I thought continuing Kevin’s story exactly where the movie left off would be a good way to start a series. His parents are dead, but he witnessed God resurrecting his friend mere minutes ago …and he still has his Polaroids of the map! Then there’s the contract Kevin signed with God and the mystery of what he signed up for. And what of that piece of concentrated evil in the microwave? Somebody has to deal with that at some point as well. The interesting thing about time, is Kevin could pop up in the present and have an adventure in the 2020’s before returning to the early 1980’s. For me, recasting all the beloved characters may be fun, but recasting for Sean Connery is next to impossible. I hear Daniel Craig is looking for some nice roles though.
I had my own fan part I did with friends he's living with his grandparents working on Group therapy homework..and the bandits Serendipitously Upon him again
Good thinking, @MyLateralThawts! Tying up the loose ends and using the time-travel aspect to re-start, rather than reboot would, and still could, work. I like what they’ve done with the reboot, but I’ve always wanted to see grown-up Kevin in a sequel. The parents in this TV version are the ages the original Kevin’s CHILDREN would be. So Terry’s ideas could fit right in if new Kevin was the namesake of his grandfather. As old as it would make me feel (two years older than Craig Warnock) I think it could shut up all the whiners about the series not being exactly the same as the movie. It could, in fact, be a continuation, where the new “Bandits” discover, like Neo did in The Matrix, that they aren’t the first to steal the map. They could introduce Grandpa Kevin, who warns new Kevin that his old friend, Og (Mike Edmonds), the only surviving Bandit from the film, is acting smarter than usual, but very strangely lately. This is because he is now a cyber-enhanced version of his old character, (kind of like “Charly” from the Flowers for Algernon character, homage to Daniel Keyes) with computer-assisted intelligence. Unbeknownst to Og or anyone else but Evil Jr., played by someone with an orange-spray-on tan and hideously yellow-dyed hair with a slight Afrikaans accent, Og is actually under the control of an artificial intelligence created by Evil Jr. himself. Evil Jr. has his own fortress of Darkness, but it is neatly disguised as a gigantic tech firm that makes compressed methane-powered cars, and offers free computer-augmentation to people with cognitive dysfunction (like Og) or anyone with the money to be permanently connected to Evil Jr. new version of the internet. Og’s onboard AI is programmed by Evil Jr. specifically to befriend Kevin, gain his trust, and slowly turn him evil, (ala The Screwtape Letters, to echo Terry’s magic wardrobe homage to C.S. Lewis), which he does by attempting to thwart Kevin’s ethical reasoning with sophistry, false dichotomy and other clever fallacies. Early on, Og reveals he is computer enhanced and one of the enhancements is that he can project himself as a hologram (computer-assisted Astral projection) using the portals, which relieves Mike Edmonds (now 80) from a whole lot of physical work as this is an action show. Evil Jr. is no longer interested in “the map” because he’s already used it to build his tech empire, but now he needs “the Key” which is where Kevin’s undoing is involved. Evil Jr. wants to learn the ultimate secret of total mind control, but Kevin (and his grandfather) have proven that to truly control the universe, he must undo the good in all of us. Kevin is his ultimate guinea pig, the Key to this mystery. Kevin never suspects what Og is up to, but always chooses the best, honest path, rather than the expedient, often self-interested choices suggested by Og (which are really his A.I.). Og introduces Kevin to his daughter and her BFFs, the daughters of the late Wally and Strutter, who remember the tales of the older Time Bandits, including their brush with Robin Hood. They have taken up Robin Hood’s banner and now do their Time Banditry to help the poor and downtrodden. They still have disagreements and personality clashes for comedic effect, but they are more genuine to fully-imagined characters and less slap-stick and buffoonery. When Kevin’s sister, Saffron, joins up with them, they are a complete “Girl Power” team, though still teaming with Kevin and Og. Through the girls’ example of doing dishonest things for honest purposes, he hopes to influence Kevin into following that rabbit hole into complete corruption and cruelty. Og’s AI deftly flatters Kevin and shows him false deference, but is clearly manipulating him at every opportunity. As the series progresses, Evil Jr. is so impressed with his technology (like Kevin’s parents) that he becomes arrogant and loses control as the A.I grows a conscience by working with pure, innocent, young Kevin. Evil Jr. is too busy to micromanage the A.I. but has meetings to “check on his progress”. Eventually, the tables turn and Evil is vanquished once again. To make the series more viable for viewers, if it gets cancelled, they can do the vanquishing in one easy episode where Evil Jr. sees Kevin as too much of a threat and that he’ll never turn to evil (homage to Lucas). A clash ensues, which Kevin wins with the help of Og and the others. At the end, we see that hints have been dropped all along that Evil Jr. is just another iteration of the same original Evil, but more advanced, as he travelled to the future, came back and used future tech to build his empire. The “concentrated evil”, though is Evil’s real essence, which was sent back in time from the 21st century to 1981 as Evil was attempting to travel their (just after he stole the map AND was destroyed) to stop Kevin from meeting the original Time Bandits. He became an aborted “Terminator” (homage to Harlan Ellison, who penned the story James Cameron borrowed HEAVILY from to write his blockbuster. Kevin is NOT John Connor!) In the end, we learn that not just Kevin, but the kind heart of Og molded the A.I. mind into a conscientious artificial consciousness. Love and goodness triumph throughout. Old Kevin’s parents still die, as that was part of the time loop Kevin was in, but now they can live normal lives…well, mostly. The map is gone, no more time travel for Kevin. Evil is defeated. The Supreme Being goes on holiday. Terry does his sequel film with the girl team stealing the new map from the Supreme Substitute he spoke on in the interview.
