And Hollow-wood can't understand why attendance and $$$$ are down.
After all, if you make, they will come.....won't they???? Apparently not.
There are no heroes in todays movies. Just wimpy men, and agonized "feeeeeling" that we are supposed to give a crap about. Until Hollywierd boots out the lieberals they will continue to sink.
This thread seems to be missing something........
Y'know what's funny?
That "Cooter" wants us to share his outrage that this new version of his POS show is a disrespectful remake with too much violence and sexuality. The ORIGINAL was too violent and sexy back then, according to all the pundits and culture priests who damned it.
Garbage in, garbage out.
I guess I can see why Burt Reynolds might take a part...the last thing I saw him in was a crappy Maaco auto painting commercial.
You might think the guy would have a little class and quit, but I guess not.
The latest controversy concerns the forthcoming movie remake of "The Dukes of Hazzard." Actor Ben Jones, who played "Cooter" in the original TV show, and was last famous for serving three terms in Congress as a Democrat from Georgia, has drawn a crowd of media by urging parents not to let their children see the new "Dukes" movie.
In a letter to fans on his website, Jones says he has not seen the film, but has read the script and talked to people on the set. He stresses: "Frankly, I think the whole project shows an arrogant disrespect for our show, for our cast, for America's families, and for the sensibilities of the heartland of our country."
Early commercials for the film remind viewers that the stars are Seann William Scott (the sex-obsessed Stiffler character of the "American Pie" movies) and Johnny Knoxville (the so-called "mastermind" of MTV's idiotic "Jackass" series), not to mention once-upon-a-time wholesome Christian pop singer Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke. (Her new movie-plugging video for "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" fits right in with every other stripper-chic spectacle on the MTV assembly line as Simpson shakes her booty in an itty-bitty bikini just like Britney Spears and growls about pushing her tush.)
Jones admits he was miffed that the remake specialists wanted nothing to do with the original TV cast, but "what bothers me much more is the profanity-laced script with blatant sexual situations that mocks the good clean family values of our series. Now, anybody who knows me knows that I'm not a prude. But this kind of toilet humor has no place in Hazzard County." Even the movie commercials are full of sexual jokes, with double entendres from Lynda Carter and Willie Nelson's Uncle Jesse regarding a plate of muffins she's carrying.
The cable channel CMT (Country Music Television) has been running reruns of the original "Dukes" series since February, and Jones insists a new wave of youngsters is enjoying the program. "They love the positive values of our show, its wholesome friendliness, and the fact that Bo and Luke are heroes who always make the right moral choice. How can the producers of this film be so cynical, so jaded, so out of touch with America's heartland as to trash a great family show in this way?"
This is not a rhetorical question. It is a statement of fact.
I love the TV series on CMT, I'm glad they are still airing it. I used to watch the Dukes as a kid. If only the Dukes of Hazzard will come on on network TV. I agree with Ben Jones. There is a huge difference. It's a slap in the face to include "Stiffler" and Johnny Knoxville in the movie. Jessica Simpson I thought, is pretty cool. But her role in this film is a bit slutish. Daisy Duke was not a skank. She was a lady..and brunette mind you. If Hollywood is going to do a remake, then stay true to the era, meaning keeping the same values in mind. I wouldn't go see the Dukes of Hazzard film in theatres either.
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