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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 348531" data-attributes="member: 57984">nuDALLAS just didn&#039;t get the balance right -- and seemed clueless about what that might be. Obviously, for a continuation to work, you need the established characters fleshed out by the now-grown kids.But they kept bringing in new characters who had little to do with the Ewings, the Ewings themselves taking a backseat to the maid&#039;s daughter&#039;s ex-inlaws&#039; cocaine connection (at least, that&#039;s how I remembered it) and there were minimal family scenes at hollow Southfork. The few good things nuDALLAS did seemed to be accidental.The new show kept steering away from what it (organically, I believe) wanted to be.It was painfully predictable: an apathetic network executive hands the assignment to an unfamiliar producer to revive the most successful drama series of all time, and no one feels the need to do their homework.How could it have worked? Was Victoria asked back? Was she black-balled? It wouldn&#039;t have mattered... If they&#039;ve brought Pam back, her female gym teacher&#039;s daughter&#039;s anxiety disorder would have been the plotline, and JR might occasionally taunt her about her not renewing her prescriptions. If they thought about it.JR&#039;s masterpiece and oldPam&#039;s death explanation were the best things otherwise tone-deaf nuDALLAS ever did. John Ross&#039; casting was good. Some of the scenes at Ewing Global had promise. Valene calling Sue Ellen a &quot;bitch&quot; was nice. The autumn-winter vibe was effectively different from most of the original series.What a wasted opportunity.&quot;If love is for pussies -- then I&#039;m your pussy! Kiss me, you goddamned bastard!!&quot;<img src="http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32200000/Dallas-TNT-dallas-tv-show-32260593-1000-551.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 882px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 348531, member: 57984"] nuDALLAS just didn't get the balance right -- and seemed clueless about what that might be. Obviously, for a continuation to work, you need the established characters fleshed out by the now-grown kids. But they kept bringing in new characters who had little to do with the Ewings, the Ewings themselves taking a backseat to the maid's daughter's ex-inlaws' cocaine connection (at least, that's how I remembered it) and there were minimal family scenes at hollow Southfork. The few good things nuDALLAS did seemed to be accidental. The new show kept steering away from what it (organically, I believe) wanted to be. It was painfully predictable: an apathetic network executive hands the assignment to an unfamiliar producer to revive the most successful drama series of all time, and no one feels the need to do their homework. How could it have worked? Was Victoria asked back? Was she black-balled? It wouldn't have mattered... If they've brought Pam back, her female gym teacher's daughter's anxiety disorder would have been the plotline, and JR might occasionally taunt her about her not renewing her prescriptions. If they thought about it. JR's masterpiece and oldPam's death explanation were the best things otherwise tone-deaf nuDALLAS ever did. John Ross' casting was good. Some of the scenes at Ewing Global had promise. Valene calling Sue Ellen a "bitch" was nice. The autumn-winter vibe was effectively different from most of the original series. What a wasted opportunity. [I]"If love is for pussies -- then [B]I'm [/B]your pussy! Kiss me, you goddamned bastard!!"[/I] [IMG width="882px"]http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32200000/Dallas-TNT-dallas-tv-show-32260593-1000-551.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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