Dale The Bold

I don't think Coy and Vance will hurt the sales much at all. Odds are that the people who buy seasons 1 through 4 of a series will buy the rest of it. That set may be less expensive, but I think it will sell well. Any casual Dukes fan who has decided to buy the series on DVD will probably buy it just so their collection doesn't have a gap.

That is really annoying and so is when people call it "The Dukes of Hazzards." Ugh, makes my stomach turn. Do they think the Dukes are from two different counties of the same name?

The car will save the movie, it will be it's only saving grace. As far as this being a "macho" movie, that depends on the definition. If that means it will be chauvenistic and "dirty," then perhaps, but I think "neutered" or "compensting for a shortcoming" when I see those kinds of things. What set the series above all else was that it had great action and the whole Good vs. Evil battle, but they did so with their roots grounded in decency and integrity. If that's what you meant by "macho," then I have to agree with you. And Jessica Simpson is ugly with or without a bikini, unless it's covering her face. One word, Jessica...rhinoplasty.

I'm guessing that Led Zepplin shirt is because the producers couldn't find a yellow shirt. Or a blue plaid one for that matter. Maybe they were too doped up to notice that he stumbled out of his trailer out of wardrobe and they just started filming.

Or that she was his sister or sister-in-law.

They should have gotten John Schneider to write the script. Maybe a collaboration with him and James Best. I think they could have created a great movie because they know the show inside and out and they know all the characters strong points. I know someone is going to say "but they're actors, not writers." Anyone can write, and they have. James Best runs a production company, as did John Schneider (don't know if he still does).

Uncle Jesse had a wife named Lavinia, I believe. Gy Waldron said in an interview once that the parents of Bo, Luke, and Daisy were all killed in the same car accident and Jesse adopted them and raised them. Assuming that all the cousins were first cousins, then Jesse had at least five brothers, which isn't that unusual actually.

And the drifting move is heavily influenced by the stunt masters of the original Dukes of Hazzard. It's funny how the tuner crowd is acting like they invented some kind of new thing when a 25 year old TV series had demostrated it perfectly years ago.

Yeah, the Dumb and Dumber joke is slightly different, but it's actually funnier. This will be a fun movie, though. Seeing the General Lee in action is what will make it cool. Everything else needs improvement. At least they got the General Lee right. This movie will do well, and that car is the reason.

Not too thrilled with the actors' scenes. "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!" makes me think that a page from the script for Dumb and Dumber somehow got shuffled in since they use that EXACT same joke. However, the guys who said that this movie, even if it's bad, will deliver on the scenes with General Lee were right on! Man, that car is awesome and will be the movies saving grace.

I think her shorts have a lower waistline, so they hang on the hips instead of on the waist. So people think they are "shorter" when they're probably about the same or even a little longer at the bottom.

That "other car" was Daisy's Roadrunner.

Well, look at the question. Who's "fresher" as Daisy Duke. Well, Catherine Bach IS Daisy Duke, so anyone who isn't Catherine Bach would be a "fresh" Daisy Duke. That includes everyone reading this, congratulations. They should have asked who is "prettier," "sexier," or who "has a profile the most different from that of Marlon Brando." Cathy Bach would have slam-dunked any of those polls.

Robot Chicken did that? Give us details!

Actually, it was another person's post on the Ain't It Cool site. I just didn't want to take credit for their perfect comparison. I've posted the pic below before, but I'll post it again to prove my point. And a quick Google revealed this little site, which proves I ain't the only one who noticed that speed bump in the middle of her face: http://makemeheal.com/forum/viewThread.jsp?forum=35&thread=5718 Sadly, her sister has it even worse.

