TNT's "Dallas" reboot is cheesier than ever - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 06-13-2012, 09:03 PM

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainmen...lzgUKSA85euQxM

"The new 'Dallas' is more ridiculous, campier, more preposterous and so totally over the top that it’s skirting insanity," says Linda Stasi. "And those are only a few of the reasons to love this show. Another big reason, of course, is that instead of reinventing the rig, the producers decided to grease the old girl up, give her a good tune-up and get her back up with the old operators still pulling the levers. But they are, of course, accompanied by young, sexy things looking (of course, again) to knock the geezers off so they can reinvent the rig."

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mets82 · 06-14-2012, 12:07 AM

I dont know where these people got there degrees or jobs or whatever because they are way off. I thought Dallas was very good tonight. Some of the shows now can learn based on this new Dallas on how to write and cast.

70s show watcher · 06-14-2012, 02:36 AM

i thought it was even better than the last 2 reunion movies from 1996 and 98 it was alot of fun seeing some icons of my childhood again

catlover79 · 06-14-2012, 04:02 AM

When does Cliff Barnes finally show up? I heard that Ken Kercheval has signed on to make some guest appearances.

MickeyMac · 06-14-2012, 03:10 PM

I was at work so I missed it. Hopefully I can catch it another time.

MickeyMac · 06-14-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

When does Cliff Barnes finally show up? I heard that Ken Kercheval has signed on to make some guest appearances.

Good question. Also Charlene Tilton and Steve Kanaly are supposed to do guest appearances as well. Wonder when they all will show up.

Mr. Television · 06-14-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

Good question. Also Charlene Tilton and Steve Kanaly are supposed to do guest appearances as well. Wonder when they all will show up.

Charlene and Steve were on last night but they only had cameos.

kattviews · 06-14-2012, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Charlene and Steve were on last night but they only had cameos.

I wished Ray and Lucy have more lines and more to do.

The moment Bobby told them that he was selling Southfork, Lucy's face drop!

Once Bobby and Chris walked away, we could have get the scene between Ray and Lucy talking about that.

Better yet, Bobby should have ask Ray about his OTHER son with Jenna Wade. After all, Ray adopted his son!

Buffyboy323 · 06-15-2012, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TMC

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainmen...lzgUKSA85euQxM

"The new 'Dallas' is more ridiculous, campier, more preposterous and so totally over the top that it’s skirting insanity," says Linda Stasi.

It seems like it. And I sure do hope so!

Big3sCompanyFan · 06-15-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Charlene and Steve were on last night but they only had cameos.

I saw Charlene on some show a few years ago and she looked awful.

It is kinda cool Dallas is back but it won't last. The world is VERY different from the "Who shot J.R." days.

Like Jay Leno said you'll never have a show that big again!

Mr. Television · 06-15-2012, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

I saw Charlene on some show a few years ago and she looked awful.

It is kinda cool Dallas is back but it won't last. The world is VERY different from the "Who shot J.R." days.

Like Jay Leno said you'll never have a show that big again!

It'll never be as big as it was. They aired on a Friday night and they were the #1 show in the country. During the summer of 1980, The whole country was caught up in Who Shot Jr. No show is like that anymore. Even American Idol has never come close to the popularity that Dallas had.

Big3sCompanyFan · 06-16-2012, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

It'll never be as big as it was. They aired on a Friday night and they were the #1 show in the country. During the summer of 1980, The whole country was caught up in Who Shot Jr. No show is like that anymore. Even American Idol has never come close to the popularity that Dallas had.

It was the #1 show on cable. I'm sure network TV had bigger shows than J.R. at 100 years old!

catlover79 · 06-16-2012, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

It'll never be as big as it was. They aired on a Friday night and they were the #1 show in the country. During the summer of 1980, The whole country was caught up in Who Shot Jr. No show is like that anymore. Even American Idol has never come close to the popularity that Dallas had.

Yup - I mean you had only three networks, no social media, etc. back in those days. We'll never see the likes of those ratings again. That said, Dallas has remained VERY popular in syndication and on DVD, so this revamp just might work. We'll see.

Mr. Television · 06-16-2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

It was the #1 show on cable. I'm sure network TV had bigger shows than J.R. at 100 years old!

I'm talking about the original show, not this one.

Mr. Television · 06-16-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Yup - I mean you had only three networks, no social media, etc. back in those days. We'll never see the likes of those ratings again. That said, Dallas has remained VERY popular in syndication and on DVD, so this revamp just might work. We'll see.

I know. I laugh at some people who say that young people have never seen it because it's never been on. For a prime-time soap opera, it's done pretty well in syndication. It's been syndicated alot more than the other 3 major soaps of that era. Just off the top of my head, I remember it ran on TNT, TNN and Soap Net for years. It also ran in local syndication. I know one of my locals reran the show for 2 years when it first started in syndication.

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TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,658	TNT's "Dallas" reboot is cheesier than ever http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainmen...lzgUKSA85euQxM "The new 'Dallas' is more ridiculous, campier, more preposterous and so totally over the top that it’s skirting insanity," says Linda Stasi. "And those are only a few of the reasons to love this show. Another big reason, of course, is that instead of reinventing the rig, the producers decided to grease the old girl up, give her a good tune-up and get her back up with the old operators still pulling the levers. But they are, of course, accompanied by young, sexy things looking (of course, again) to knock the geezers off so they can reinvent the rig." "Dallas" is terrible: It's not a guilty pleasure, it's pandering of the lowest kind "Dallas" will wear you down and pull you in // It can't compete with the original http://Changing times, less-potent J...on of "Dallas" Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray outshine their young co-stars TNT's "Dallas" feels out-of-date compared to the "modern" original

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MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	I was at work so I missed it. Hopefully I can catch it another time.