In my opinion, Arrested Development, will go down as the best comedy series of the 21st century to get canceled after 3 and ½ seasons. In all seriousness, I was completely dejected when FOX decided to pull the plug on AD and the last episode was aired on February 10, 2006. For those of you who have never heard of Arrested Development, or just haven’t seen an episode, I suggest that you rent the rent the first season at your local Blockbuster or add it to your Netflix cue. Make sure that you watch a few episodes before you make a judgment because the show builds on each episode in a way that is unheard of in today’s one-and-done stock sitcom formulas. Now that I have made my recommendation, I’ll turn to the reason for this post.
I like to keep up on my Arrested Development news (as scarce as it is), and I found this blog post on the possibility of an AD movie. The blog provides 5 suggestions for a possible AD movie plot, some of them funnier than others. This brought up some serious questions in my mind about whether or not I would even want an Arrested Development movie to be made. Although I am one of the most intense AD supporters out there (I signed my fair share of petitions to keep Fox from canceling), I will be the first to admit that the show was struggling during its third and final season. I always feared that the quality would diminish, due to the complex and witty nature of the humor that needed to be sustained. I would fear that if a movie were made, it wouldn’t be of the same quality that the show was known for and which earned it critical praise and some prestigious awards.
There are other reasons that I don’t feel that an Arrested Development should be made (although I will also admit that if they make it, I will go see it). First, all of the loose ends were tied up in the final episode. To make a movie would have no purpose in continuing any of the storylines, so they would just be making a movie for the sake of making a movie. And finally, when has a movie that was based on a sitcom ever been good? I dare you to name one. If you can, I will crap my pants and jump out of my fifth-floor window, naked. I don’t want a movie to tarnish the image that Arrested Development has created.
So tell me, do you think that an Arrested Development movie should be made?
I like to keep up on my Arrested Development news (as scarce as it is), and I found this blog post on the possibility of an AD movie. The blog provides 5 suggestions for a possible AD movie plot, some of them funnier than others. This brought up some serious questions in my mind about whether or not I would even want an Arrested Development movie to be made. Although I am one of the most intense AD supporters out there (I signed my fair share of petitions to keep Fox from canceling), I will be the first to admit that the show was struggling during its third and final season. I always feared that the quality would diminish, due to the complex and witty nature of the humor that needed to be sustained. I would fear that if a movie were made, it wouldn’t be of the same quality that the show was known for and which earned it critical praise and some prestigious awards.
There are other reasons that I don’t feel that an Arrested Development should be made (although I will also admit that if they make it, I will go see it). First, all of the loose ends were tied up in the final episode. To make a movie would have no purpose in continuing any of the storylines, so they would just be making a movie for the sake of making a movie. And finally, when has a movie that was based on a sitcom ever been good? I dare you to name one. If you can, I will crap my pants and jump out of my fifth-floor window, naked. I don’t want a movie to tarnish the image that Arrested Development has created.
So tell me, do you think that an Arrested Development movie should be made?
After you leave your comments, make sure you check out this classic video of Will Arnett (GOB on Arrested Development) playing the air guitar on Conan:
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