Why Did They Have To Kill 'The Honeymooners'?

[Placebo]

They took a great series and turned it into...ugh, a disaster.

[Fiona]

1. How does it "kill" the original series?

If anything, more young people will be interested in seeing it. The old series will always exist, and nothing that comes later can damage it.

[CatWoman]

6. I think Robert Townsend was orignally slated to play the role

played by Epps.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Because Hollywood lacks originality (for the most part)

And will do anything to make a quick buck, including bastardizing classics.

[Placebo]

7. Bingo.

I'm awaiting 'I Love Lucy: The Movie' starring Jennifer Lopez and Justin Timberlake.

[terrya]

3. The review in the Chicago Tribune basically said it wasn't very funny.

[Lauri16]

4. My husband and I were just talking about that

There are somethings that just shouldn't be touched, and the Honeymooners are one of them. I have no intentions of seeing this.

[MrSlayer]

5. It's unfortunate I agree.

Jackie Gleason must be rolling over in his grave. You simply don't fuck with perfection.

[booley]

8. The Freepers response is funnier

so far I have been hearing freepers claim that the honeymooners is some kind of PC ploy to take shows with white actors and remake them al with black actors.

of course, I haven't seen the movie and was never a fan of the show so this is all just "whatever' to me.

[EFerrari]

9. Remakes only ever work if they are truly an homage to the original

and not an attempt to fix what worked so well.

[noahmijo]

10. Totally

I'm 23 and I rank the Honeymooners as my second favorite show only second to The Sopranos.

What made this show so great was how it could be so hilarious yet have something for everyone and not have a smidge of offensness to it.

Now don't get me wrong I dig shows that have the violent racy edge to them (Read: The Sopranos) HOWEVER with a classic show like the Honeymooners that content has no place in it.

From the previews it looks like they make Ralph and Ed to be sex crazed scumbags with the only thing having in common with their counterparts fromt the classic are that they feud with their wives.

Now as to how Chappelle's show has a take on classic performers.....well now THAT'S funny :)

[Dervill Crow]

11. The only good remakes of The Honeymooners I've seen

were a couple of cartoon mice who were Norton and Ralph to a T, and an episode of Moonlighting.