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Flintstones. Meet the Flintstones (again)

This COULD work if they put the emphasis on one thing the Hanna-Barbera Flintstones did well...poke fun at contemporary pop culture. The whoe show was a bit of a send-up of the Honeymooners, Donna Reed, The Danny Thomas Show and other classic family sitcoms of the time (they eventually got around, IIRC, to having a little fun with Bewitched), and while they were at it, Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera also satirized everything from worker-boss relationships to pop music trends to TV to the consumer culture of the day. There was enough for an adult to chew on even while the kids (like I was when I was watching the show in its first run on ABC) could enjoy the characters on a silly kid level.

If Seth MacFarlane approaches it like Hanna and Barbera did, only with contemporary pop culture and social targets to poke fun at, he'll be OK and the show will work.
 
I don't really like the idea of another Flintstones series. The original series and other TV series afterwards along with the special features made for television and movie theaters are enough for people to seek out and possibly enjoy for many years to come.

Another animated series based on the same theme (the stone age) with different characters could have been created instead of another one based on the Flintstones. There would be fewer comparisons between an original concept and the original Flintstones series.

As for the post above mine, I believe both adults and children can appreciate the original series on any level. People mature at different rates and can appreciate or understand things sooner or later.
 
I'd be afraid that McFarlane would turn Fred into another Peter Griffinstone, and he would all sorts of needless cut-aways, like his other series!
 
The Flintstones were Never what you would call funny, The Simpsons and Family Guy are funny, i know times are different but the Warner bros cartoons of the day were light years funnier. the Flintstones were "Cute" for about 1 episode. if they had gone all the way ripping off Ralph Kramden & Ed Norton it might have been worth watching.
 
WhoDat! said:
The Flintstones were Never what you would call funny, The Simpsons and Family Guy are funny, i know times are different but the Warner bros cartoons of the day were light years funnier. the Flintstones were "Cute" for about 1 episode. if they had gone all the way ripping off Ralph Kramden & Ed Norton it might have been worth watching.
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'Cheee, wotta GROUCH, huh, Fred?' ???
'Rrrr-rassin'-frassin'...' :mad: ;D
 
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