I know I haven’t been writing much. I have a few surprises planned and should be arriving soon. Just a lot of planning and preparation required, so please bare with me as I get everything in order.
I wanted to mention something I noticed. It got passed by with all the news on the death of Ms. Anna Nicole Smith, but the reports (by Yahoo News specifically) of the interview by Fox News with Mr. Clint Eastwood are wrong. The title of the article I’ve linked to and the tone of the announcement are incorrect. If you watched the interview, as I did, you would see that Mr. Eastwood mentioned that he had reservations initially (as I and many did) on being in Iraq. But he went on to say that once we were there he fully supported doing what we need to do to win.
Why does the media change the context of comments made by many? I find it funny, in a sad way, that news media try to frame the words of non liberals in more liberal lighting. If they want to make up a story, or change the context, why don’t they just make a dramatization on what they want it to be.
Moving on, get ready for another remake. There really must be no ideas left as Hollywood execs are pushing more re-treads of past successes on the youth of today, assuming they aren’t smart enough to notice. It might even work, if any of the execs actually bothered to see the original television shows and movies. Of course that would require more work and attention to detail than what has been observed in movies like The Dukes of Hazzard or The Omen and so many others.
This time it’s going to be the Bionic Woman that will be racing back from the past. The twist is that the lead is British actress Ms. Michelle Ryan. Another twist is the fact that they are bringing back the less-successful spin-off of the Bionic Man, that starred Mr. Lee Majors. I’m sure the intent is that bringing back the lesser show is more PC and feminist so it will drive in more female viewers. It’s the only reason I can think why they would pick the less popular show of the 2.
Since they seem to be going for a PC driven ‘revisioning’ of the show I have to question the quality of the television program. It might be quite good. But more likely they will be making a program that will be better accepted by those who know nothing of the show, rather than those with a memory of what it should be. An example of how they get it wrong while getting it somewhat right is Battlestar Galactica. The original show has a loving father-son relationship, a Black second-in-command, loyal and dedicated friends and evil robots. A bit cheesy but it was good at the time. Today’s version dropped all the black secondary characters (several of which were in every episode and had story arcs), replaced half the male buddies with women, took out the loyalty and dedication for weird love triangles and bitterness, and have a father-son relationship that is predominantly mean-spirited and antagonistic. The latter is not a horrible show, but it’s not what fans (who are the reason for the remake) were looking forward to. They should have just renamed the show something else and it would be more enjoyable for those of us with a memory. Oh, I forgot about the evil robots. They are still there, but now they are compelled by a loopy quasi-religion and look decidedly human.
I can’t say I expect the new Bionic woman to fare any better. Considering the lesser status of the program (compared to the television show that spawned it) I doubt it will be as well received by fans, and probably even more screwed up. You’ve been warned.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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