20 movies we'd love to see as TV shows

In this Golden Age of Television, the type of limitations that once arguably existed for TV versus films seemingly no longer exists. At least not on such a large scale. "Memento" would perhaps be the ultimate proof of this, though "Inception" is probably the first big-concept Christopher Nolan movie the TV gods would try to go with (not counting "Arrow" as a TV version of the grittiness in those Nolan Batman movies). Also, it would finally shut up that guy you knew who said movies would always be better than TV because, "Until TV can make something like 'Memento,' that’s just the way it is.'"

Briefly speaking of "Arrow," remember how fun the Suicide Squad and their episodes were on "Arrow"? Now, remember how that all had to be scrubbed away because of the DC Cinematic "Universe" (if you really want to call it that) and the "Suicide Squad" movie? Give us back TV Suicide Squad, you cowards.

Had "Kingsman" originally failed at the box office, this series would probably be an absolute given, as a second attempt at the concept. Now, if it’s a TV show in this scenario, it would be a smart attempt to capitalize on the IP and also expand the universe. (Perhaps in a way the Marvel Cinematic Universe won’t allow Marvel’s "Agents of Shield" — especially — or the Netflix Marvel series to do.) Make it a "Banshee"-esque Cinemax series, so you can keep the hyper-violence and stylization.

There's an interesting sitcom farce to be made out of this movie, you just know it. In fact, maybe that should have been the case for the Anna Faris vehicle, rather than a movie remake. That the '80s didn’t have a failed TV attempt for "Overboard" — and there were a lot of failed movie-to-TV attempts in the '80s and early '90s — is kind of impressive, actually. (There was apparently a 2006 South Korean drama loosely based on the movie, so it’s possible.)

I know what you’re thinking: This was already a TV show first, you dumb millennial. Well, yes. But bring in the movies' self-awareness and parody, maybe make Dakota Johnson (putting her back in her rightful place as a comedy lead) and Rye Rye from the first movie the leads, and that is your show.

Everyone loves a good heist movie, and the same is true for a good con man/heist show. (See: "Hustle," "Leverage.") The "Ocean’s" franchise, of course, also has brand recognition. Plus, as "Ocean’s 8" confirmed, the whole Ocean clan (except for one aunt) is a bunch of criminals. Get Steven Soderbergh on to at least direct the pilot — and of course, executive produce — and some cameos from the films’ cast (as even the most A-list of these actors will do a TV cameo with the right persuasion and/or price), and this is an easy hit. A season-long heist would do the trick.

This could make a sweet single-camera comedy. And that’s the key: Don’t go for the big studio-audience laughs of a multi-camera comedy. Instead, it could be "Freaks & Geeks" (or even "Undeclared," if we’re valuing the laughs first and foremost) for the middle-aged sex-comedy genre.

Seven evil exes mean it would probably make more of a limited series than a full-blown multi-season show — though, the television industry always finds a way — but it would be fascinating to see the story in this form. The movie is underrated — especially when you consider how great the cast is as well, which actually happens a lot with pre-"Captain America" Chris Evans movies — but you can’t say FX (when it’s not airing the movie with commercials) wouldn’t make a pretty good small-screen version of this as well.

Speaking of pre-"Captain America" Chris Evans...Remember when superhero movies not based on existing IP were a thing? Or well, they tried to be a thing? Part of the problem with these movies is that they had a limited time to create and explain all this mythology, didn’t do it well and never got the necessary sequels to expand on them. “TV episodes” might as well be called “necessary sequels.”

If you’ve never seen "The Family Stone," just know that those trailers for the movie — portraying it as a happy-go-lucky Christmas romp — are absolute lies. It’s a lot of yelling and crying and…You get the point. While you might then wonder why anyone would want more of that, just think of it this way: While it’s a frustrating movie, in TV form, it can be like a "Brothers and Sisters" or even "This Is Us" type of show. That would certainly help make it less frustrating in a way, as it would provide a lot more character focus than the movie is allowed to do.

DC's "Legends of Tomorrow" has basically pleaded the case for this, though, technically it’s really pleaded the case more for Jonah Hex as a crew member on the Waverider. But if we can agree the show's version of Jonah Hex is better than the movie version, we can get on the first step to making the show a reality.

Funny story: This show has actually already happened. But, um, maybe do it as a better show with a more lasting legacy next time. The landscape would allow it this time, at least. And who's not down for some fun vampire violence?

Like "Blade," this show has already happened and not too memorably. And it's already in development again as another television show, thanks to "John Wick" writer Derek Kolstad. So hopefully it'll work out, because even if we don't want it to be a television show, the industry seems to be adamant on making it so.

It’s hard to really support this, but you just know someone is working overtime right now to try to make this a reality. In fact, "The Continental" — a series about the assassin hotel from the movies — is actually in development at Starz right now. But development doesn’t make anything a reality. The pilot script exists and Starz hopes to begin shooting in 2019, but nothing is solid. Still, again, make it a "Banshee" type of show, and you’re golden.

Really, just imagine this series — based on one of the more "you either love it or really hate it" movies in the View Askewniverse — succeeding when "Clerks: The Animated Series" failed so hard. You probably already have "Jungle Love" stuck in your head, don’t you?

Since "Veronica Mars" was always a cult favorite instead of a smash hit — and yet, it’s now getting yet another life on Hulu because sometimes good things happen — it didn’t open up the floodgates to more high school noirs. But at least "Brick" came out a few months after its series premiere, so it could almost look like it did. Let "Brick" the TV show (and Hulu "Veronica Mars") officially begin the high school-noir situation that should have happened 14-15 years ago.

Like "John Wick," this is another "oh, they’re definitely going to try this, right?" scenario. And the answer is yes, because it’s been in development since 2017. In a television setting, "Underworld" really can go either way: It will either be surprisingly amazing or the type of mess that will cause you to wonder what they spent the budget on. There would be no in between.

Having rewatched The WB’s "Birds of Prey" pilot recently, the best part of that episode — and possibly the show as a whole — is when it goes into a "Sin City"-style, black and white, subconscious world. And if the show had just taken place in that aesthetic (and played up the noir more than the "Gals on the Town" of it all), it probably would have lasted longer. Especially since this show aired three years before "Sin City" came out, meaning that would have been pretty revolutionary. But as far as an actual "Sin City" show goes, high school-noir isn’t the only brand of noir that deserves for small-screen representation. Unsurprisingly, this is apparently also in development, thanks to "Underworld" creator Len Wiseman.

"Demolition Man" is probably one of the more perfect movie concepts to turn in to television. Because with that whole "frozen for over three decades," fish-out-of-water backstory, you’ve got an entire series of adjustment period to get through. Plus, the series could fix the one major dangling plot point of the movie: Sandra Bullock’s character Lenina Huxley 100 percent should have been John Spartan’s daughter (Sylvester Stallone), especially since they never followed up on his daughter’s whereabouts as soon as they thawed him.

This is mostly to see if they'd try to get away with casting Scott Wolf again...In fact, it should be a sequel, starring both Wolf and Mark Dacascos. Put it on YouTube Red and really see what "the opposite of 'Cobra Kai'" would be.