They Are Remaking Beauty & the Beast?
Sep. 11th, 2011 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabid1stWhy didn't someone tell me about this? SUZE? Anybody?
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/09/beauty-and-the-beast/
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand...YAY! On the other hand...they better not screw this up!
1) I was a complete B&B fan back in the day. Like turn the ringer off on the telephone and don't say anything to me for the next two hours. Two because I would have to rewatch it immediately.
2) But...let's face it...that show fell apart worse than BSG!
3) Maybe they won't tear out our hearts AND stomp on them this time. Oh, wait...HA!
4) The special effects could be a lot better today. And they were pretty darned great back then. I loved Vincent's lair.
5) Oh, but where could they find anyone to rival the amazing Ron Perlman? They can't find anyone. Period! They better not put some skinny teenage pretty boy in the fur suit and jerkin. Read my icon, pretty boys!
Can Ron still look Beastly? He made a damned impressive Hellboy a few years ago. It is mostly make-up after all. But, if we have Ron than we will want Linda. And that is hardly a re-imagining of the original.
It is a show that lends itself readily to re-imagining though. We could play out the full story over several seasons and, you know, not have that lame tragedy in the middle of it. This could work. Or it could blow.
The sad thing is people are already saying that it won't work because of the loser fantasy style series coming this Fall. I think B&B is in a noble class that transcends genre. It is more along the lines of Buffy or Vampire Diaries if it is done properly. It is a fantastic concept to bring around again. But we B&B loyalists will be very hard to please.
Rae
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/09/beauty-and-the-beast/
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand...YAY! On the other hand...they better not screw this up!
1) I was a complete B&B fan back in the day. Like turn the ringer off on the telephone and don't say anything to me for the next two hours. Two because I would have to rewatch it immediately.
2) But...let's face it...that show fell apart worse than BSG!
3) Maybe they won't tear out our hearts AND stomp on them this time. Oh, wait...HA!
4) The special effects could be a lot better today. And they were pretty darned great back then. I loved Vincent's lair.
5) Oh, but where could they find anyone to rival the amazing Ron Perlman? They can't find anyone. Period! They better not put some skinny teenage pretty boy in the fur suit and jerkin. Read my icon, pretty boys!
Can Ron still look Beastly? He made a damned impressive Hellboy a few years ago. It is mostly make-up after all. But, if we have Ron than we will want Linda. And that is hardly a re-imagining of the original.
It is a show that lends itself readily to re-imagining though. We could play out the full story over several seasons and, you know, not have that lame tragedy in the middle of it. This could work. Or it could blow.
The sad thing is people are already saying that it won't work because of the loser fantasy style series coming this Fall. I think B&B is in a noble class that transcends genre. It is more along the lines of Buffy or Vampire Diaries if it is done properly. It is a fantastic concept to bring around again. But we B&B loyalists will be very hard to please.
Rae
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Date: 2011-09-11 05:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 05:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 06:24 pm (UTC)I definitely have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I adored this show (in the same way you were - nobody talk to me between 8:00-9:00pm on Fridays!) on the other hand, it got royally f'd up by TPTB and I can't go through that again.
The thing is, the TV audience would be much more accepting of the concept than they were back in the day, so it has the potential of being even more popular now. But can they recreate the magic? I think you'd have to go for the reboot scenario...the same, but different. Updated to make it work for current audiences. Or something. I dunno.
I think it *could* be done, but it would be very, very difficult. Anyway...we'll see if it even gets to the pilot stage.
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Date: 2011-09-11 08:21 pm (UTC)I, too, couldn't go through that huge F-Up by the PTB again. What a waste of potential for a show. Probably some other asshat nerd thinking that his tragedy was "epic and real." They never do this sort of thing on tv or in movies he thought to himself. In his case, he was more accurate than say RTD was with his lame tragedy, but still...way to shoot your show in the heart, dude!
uhoh
Date: 2011-09-11 11:51 pm (UTC)The picture does not instill confidence that we are dealing with the live action version... I suspect they might be redoing the Disney movie...as a series....
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Date: 2011-09-13 05:44 am (UTC)I totally adored this show. Actually, I was in England during its whole run and never heard of it. But when I moved to Indiana, there was a staff person in the next department, just down the hall, who was very very involved in B&tB fandom and she introduced me to the show, and lent me videos and fanzines, and totally corrupted me.
If they bring it back, I'll watch it. But I'll probably be even more dubious than I was when I heard they were bringing DW back.
I *must* remember to tell my next door neighbor about this - she's a HUGE B&tB fan also!