Would Gilligan's Island have worked as Gilligan's Asteroid?

[dANdeLION]

This is more of a mini series idea. The castaways will undoubtably run out of air and food. We'll assume for the sake of argument that the ship crashed without venting the atmosphere into space. Provided a rescue craft doesn't arrive before the suppy of oxygen runs out, we'll have to guess these people are doomed. We can accelarate this process by mere fact that Gilligan is on board.

Actually, I believe that the professor is of sufficient intelligence to foresee the oxygen problems in time to avert them. He could do several things to conserve their precious resources. He could send Gilligan on an extra-vehicular job, like painting the word "Help" in 37 languages on the ships outer hull, and then lock the bay doors so Gilligan could not get back in. He could lock the Skipper in the cryogenic chamber. He could jettison the Howells into space by telling them tho rear loading dock was actually the "presidential suite". Then he could live it up with Ginger & Maryanne.

[aTOMiC]

Actually, I believe that the professor is of sufficient intelligence to foresee the oxygen problems in time to avert them. He could do several things to conserve their precious resources. He could send Gilligan on an extra-vehicular job, like painting the word "Help" in 37 languages on the ships outer hull, and then lock the bay doors so Gilligan could not get back in. He could lock the Skipper in the cryogenic chamber. He could jettison the Howells into space by telling them tho rear loading dock was actually the "presidential suite". Then he could live it up with Ginger & Maryanne.

There is of course one thing you might be overlooking. Gilligan cancels out intelligence, skills and advance planning. nuff said.

[dANdeLION]

Well, allrighty then. Don't plan. Set phasers on "kill" and don't miss.

[aTOMiC]

Well, allrighty then. Don't plan. Set phasers on "kill" and don't miss.

Now you're taliking!!!!!!!!!

[Mudgey]

that is truly the funniest thing I have heard in a long time...imagine them, up in space! Ha he!

Good stuff. Very good stuff.

I really like this forum.

Mudge

[dANdeLION]

that is truly the funniest thing I have heard in a long time...imagine them, up in space! Ha he!

Good stuff. Very good stuff.

I really like this forum.

Mudge

Thank you. I take all the credit for this thread, of course.

[aTOMiC]

that is truly the funniest thing I have heard in a long time...imagine them, up in space! Ha he!

Good stuff. Very good stuff.

I really like this forum.

Mudge

Thank you. I take all the credit for this thread, of course.

Yah. You funny.

[TRC]

No it would have been a complete disaster.

But if you were to pitch it to a studio exec nowadays they'd give you a couple episodes to prove how bad it could suck before pulling it off the air.

[dANdeLION]

I agree, but now that we have 2004 technology at our beck and call, we could probably make a "survivor" series off the basic premise.

[aTOMiC]

That is frightening

[Nav]

This takes me back to a discussion I was involved in some time ago. The basic premise was this:

There is no film that could not be improved by being set in space.

I believe this to be true as, from a cinematic perspective, extremely impressive imagery can easily be accomodated by the extra-planetary setting.

Must we engage in these negative discussions? I think Scrappy Doo is the most evil concept ever dredged up from the depths of hell itself.

Yeah, Scrappy Doo is horrid, I was hoping they'd find some way to kill him off in the movie, but alas.
My dog (a Staffordshire bull terrier) looks a lot like Scrappy and to make matters worse, my brother (when he hasn't shaved for a few days) is a dead ringer for Shaggy.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

I think the 'wackiness ensues' spirit of the sitcom genre might be dampened a bit by the suffocate-freeze-starve routine, unless of course you make it a series of 'very special episodes' of Gilligan's Asteroid. That would be ok, then.

Don't get me started on the whole Scrappy-Doo / Brady Cousin Arnold travesty. I think the phrase that pays in this case is 'jumping the shark."

So, dAN, having transitioned from MEGATON to deLION, has the copyright on the expired yet?

DW
[Weird, warped, and wainwrought]

[aTOMiC]

I think Gilligan's Asteriod might have enough atmosphere to keep Gilligan from killing everyone outright. Maybe the series would feature Gilligan wearing an environment suit the whole time. Then you could get Bob Denver to voice the dialog even though he no longer looks the part.

[aTOMiC]

After seeing a recent episode of Good Morning Miami, I think Tiffany Amber Thiessen would make a great replacement for Tina Louise.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

I'm getting a mental image....

Cue a distorted synth-riff version of the Gilligan's Island theme. Camera zooms in from the cold void of space, pans over a bleak expanse of craggy asteroid surface, slowly drifting over the space-mummified remains of 7 castaways in their original series pilot getup.

Suddenly, 2 little green men come loping up to the red-shirted mummy and one of them whacks it on the head with a skipper's cap, causing the skull to dislocate from the body and crumble slightly. This green man makes a comment in a harsh alien tongue, CC'd on the screen, "Earth humor is stupid. This is not funny."
The other replies, "Perhaps our teleportation process is faulty."
The first green man whacks the other on the head with the skipper's cap. An alien laugh track plays in the background. Fade to black.

[OK, so maybe it wasn't a good mental image...]
DW

[aTOMiC]

I thought it was funny. I'm still laughing. Very vivid.