Give me campy, over-the-top, escapist Dynasty any day of the week. Sometimes you just don't need or want "gritty realism," and one of the biggest crimes of entertainment is that people should feel guilty for ever wanting to merely be entertained.

I never thought of the first season as gritty realism anyway. It was more real, yes, and the characters were less one-dimensional, but it still had howlers like Krystal's bridal shower where all the ladies oohed and awed over the rich man outside her apartment window.

I never thought of the first season as gritty realism anyway. It was more real, yes, and the characters were less one-dimensional, but it still had howlers like Krystal's bridal shower where all the ladies oohed and awed over the rich man outside her apartment window.

And frankly, Alexis is one of the most three dimensional characters ever written. Arguably, one of the greatest roles written for a woman.

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watching season 5 on dvd...Luke and Steven meet. Came across this that I hadnt seen before.

Back to season 5....I wish they had kept Amanda and not brought back Fallon in the form of Emma Samms.

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John Forsythe intro on ABC hour shows of another era, with a few Dynasty clips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIT_-0P3_kk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Just finished the second half of Season 5, which I hadn't seen since I was six years old...and I must say that it was a pretty crisply written season! Will review more later, but I was impressed, as was much of the country, with the buildup to Moldavia...

Esther Shapiro and Joan Collins having talks.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/sep/08/joan-collins-secuere-dynasty?CMP=twt_fd

A DYNASTY reboot? No thanks.

In some ways I think it would work a little better than a Dallas reboot, mostly because Dynasty didn't depend as much on the cast (Joan and John were very good, but the others were...varying), but I will be surprised if it happens.

I'd be surprised too. Is it a reboot or a REMAKE?

Anyone seen that Mattel has produced Dynasty Barbies for the 30th anniversary of the show?

Oh Lord.....

10/7/86 Digest.

5/5/87 Digest