Dallas 2.0: Discussion Thread

Season 2 starts January 28th, or has that already been posted....?

Dallas Decoder ‏@DallasDecoder

Hey #Dallas fans: Let's welcome the great @JudithLight to @Dallas_TNT. Watch out, @RealJREwing. There might be a new boss at Southfork!

cbs soapsindepth ‏@soapsindepthcbs

Judith Light (Karen, #OLTL) is joining Dallas as the mom to Ann (Brenda Strong). Woo-hoo!

Edited October 8, 201213 yr by dragonflies

Holy cow! Excellent casting Dallas! Can't wait to see that!

WTF though JL is only 11 yrs older than BS

As if Judith Light would produce that dullard.

Ugh. Her MOM!!??

What in HELL!? Her MOM?? They have got to go the rich Dallas plastic surgeried socialite route, or put some hair silver in her hair or something. Lol, I can't help but think of Joan van Ark and Michele Lee, they'd never allow themselves to be aged by their onscreen children like that.

They're bringing on Ann's mom and daughter, in addition to her ex-husband who will be a series regular. They're also bringing on a brother for Elena. What about new Ewing's? Do they not realize the focus of the series? You have three children of JR's offscreen plus a biological son for Bobby. Where are they? I'm not talking about extended family, those are offspring related to core characters for nuDallas.

I see the need to expand on the new families as well, but the balance definitely isn't there.

They're bringing on Ann's mom and daughter, in addition to her ex-husband who will be a series regular. They're also bringing on a brother for Elena. What about new Ewing's? Do they not realize the focus of the series? You have three children of JR's offscreen plus a biological son for Bobby. Where are they? I'm not talking about extended family, those are offspring related to core characters for nuDallas.

I see the need to expand on the new families as well, but the balance definitely isn't there.

Also, didnt Ray Krebbs and his first wife have a daughter together? They could always bring her on and what about Gary and Valene's twins, Bobby and Betsy. They could always add them into the mix with Shackelford and Van Ark as recurring as Gary and Val.

Well Ultimate Dallas mentioned that they actually sought and received permission to use Knots Landing characters. Cynthia Cidre when asked what old characters she wants to bring back has only mentioned Knots characters--Abby, Gary and Val. Still, we haven't seen anything reported yet. I do think there is a lot of story for Gary and Val (moreso than Ray) since they weren't on Dallas as long. There's more to explore with JR and Bobby and their children. With Ray I think the most interesting aspects are Lucas, Bobby's biological son and if they brought on his daughter Margaret, I'd rather see Donna than much of Ray. He got burned out on the original series and nothing I've seen here makes me want to see more of him.

Well Ultimate Dallas mentioned that they actually sought and received permission to use Knots Landing characters. Cynthia Cidre when asked what old characters she wants to bring back has only mentioned Knots characters--Abby, Gary and Val. Still, we haven't seen anything reported yet. I do think there is a lot of story for Gary and Val (moreso than Ray) since they weren't on Dallas as long. There's more to explore with JR and Bobby and their children. With Ray I think the most interesting aspects are Lucas, Bobby's biological son and if they brought on his daughter Margaret, I'd rather see Donna than much of Ray. He got burned out on the original series and nothing I've seen here makes me want to see more of him.

Thanks Chris, I could not remember Ray's first wives name. I would like to see them bring on Lucas and see his dynamics with Bobby and the dynamics between Bobby and Ray, since Ray raised Bobby's son. To me that would be an interesting storyline to play out. I agree about Gary and Val. Val has alot of history with JR and I would LOVE To see JR's reaction to having her at Southfork and around Dallas on a regular basis, not to mention Gary. Theirs SO MUCH potential left out there.

Any word on whether or not we will see Victoria Principal back as Pam??? I'd love to see Pam pop back up VERY much alive, and have her explain her absence from Bobby and Christopher's lives and see her try and establish a relationship with both of them again. Perhaps Pam has a new family or another child that might show up in Dallas as well.

They need to bring back Presley for a few episodes with an aged Lucas Wade. He needs to be in the mix and fighting with Christopher for his share of the Ewing empire

Edited October 12, 201213 yr by Soapsuds

Dallas/Knots Landing reunion!!!

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Dallas-Knots-Landing-Reunion-1054768.aspx