Anyone who thinks Jessica Simpson is "hot" needs to look a foot and half higher and see that big old broken nose on her face. One of the responses on the Ain't It Cool News site described her as Willem Dafoe in a blonde wig, and that's pretty much right on, only not quite as old yet. Dierks Bentley acts in his music videos and does just fine (yes, he delivers lines). And he's not known for other roles, which makes him perfect. Now, I have to point out that I said they needed actors that had a rural/Southern feel to them, NOT a rural AND Southern feel to them. They need to be country, which sometime people think needs to be Southern. There are plenty of great country singers from Canada, so being Southern has nothing to do with it, but since the Dukes of Hazzard takes place in the South, you need to give it that rural feel. Now, back to Dierks Bentley, if you wanted him to "act" like Bo Duke, in a worst case scenario he screws up and acts like himself...which would be a perfect Bo Duke!

Yeah, because more women need to learn to "use their bodies" to their advantage. Of course, in Jessica's case, she can't use her mind or her face, so I guess that's all she's got. Not sure how that's "empowering." Hopefully, she at least outsmarts the baddies, that's a positive message. I know, I know, Cathy Bach's Daisy used to seduce and distract the baddies, but I always attributed that to the baddies being so easily distracted and not having the decency to turn away like ol' Enos. Besides, even when sweeeeet Daisy found herself caught by the baddies, she'd figure some way to shuck and jive them.

I was actually hoping for Willie Nelson for this role long before they cast him. He's the ONE human cast member they got right (unless he smokes pot as Uncle Jesse, then I've lost nearly all respect for the man). Not only is Willie a long time friend of the legendary Waylon Jennings, his face bears a striking resemblance to Denver Pyle.

They're gonna need CGI if Jessica Simpson is going to be hot! But you're right about one thing, you're not asking much from it. The one thing that it appears this movie won't have is a positive portrayal of rural/Southern America. I hope I'm wrong, but the main cast (a.k.a. the Duke family minus Willie) doesn't have a country bone in their bodies. And it's a shame, there's a lot of good ol' boys and girls that could have done it. They should have gotten Dierks Bentley to play Bo, it wouldn't be a John Schneider clone, like so many of you think I seem to want, but he would have been a country boy. THAT is all I ask out of a Dukes of Hazzard movie, but they've cast the film as "The Dudes of Suburbia."

That looks like a screen shot from Night of the Living Dead, lol. "Brains...brains..."

I agree. They will have released three seasons on DVD without the movie and it's one of the hottest selling TV series on DVD. If anything, this should really send home the message that they had better make it true to the series if they want the movie to do well.

Graeme, I sent you a private message with Travis Bell's contact info.

I completely disagree with both of these statements. First off, studios always want to attach a famous name to a film. Just look at movie posters, often times they will put the actor's name above the movie title. Look at most of the Schwarzenegger movie covers after he became a famous face, and you'll see that his face fills the cover art. It's all about marketing. They could probably find a body builder would would jump at the chance to star in an action film for about $20 million less than a big name actor, but the studio believes that people want to see another Schwarzenegger movie (and they'd be right). But with something like the Dukes of Hazzard, they should have had the courage to use good actors for the main characters and spend the extra cash on a big name like Devito as Boss Hogg. The word "impersonator" implies a bad impersonation. Many of the undiscovered actors are just as good as, if not better, than the big names. If you get a starving young actor to play the role, you're going to get someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes your movie and you'll get a more dedicated performance out of them. You wouldn't have to suffer through the pretentious actors who constantly want to "reinterpret" something to make it their own. They don't need to "update" the Dukes of Hazzard. Its appeal is that it is timeless. When TNN and now CMT brought the show back, young audiences could hardly tell it was an old show. It has a natural timelessness to it. An "update" is only going to serve to make it feel like a cheap knock-off. And shoe-horning famous names into famous roles that aren't them is just going to make it look like a bunch of bad impersonations.

From what I heard, it's more like they play ignorant than actually "defend" it. They should remake Smokey and the Bandit and the Blues Brothers, because then there'd be an excuse to make something that was LIKE THE DUKES OF HAZZARD! (I am aware that these are Duke-ish movies and not bad for some new concept, but why set out to make it like something similar instead of making it like the original?).

August is still in summer, and they probably want to push it back so that they arent' going up against the big dogs. WB probably still doesn't have a whole lot of faith in The Dukes of Hazzard (just look at how they felt the need to pad it with famous names), so the less competition the better.