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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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....