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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 292464" data-attributes="member: 8">There have been 14 years of Dallas + the movies + the next generation series. That's already a lot of Dallas and I think it's a little optimistic to think that the general public want to see more. Ideally, we'd be watching TNT Dallas season 9 today.It's possible to filter out "the bad" and oomph up "the good" but it wouldn't be that different from selectively watching episodes or complete seasons that already exist.And since so much has happened in the classic series, and not always intentionally, it seems impossible to make a more coherent version of that and still keep it somewhat surprising and exciting.It already was  a prime time soap with good production values and performances and the things they could  improve wouldn't be enough to make it must-see TV.The Dallas stuff that wasn't so great is also part of its legacy and these flaws add a lively (albeit sometimes frustrating) feel to the soap opera experience.It's also very difficult to recapture time capsules, no matter how hard they try. They can make it look like it, but people themselves including actors have changed too much. You'd also have to copy the mindset and speech and everything else that belongs in this or that particular era.It would be very similar to the pointless remakes of popular brand movies and that's why I'd be more interested in remakes of obscure, failed or forgotten TV series.Or a prime time version of an old daytime soap like DARK SHADOWS which created the opportunity to do something with it.CWDynasty came up with a very cool idea of a Remix Series and the reason I hate it has nothing to do with said concept.I guess they could do the same for Dallas but since it feels as if Dallas has never really stopped, the very idea just makes me feel tired. To be honest.</blockquote>

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