I think if there is someone who knows Dallas well enough to re-fashion it in a new way, then maybe it would be worth doing and watching.
Despite all this I don't think I'd have the heart to watch it. I'd feel like I'm dishonouring the memory of Jim, Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry, Linda, Patrick, Victoria etc, etc. There would also be the small problem of comparing the reboot against the original, it's human nature, we couldn't resist the pull to criticize. That said, I suppose I couldn't help myself and take a peek, another human weakness.
Would the reboot consist of Southfork? Can the audience accept the entire Ewing family residing there in 2019 like we did in 1978? That was the great success of the original. The ranch became as big a character as Ewing Oil. I'm sure many asked how did that family all live under the same roof with 1 bathroom to share but somehow it worked. I suspect viewers were prepared to suspend that opinion and sit back and enjoy the banter between the Ewing family with pre-dinner drinks. In 2019 would we accept a new mansion? The Ewing home would need to be jaw-dropping beautiful, over the top perhaps.
Would we still require a working ranch? Personally I'd still like to see the Ewing family ranching because I'd like the reboot to mimic the original in that regard. Instead of having the ranch foreman Ray we could have a female version named Rae. We don't necessarily have to copy the original in every aspect. I'd also have Sue Ellen and JR have a daughter several years old already but JR is pushing Sue Ellen for another child and hopefully a son. I'd also change the role of Pam. I'd have Bobby arrive home late one evening and sneak in his new bride.
The next morning when everyone is chowing down on their cornflakes Bobby announces while in New York for the last few months he met a woman and they married. Jock is thrilled and so is Miss Ellie, JR?, not so much as his first thought is, could another heir be on the cards already? But when Miss Ellie enquires about the bride Bobby informs the family they arrived home late the night before so she is upstairs readying herself and should be down shortly. That's when we hear footsteps coming down the stairs. The family all turn and look up. Bobby says, "Daddy, momma. I'd like you to meet Pamela and her son Michael, though he likes to be called Mickey. The family is slightly taken aback. Not just meeting Pam and Mickey for the first time but they are African American.
If we're going to do a reboot let's really mix it up. I'd also wish for a reboot to have a dark undertone to it. I don't want people enjoy that love to hate relationship with JR. I want people to watch because this version will be unlike the original. I want the new JR to be a turd. Vengeful, powerful, cruel, manipulative. He is so intoxicating viewers will migrate to the reboot to see how bad the bastard can get. And I don't really wish for the other characters to know how evil he is, they just know he is not to be messed with.
Anyway that would be my attempt at some kind of reboot. Some may like it, others won't. It certainly wouldn't be anything like that other current reboot
