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Growing up in the 1970's, there were many popular television shows that my sister and I both had to watch each and every week. These shows ranged from superhero shows like "Batman" to sci-fi shows like "Lost In Space" and "Land of the Giants." There were also favorite family shows like "The Brady Bunch," and "The Partridge Family," cartoons like "The Flintstones," westerns like "Bonanza," or "Here Come the Brides," and cop shows like "Starsky and Hutch" or "S.W.A.T." Thinking back to these shows or watching old reruns always brings a smile to my face.

Over the past few years, it seems the movie industry has gone blank on new ideas to make movies about so they are turning to the old classics. We have seen remakes of such television shows as "Lost In Space," "The Brady Bunch," "Batman," "The Flintstones," "Miami Vice," "S.W.A.T.", "Starsky and Hutch," and "Mission Impossible." For the most part, these films have left me disappointed and wishing for the good old days when these television shows were still on the air.

There are many reasons that classic television shows should not be made into big screen movies. The actors portraying these characters, no matter how good they may be, can never fill the shoes of their predecessors. Let's face it. No one can play Marcia Brady better than Maureen McCormick or Sonny Crockett like Don Johnson.

There is also the fact that the ensemble casts of these television shows seemed to click really well. No other cop show had better partners than David Starsky and Ken Hutchinson. Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul had a chemistry between them that made this show a hit and could never be copied. This was the first real "guy partner" show where the two main characters did not appear to feel awkward in showing their love for one another. The chemistry between the two actors shone bright on the screen and you could actually believe that these two partners had a brotherly love wherein they would die for one another without a moment's hesitation. The show was funny while facing serious problems. However, in the movie, Starsky and Hutch was more a comedy than an action-drama-comedy. The chemistry between Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson was good but not up to par with Glaser's and Soul's, nor was Snoop Dog as believable as "Huggy Bear."

Another major problem with producing a re-make of a great television show is the fact that most of these movies seem to try to distance themselves from the original show while still copying them. Characters of

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