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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisSumner" data-source="post: 182545" data-attributes="member: 759">Especially with Warner Brothers having it&#039;s own streaming service and doing lots of reboots of well known properties, I think they&#039;d be crazy not to revisit Dallas. Plus with Dallas already being on IMDB and the DVD re-release, clearly there is still demand for the series. I&#039;d continue from TNT Dallas, but with a new tone and a mostly new cast. Christopher is dead so I&#039;d leave him that way. I&#039;d also write off Elena and the Ryland&#039;s. Bobby, Sue Ellen, John Ross and Pamela would be the only characters to stay. Ann can make guest appearances to tie up her relationship with Bobby, but that&#039;s it. The first thing I&#039;d do is boost the Ewing family which IMO had a poor showing in the TNT version. Bring back Donna and Ray in the Jock/Miss Ellie role and make Margaret and Lucas main characters. Lucas could fill the Ray role as someone who loves the land and feels like an outsider considering Bobby basically abandoned him. I&#039;d also consider some sort of return for Jenna considering she&#039;s his mother. Perhaps she could be Bobby&#039;s new wife. In addition to that, I&#039;d consider giving Lucy a child and allowing them to have a presence. When she appeared she had no character development so we don&#039;t know that she isn&#039;t a mother. Alternatively you could also bring back Gary and Val (and maybe the twins) and do a triangle with Sue Ellen. I felt Gary fit in so well he could&#039;ve easily been a regular after JR died. Then as for the second family for the Ewing&#039;s to feud with, I&#039;d develop a new family. I don&#039;t think the Barnes has enough of an established next generation to really focus on. Plus with Pam and Cliff gone it wouldn&#039;t be the same. Another thing, with the elder characters I&#039;d only have Sue Ellen and Bobby on contract. Gary, Val, Ray, Lucy, Donna and Jenna could all have a story (but consistent) recurring presence. The main focus would be building a new Ewing family and what surrounds them like we had on the original. You have the Ewing&#039;s, the Barnes, the cartel, etc. They need a sense of community. A sense of power. The Mexican mafia stuff would definitely have to go. Let it be soapy and Texan and have a writer who respects that it&#039;s a soap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChrisSumner, post: 182545, member: 759"] Especially with Warner Brothers having it's own streaming service and doing lots of reboots of well known properties, I think they'd be crazy not to revisit Dallas. Plus with Dallas already being on IMDB and the DVD re-release, clearly there is still demand for the series. I'd continue from TNT Dallas, but with a new tone and a mostly new cast. Christopher is dead so I'd leave him that way. I'd also write off Elena and the Ryland's. Bobby, Sue Ellen, John Ross and Pamela would be the only characters to stay. Ann can make guest appearances to tie up her relationship with Bobby, but that's it. The first thing I'd do is boost the Ewing family which IMO had a poor showing in the TNT version. Bring back Donna and Ray in the Jock/Miss Ellie role and make Margaret and Lucas main characters. Lucas could fill the Ray role as someone who loves the land and feels like an outsider considering Bobby basically abandoned him. I'd also consider some sort of return for Jenna considering she's his mother. Perhaps she could be Bobby's new wife. In addition to that, I'd consider giving Lucy a child and allowing them to have a presence. When she appeared she had no character development so we don't know that she isn't a mother. Alternatively you could also bring back Gary and Val (and maybe the twins) and do a triangle with Sue Ellen. I felt Gary fit in so well he could've easily been a regular after JR died. Then as for the second family for the Ewing's to feud with, I'd develop a new family. I don't think the Barnes has enough of an established next generation to really focus on. Plus with Pam and Cliff gone it wouldn't be the same. Another thing, with the elder characters I'd only have Sue Ellen and Bobby on contract. Gary, Val, Ray, Lucy, Donna and Jenna could all have a story (but consistent) recurring presence. The main focus would be building a new Ewing family and what surrounds them like we had on the original. You have the Ewing's, the Barnes, the cartel, etc. They need a sense of community. A sense of power. The Mexican mafia stuff would definitely have to go. Let it be soapy and Texan and have a writer who respects that it's a soap. [/QUOTE]

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