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Mutations 2687days

Turner & Hooch’s failed TV spin-off resurrected a dead dog

They killed the fucking dog! And then brought him back for an unsold pilot.

by Nathan Rabin
  • “Judge Dredd: Superfiend” turns the violence of Judge Dredd into a ’90s-style adult cartoon

    Mutations 2694days

    “Judge Dredd: Superfiend” turns the violence of Judge Dredd into a ’90s-style adult cartoon

    The series is one of the “Bootleg” projects from the guy behind the “Power/Rangers” short.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2722days

    Failed pilot Generation X represents one of Marvel’s sadder early attempts at cracking TV

    It’s an unmistakably third-rate adaptation.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2735days

    The Lux Radio Theater Presentation of Casablanca offered an audio-only take on a classic tale

    …Along with regular appeals for war bonds and toilet soap.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2742days

    The Outsiders television pilot isn’t quite golden

    It degrades its beloved source material.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2751days

    The Mighty Ducks: lovable human underdogs, or terrifying duck-monsters from an alternate dimension?

    According to a 1990s TV series, they're the latter.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2756days

    James Bond, Jr. is the most off-model of off-model Bonds

    This 1990s adventure cartoon follows the original James Bond’s sneaker-sporting nephew.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2766days

    The 1970s TV version of a Superman-centric Broadway musical fails to get off the ground

    It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…it’s terrible.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2774days

    B^F: The Novelization Of The Feature Film looks page-by-page at a quickie novelization

    A smartass takes obsessive aim at the less-than-beloved novelization of a beloved film. 

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2791days

    1978’s TV movie Dr. Strange leaves the upcoming movie small shoes to fill

    Long before Benedict Cumberbatch became the Sorcerer Supreme, a walking mustache named Peter Hooten took on the role.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2794days

    Before the movie, Derek Zoolander was just an inspired bit on VH1

    Ben Stiller debuted the character at the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2801days

    Mutations: “Hotel Chevalier” and the shorter side of Wes Anderson

    The prologue to The Darjeeling Limited found Wes Anderson luxuriating in melancholy, deadpan self-parody.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2821days

    Mutations: When Oprah Winfrey met the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Winfrey: “Do you sometimes wish April was a turtle?”

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2836days

    Mutations: The Coneheads briefly starred in a Rankin-Bass cartoon series

    Between their time on Saturday Night Live and as stars of an SNL spin-off movie, the Conehead family briefly appeared in a cartoon.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2843days

    Mutations: Delta House watered down Animal House for television

    Because, really, who doesn’t enjoy the highly sanitized antics of frat boys?

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2850days

    Mutations: The low-budget science-fiction Benji spinoff no one asked for

    A forgotten 1983 TV show tests the theory that kids will watch anything involving animals and robots. 

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2861days

    Mutations: Elvira’s 1990s sitcom pilot offered boobs and jokes, but mostly boobs

    The cult-horror icon’s shtick may have been too over-the-top even for a cornball sitcom.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2872days

    Mutations: The 2012 “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” at Universal Studios

    A Vice article pointing out the homophobic and racist content of the 2013 incarnation of this amusement-park staple got the show shut down. But the previous year’s version was unpleasant, too.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2879days

    Mutations: Funny People’s Raaaaaaaandy gets a mockumentary showcase

    A short film about Aziz Ansari’s ultra-pandering creation is anti-comedy at its finest.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Mutations 2886days

    Mutations: In the early ’90s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (briefly) became a band

    Cowabunga! Excellent! Treble! Feedback! etc.

    by Nathan Rabin
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