movie came out).
As for "Spooks", I had seen the first 4 seasons as they came out on DVD in the United States (so I was about a year behind from their UK releases). I'm rewatching the series right now, just in case it makes me understand one extra scene in the movie :)
You've seen enough Spooks to watch it and understand it all. Frankly I wouldn't recommend you try to watch the rest of the series prior to the movie because it got very preachy and liberal bent toward the end to the point that it was hard to watch at all.
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