Hi all,
Peety here. Brian is still computerless while training for his job, working
for "The Man."
Today, I want to talk about how Hollywood is drying up. I've read several
reports about upcoming movies. They are all based on old TV shows such as
Dallas, Miami Vice, The Dukes of Hazzard, and The A-Team. Can noboby think
of new ideas? Let's take "Dallas" for example. "Dallas" ran on TV for 13
seasons, including 356 episodes. How can Hollywood do any justice to this
in a 2 hour movie? Who do they think they can cast as J.R. Ewing that will
capture the magic as well as Larry Hagman? I don't think it can be done.
The Dukes of Hazzard is another example. They've already announced that
Jessica Simpson will play Daisy Duke, and the guy who played Stifler in
"American Pie" will play Bo Duke. Will anyone actually go for this? I'm
sure the storyline will be what every episode was like.....the corrupt
Hazzard County Sherriff will chase the Duke boys around. Speaking of the
sherrif, who is the world can replace James Best as Sherrif Roscoe P
Coltrane? Again, I don't think this can be pulled off effectively. For the
A-Team, they've already said that Mister T will not be reprizing his role
as B.A. Barrackuss, in favor of a newcomer. I seriously doubt the fans will
buy this. The filmmakers need to realize who they should be marketing
towards. They should market towards the generation that watched these
shows...not kids who are 16 now. They don't care. They're off watching
reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'll bet they'll attempt to get
original stars of these shows to make cameo appearances as minor
characters....Oh, what joy. Oh well, I've ranted long enough. Back to work.