Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
why not use it as a jumping-off point and do it fresh, instead of trying for some kind of nostalgic appeal?
I think The Brady Bunch (which I never saw) succeeded with nostalgia--it seemed to be liked. As for Starsky & Hutch, it was both, kinda. Nostalgia tuned with looking back and mocking ourselves. It just wasn't in the same genre as the original, which I think pissed many off.
BB might have worked if it had been set at the time of the original series. But making them an early-'70s style family in the early '90s made it "watch from the hall" fodder. Which really isn't what you want on a plane.
The Brady Bunch was quite good, I thought. Very sly, and not a straight-up remake. I mean, the bell bottoms are the point-- those people are transplanted into the nineties, which made them complete dorks.
Very sly, and not a straight-up remake.
Sounds like Starsky & Hutch except they weren't transplanted so much as the audience was reminded of the time gap. Definitely not an immersive experience.
Plus, slash.
Among the shows reportedly being considered for a big-screen version is The Office, starring Ricky Gervais.
But..but...the end was so perfect.
Also: Gary Cole as freaking Dad Brady. !!
I thought S&H was pretty funny, despite not seeing the show in a really long time. If you've seen any similar cop show, the tropes still work to make fun of.
Ahrg. IT doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the word URGENT. 2 days. Ah well, I'll be gone and if stuff doesn't work, it is their fault.
But really.
Running Scared (the Hines/Crystal one) is one of the better films at showing off Chicago in memorable ways--the car chase on the L tracks (remember to avoid touching the third rail!), and the big finale in the Thompson Center Helmut-Jahn-designed lobby.
big-screen version is The Office, starring Ricky Gervais
Lisah's already been here, but, seriously, why? How could they possibly improve on where they left things?