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I'll bet you $1 that it will suck.
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Yup, it will suck.

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Yeah!  :D

Kinda like....

What was it???.....

Uh.... American Dreams. Is that even still on? I' haven't seen previews for that since its premiere!  ;D

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Why would a horse speak in an urban manner? Just putting aside the fact that horses can't speak at all, if they could, wouldn't they have more of a rural or rustic speech pattern. They mostly live outside of urban areas, after all.
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A very good point.



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     They're obviously trying to have him speak like the donkey in "Shrek". Listen, here's a novel idea. If you're gonna remake "Mr. Ed", why don't you have him talk like ..... uhhhhh ..... Mr. Ed?
    And are they gonna have a heavy metal band to do the backward-message theme this time?  ::)

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Yeah!  :D

Kinda like....

What was it???.....

Uh.... American Dreams. Is that even still on? I' haven't seen previews for that since its premiere!  ;D
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Actually... American Dreams is pulling in a very respectable 12 million viewers, which is about 2 million more than "Weakest Link" was getting, same time slot, in the previous year.  NBC ordered 25 episodes-- 3 more than the standard 22, indicating that the network plans to extend the season before airing repeats.  If you're not seeing promos for it, you can partially blame your local NBC affiliate.  {Frankly, I hate the show, but wanted to let you know that although not in the top 20, American Dreams is still doing fairly well in the Nielsens.}

As for Mr. Ed...  WHY?

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What they continue to do with the re-doing of old shows and movies is sacrilege, IMO.  >:(


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I agree totally, Hairspray. Hollywood has completely lost their originality. What IS it with this remake kick they're on?! I hate it!

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I agree totally, Hairspray. Hollywood has completely lost their originality. What IS it with this remake kick they're on?! I hate it!End Quote

I don't know, but there are no signs of it slowing down.  :-/

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My guess is the reason we're seeing so many remakes, and IIs and IIIs and IVs is because movies and television are businesses, and it's easier to sell something people are already familar with, something that proved popular in the past, then take a risk and try to make something from whole cloth.  

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And that, in a nutshell, is what's made these last years so predictable and boring in comparison to decades from the 1980's on back.  :P

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I mean, if you were risking tens of millions of dollars, wouldn't you hedge your bets?
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But why would you ghettoize Mr. Ed?  It's ludicrous!

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OMG, I agree totally! Question: How do you make a horse lame? Answer: Besides breaking his legs? Make a bad sitcom about a talking horse! Besides, I really don't think PETA would allow that treatment these days, and it was never a really a good premise.  I think America was a little more innocent back then.  It would'nt fly these days....but I am probably wrong!  ::) :P ;D

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Why did anyone think that watching one girl dance on American Bandstand every week would be a great idea for a show? How many ways can Daddy disapprove? Just my opinion, of course. I mean no offense. ;)

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But why would you ghettoize Mr. Ed?  It's ludicrous!
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Probably cause they think they'll have easier yucks from a ghetto horse than a suburban horse.  
Another remake that I thought was terrible was the one they did of The Incredible Journey.  The one with the two dogs and the cat traveling hundreds of miles to reunite with their human family.  I saw the old Disney version when I was in grade school, have seen it a couple times since, and still think it's a great movie.  In this original, there's a voice-over narration.  The animals are just... animals.  Okay, they were Disney animals, so the cat wasn't slaughtering every animal in sight, as cats are wont to do; and the dogs weren't rolling in putrid piles of you-know-want-to-know-what-it-is, as dogs are wont to do.  But it was a sweet little story, simply told.  I still mist up waiting wondering whether Bodger will make it over the hill...  
It was remade, followed by a -II.  Michael J Fox and a couple other people did the animal's "voices" and by so doing, I believe, took some of the magic away from the original story.