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<blockquote data-quote="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing" data-source="post: 331535" data-attributes="member: 64">Katzman was an idiot.&nbsp; It was a very large F**k You but not just to the audience but to the previous production team!!He wanted total authority over Dallas at any price &amp; if that just happened to damage the show itself I honestly don&#039;t think he cared!&nbsp; I think he hoped to ride it out and the audience would accept it.&nbsp; I suppose some did but quite a few fans noses were put out of joint by the revelation of it all being a dream of Pam&#039;s! It was about power!&nbsp; Which is ironic because that&#039;s what&#039;s JR&#039;s goal was during the series run itself.Behind the scenes there were power struggles too as I believe Philip Capice &amp; Leonard Katzman didn&#039;t always see eye to eye.Personally I think it was a very bad decision to get rid of Philip Capice&nbsp; and let Leonard Katzman have free reign over the show.We only really had one great season under Katzman when he took control.&nbsp; That was season ten and even that season has a few flaws.&nbsp; Everything after season ten is when the rot began to set in storyline wise which I have touched on in other threads.Philip Capice&#039;s name on the ending credits of Dallas showed that the series was a quality drama series, yeah including season nine the infamous dream season even though that season lost it&#039;s way slightly before it came to a close.It&#039;s sad how Dallas ended up under Katzman, he was just a burnt out writer trying to keep a show going which was clearly past it&#039;s sell by date!&nbsp; That might be a bit harsh but unfortunately it&#039;s true because he became complacent just re-hashing storylines and introducing ones which made the existing characters behave very much out of character!He shouldn&#039;t have come back! And neither should Patrick Duffy but it&#039;s all academic now.&nbsp; Dallas is dead.&nbsp; And even though I love it very much, I will always enjoy my DVD&#039;s (and hopefully Blu-ray&#039;s) despite the outlandish plot twists which saw season nine wrote off as a dream!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH=full]39120[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39121[/ATTACH]What I do want to say at this point is that without these two characters at the helm of Dallas during it&#039;s heyday it wouldn&#039;t&#039;ve been the massive hit it became!&nbsp; Phillip Capice&#039;s name on the cliffhanger freeze frame is iconic for Dallas.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH=full]39122[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing, post: 331535, member: 64"] Katzman was an idiot. It was a very large F**k You but not just to the audience but to the previous production team!! He wanted total authority over Dallas at any price & if that just happened to damage the show itself I honestly don't think he cared! I think he hoped to ride it out and the audience would accept it. I suppose some did but quite a few fans noses were put out of joint by the revelation of it all being a dream of Pam's! It was about power! Which is ironic because that's what's JR's goal was during the series run itself. Behind the scenes there were power struggles too as I believe Philip Capice & Leonard Katzman didn't always see eye to eye. Personally I think it was a very bad decision to get rid of Philip Capice and let Leonard Katzman have free reign over the show. We only really had one great season under Katzman when he took control. That was season ten and even that season has a few flaws. Everything after season ten is when the rot began to set in storyline wise which I have touched on in other threads. Philip Capice's name on the ending credits of Dallas showed that the series was a quality drama series, yeah including season nine the infamous dream season even though that season lost it's way slightly before it came to a close. It's sad how Dallas ended up under Katzman, he was just a burnt out writer trying to keep a show going which was clearly past it's sell by date! That might be a bit harsh but unfortunately it's true because he became complacent just re-hashing storylines and introducing ones which made the existing characters behave very much out of character! He shouldn't have come back! And neither should Patrick Duffy but it's all academic now. Dallas is dead. And even though I love it very much, I will always enjoy my DVD's (and hopefully Blu-ray's) despite the outlandish plot twists which saw season nine wrote off as a dream! :) [ATTACH type="full" alt="leonard katzman.jpg"]39120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="philip capice1.jpg"]39121[/ATTACH] What I do want to say at this point is that without these two characters at the helm of Dallas during it's heyday it wouldn't've been the massive hit it became! Phillip Capice's name on the cliffhanger freeze frame is iconic for Dallas. :) [ATTACH type="full" alt="Philip Capice Dallas end credit.jpg"]39122[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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