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<blockquote data-quote="lbf522" data-source="post: 343221" data-attributes="member: 393">Larry Hagman and the writers were careful not to make JR over the top evil. He was if anything a lovable rogue who we loved hot hate.&nbsp; They however made him a paper tiger who overtime watered him down to the point where he became a joke and he lost to every Tom, Dick, or Harry.The JR Ewing of old would not have believed that James Beaumont was his son and accepted him like he did when he was suspicioius of Jamie.Not saying that I would have wanted JR to be a mindless hot head like Bobby&nbsp; but be someone that people are wary of.&nbsp; Again, I realize that the writers and Hagman did not want JR to be over the top evil.In the mini series, Ray and Lucy each said that JR had people killed but we never saw that.&nbsp; JR himself even told Bobby that he never killed anyone not even during the war.I do think there were instances where they should have made JR a little meaner. You can count on one hand the number of times JR actually threw a punch.&nbsp; He let Pamela off to easy after she kidnapped his son.&nbsp; All he did was yell at her.&nbsp; The same when Donna took it upon herself to get into JR&#039;s face at Ewing Oil.&nbsp; In both instances, he should have been angry out for blood.&nbsp; The thing was neither Pamela or Donna feared him.&nbsp; Not only that he should have come up with more ways to get John Ross off the Southern Cross.&nbsp; I liked the idea of his buying up Clayton Farlow&#039;s oil was a good idea.&nbsp; The problem was that JR should have had a plan B for if or when oil prices fell.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like a character who is over the top evil (unless they are short term). I like that they have dimensions to them and JR certainly did. If Dallas were done today, I would imagine the writers would make JR more evil than in the original.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lbf522, post: 343221, member: 393"] Larry Hagman and the writers were careful not to make JR over the top evil. He was if anything a lovable rogue who we loved hot hate. They however made him a paper tiger who overtime watered him down to the point where he became a joke and he lost to every Tom, Dick, or Harry. The JR Ewing of old would not have believed that James Beaumont was his son and accepted him like he did when he was suspicioius of Jamie. Not saying that I would have wanted JR to be a mindless hot head like Bobby but be someone that people are wary of. Again, I realize that the writers and Hagman did not want JR to be over the top evil. In the mini series, Ray and Lucy each said that JR had people killed but we never saw that. JR himself even told Bobby that he never killed anyone not even during the war. I do think there were instances where they should have made JR a little meaner. You can count on one hand the number of times JR actually threw a punch. He let Pamela off to easy after she kidnapped his son. All he did was yell at her. The same when Donna took it upon herself to get into JR's face at Ewing Oil. In both instances, he should have been angry out for blood. The thing was neither Pamela or Donna feared him. Not only that he should have come up with more ways to get John Ross off the Southern Cross. I liked the idea of his buying up Clayton Farlow's oil was a good idea. The problem was that JR should have had a plan B for if or when oil prices fell. I don't like a character who is over the top evil (unless they are short term). I like that they have dimensions to them and JR certainly did. If Dallas were done today, I would imagine the writers would make JR more evil than in the original. [/QUOTE]

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