Hi Everyone! I'm new to posting. I have been watching this forum for a while now and I'm excited to say that I'm looking forward to this reboot.
Hi, welcome to the board.
* Fashion - First and foremost. Spelling and Cramer and La Shapiro talked about wardrobe. Ever since Sex and the City went off, we haven't had anything gorgeous to look at. This reboot needs to reinvent a trend or two and live up to its namesake in a big Pat Field kind of way. If Downton Abbey can copy us and merchandise their tea towels, we can sell faux furs or bed sheet sets or caviar tins.
I wanna say Gossip Girl brought a lot to the table fashion-wise, except I can barely remember anything that was worn. lol But then again, at the time when I was watching, I wasn't really into fashion. It was DYNASTY's OTP sequined shoulder-pads that alerted me to pay more attention to clothes. lol
Although MAD MEN and DOWNTON ABBEY had glorious clothes... but then again, those were period pieces. Course, they did spark a renewed interest in those old fashions, making them "vintage fashionable" or whatever its called now. I can never keep up, and don't really care to. XD
* Don't be a joke - UFOs, Catfights, recasting actors, wedding shootouts are all in our past. Let them stay there.
I... want... catfights.
Sorry dude, but that's the one thing I don't agree with you there. DYNASTY has spoiled me when it comes to catfights, and I've become extremely frustrated with the lack of them in other shows. Oh don't get me wrong, MAD MEN and DOWNTON ABBEY didn't need them, but they weren't the type of shows that called for them. But after shows like Gossip Girl and 90210 and how lame those catfights were...
I don't want this new DYNASTY to follow those namby-pamby fights, I want the huge blowouts that the original had - it's what got me interested in the show in the first place!
Ahem, yeah.
However, I do think there should be a formulaic rule about them: slaps, slapfests, and small catfights (ie, 30 seconds) can take place at the beginning and middle of each season, with there being one big Grand Catfight that takes place towards the end of the season (like the studio fight, the lily pond fight, and the Carlton fight). The only exception could be if a Grand Catfight organically happens in the half-season cliffhanger (ie, like the attic catfight), only there would still need to be a catfight in the season finale. Just on a smaller scale (ie, the pool fight).
* Meat - Let's see Steven kiss his boyfriend Ted or Luke. Let's see Sammy Jo's million dollar sex tape. I want to see "Sister Dearest" on the NYT Best Seller list as it probably should be. Teach me about renewable energy, not just oil shale extraction. Let's drill the largest oil reserves in the world, or fight Congress until they say we can.
Why not?
Hm, maybe...
* please give us Filoli again. Ever been? It's incredible
Maybe... I've never been, but I've seen plenty of clips of it. It is indeed a magnificent house. But I'd also like for Arden Villa to return as well (I WANT THAT LILY POND!).
* Maybe we can have the same music to match the characters. Who can forget that sinister yet vampy song that sailed through the air when the camera panned up that famous apartment building to Alexis' penthouse in the early years? Bring back staples and signatures.
Again, maybe. There's a limit on how much you can bring back from the original show. And these are going to be different actors in these roles, so hearing the original character themes with them might seem a little strange, even unfitting. ^^
* Mark Jennings as an escort. Jeff Colby as a workaholic. Kirby Anders as another Fatal Attraction. Ted Dinard takes a swing and clocks Blake across the jaw before he is pushed to his death!
Maybe.
Maybe, doable.
Hm, not too keen on that one... but certainly has possibilities (it depends on how its utilized).
But YES to the one about Ted. If they do decide to bring the character of Ted back for the same purpose as before, then I say they should make him a more sleazy and violent character so Blake doesn't come out looking so bad when he accidentally kills him.
* And finally, something shocking to stake our claim on prime time soaps: Fallon or Adam drop a racial slur: maybe the N word, or something horrifying ala our Clown Republican nominee that would end up on the front page of the New York Post. Alexis calls Cristal a C U Next Tuesday. Make it bold and outstanding and we'll have the Dynasty we all really want.
Hm, now that would be interesting. Perhaps.
