Now that I have had time to reflect, I think the two best comparisons would be Veronica Mars (the movie and the Hulu series) and the X-Files. Both were respectable continuations, but at the end of the day, mostly forgettable. They serviced the fan base but At the end of the day are pretty forgettable.LateReg wrote:I mean...it depends how you look at this. From my perspective, and from the perspective of year-end list critics (both TV and Film) and the various droves across the internet who think most highly of it, The Return stands completely alone in the current revival trend....mtwentz wrote: -Twin Peaks: The Return, stacks up favorably against most reboots/continuations/reunions. It would be interesting to get a list of movies or shows that have come back after 10 years or more, and see how they are rated by critics and fans. I am not saying The Return would be the highest rated, but I'll bet it would be in the top 10% or so.
Are there many great examples of a show coming back from a 10 year or more hiatus and be as thought provoking at The Return? Deadwood might be an example.
Veronica Mars, for example, was recently listed at #2, one spot ahead of The Return, on a list of revivals; both shows finished below One Day At A Time, which is indeed a great revival. Mars did a lot of good things in its revival, but it's also TV through and through, updated to resemble just about every TV show currently in existence; similarly, One Day at a Time succeeded because it stuck to the old sitcom formula while updating its topicality to poignantly joust with the current political climate. .
(One Day At A Time is not what I would consider a good analogy because it contains a different cast.)