Is there a reason this forum is here?

[Charro]

This forum has been around for a while now with no updates. I assume that there is nothing going to happen with regard to a new Dallas at this stage as we are well into the new year now so is there any reason it still exists? Just curious.

[Cliff Barnes]

I agree, unfortunately-it seems the project is dead and this is pointless. I mean, I personally am very let down, I wanted it to happen-but yeah, having this forum only helps keep false hope alive I think. I do hope it gets merged with the main forum if that happens though, I made a lot of my best posts here.

[Garrison]

We had a movie forum for years after it became apparent the project was dead.

[PT Freakin' G]

The main Dallas forum itself has stuck around for a while with few new topics.

[Afton]

Sorry to be the downer but I'm hoping the project IS dead in the water. It was a horrid concept in the first place, just like the movie.

[Pamela Barnes]

Its not dead, its only just beginning.

[donnie ewing]

Does any1 know of any updates?would be great if we could email Cynthia Cidre! I hope it goes ahead,very few programmes had the calibar of Dallas!Normally would a script be written by now,how long does it generally take?

[ProdicalSon]

I'm patient. I remember Pamela saying that a new "Dallas" was coming back before the Fan Source event in 2008. Then nothing. It was almost a year later that the news broke about this new series on TNT. So I guess it just takes some time.

[Seaviewer]

This forum has been around for a while now with no updates. I assume that there is nothing going to happen with regard to a new Dallas at this stage as we are well into the new year now so is there any reason it still exists? Just curious.
Wishful thinking?

[BlackPython]

I wonder if there would be a forum like this when Falcon Crest for example would be filmed again.

[JR_fan]

Its not dead, its only just beginning.

This is my thinking as well. Cidre was hired only during the hollidays and it usually takes about 4-5 months before a script is finalized. Even then, it has to be sent to TPTB and there may be revisions. I think if we don't hear anything at all within the next 6-8 months then i'd be worried a bit.

[Sarah]

Sorry to be the downer but I'm hoping the project IS dead in the water. It was a horrid concept in the first place, just like the movie.

Totally agree!

[Afton]

Totally agree!

YOU agree?!? I'm shocked! :eek:

[Pamela Barnes]

My dream Dallas would be on HBO, written by someone who could make it an adult drama. Sadly thats in my mind.

But one thing in its favor, the kids of Dallas are not kids, they are in their 30's, well John Ross is. So I hope they don't turn it into some crappy thing but they know if its crap they will open themselves up to be completely ridiculed. 90210 didnt have a huge mantle to fill so expections were not as high as you would expect from a new Dallas.

[Garrison]

I don't think expectations for a new Dallas are that high outside of this forum... mention it to the average person and they're likely to respond "Oh yeah! Remember when Joan Collins shot JR on that UFO?"

[Luke]

I don't think expectations for a new Dallas are that high outside of this forum... mention it to the average person and they're likely to respond "Oh yeah! Remember when Joan Collins shot JR on that UFO?"

There are no expectations about the show (other than the network considering it) outside of this forum. Most people don't remember it at all but for those who do, most don't confuse the shooting of J.R with the lame Colbys UFO story. I know you were trying for a ha ha but Fail.

[Garrison]

There are no expectations about the show (other than the network considering it) outside of this forum. Most people don't remember it at all but for those who do, most don't confuse the shooting of J.R with the lame Colbys UFO story. I know you were trying for a ha ha but Fail.

I wasn't actually, I've heard just that response.

[Afton]

I wasn't actually, I've heard just that response.

Sure.

[Dallasdaze]

Like I have said before, there will never be another Dallas. The original is the one and only. To do another Dallas in my opinion would ruin the show.
I do hope though that another reunion will take place or maybe The War of the Ewings part 2... I also hope another reunion comes about for Knots. I also hope both get t.v., time. Also, anyone know of when season 3 of Knots might be out??

[dazzle]

i agree with dallasdaze, the original is one of a kind and they should leave it alone, besides, is there anyone out there waiting for a remake??

[Tessie]

i agree with dallasdaze, the original is one of a kind and they should leave it alone, besides, is there anyone out there waiting for a remake??

When even the Dallas fans are divided on a remake, I would think that's a strong sign that it shouldn't be done.

[Pamela Barnes]

I think the fact people here are aganist it is a reason it should be done.

If decisions to make TV shows were left to forum members (not everyone) we would not have the Sopranoes unless it was far less complicated, Six Feet Under would still be on and a focus on the battle over the funeral home starring Linda Gray as the new owner and they would find a secret vault leading to more intrigue.

Doctor Who would never have been resurrected as it was never the same after Tom Baker left and without Tom Baker playing Doctor Who for the next 50 years there is little point.

V would still star Jane Badler and Lydia in the title roles as alien bitches with shoulderpads.

