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<blockquote data-quote="Jabari Lamar" data-source="post: 289561" data-attributes="member: 2208">You are correct in that J.R. Returns wasn&#039;t perfect, there were some of those plot inconsistencies that you mentioned and others. Like they later did on DallasTNT, the movie opens with the idea that Bobby was planning to sell Southfork because Christopher was going away to college and he thought the ranch was too big for a single man to live at and should be sold to a new family. We know Bobby would never just sell Southfork like that. And, if you&#039;re really going to do a story with J.R. faking his death then you need to do it right, and bring back as many original characters as you could to attend the funeral. Especially Miss Ellie, wouldn&#039;t she be there for her son&#039;s funeral? But since it was obviously not possible to get Barbara Bel Geddes back, I would have skipped that particular plot point in the film. But overall I was able to overlook those little details, I like the theme of the film, J.R. returning to Dallas after some time away to regroup, with a master plan to take over Westar, get Ewing Oil back in the family and get Sue Ellen and John Ross back at Southfork, and the plan works out perfectly in the end, with the final shot being of J.R. laughing at how well it worked. Plus I did like the subplot with John Ross, Christopher and Pamela Rebecca, setting up a potential love triangle. So that&#039;s why I consider it a good ending to the original Dallas saga.War of The Ewings was just bad for several reasons, with even more egregious plot inconsistencies, so I prefer to just ignore it. But at least it didn&#039;t undo the status quo established at the end of J.R. Returns. When it ended, J.R. was still running Westar, Bobby and Sue Ellen still owned Ewing Oil, and they were all still living at Southfork. So if the revival series included the canon of the films, it wouldn&#039;t need to retcon WOTE, but there&#039;s nothing in it that would need to specifically be addressed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jabari Lamar, post: 289561, member: 2208"] You are correct in that J.R. Returns wasn't perfect, there were some of those plot inconsistencies that you mentioned and others. Like they later did on DallasTNT, the movie opens with the idea that Bobby was planning to sell Southfork because Christopher was going away to college and he thought the ranch was too big for a single man to live at and should be sold to a new family. We know Bobby would never just sell Southfork like that. And, if you're really going to do a story with J.R. faking his death then you need to do it right, and bring back as many original characters as you could to attend the funeral. Especially Miss Ellie, wouldn't she be there for her son's funeral? But since it was obviously not possible to get Barbara Bel Geddes back, I would have skipped that particular plot point in the film. But overall I was able to overlook those little details, I like the theme of the film, J.R. returning to Dallas after some time away to regroup, with a master plan to take over Westar, get Ewing Oil back in the family and get Sue Ellen and John Ross back at Southfork, and the plan works out perfectly in the end, with the final shot being of J.R. laughing at how well it worked. Plus I did like the subplot with John Ross, Christopher and Pamela Rebecca, setting up a potential love triangle. So that's why I consider it a good ending to the original Dallas saga. War of The Ewings was just bad for several reasons, with even more egregious plot inconsistencies, so I prefer to just ignore it. But at least it didn't [I]undo[/I] the status quo established at the end of J.R. Returns. When it ended, J.R. was still running Westar, Bobby and Sue Ellen still owned Ewing Oil, and they were all still living at Southfork. So if the revival series included the canon of the films, it wouldn't need to retcon WOTE, but there's nothing in it that would need to specifically be addressed. [/QUOTE]

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