warpedsoul

This is just a classic case of something that is treated as a God gets a makeover. Some will accept the changes and watch it as something new, with memories of the old, and some will boycott. I, for one, accept the new change. I DON'T want to see the original cast anymore. They have serviced us well. If the Dukes must be remade, then it must have a new cast. Tom Wopat will even agree with that. He has said so before.

I must admit, as an avid DOH fan, I really enjoyed THIS movie; I hated the big screen version. It took me a long time, but I came to grip with the fact that no matter who remakes the Dukes, except for the origional cast, it will never be the same, have sex jokes, and probably take place in modern day. With that said, this was a really good movie. I could have lived without the Lulu sceens, and still want Danny Davito (SP?) as Boss, but other than that, no complaints. As far as the sex jokes, everything these days has it. Sad to say, but its true. What is worse to say is that it was more tame than the big screen version. But since it didnt involve the origional cast, and present day timing, I can live with the TV version at least. Havent seen the unrated, but I will buy it. I don't know how much cussing will be in the DVD version, but it was better this time around. I hope the DVD doesn't change that part of it. I listen to rap, watch action movies, and even cuss myself, but in some things it doesnt belong and in movies like the 40 year old version, some things can have too much of it. Bo and Luke dressed in drag didnt bother me. They used it in a right way, to get information to help Uncle Jesse. I can actually see that happening in the original show if drag was a common thing like today. The Duke family seemed more like a family in this one. They had their troubles, fights, but came together like always. I like the way the General came to be in this movie. It doesn't stay true to "Happy Birthday General Lee", but it was cool non-the-less. Alot better than the 2005 movie. I didn't like how Luke would open the door to get in, but after all, this is THE BEGINNING, and some things have to evolve. Luke did climb through the window at the end of the movie. The cast did a great job. They stayed true to the original for the most part. Bo was Bo, Luke was Luke, and Daisy was Daisy. I think improvements are still to be made for Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg. In my opinion, they got Roscoe right this time around. Bo loved to drive, Luke was the smart one and came to sudden conclusions (i.e. when he placed his hand on the truck to discover what Boss Hogg was actually doing), Daisy used her looks and charm, Uncle Jesse was the center of the family, Boss Hogg was crooked, Roscoe was goofy, Enos was head-over-hills for Daisy, etc. All in all, I give it two thumbs up. Just keep in mind, I'm rating this knowing that it wont be the same, and differences are going to be there. It seems like alot of research was put into this film, and one person mentioned the director watched all the DVD's. I made be hated for this, but oh well. If WB was to make a new series of the Dukes, I would want the same cast and story from this movie; just tone down the sex jokes a lil bit, and whala. As much as I love the original and nothing will replace it, if a new series was to come along, I wouldn't want it to be the exact same as the first. I would want some parts of it to be new, and this movie did a good job of that.

The idea of using a shell is a great idea. You can make a shell of the General Lee and make it fit any car. Look at what Nascar does; same frame, different shells. It would actually be a good cost affective way to do a new series if that were the case. Using rusted Camaros or whatever, and just putting a shell on it would cost less than half of finding, restoring, then trashing a 69 Charger.

Have you seen the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8? Oh my God, how Dodge recovered from the 2006 rt piece of crap. This SRT-8 looks mighty mean.

I myself would have two general lee's. The first one would be an exact replica. From paint to cb. Everything exactly the same. On the second one, the exterior would be the same,(cant go messin with what is perfect now), but on the inside, however, there would be dvd/cd player, several tv screens, a sound system that would shatter every window, hydrolics, neon lights inside and under the car, just everything custom inside, that to me is an extreme lee.