http://tv.ign.com/articles/116/1168551p1.html
QuoteFOX reported today that animation overlord Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad), after many years of negotiations between 20th Century Fox TV and Warner Bros Television, is rebooting The Flintstones as a TV and film property. A dream-come-true, reportedly, for MacFarlane, a mega-saurus Flintstones fan.
There was some concern from the Flintstone rights-holders regarding MacFarlane's raunchy tone and how the new Flintstones would be treated, but it seems like everything got smoothed out in the end. The new Flintstones will begin production in fall 2011 and will be set in stone on the FOX schedule in 2013
"The very first cartoon character I drew at age two was Fred Flintstone," said MacFarlane. "So it's appropriate that events have come full circle, allowing me to produce the newest incarnation of this great franchise. Plus, I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
:hmm:
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2011, 12:07:10 AM
"Plus, I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
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He's gonna go nuts with all those living appliances to play with it.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 17, 2011, 01:29:52 AM
He's gonna go nuts with all those living appliances to play with it.
Yes, seeing 2010s tech adapted for the stone age should be interesting. It worked pretty well with the comparatively low tech 1950s/60s, but for modern tech it could either be awesome, or supersuck.
This really sounds like a terrible idea. I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
This really sounds like a terrible idea.
Almost as bad as a live action movie version.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
No idea what you mean.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4J3oenDGbQs/TXxtJUu7R_I/AAAAAAAAEOE/zvu7VYIKGOA/s400/The-Flintstones.jpg)
What I really liked about the Flintstones was the Quebec French translation. Sadly this won't get reproduce as most of the voice actors are dead & have been for quite some time.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
This really sounds like a terrible idea. I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
You were not there "in the first place", the initial run taking place from 1960-66 :D
I really enjoyed the show c. 1964 :cool:
It was engrossing enough when I was 8. Whether I considered it "funny" or not, I can't really say.
Great, more douchebag MacFarlane. <_<
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 17, 2011, 06:31:15 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
This really sounds like a terrible idea. I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
You were not there "in the first place", the initial run taking place from 1960-66 :D
I really enjoyed the show c. 1964 :cool:
I am eternal.
But yeah, it was fine, but it never struck me as special--maybe in its historical context it was, but a lot of things are special in their historical context but suffer greatly in hindsight and would not be considered special if they instead were created today... indeed, might well be thought embarrassing. Consider, for example, 1951's
The Day the Earth Stood Still, Green Lantern/Green Arrow's
Hard Traveling Heroes, or the discography of the Captain and Teneille.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 17, 2011, 07:53:57 AM
Great, more douchebag MacFarlane. <_<
I always confuse him with the Spawn guy.
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2011, 12:07:10 AM
I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
:ph34r:
Quote from: Monoriu on May 17, 2011, 08:41:31 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2011, 12:07:10 AM
I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
:ph34r:
Don't worry. It's the premise of a million sitcoms.
Quote from: Monoriu on May 17, 2011, 08:41:31 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2011, 12:07:10 AM
I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
:ph34r:
I'm not entirely convince that your wife is too good for you.
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2011, 08:45:31 AM
Don't worry. It's the premise of a million sitcoms.
And probably half a dozen that McFarlane created himself.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 17, 2011, 08:59:13 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2011, 08:45:31 AM
Don't worry. It's the premise of a million sitcoms.
And probably half a dozen that McFarlane created himself.
:yes:
Well, Stan on American Dad isn't fat. Makes up for it by being doubly stupid, though. :P
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
This really sounds like a terrible idea. I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
Never got hooked on this when seeing it in english, but by that time, I was getting a little older than the targetted audience :P
However, in Quebec, they were dubbed by local actors and the content was adapted to our local reality, just like the Simpsons, wich made it great.
I remember growing up with this, and later one seeing it on tv, during lunch time when I was older (university). Even my father sometimes couldn't help himself but laugh, and he always hated comics.
Yabba dabba don't.
Quote from: viper37 on May 17, 2011, 09:55:23 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 17, 2011, 05:08:01 AM
This really sounds like a terrible idea. I don't even remember the Flintstones being particularly funny in the first place.
Never got hooked on this when seeing it in english, but by that time, I was getting a little older than the targetted audience :P
However, in Quebec, they were dubbed by local actors and the content was adapted to our local reality...
The French dub of the Flintstones might be all right. I've often longed to hear Fred admit that his life is meaningless, but console himself with the knowledge that it is brief, while Wilma and Betty discuss hardcore sex.
there are Flintstones porn parodies for that. ;)