tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post6910537968335942726..comments2024-03-25T17:18:56.205-04:00Comments on Saturday Morning Archives: Resurrecting the Classics (or: How to make older series relevant to a new generation)(Hint: It ain't easy)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-1926617844619060142014-05-30T12:02:19.669-04:002014-05-30T12:02:19.669-04:00Jen: If they still want to do a Jonny Quest movie,...Jen: If they still want to do a Jonny Quest movie, and it would seem that WB doesn't right now, the best move would be for Jonny to remain a pre-teen, as he was in the original cartoons (1964, 1985). The trick is finding a young actor to essay the part, even an unknown.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-19256376350908948122014-05-20T11:55:03.832-04:002014-05-20T11:55:03.832-04:00I wouldn't mind a live-action Jonny Quest, but...I wouldn't mind a live-action Jonny Quest, but DEFINITELY not with Zac Efron. Give it a good screenwriter, with the sort of retro-futuristic look the series had, and it might work well. Especially if it had the most charming element of the series--the bond between the mix-and-match Quest family. (What a nice message to give kids watching--that you don't necessarily have to be related by blood to be a family.)Jennifer L. Schillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685338133114831826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-71861707446283381992013-04-25T08:29:41.100-04:002013-04-25T08:29:41.100-04:00Archie Comics tried a CSI type by rebooting Archie...Archie Comics tried a CSI type by rebooting Archie's Weird Mysteries without the Weird in the books only after the TV show was cancelled. It didn't get very far, but that does provide a template for doing the same with Scooby. I'd get Fred & Daph back working in television, but this time with Shaggy working with them (and Scooby on the fringes, ready when needed). I'd bring back Scrappy and resolve his backstory to address all the internet haters to whom the 2002 movie was unofficially dedicated.<br /><br />Unfortunately, CN seems to be very happy doing what they do best to us older fans, and that's screw things up to play to the net.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-29245685127852646912013-04-24T19:38:39.220-04:002013-04-24T19:38:39.220-04:00I posted in that TZ forum that part of the reason ...I posted in that TZ forum that part of the reason I think McFarlane backed off the project was due to negative feedback when it was announced. People consider The Flintstones an institution and are worried that McFarlane's penchant for toilet humor could spoil it. The same goes for The Jetsons since it was the 60s vesion of "the future", and trying to revive the series in the 80s didn't work - at least not for me. <br /><br />The Pebbles & Bamm Bam issue is a valid one. They were kept as babies for the run of the original series and that worked for the time. Like Tabitha, they were aged for their 70s incarnation, and that had mixed results (good idea to have them grow up and into new adventures with their peers, with the parents pushed to the background, rather bad to have them in baldly rewritten escapades that would have been rejected for the old show). It got to the point no one was sure what to do with them. I liked that they were allowed to grow up and get married (something Hanna & Barbera admitted they'd set up all along), but it's still the old series people often go back to. If you age them again (say as tweens or teens) you can get more story fodder than keeping them as babies. That means storylines in school, dealing with family, etc. <br />As long as it's true to the spirit of the characters and premise (and stays clean but well written) I'd give it a shot.<br /><br />SDMI was a great show and I'm satisfied with the 52 episode run. I do agree it should have been treated better but it's all under the bridge. Like any other reboot, I'd want the newest show to be true to the spirit of the characters. I'd like either a supernatural themed show (people in masks are BORING!) in which the gang have more at stake (not unlike SDMI), or perhaps moving into a non supernatural direction (CSI lite) in which the gang (perhaps as adults) are solving mysteries in a more conventional manner but using their individual skills. I can see Velma working in a CSI lab (as an intern maybe), Fred and Daph could be working in either the media or law, Shaggy & Scooby could still be on the fringes somewhere but still very useful.<br /><br />magicdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755186050643383954noreply@blogger.com