Dale The Bold

The jump will be done without the flag (unless the protests prevail). Goes to show how society really does degrade over time. People have no tolerance for "good ol' boys" anymore. Stinking hypocrites.

I think in an interview, he said that he wanted to play it more realistic, but when it came to the original Rosco, he said "I have nothing but respect for the man." However, you have a funny way of showing it by completely changing the character that James Best made legendary. Not only that, but Boss and Rosco are one of the funniest duos I've ever seen. Their comedic timing is the best I've seen, and that's no exaggeration. And another thing that is a weird Hollywoodism. They are too scared to make the bad guys the dumb guys. While it's true that the most menacing bad guys are the ones with enough wits to be a threat, in reality, you have to be inherently dumb to be evil, or succumb to evil temptations. The basic theme of the Dukes of Hazzard has always been that down-to-earth know-how will always outsmart someone driven by greed. From the first episode to the last, that has been the foundation of the show, and that's what makes the show great.

I think in an interview, he said that he wanted to play it more realistic, but when it came to the original Rosco, he said "I have nothing but respect for the man." However, you have a funny way of showing it by completely changing the character that James Best made legendary. Not only that, but Boss and Rosco are one of the funniest duos I've ever seen. Their comedic timing is the best I've seen, and that's no exaggeration. And another thing that is a weird Hollywoodism. They are too scared to make the bad guys the dumb guys. While it's true that the most menacing bad guys are the ones with enough wits to be a threat, in reality, you have to be inherently dumb to be evil, or succumb to evil temptations. The basic theme of the Dukes of Hazzard has always been that down-to-earth know-how will always outsmart someone driven by greed. From the first episode to the last, that has been the foundation of the show, and that's what makes the show great.

Well, he's been trying to get a nibble for years. I guess Boss Hogg has been too busy tearing around in that back Trans Am.

Well, he's been trying to get a nibble for years. I guess Boss Hogg has been too busy tearing around in that back Trans Am.

On the Walmart DVD, you can get a little sample of Willie's performance of that song. Waylon's is better. But then again, I've always liked Waylon's voice more anyway on their duets and such. Willie seemed to slow it down, made it sound more mellow.

On the Walmart DVD, you can get a little sample of Willie's performance of that song. Waylon's is better. But then again, I've always liked Waylon's voice more anyway on their duets and such. Willie seemed to slow it down, made it sound more mellow.

Plus he played a baddie in the episode "Bad Day in Hazzard." Even rode in the car with the one and only Rosco P. Coltrane.

Plus he played a baddie in the episode "Bad Day in Hazzard." Even rode in the car with the one and only Rosco P. Coltrane.

I just don't want people telling me at car shows that my car is "wrong" because it doesn't match the movie. And the steering wheel is just product placement, although it's an ugly steering wheel.

I just don't want people telling me at car shows that my car is "wrong" because it doesn't match the movie. And the steering wheel is just product placement, although it's an ugly steering wheel.

"The General Lee in the movie is an exact copy of the General Lee from the TV show," says Cyril O'Neil... ...except for the white letter tires, the cheap CB antenna, modern aftermarket radio, the weird side mirrors, having a mirror on the passenger side, different font on "General Lee" text, ugly aftermarket steering wheel, and having modern Georgia plates (which makes sense, but still counts as "not an exact copy"). "The police cars from Hazzard County were the ones that were driven by Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane and those guys — those were all mid-80s Chevrolets. I think that that was done simply because…the Sheriffs' cars were equally as recognizable (as the General Lee). They wanted to capture the feel of Hazzard County, which, if you put them into them into modern day Crown Vics, people would say: 'That's not Sheriff Roscoe's car!'" They'll still say that if you're using cars from the 80's to represent plymouth Furys from the '70s. "As for the Confederate flag on the hood of the General Lee, O'Neil says "in the script… there was a scene that sort of made light of the whole thing. The Duke boys take their car and go to Atlanta…and when they go into the big city they are ridiculed for being rednecks… They actually end up in jail because of an incident where they're in sort of a rough part of town with the Confederate flag on the roof of their car and they nearly get their asses kicked." So...the message is that city people are ignorant? I guess I have no problem with that. Except I hope that they digitally replace that flag onto the TOP of the car instead of the hood.