No wonder why Apple TV removed it's comments. Taika Washitty's version,is just that, Shitty. Coulda at least paid respects by having Peter Dinklage,Warwick Davis,Deep Roy,Kiran Shah...?
Do find is dumb they trying to make another film time bandits film it seems so stupid.surely anything good about the film Time bandits came from Terry Gillian and his partner.can someone explain how it got given to Apple TV.
Who are the idiots (or are they bots?) judging a TV show by the previews? Previews are usually edited by network lackeys who don’t know anything about the show, but pick quick cuts they think will grab viewers’ attention. The people that seem most upset about what they see in the trailer are upset about the changes that make the show more true-to-reality and less like a racist males-only fantasy world. As much as Terry might have a good heart (has a good heart), he fell victim in his time to the limitations of social trends, some which made it quite acceptable to have few notable female characters and ZERO people who were not white. And don’t tell me they only have white people in Great Britain where the film was made. While I’d stand a the ready like Little Jon to slug anyone in the head who’d dare say he exploited the little people in the film for laughs and sold them out, I think this was somewhat outweighed by the “white guys only” aspects of his casting. The only female character with any guts was the troll’s wife, perfectly played by Katherine Helmond. Shelley played her part(s) beautifully as well, but she was the quintessential damsel in distress. Pansie (in any time period) was a weak, helpless, hopelessly-devoted-to-her-champion kind of non-person that inhabited films for decades before writers discovered equality of the sexes. Note that in this very video, the good-hearted and “moving with the flow of time” Terry Gilliam was planning to feature female leads in his sequel, so if anyone is upset about the leading female characters in this show, take it up with the progenitor. The vitriol being spouted at this NEW show is a bit over-the-top to be sincere. I truly suspect it’s an economic sabotage hit job. Terry’s reasonably healthy and as witty as ever. If the Apple Series ends in 3-4 seasons, like many on Apple do, he’ll be around to pick things up for a new feature film. I’ll pay the $25 to watch it too.
I think people are really just sick of beloved classics being remade poorly to exploit nostalgia. The trailer felt mediocre at best but was missing the charm and absurdity of the original movie. The humor also felt akin to that of a low quality marvel movie; borderline insulting to one's intelligence. There are plenty of movies that could have benefited from modern CGI and production quality to improve their narratives, Time Bandits was absolutely not one of them. I think that's why people seem so angry about this particular remake. It's not just Time Bandits, its countless other modern films/TV shoes that have adapted beloved classics only to take a piss on them. People are growing cynical and weary to it all.
i just watched the latest trailer and was like wtf - they ruined it
I wish we could've seen this instead of that apple + monstrosity coming out.
Yeah, Tinker Withtits did a real bang-up job with being pointless for AppleTV+
After seeing the latest Trailer for the Apple TV show I wish that had been made instead!
