Other TV shows that need their own movies

While there are post-series "Angel" comics that canonically function as Season 6 and beyond, imagine how such a thing (there was a dragon!) would look on the big screen, with a film budget. Realistically, this movie should have been made years ago — as while David Boreanaz and James Marsters still look amazing to this day, they do not look “vampire” amazing — but still, "Angel" is a television show that needs its own movie. If we’re saying it has to be made now and not be a retroactive creation of said movie, that creepy de-aging technology that movies love now could always be used.

Look, we were promised “six seasons and a movie.” There were six seasons of "Community." Now we’re just waiting for the movie to come, any day now...

In the series, the “cast” of the "Childrens Hospital" show-within-a-show ended up crowdfunding a "Childrens Hospital" movie. (This was in the Season 6 episode “Up at 5.” It was a great episode.) As was "Childrens Hospital’s" way, continuity didn’t matter — until it did— so what would be the harm in creating an actual "Childrens Hospital" movie that didn’t have the same plot as that proposed (and created) version of the movie? So technically, in the world of the series, it would be a sequel movie. Yes, it’s complicated, but "Childrens Hospital" was a complicated series.

"American Horror Story" essentially is a series that puts a horror movie in 10- to 13-episode television form, so it only makes sense to want to see how it would look if it were actually in movie form. Plus, since the beginning, a major issue with the series has been that it tends to go on for more episodes than it probably needs to. Although, that might mean we’ll end up with, like, a three-hour movie in this case…but it would be interesting to see.

"It’s Always Sunny" is heading into its 14th season, and while there’s no confirmation that it will be its final season: The Gang deserves to be on the big screen. The series has dabbled with “movie” life before with “A Very Sunny Christmas” (which was turned into a two-part Season 6 episode after the fact), but it was only 43 minutes long and clearly set up for that eventual two-part split. Eight seasons later and beyond, The Gang has more than enough left in the tank, both on the small and big screens.

The best project in the entire "Terminator" franchise post-"T2: Judgment Day" was a television series, so of course it’s never gotten the respect it deserves as part of the larger continuity. But it deserves it, and a feature film is the way to go on that front. ("Terminator: Dark Fate" could turn out to be good, but it’s not come out yet, so it’s not part of this conversation.) Plus, thanks to "Game of Thrones," Lena Headey is a big enough star now to convince someone that there’s a market for this. There should be a marker for good "Terminator" projects, in general, but biases against television vs. movies is the reason no one watched this great show in the first place.

"Whiskey Cavalier" didn’t deserve to go out the way it did, but that’s another, longer conversation. So even though it can’t live on for six seasons and a movie, it should at least get to live on for another hour and a half. Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan’s faces deserve to be on the big screen, baby! Plus, the world needs more spy movies.

Who would have thought that "Veronica Mars" would’ve been the Rob Thomas series to get both the feature film and the strong afterlife, especially since at the time of "Party Down’s" cancellation, it at least looked like the possibility that it had a stronger chance at a movie than "Veronica Mars?" Still, we can keep holding out hope until it finally happens. "Breaking Bad’s" getting a movie, after all.

Ah, "Cupid." — the Rob Thomas series that was so nice that it went and failed twice. Maybe television wasn’t actually the right medium for the story in which Cupid was sent down from Mount Olympus to bring together 100 couples (you know, for hopefully 100 episodes) without the use of his powers as punishment. The wrench in his plan was that he (known as “Trevor” on Earth) seems like a crazy person with this backstory, which is where his shrink/other half in the will-they-won’t-they relationship, Claire, comes in. It would essentially be a Michael-esque film, with a romcom twist. They don’t make movies like that anymore, but maybe they should.

Honestly, instead of the reboot theme seasons, "Archer" would probably be better off at this point with a feature-length movie. Actually, not “probably”— definitely.

On the one hand, JJ Abrams has already made Alias: The Movie: It’s called "Mission: Impossible III," and it stars Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt as Sydney Bristow. On the other, to this day, there are few things greater than Jennifer Garner kicking ass and Victor Garber refusing to crack a smile. So this is simply an obvious choice.

With this A-list cast, it’s a no-brainer: Let’s just go with one big wrap-up movie and then let’s never make a series any longer than it needs (or originally promises) to be.

There have been plenty of films based off the Thomas Harris series of Dr. Hannibal Lecter books, but this is a request specifically for a film continuation of the Bryan Fuller NBC series' approach to the story and character. Imagine the beauty of Fuller’s "Hannibal" in film form, on the big screen (or at least on a big screen television when you’re streaming it on Netflix).

As great as "Freaks and Geeks" was, if you’ve read what the second season would have been like, maybe it was for the best that it was only one and done. So what would a movie version be like? Well, a high school reunion is the obvious choice and direction. When you consider the large amount of star power that ended up coming out of that cast and crew, this movie could get the greenlight with the snap of a finger.

The upcoming season of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." will be its last one, and for far too long, it has been the red-headed stepchild of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, it’s technically not even a part of the MCU anymore, even though the entire point of the series in the first place was to bridge the gap. So let the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." come out and play. Let them get their due and moment in the sun — finally. It’s a talented cast that wouldn’t feel out of place on the big screen — it includes Clark Gregg’s Coulson, after all — and considering the gamble that was "Guardians of the Galaxy" and a number of MCU movies, you can’t deny you’ve got a sure bet with an "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." movie.

In somewhat of the same vein of the reasoning behind "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." needing its own movie, there is the even more popular Netflix Marvel series. (That would be "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage," "Iron Fist," and "The Punisher.") As they were unceremoniously canceled by Netflix and supposedly won’t be living on via the Marvel streaming service, the actual next logic is for these characters to officially join the MCU. It wouldn't necessarily be in their own standalone films — though that would be fine — but at least in the world of other films. Again, the cast (for the most part) wouldn’t feel out of place, and it would come with an instant audience.

"Comedy Bang! Bang!" Is still a successful podcast, but it was also able to exist as a five-season television series. So why can’t it become a movie, especially when creator/host Scott Aukerman is already about to prove that an even sparser premise — "Between Two Ferns" —can exist in movie form?

This wouldn’t be a continuation — obviously, I’d suppose — but it would be a reimagining, kind of like the "Miami Vice" movie, only it wouldn’t have the same creative forces behind both projects. Keep the neon and all the glorious early ‘90s looks, of course. Really, this needs to happen so it can pave the way for the television reboot of "Silk Stalkings." Someone, please: Reboot "Silk Stalkings."

"The Newsroom" was honestly a mess of a show...but maybe it could have been much better as a feature film with a director who could rein Aaron Sorkin's Aaron Sorkin-ness in. This would technically be a continuation but it would also be a correction of the series...because "The Newsroom" really does need it.

I honestly just kind of want to throw "The OA" fans a bone, so no one goes on anymore hunger strikes and all that other nonsense.