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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 435928" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yes, the guilty-pleasure-of-guilty-pleasures that oldDYNASTY was supposed to be, and is still referred to as being, never really materialized. In the &#039;80s, the media coverage of oldDYNASTY was always far more electric that the dead, suffocated show that aired every Wednesday nights in the States... I mean, the schism was impossible (for me, at least) to ignore; the way everybody talked about it had little to do with the show itself.The emperor&#039;s new clothes in reverse.It was as if the entire world -- the media, the audience -- knew what oldDYNASTY could and should be,,,, except for the knuckleheads running the show.Even now, with current specials like TV WE LOVE: DYNASTY (presently posted on the oldDYNASTY page here at Tellytalk) one is still given the impression that oldDYNASTY was this incomparable fabulosity that eventually lost its steam --- instead of the corrosive, soul-sucking train wreck (with a good cast) most of it was.Perpetually less than the sum of its parts (except for Seasons 1, 2 and 9, of course).At least the 2017 -- 2022 nuDYNASTY was worth a few laughs, especially when Fallon and Sam Joe were center stage (not that I kept watching it after its second season).As some of us predicted, before it even premiered, that nuDYNASTY would -- in certain ways-- be more professional than oldDYNASTY, less well-cast than oldDYNASTY, and that nuDYNASTY would likely do a better job at some of its storytelling than the old show (but would also likely suffer from some modern-day encumbrances).Where were we wrong? We really weren&#039;t.<img src="https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dynasty-old-vs-new-ftr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 771px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 435928, member: 57984"] Yes, the guilty-pleasure-of-guilty-pleasures that oldDYNASTY was supposed to be, and is still referred to as being, never really materialized. In the '80s, the media coverage of oldDYNASTY was always far more electric that the dead, suffocated show that aired every Wednesday nights in the States... I mean, the schism was impossible (for me, at least) to ignore; the way everybody talked about it had little to do with the show itself. The emperor's new clothes in reverse. It was as if the entire world -- the media, the audience -- knew what oldDYNASTY could and should be,,,, except for the knuckleheads running the show. Even now, with current specials like TV WE LOVE: DYNASTY (presently posted on the oldDYNASTY page here at Tellytalk) one is still given the impression that oldDYNASTY was this incomparable fabulosity that eventually lost its steam --- instead of the corrosive, soul-sucking train wreck (with a good cast) most of it was. Perpetually less than the sum of its parts (except for Seasons 1, 2 and 9, of course). At least the 2017 -- 2022 nuDYNASTY was worth a few laughs, especially when Fallon and Sam Joe were center stage (not that I kept watching it after its second season). As some of us predicted, before it even premiered, that nuDYNASTY would -- in certain ways-- be more professional than oldDYNASTY, less well-cast than oldDYNASTY, and that nuDYNASTY would likely do a better job at some of its storytelling than the old show (but would also likely suffer from some modern-day encumbrances). Where were we wrong? We really weren't. [IMG width="771px"]https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dynasty-old-vs-new-ftr.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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