"The General Lee in the movie is an exact copy of the General Lee from the TV show," says Cyril O'Neil... ...except for the white letter tires, the cheap CB antenna, modern aftermarket radio, the weird side mirrors, having a mirror on the passenger side, different font on "General Lee" text, ugly aftermarket steering wheel, and having modern Georgia plates (which makes sense, but still counts as "not an exact copy"). "The police cars from Hazzard County were the ones that were driven by Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane and those guys — those were all mid-80s Chevrolets. I think that that was done simply because…the Sheriffs' cars were equally as recognizable (as the General Lee). They wanted to capture the feel of Hazzard County, which, if you put them into them into modern day Crown Vics, people would say: 'That's not Sheriff Roscoe's car!'" They'll still say that if you're using cars from the 80's to represent plymouth Furys from the '70s. "As for the Confederate flag on the hood of the General Lee, O'Neil says "in the script… there was a scene that sort of made light of the whole thing. The Duke boys take their car and go to Atlanta…and when they go into the big city they are ridiculed for being rednecks… They actually end up in jail because of an incident where they're in sort of a rough part of town with the Confederate flag on the roof of their car and they nearly get their asses kicked." So...the message is that city people are ignorant? I guess I have no problem with that. Except I hope that they digitally replace that flag onto the TOP of the car instead of the hood.

Yeah, but with the new Magnum Sedan that Chrysler is calling a "Charger," a lot of people STILL don't know what a Charger looks like.

Yeah, but with the new Magnum Sedan that Chrysler is calling a "Charger," a lot of people STILL don't know what a Charger looks like.

Wow, WB seems to have a continuously growing list of bad legal moves when it comes to the Dukes.

This movie needs a Sheriff Little of Chickasaw.

Well, the next time you need to copy a letter, click and hold the mouse button, drag it across the text, select Ctrl+C to copy, go to the place you want to put the text, select Ctrl+V to paste, and you'll get the whole thing dropped in place and you'll save yourself a lot of time. Ain't that slick?

I suspect someone is posing as Ben Jones. He's not that terrible of a speller, and it seems to have been written very hastily. Not only that, but he hasn't really been candid about his opinions about the movie, so why would he say he was? Something smells fishy. I think someone shucked and jived you by sending a message posing as Ben Jones.

GOOD: General Lee, and everything about it. The confederate flag made it into the movie, so now stupid people may finally accept it. It will be fun. Easily the best sit-down-and-enjoy movie of the summer. It seems to have a real "Southern-ness" to it. The General Lee, again. You will no longer be "dorky" to be a fan of a 25 year old show, you will be a "purist." I'm finally convinced that Knoxville and Scott can make these roles cool, still not as well as other choices, but not too shabby. The car starts out kind of crusty and gets restored. Kind of a retelling of the beginning of General Lee, in a way. BAD: Jessica Simpson opening the door on that video. Everything else about Jessica Simpson, from her ugliness to her attention-whore-ness (ie. announcing she had the role so that she'd be sure to get it, that nasty video, etc.). The "apology" scene explaining the flag. Only excusable because the suits in charge demanded it. The decision to get a Summer Comedy Director. It would have worked better to just let the comedy "happen" in Hazzard, and focused more on it as an action movie. PERPLEXING: Why can't I hear Willie singing on that video? Why is Boss Hogg thin? Why can't Rosco go "kew kew kew"? Why are the police uniforms brown? Why isn't Daisy's hair brown? (in the "disguise" scene, she actually looks better). While Southern Rock would be my close second choice for music, why not go old school country? Why on God's green Earth didn't someone on the set of that music video say "Pardon me, but the doors don't open"? Speaking of which, WHY say that the doors are broken, instead of saying that the doors of a race car are welded shut? Is a Super Troopers cameo really needed since that movie is so forgettable? Why is the General Lee's steering wheel burgundy? I understand product placement, but it's friggin' burgundy.

Having it in the movie with the real Charger would have only demonstrated that even further. I mean, they must have designed that car under the supposition that no one alive remembers what the Dodge Charger looked like. The movie will probably get people to go to Dodge dealerships, and the new Magnum Sedan (they call it a Charger, lol) will make them leave the dealerships and see what's on the Ford lots. Ultimately, the movie will raise "muscle car awareness," and since Ford is the only one with sense enough to build one, the movie will be a huge Ford Mustang advertisement.

Even so, I thought people across the nation were more educated about the flag than that.

Wow, that's surprisingly low! I would have expected something between 99% and 101% in favor of them having the sense to keep the flag.

Ignore them. They always whine about us voicing our opinions. Share your feelings about the movie one way or another and don't let their whining about your self-expression get the best of you.

My version is more "accurate." At least in regards to what it sounds like she's saying. She's got a dart-into-a-crowd voice. Which is, you could throw a dart into a crowd and you'd hit someone with just as good of a voice, if not better.