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‘Fallen Angels’: The Lost Showtime Series That Hinted at the Future of Prestige TV

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‘Fallen Angels’: The Lost Showtime Series That Hinted at the Future of Prestige TV
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‘Fallen Angels’: The Lost Showtime Series That Hinted at the Future of Prestige TV
The 1990s noir anthology show put Tom Cruise in the director's chair and made Tom Hanks the bad guy.
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CiriOh Apr 12, 2026 +14
It's a shame that it's available only on OOP DVD's.
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Kryptonian83 Apr 12, 2026 +10
I was able to find it last fall on the Internet Archive. Unsure if it's still there.
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CiriOh Apr 12, 2026 +7
It's still there. This one and 80's version of Twilght Zone are the only high profile TV shows that I seen only in VHS quality. But in case of TZ, at least, we have an explanation.
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Ver3232 Apr 12, 2026 +1
What was the explanation for TZ?
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CiriOh Apr 13, 2026 +4
All was done on video. Editing, dubbing, special effects. It exists only on videotapes.
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Ver3232 Apr 13, 2026 +2
Ah just like with golden girls. Shame
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TIGHazard Apr 13, 2026 +1
Yeah but professional grade videotapes aren't *that* bad. They aren't amazing and they won't blow you away - but unlike VHS/Beta where they only recorded half the interlaced frames to save bandwidth, they did record the full image. So basically DVD quality. You'll never get a HD/4K remaster, but nothing stopping them releasing it on DVD if it never actually came out on that format.
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JupiterandMars1 Apr 12, 2026 +10
From what I remember it kinda sucked though tbf…
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KneeHighMischief Apr 12, 2026 +6
Total blindspot on this one. I'm always on the lookout for obscure TV & this one never got on my radar. Thanks for posting about it. There's some A list talent in the cast too which makes it being an obscurity that much more surprising. I'm going to have to try & track this down.
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Nidavelir77 Apr 13, 2026 +4
"Fallen Angels: The Complete Series“ is on yt
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TravelingHomeless Apr 13, 2026 +1
Tom Cruise directed an episode.
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anbeck Apr 13, 2026 +1
Wait, I think I got this on DVD about 20+ years ago, but only liked a couple of episodes and thus never finished it. EDIT: I just remembered the DVD sets I bought were actually titled "Perfect Crimes", seemed similar though!
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