Originally posted by Gerard on February 06, 2002 at 09:54:43:
In Reply to: Re: Prediction re: New Series posted by joe integlia:
You know, I could go either way on how to do a possible new series: remake, or next generation. There are plusses and problems with both.
As for the former, even though I didn't like the '91 remake, I was awed by Jean Simmons, so I could see how it could work if done right. They don't necessarily have to redo all the original stories, and the ones they do remake, they can remove all the inconsistencies that happened with the original series.
I can see them even starting it with a retelling of the Vicki-and-Burke-arrives-Roger-is-scared-David's-trying-to-kill-him-Matthew-is-killing-everyone story, more compact, but it could be utilized to "introduce" the history of the family (kinda like Elizabeth doing a Jackie Kennedy tour of the White House with Vicki, pointing out portraits of this ancestor and that ancestor, including you-know-who).
If they retell the Quentin story, by wanting to keep it in the proximity of the present day characters (Jamison was the father of Elizabeth and Roger), they would have to "move it up", at least into the 1920's. Now, as much as we loved the 1890's Victorian element, I think that would be really neat. The clothing, music, dancing, all that from the 20's. Edward would be friends with Joe Kennedy; Quentin would get his kicks from helping Prohibition-era rum-runners; you'd have speak-easies, gangsters (what an angle!), and Pansy Faye wouldn't be a dance hall hoochy-koochy girl - she'd be a flapper wanting to break into the movies. What a riot!
As for the latter, a next generation would be a stitch as well. Of course, the problem - as pointed out - is that many of the original characters would still be hanging around. Carolyn as the mistress of Collinwood, absolutely, but would Nancy Barrett want to reprise the role? David married with kids, sharing ownership and operation of Collinwood and the family businesses, but would David Henesey return? I doubt that one. Would we accept new actors and actresses, who might look and sound somewhat like them, playing the parts? Well, if we accepted the second Darren, maybe it would work. And there are a myriad of storyline possibilities. I can think of a bunch right now.
Gerard