Spaced: The Movie, Jessica's up for it Options

[Kick in the Head]

While promoting her upcoming stand-up gig, Jessica Hynes has mentioned that, while nothing is planned, if Edgar and Simon were game, she would be very happy to do a Spaced movie.

From Chortle:

When asked if there was any chance of any more episodes, she said: ‘Strangely, I’ve just been emailing Simon and, you never know, nothing’s out of the question. I loved playing Daisy, so who knows?’

And of the movie she added: ‘If Simon and Edgar were up for it, I definitely would be. So there you go, I’m putting that out there. I would be very up for doing a Spaced movie.

‘How great would that be! Why not? Let’s do it!’

More here.

[Jon 79]

I guess what it come down to with me, is that in my head it was never concluded.
I was sure there would be a 3rd series back when 2 finished in 2001, & I'm still waiting for it. There's a big unfinished story arc between Tim and Daisy.

Yeah, the end of series 2 wraps it up nicely. ... but then so did the end of series one.
Less than 2 years apart & series 2 is very different. The characters are a lot cooler and through the course of the series, become successful. Plus there are more surrealist/unbelievable moments in series 2. If more Spaced were to happen, then it would not be the same as the old shows, & that'd be a good thing. The characters will have grown, matured a bit, changed jobs etc... (still in meteor street though, as Tim predicts at the start of ep2.1) but it would still be the same style. It would still be Spaced.

It's not that I wouldn't be interested in them doing more or that I wouldn't be excited about the possibility, just that my personal preference would be for the creative team to go on creating new things, rather than revisiting something that, if not exhausted, was certainly played out to a fine conclusion.

I'm the opposite of this really. - If they never make any more Spaced, then that wouldn't be so bad, because what we've got is excellent. But my personal preference would be to see some more, especially as the guys behind it have always said they see it as a 3 series max comedy... & I totally agree. ...and I wouldn't see it as the creators revisiting or going back to spaced, but more like them continuing/concluding it.

Ok, that's all I'm going to say on the subject.


...honest.

[melzilla]

There's a big unfinished story arc between Tim and Daisy.

I think I may be the only person who doesn't actually want to see Tim and Daisy get together. Yea, we can all imagine what would have inevitably happened between them in the end and yes, it would have been great but, in my mind, Spaced (and it's conclusion) was special and unique because it was about friendship and how much more important that was than them getting off with each other. To me that's something that no show I can recall has ever done. It was a very brave way to leave that relationship and, I think, the right one.

This post has been edited by melzilla: Jun 12 2008, 06:52 PM

[Sostie]

I think I may be the only person who doesn't actually want to see Tim and Daisy get together.

I'm not sure how I'd feel about that happening. On the one hand I hated the fact that Maggie and Joel never ended up together in Northern Exposure. But in Buffy I didn't mind Willow going from Oz to Xander and then to Tara. But then there was the whole girl-on-girl thing to sweeten the deal.

(I use these examples because they are the other two greatest TV shows ever)

[thirtyhelens]

On the one hand I hated the fact that Maggie and Joel never ended up together in Northern Exposure.

This was expounded by the fact that after Joel split, they tried to hook Maggie up with Chris, which despite their both being hot and available, seemed borderline incestuous and completely weird. Ew.


ETA: I see both sides of the argument. That said, the enthusiasm w/ which the Pegg described one scene he has written in his head in particular made me think it's not exactly the worst idea in the world...

This post has been edited by thirtyhelens: Jun 12 2008, 07:30 PM

[Sostie]

This was expounded by the fact that after Joel split, they tried to hook Maggie up with Chris, which despite their both being hot and available, seemed borderline incestuous and completely weird.  Ew.

It was so very wrong