On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyway, I think the original Battlestar Galactica was a bit silly where the > update executed the idea better, which was I was trying to argue in my > point. I'd argue there was so little from which to start when it came to the original Galactica (the original had the theme song and the same three special effects used over and over), that the new series was trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t and failed miserably. I actually thought "Caprica" started strong but quickly fizzled out. > Wonder Woman would still be a good candidate for redoing because the idea > behind the character and her mythology has potential. (The mythology was > ignored by the 70s show, though I think the show aired at the time the comic > ignored the mythology, depowering her and making her more of a special agent > action girl. That 70s show left her powers intact, within the constraints of > the budget, but she was still largely a special agent action girl.) One of > the things I had heard about the Kelly pilot was he tries to integrate the > mythos and background into his show, but it was not done well. Though that > *always* seems to be the diffculty, followed by her lack of good iconic > villains that work to her strengths as a character. To me, the difficulty always seems to be whenever writers go beyond the origin stories. I've written this elsewhere, but I am sick to death of "learning" where heroes come from. I don't care what they were like as children, or who designed their costume, or why they chose their superhero name. Wonder Woman IS an Amazon Princess. We know that... but nobody seems able to tell an interesting story about her beyond that. Also worht noting any attempts to tie her back to Greek mythology will conjure memories of Xena past. > Now, back to Bewitched, what may be a problem is the show was very much a > product of its time, when there was very much anxiety about women's > liberation. The premise of the show is that the wife is more powerful than > the husband but she masquerades as the subordinate because... that's what > women are supposed to do, right? (Not to say we're still not hashing this > stuff out in 2011, but the cultural landscape is different enough now that > we can have ABC do a not-remake of "Bosom Buddies" called "Working It" > premised on the dubious idea that women get all of the breaks. Much of what > is specific about "Bewitched" is specific to it because of the time and > cultural landscape it was made. On this I agree, only there were also other episodes of the show that simply dealt with the awkwardness of being a witch surrounded by humans, but those premises were quickly snapped up by the Sabrina series starring Clarissa... er... Melissa Joan Hart (whom I adore, just not enough to watch her show with Joey). -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
