Seaviewer
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All that amounts to is a semi-plausible alternative. It's not the proof that JR and Bobby grabbed onto it as being.
Would You Take Back The Later Years?
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Sarah
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Do you think he was Jock?
Crimson
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The last couple times I re-watched DALLAS, I ended right here.
Yeah it leaves some dangling plots and there are some good stories after this point, but even those are increasingly redundant. In short, I don't think there's anything integral to the DALLAS mythos after this and I find it a satisfying ending to a show that had been quite good up to that point, with only a few minor missteps.
Yeah it leaves some dangling plots and there are some good stories after this point, but even those are increasingly redundant. In short, I don't think there's anything integral to the DALLAS mythos after this and I find it a satisfying ending to a show that had been quite good up to that point, with only a few minor missteps.
DallasFanForever
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You’re not alone in that assessment. I never would’ve said it back then obviously but looking back on it now? I would’ve been fine with Swan Song being The End, despite my nickname.
Rove
Telly Talk Warrior
In hindsight it would have been the perfect end. Would viewers have accepted the fact our Romeo and Juliet never had their happy-ever-after? If we could peer into the future of what was to come I think most would agree Swan Song should have been the full stop for Dallas. But then I was super excited to see what the next season had in store. I expected Dallas and in particular JR to go dark. I wanted death and destruction. The character of JR should have been allowed to go on a revenge bender fitting for the bastard we love to hate.
Crimson
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I have sometimes pondered how feasible it would be to edit seasons 9 and 10 into something cohesive. What I mean is, drop anything related Bobby's death and Angelica Nero, but keep the good aspects of 9 and weave them together. Sue Ellen's recovery and closure with Patricia and Dusty were excellent; I think Donna and Ray had a good story too. I know the strands wouldn't really connect, but they don't connect very well between 8 and 10 either. In that mashed continuity, we could end right as Pam is joyously telling Bobby that she's pregnant, before even seeing the truck.
There's nothing after that I would miss.
There's nothing after that I would miss.
stevew
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Well said. If I could I would end with: "a mysterious figure enters the Ewing Oil building late one night. Proceeding to J.R.'s office, the figure produces a gun and fires three shots into the back of J.R.'s chair in which somebody is sitting. As the victim falls out of the chair and to the ground, we see it is Bobby Ewing that has been shot." Then no change for Miss Ellie, no Dream Season, no later seasons of decline, no disconnect from Knot's Landing, no movies, no TNT. I'm left wondering for the rest of my life, what happened to Bobby Ewing. That's just my two cents, even thought there's still some great stuff I would have missed, IF I could pick an end, that would be it for me.
the-lost-son
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If I re-watch Dallas then it's mostly season 4(DVD 5) to 6 (DVD7).
There are very good storylines before and after. I own the Dvds till Pam's exit. Things got redundant at that point and her departure is my personal end.
There are fans who enjoy the next 4 seasons, good for them. Normally if a series' quality is decreasing, I stop watching and don't think and talk about it. Dallas is different, so I sometimes complain about these years and the weak finale. But I wouldn't erase them as long as nobody forces me to watch it. Each to his own.
Nearly 20 years ago then I first read in this forum it seemed like science fiction that fans could edit videos/clips on their own. A few years later YouTube was created. Who knows how CGI technology will develop. Maybe in a few years everyone can create his/her own perfect finale and post it here.
There are very good storylines before and after. I own the Dvds till Pam's exit. Things got redundant at that point and her departure is my personal end.
There are fans who enjoy the next 4 seasons, good for them. Normally if a series' quality is decreasing, I stop watching and don't think and talk about it. Dallas is different, so I sometimes complain about these years and the weak finale. But I wouldn't erase them as long as nobody forces me to watch it. Each to his own.
Nearly 20 years ago then I first read in this forum it seemed like science fiction that fans could edit videos/clips on their own. A few years later YouTube was created. Who knows how CGI technology will develop. Maybe in a few years everyone can create his/her own perfect finale and post it here.
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Toni
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Or maybe Wes just thought: "Oh yes, this is the one from the spin-off...God bless VCR´s..."It's because of how Jock treated Gary.
Clearly Wes/Ben remembered that this particular son had an estranged relationship with him.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
It could be that he remembered doing it before as Ben now that he was Wes who was Jock!
Rove
Telly Talk Warrior
Deep fake technology is getting very good. I'd imagine in the not too distant future someone or a studio with permission from families might like to use their likeness to create a continuation from Dallas: War of the Ewings or a continuation from Conundrum. Perhaps someone could then explain how the hell the Ramos family connected with the Ewing family.
Jon Ewing Jr.
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For me I watch and enjoy Dallas up through the BD Calhoun plot. After that I really think it went down hill.
Snarky Oracle!
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Yes, Deep Fake is evil. But to replace Donna Reed with BBG, fix the later seasons, correct the errors of nuDALLAS, and "freshen up" the mid-years of DYNASTY, it might be worth a trip through hell.
I would have been happy with them ending with “Fall of the House of Ewing”. Just cut Pam’s car crash and end with the scene with JR looking at Jock’s portrait and declaring “THIS is Ewing Oil” (and vowing to rebuild). And add a scene earlier where Pam and Bobby decide to go build a new, normal life away from his crazy family.
Seaviewer
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I think that the evidence as presented leans heavily in that direction but it's not beyond shadow of doubt, as they say.
Some kind of movie logically connecting War of the Ewings to TNT Dallas would be welcome.