I thought continuing Kevin’s story exactly where the movie left off would be a good way to start a series. His parents are dead, but he witnessed God resurrecting his friend mere minutes ago …and he still has his Polaroids of the map! Then there’s the contract Kevin signed with God and the mystery of what he signed up for. And what of that piece of concentrated evil in the microwave? Somebody has to deal with that at some point as well. The interesting thing about time, is Kevin could pop up in the present and have an adventure in the 2020’s before returning to the early 1980’s. For me, recasting all the beloved characters may be fun, but recasting for Sean Connery is next to impossible. I hear Daniel Craig is looking for some nice roles though.
I had my own fan part I did with friends he's living with his grandparents working on Group therapy homework..and the bandits Serendipitously Upon him again
Good thinking, @MyLateralThawts! Tying up the loose ends and using the time-travel aspect to re-start, rather than reboot would, and still could, work. I like what they’ve done with the reboot, but I’ve always wanted to see grown-up Kevin in a sequel. The parents in this TV version are the ages the original Kevin’s CHILDREN would be. So Terry’s ideas could fit right in if new Kevin was the namesake of his grandfather. As old as it would make me feel (two years older than Craig Warnock) I think it could shut up all the whiners about the series not being exactly the same as the movie. It could, in fact, be a continuation, where the new “Bandits” discover, like Neo did in The Matrix, that they aren’t the first to steal the map. They could introduce Grandpa Kevin, who warns new Kevin that his old friend, Og (Mike Edmonds), the only surviving Bandit from the film, is acting smarter than usual, but very strangely lately. This is because he is now a cyber-enhanced version of his old character, (kind of like “Charly” from the Flowers for Algernon character, homage to Daniel Keyes) with computer-assisted intelligence. Unbeknownst to Og or anyone else but Evil Jr., played by someone with an orange-spray-on tan and hideously yellow-dyed hair with a slight Afrikaans accent, Og is actually under the control of an artificial intelligence created by Evil Jr. himself. Evil Jr. has his own fortress of Darkness, but it is neatly disguised as a gigantic tech firm that makes compressed methane-powered cars, and offers free computer-augmentation to people with cognitive dysfunction (like Og) or anyone with the money to be permanently connected to Evil Jr. new version of the internet. Og’s onboard AI is programmed by Evil Jr. specifically to befriend Kevin, gain his trust, and slowly turn him evil, (ala The Screwtape Letters, to echo Terry’s magic wardrobe homage to C.S. Lewis), which he does by attempting to thwart Kevin’s ethical reasoning with sophistry, false dichotomy and other clever fallacies. Early on, Og reveals he is computer enhanced and one of the enhancements is that he can project himself as a hologram (computer-assisted Astral projection) using the portals, which relieves Mike Edmonds (now 80) from a whole lot of physical work as this is an action show. Evil Jr. is no longer interested in “the map” because he’s already used it to build his tech empire, but now he needs “the Key” which is where Kevin’s undoing is involved. Evil Jr. wants to learn the ultimate secret of total mind control, but Kevin (and his grandfather) have proven that to truly control the universe, he must undo the good in all of us. Kevin is his ultimate guinea pig, the Key to this mystery. Kevin never suspects what Og is up to, but always chooses the best, honest path, rather than the expedient, often self-interested choices suggested by Og (which are really his A.I.). Og introduces Kevin to his daughter and her BFFs, the daughters of the late Wally and Strutter, who remember the tales of the older Time Bandits, including their brush with Robin Hood. They have taken up Robin Hood’s banner and now do their Time Banditry to help the poor and downtrodden. They still have disagreements and personality clashes for comedic effect, but they are more genuine to fully-imagined characters and less slap-stick and buffoonery. When Kevin’s sister, Saffron, joins up with them, they are a complete “Girl Power” team, though still teaming with Kevin and Og. Through the girls’ example of doing dishonest things for honest purposes, he hopes to influence Kevin into following that rabbit hole into complete corruption and cruelty. Og’s AI deftly flatters Kevin and shows him false deference, but is clearly manipulating him at every opportunity. As the series progresses, Evil Jr. is so impressed with his technology (like Kevin’s parents) that he becomes arrogant and loses control as the A.I grows a conscience by working with pure, innocent, young Kevin. Evil Jr. is too busy to micromanage the A.I. but has meetings to “check on his progress”. Eventually, the tables turn and Evil is vanquished once again. To make the series more viable for viewers, if it gets cancelled, they can do the vanquishing in one easy episode where Evil Jr. sees Kevin as too much of a threat and that he’ll never turn to evil (homage to Lucas). A clash ensues, which Kevin wins with the help of Og and the others. At the end, we see that hints have been dropped all along that Evil Jr. is just another iteration of the same original Evil, but more advanced, as he travelled to the future, came back and used future tech to build his empire. The “concentrated evil”, though is Evil’s real essence, which was sent back in time from the 21st century to 1981 as Evil was attempting to travel their (just after he stole the map AND was destroyed) to stop Kevin from meeting the original Time Bandits. He became an aborted “Terminator” (homage to Harlan Ellison, who penned the story James Cameron borrowed HEAVILY from to write his blockbuster. Kevin is NOT John Connor!) In the end, we learn that not just Kevin, but the kind heart of Og molded the A.I. mind into a conscientious artificial consciousness. Love and goodness triumph throughout. Old Kevin’s parents still die, as that was part of the time loop Kevin was in, but now they can live normal lives…well, mostly. The map is gone, no more time travel for Kevin. Evil is defeated. The Supreme Being goes on holiday. Terry does his sequel film with the girl team stealing the new map from the Supreme Substitute he spoke on in the interview.