Although I no longer care if Dallas is made or what film premiere Larry Hagman has attended or if Ken Kercheval signed a photo or if Victoria Principal shot another maid, I do think that the format of ranches and business in Texas is a good one.

[Cliff Barnes]

I certainly hope that there continues to be a reason this forum is here-but as the days tick by with no new while the other TNT pilots are moving along very quickly, I am becoming a little nervous.

[Garrison]

oh let's just discuss this chestnut: http://www.avclub.com/articles/discovering-dallas-and-the-start-of-tvs-golden-age,9074/


I'm telling you (and Hollywood, if you're listening), Dallas cries out for a serious Battlestar Galactica style update, either on film or (better) TV. As gas prices skyrocket, a show about a greedy oil family from W.'s Texas is potentially rich dramatic material, no? I'd love to see a modern-day TV auteur clear away the dated cheesiness of the original and pick up on what Dallas alludes to but doesn't quite develop, like the dynamic between craggy family patriarch Jock Ewing and his sons Bobby and J.R., who have absorbed his good and evil sides, respectively, and are used by their deceptively benign father to consolidate his power

[Seaviewer]

Well, I'm all for a serious dramatic slant to this new series but, as I've said repeatedly, I'm against any kind of remake of the original story.

[Cliff Barnes]

I am extremely glad that it is going to be a sequel and not a reboot-call me sentimental but I hate reboots, and I would rather stories be continued if they can be, and Dallas certainly can. Reboots are dead ends-once you've done a few years you're doing the same thing, continuing a story where your harshest critics are already saying you're done and finished, so what's the point. The writer here clearly missed the boat on the original show examining inter-family character relationships in it's own already very effective way, and there's no reason why a continuation can't touch on it more in ways that will be effective to a modern audience while maintaining the feel and story of the original.

Cheese, as they put it, can be a funny thing-what's hip and groundbreaking to them now may very well be viewed as dated and sad down the road, it's all about passage of time-and I'm sure this new show as planned will have every right to find it's own current audience as much as anything else out there.

[J. R.'s Piece]

Doctor Who would never have been resurrected as it was never the same after Tom Baker left and without Tom Baker playing Doctor Who for the next 50 years there is little point.
I dunno about Doctor Who....People would be used to the show having complete cast/style changes ...and the show had notched up 10 million viewers over 11 seasons with Doctors 1-3 (without the aid of ITV strikes that sometimes inflated the fourth Doctor's ratings. Doctor Who had already been resurrected in original novels and audios, some written by writers who have worked on the show since. Even some Tom Baker supporters think that he stayed too long.

[sunshineboyuk]

I think the fact people here are aganist it is a reason it should be done.

If decisions to make TV shows were left to forum members (not everyone) we would not have the Sopranoes unless it was far less complicated, Six Feet Under would still be on and a focus on the battle over the funeral home starring Linda Gray as the new owner and they would find a secret vault leading to more intrigue.

Doctor Who would never have been resurrected as it was never the same after Tom Baker left and without Tom Baker playing Doctor Who for the next 50 years there is little point.

V would still star Jane Badler and Lydia in the title roles as alien bitches with shoulderpads.

Although I no longer care if Dallas is made or what film premiere Larry Hagman has attended or if Ken Kercheval signed a photo or if Victoria Principal shot another maid, I do think that the format of ranches and business in Texas is a good one.

Very funny .lol

The only reason New Who is any good is because we all imagine Tom Baker is really the Doctor but someone else is playing him.

Ranches are good , maybe a reality tv show about cattle? The Beef Factor! Linda Gray and Priscilla Presley judging a Cattle talent contest .

[sunshineboyuk]

Tom didn't stay too long , he didn't stay long enough. He should never have left ever. Eventually he would have been really good again , probably 15 years and ten wives later he would have remembered how to do it well again. Worth the wait no ?

[J. R.'s Piece]

Actually, Patrick Troughton's Doctor is the bedrock (Steven Moffat says so, so it must be true). The subsequent Doctors have been playing Patrick's Doctor. Especially Tom Baker. But not as well.

The Beef Factor? Would Patrick Duffy be entering?

[sunshineboyuk]

No. Tom Baker was not playing anyone else Doc. I dont think any of the first four actors did, they each made it unique, I like Peter Davisons Doc very much and he was the first one to really reference the others , he was a young Pat Troughton with the irritabilty of Hartnell , Davison just had weak scripts but he was wonderful/./.

[J. R.'s Piece]

...alright, I was fibbing ....but Tom stole Pat's jelly babies.....after being forced to watch The Three Doctors as preparation...
...Peter said Patrick was his favourite...Peter does seem to get underrated. Terrance Dicks says that the first four times they got the casting right....but after that...