Upcoming Miniseries/Movies

[atropfunk]

Seems like the cool new thing on TV.
Most are kind of like long movies that are airing on TV (they don't look like "TV" movies)

So far the ones I know about:

Angels in America on hBO
Horatio Hornblower on A&E
Traffic on USA

I'm sure there are more.

What do you guys think about these? I'm kind of excited for a lot of these - they look like they are well made, and all seem interesting. Save me from watching more Crap-ality TV.

[Switzer]

Unfortunately I don't have HBO.......:(

[Dogbert0228]

Steven Speilburg and Tom Hanks are developing another WWII mini-series for HBO centered around the action of the Pacific Theater. I cannot wait!!!

[rzrbks]

Dogbert0228

Steven Speilburg and Tom Hanks are developing another WWII mini-series for HBO

Old boomers hunting for their daddies:rolleyes:

[atropfunk]

Originally posted by Switzer
Unfortunately I don't have HBO.......:(


Do You have A&E or USA? Those two miniseries sound great too.

And I am sure Angels in AMerica will come out on DVD

[Clark Savage Jr]

Originally posted by rzrbks
Old boomers hunting for their daddies:rolleyes:
Or maybe they are more interested in making compelling stories of great heroism in horrific times by the average man instead of the latest rap gangsta video.

[popcopy]

Actually saw Horatio Hornblower last night...sort of by accident as I was flipping through the channels and I thought for some reason that Mater and Commander was on TV.

I was quite impressed, actually. A&E managed to pull off the whole historical fiction thing w/out airing on the side of boring.

[Neems]

I heard about Traffic! I saw a couple of previews and it looks really good. Are there any main actors in it that I would know? And when does it start?

[willis]

I've been reading about this Traffic miniseries as well.. loved the movie, I think this will be great. I think it airs on January 26th.

[Neems]

Here's a link to the trailer. Looks good.. Now I'm gettin excited.

http://www.cabletvtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1783

[atropfunk]

Really cool trailer - this looks like a movie more then a tv show (like an HBO series). Should be pretty cool.

Angels in America was pretty impressive too.

[willis]

Trailer is great.. looking forward to seeing what this is all about.

[Neems]

I've been seeing a lot of commercials for this miniseries and has anyone seen the cardboard cutouts in the movie theatres??

[atropfunk]

No - what are the cutouts of?

[Peter]

Steven Kingg Kingdom hospital on ABC - haven't seen any trailers - but if it is anything like the Danish mini series it is based it's gonna be very freaky/weird/scary and more importantly very GOOD!!!

[southern]

i love Horatio Hornblower movies. A & E has done a great job with them from the 3-4 i've seen

unfortunetly i no longer have USA, but i really want to see Spartacus, they have Dr Kovac (i can't remember his name at the moment) playing the lead:)

[PsychoMike]

One of the basic cable nets is remaking Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot.

[atropfunk]

Originally posted by Peter
Steven Kingg Kingdom hospital on ABC - haven't seen any trailers - but if it is anything like the Danish mini series it is based it's gonna be very freaky/weird/scary and more importantly very GOOD!!!

Yeah looks freaky - I love that bug-eyed guy, really weird looking.

Stephen King generally writes an interesting story - so I'll check it out.

[Neems]

The Cutouts for Traffic are just action scenes..but the previews are all over TV. It looks pretty solid.. I wonder if it will be exactly like the movie or close to it?

[atropfunk]

they are hosting th trailer over on IMDB.com (front page).

Trailer looks good - although doesn't show you too much.

definitely looking forward to seeing the first episode and seeing how it is

[ambrosia]

They've been filming another version of Salmen's Lot as a mini-series over here in Australia. Dunno when it's going to be screened but its has Donald Sutherland and some other big names in it.

[atropfunk]

TWO King shows/miniseries coming up?! Very cool. I guess Kingdom Hospital will be first out - but I'll look for Salem's Lot too.

Did anyone check out the Traffic trailer?

[Neems]

I checked out the Traffic trailer. Looks pretty good to me. Seems like it will be entertaining. The miniseries is three days in a row right?