Could a M*A*S*H television show remake be successful? - Page 2

*ProactiveMan* · 08-01-2017, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TurtleWA

I will take that as a 'you don't think the remake could work.'

It could basically just be similar in tone and character names. Some inspiration from the previous show and thats about it. Donezo.

But I am not interesting in writing it, just hearing if folks thought a remake would be successful.

I guess anything could work if it was done well - I was referring more to transplanting it to a modern war setting. The original was set in Korea but made in the 70s and 80s, so there's no reason that you couldn't do the same in 2017. They could even film it in that same park in California.

*plastroncafe* · 08-01-2017, 08:32 AM

A show about the never ending strife in the Middle East set in Vietnam?
Get a good development team and I think that would be a way to print money.

*TurtleWA* · 08-02-2017, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I watch M*A*S*H re-runs just about every week. Don't care anything about the movie it's based on. Interested to maybe read the book one day.

Any favorite episode or character? I always thought Radar was a cool character.

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

There was a show like this in 2011 actually. Combat Hospital; I started watching it because Elias Koteas and Ellen Wong were in it but it turned out to be pretty good. It wasn't a comedy-drama like M*A*S*H though, just all drama... and shamefully it only lasted a season.

That one slipped right by me. I'll have to try and track it down on Netflix. Thanks dude.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 08-02-2017, 11:06 PM

Back when I first moved out on my own I used to watch MASH reruns every night before bed. It was like a nightly ritual for me. I think I went through the entire series at least twice. My favorite episode was the one where a young soldier arrived at the unit and died. The episode followed his "ghost" around as he watched the unit at work and saw all their various problems and perspectives and he slowly realized what had happened to him. It was very powerful, as a view of the suffering and waste of war. There were plenty of other good ones too. I think a show like that could still work very well today. It would remind people of how war touches us all.

*ProactiveMan* · 08-03-2017, 02:38 AM

Problem is, MASH is still on TV all the time, so it wouldn't be like bringing an old idea back to life - the old show still seems to have legs.

MASH was such a big deal when it was on too, and it was a big deal when it ended. It's not like Hawaii Five 0 or MacGyver. Not to take anything away from those shows, but they were big for a while, then they petered out. Making a new MASH would be like remaking Friends or the Sopranos. It would be a hard sell.

08-02-2017, 11:06 PM	#24
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08-03-2017, 02:38 AM	#25
ProactiveMan Spooky ghost Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Western Australia Posts: 2,266	Problem is, MASH is still on TV all the time, so it wouldn't be like bringing an old idea back to life - the old show still seems to have legs. MASH was such a big deal when it was on too, and it was a big deal when it ended. It's not like Hawaii Five 0 or MacGyver. Not to take anything away from those shows, but they were big for a while, then they petered out. Making a new MASH would be like remaking Friends or the Sopranos. It would be a hard sell. __________________ ProactiveMan!