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As I look at peach Dynasty and think of another offspring of an 80s soap gone bad, Cidre's TNT Dallas, I am puzzled by the differences:
Knowledge of the canon
Peach Dynasty: Extensive and impressive when it comes to events. Many homages and Easter eggs, not the least of each being the titles of the episodes being lines from the original
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Perfunctory and wildly revisionist, grossly twisting both key characters and using Svengali-like mind games to convince the audience we just missed a whole Hispanic family all these Lorimar years, and that it was right in front of us
Quality consistency
Peach Dynasty: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And Charo. From some spectacular and well-plotted hours to the “too vulgar to even be 'so bad is good'” quality, often back to back. Is the same team in charge every week?
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Overall sliding, but without major fluctuations within a season. The changes happened from one season to the next, and Hagman’s death w as a big catalyst (or opportunity) for Cidre. There was clearly a singular creator vision.
Use of core characters
Peach Dynasty: All the core characters are appearing, with minor additions. However the show’s portrayal of such characters often belies all we know of actual original characters and their make-up
Cidre's TNT Dallas: The core characters are slowly being phased out, to the degree that in the end one half of the next generation of Ewings is killed
Genre
Peach Dynasty: Psychedelic roulette. Some episodes are soap par excellence, some mediocre CW teen fare, some similar to public access programming in terms of plot and dialogue but with better production values. The same events that form a dramatic arc in one episode are mere fodder for a one-liner and discarded in the next.
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Crime-infested soap imitation, with clear arcs that last multiple episodes or whole seasons
Acting
Peach Dynasty: Overall mediocre, with a few shining exceptions
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Mostly good players, embarrassingly a lot, having to deal with sub-par material
Knowledge of the canon
Peach Dynasty: Extensive and impressive when it comes to events. Many homages and Easter eggs, not the least of each being the titles of the episodes being lines from the original
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Perfunctory and wildly revisionist, grossly twisting both key characters and using Svengali-like mind games to convince the audience we just missed a whole Hispanic family all these Lorimar years, and that it was right in front of us
Quality consistency
Peach Dynasty: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And Charo. From some spectacular and well-plotted hours to the “too vulgar to even be 'so bad is good'” quality, often back to back. Is the same team in charge every week?
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Overall sliding, but without major fluctuations within a season. The changes happened from one season to the next, and Hagman’s death w as a big catalyst (or opportunity) for Cidre. There was clearly a singular creator vision.
Use of core characters
Peach Dynasty: All the core characters are appearing, with minor additions. However the show’s portrayal of such characters often belies all we know of actual original characters and their make-up
Cidre's TNT Dallas: The core characters are slowly being phased out, to the degree that in the end one half of the next generation of Ewings is killed
Genre
Peach Dynasty: Psychedelic roulette. Some episodes are soap par excellence, some mediocre CW teen fare, some similar to public access programming in terms of plot and dialogue but with better production values. The same events that form a dramatic arc in one episode are mere fodder for a one-liner and discarded in the next.
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Crime-infested soap imitation, with clear arcs that last multiple episodes or whole seasons
Acting
Peach Dynasty: Overall mediocre, with a few shining exceptions
Cidre's TNT Dallas: Mostly good players, embarrassingly a lot, having to deal with sub-par material
