[durasell]

You have to think like an executive. Warner Bros. owns the original TV series, which it can cross market on cable in the U.S. and internationally, as well as releasing the DVD set. The movie promotes DVD and sub rights to the original series and the original series promotes the movie. And remember, in the international market -- an ever increasing piece of the movie pie -- the Dukes of Hazard don't carry the same stigma of shlock.

That said, the movie is destined to be a piece of crap.

[Little Ray]

Gimme whatever the budget is for a regular old movie. There are some WONDERFUL SF books waiting to be made into movies. Laumer is a good start. Want comedy? How 'bout turning the some of adventures Jame Retief, the square-jawed, two-fisted diplomat of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestriene into a movie? Military? How 'bout bringing the biggest tank, ever, to the big screen: Bolo - For the Honor of the Regiment! Given the state of today's special effects all they'd have to do is avoid the PC crap and the movie would make a huge return.

Well maybe not. Modern audiences are pretty stupid, and these stories might require some thought on their part.