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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 11770" data-attributes="member: 27">Admittedly I&#039;m not the die-hard fan that others on here are.&nbsp; My thoughts are more general, not detailed plot points or anything.I assume the producers plan to play this totally &quot;straight&quot;--that is, playing it as real people in real lives without winks and nods to the audience or any overtly satirical behavior.&nbsp; I hope they won&#039;t go in with this attitude of &quot;Oh, here&#039;s something we can change just for the hell of it&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;d only change the things that help tighten up the plotlines or update them for modern times.&nbsp; Frankly I don&#039;t think it&#039;s imperative they make Krystle into Cristal, but since that seems to be a selling point for the project, I guess we&#039;re stuck with it.&nbsp; Obviously a new cast means certain things will automatically be different.&nbsp; Producers can&#039;t help but tailor aspects of characters to the strengths of the actors--and in some cases, change the character outline after casting someone.&nbsp; For instance, if they cast an American to play Alexis, they may skip the British accent.&nbsp; This would likely mean Amanda&#039;s accent would be optional, as well.&nbsp; It all hinges on who they cast, of course.They need to decide if this will be a soap about business plotlines complicated by family ties, or a soap about family relationships complicated by business struggles.&nbsp; Does that make sense?&nbsp; They need to focus in one area or the other, and not try to have it both ways because all that talk about oil leases and stockholder meetings made my eyes glaze over.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 11770, member: 27"] Admittedly I'm not the die-hard fan that others on here are. My thoughts are more general, not detailed plot points or anything. I assume the producers plan to play this totally "straight"--that is, playing it as real people in real lives without winks and nods to the audience or any overtly satirical behavior. I hope they won't go in with this attitude of "Oh, here's something we can change just for the hell of it". I'd only change the things that help tighten up the plotlines or update them for modern times. Frankly I don't think it's imperative they make Krystle into Cristal, but since that seems to be a selling point for the project, I guess we're stuck with it. Obviously a new cast means certain things will automatically be different. Producers can't help but tailor aspects of characters to the strengths of the actors--and in some cases, change the character outline after casting someone. For instance, if they cast an American to play Alexis, they may skip the British accent. This would likely mean Amanda's accent would be optional, as well. It all hinges on who they cast, of course. They need to decide if this will be a soap about business plotlines complicated by family ties, or a soap about family relationships complicated by business struggles. Does that make sense? They need to focus in one area or the other, and not try to have it both ways because all that talk about oil leases and stockholder meetings made my eyes glaze over. [/QUOTE]

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