To: sathers
All of these posts are cracking me up.
Do we really care if the actor/actress who is playing a role is smart or dumb? I don't. If I go to see the Dukes of Hazzard's movie I'll go to be entertained, not to see if the actor can calculate the quantum rotation of the third moon of Jupiter.
Frankly, I imagine that the producers of this movie are going to cast the Daisy Duke character as little more than eye candy... which is fine with me. Is that "being true" to the original Daisy Duke character who, as some pointed out, was courageous and a host of other admirable qualities? Probably not. But if I wanted to watch the original, I'd buy the DVDs.
Movies based on old TV shows are bound to disappoint if you go in with the attitude that it's going to be a new "episode" of the show. The ones that work well for me are the ones who casually spoof the old show. Starskey and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Brady Bunch were all great movies (IMHO) because they kept the same flavor of the show, but weren't afraid to spoof the show as well.
Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson doesn't matter to me who plays Daisy Duke. As long as she dresses the part and the director gets her to act the part, then we're all good.
But y'all are right on one thing... a black Boss Hogg just really misses the point... unless they are going for irony...
110 posted on
05/24/2004 10:40:14 AM PDT by
birbear
(I'll take Things Nobody Knows for $300, please, Alex.)
To: birbear
I think the original Daisy was simply eye candy, same for Ellie May Clampett and Mary Ann on Gilligans Island.
Nothing wrong with eye candy and sometimes they develop into an interesting character too.
113 posted on
05/24/2004 10:45:07 AM PDT by
yarddog
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