Friday, 17 November 2023

'Re-Boot' of Dukes of Hazard?

 Well....there was some BS I noticed this AM, where some TV people are openly discussing the idea. 

How it would work?  Unknown.

I speculated over this for a while and came to five observations:

1.  It'd have to be heavily 'woke' and involve some urbanized area (probably Baton Rouge or Nashville).  That means at least one of the eight main characters would have to be gay, trans or lesbian.  

2.  What Dukes of Hazard was famous for?  Having a half-page idea for a script and building BS text around some fake drama/comedy.  Could you put together a 22-episode season around that concept today?  I doubt it.

3.  The 'General Lee' (the car that the boys drove)....was a 1969 Dodge Charger.  Today?  I would imagine some idiot executive would try to use a Tesla Cybertruck or some other type of E-car.  Some running gag will be the two-hour charge situation where the guys all sit around.  

4.  The corrupt 'Boss Hogg'?  Likely to be portrayed as a Republican....same for the county sheriff.  

5.  At least three major characters would have to be black or Hispanic.  

Yeah, I see this as a failure, and likely never to get past the 'talking' stage of a show.  

But here's the odd thing....they are so run out of decent ideas for TV shows, and competition from Netflix so heavy....that use of old TV shows is almost mandatory.  I'm shocked that Mister Ed or Petticoat Junction haven't been re-booted yet.  

1 comment:

Bigus Macus said...

Sponsored by Bud Lite no doubt.