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terry should 'put down' *ahem* that takiki fughisname fella for even ASKING about T.B.....
a treasured classic....
Mum!! Dad!! It's EVIL!! Don't touch it!! 💥
The apple show looks like such a downgrade. I can’t stand Waititi. He’s such an overrated hack
I just saw the trailer for the reboot... I hope they don't mess it up.
Time Bandits 2 sounds awesome 👍
Dang, I wish *this* movie was made
The race/gender swapping garbage is killing every remake
Terry's sequel sounds wonderful. Smh at the tv series.
That was not a long chat
But instead we get a shitty, shitty TV cash in.
No wonder why Apple TV removed it's comments. Taika Washitty's version,is just that, Shitty. Coulda at least paid respects by having Peter Dinklage,Warwick Davis,Deep Roy,Kiran Shah...?
Do find is dumb they trying to make another film time bandits film it seems so stupid.surely anything good about the film Time bandits came from Terry Gillian and his partner.can someone explain how it got given to Apple TV.
*Time Bandits 2024* - D.E.I. casting and a massive dump all over the original.
Who are the idiots (or are they bots?) judging a TV show by the previews? Previews are usually edited by network lackeys who don’t know anything about the show, but pick quick cuts they think will grab viewers’ attention. The people that seem most upset about what they see in the trailer are upset about the changes that make the show more true-to-reality and less like a racist males-only fantasy world. As much as Terry might have a good heart (has a good heart), he fell victim in his time to the limitations of social trends, some which made it quite acceptable to have few notable female characters and ZERO people who were not white. And don’t tell me they only have white people in Great Britain where the film was made. While I’d stand a the ready like Little Jon to slug anyone in the head who’d dare say he exploited the little people in the film for laughs and sold them out, I think this was somewhat outweighed by the “white guys only” aspects of his casting. The only female character with any guts was the troll’s wife, perfectly played by Katherine Helmond. Shelley played her part(s) beautifully as well, but she was the quintessential damsel in distress. Pansie (in any time period) was a weak, helpless, hopelessly-devoted-to-her-champion kind of non-person that inhabited films for decades before writers discovered equality of the sexes. Note that in this very video, the good-hearted and “moving with the flow of time” Terry Gilliam was planning to feature female leads in his sequel, so if anyone is upset about the leading female characters in this show, take it up with the progenitor. The vitriol being spouted at this NEW show is a bit over-the-top to be sincere. I truly suspect it’s an economic sabotage hit job. Terry’s reasonably healthy and as witty as ever. If the Apple Series ends in 3-4 seasons, like many on Apple do, he’ll be around to pick things up for a new feature film. I’ll pay the $25 to watch it too.
You have a diseased mind.
I think people are really just sick of beloved classics being remade poorly to exploit nostalgia. The trailer felt mediocre at best but was missing the charm and absurdity of the original movie. The humor also felt akin to that of a low quality marvel movie; borderline insulting to one's intelligence. There are plenty of movies that could have benefited from modern CGI and production quality to improve their narratives, Time Bandits was absolutely not one of them. I think that's why people seem so angry about this particular remake. It's not just Time Bandits, its countless other modern films/TV shoes that have adapted beloved classics only to take a piss on them. People are growing cynical and weary to it all.
I loved TIme Bandits but his idea of a sequel sounds like shit also. The Apple TV series looks like garbage. Just let things lay where they are.