MacFarlane's "Flintstones" Remake All But Extinct

DToTheJ · Apr 30, 2012

So, you remember how Seth MacFarlane from "Family Guy" fame got the green light to do a remake of "The Flintstones"? According to a source, the plan is now "on life support."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/seth-macfarlane-flintstones-tv-series-315980

vchimpanzee · Apr 30, 2012

I hope so. One of the MacFarlane comedies did a smaple of what that would be like, and it wasn't pretty.

benwolf · Apr 30, 2012

The COPS takeoff? That was hilarious!

Iowan · Apr 30, 2012

Maybe Seth MacFarlane could "syndicate" 'The Flintstones' to My Network TV and help bring back the lost art of first-run weekend shows in the process...

Robnoxious · May 1, 2012

Iowan said:
Maybe Seth MacFarlane could "syndicate" 'The Flintstones' to My Network TV and help bring back the lost art of first-run weekend shows in the process...

Or maybe we could let the course run out from someone that has tapped the well bone dry.
Imagine it done in a random cutaway if that'll get you laughs.

justpassingthough · May 1, 2012

benwolf said:
The COPS takeoff? That was hilarious!

It was actually a parody of "World's Wildest Police Videos" with a drunk Fred Flintstone fleeing the Bedrock PD.

ixnay · May 1, 2012

DToTheJ, you should've prefaced your thread title "Yabba Dabba Don't?"

ixnay

nomadcowatbk · May 1, 2012

Did this even need a remake?

Yeziknoradio · May 2, 2012

nomadcowatbk said:
Did this even need a remake?

Yes. To reflect today's times. ??? I wonder if they would actually use...a rock pad.

ixnay · May 2, 2012

Yeziknoradio said:
nomadcowatbk said:

Did this even need a remake?

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Yes. To reflect today's times.

And times between 1966 and today. Remember the teenage Pebbles swooning over rock star Mick Jadestone on The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show? Or when, on The New Fred and Barney Show, Fred and Barney dressed as half of a modern stone age version of KISS?

ixnay

BlueWanderer · May 3, 2012

Good. Let someone else who doesn't have currently three shows on the air take control of the remake. At least that person can focus his or her attention and energy on the remake more.

Then again, it's probably for the best to leave Flintstones as it is. There's already too many remakes of previous shows or rather movies in today's climate.