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TalkToTheLord t1_jbpl8hl wrote

When someone inevitably comments “Who wanted this?”

It is I. I wanted a Flintstones animated reboot.

Jetsons next, please, though that is overdue for its live action treatment that’s been collecting dust in Hollywood for ages.

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MarvelsGrantMan136 OP t1_jbplsrx wrote

>Bedrock catches up with the Flintstone family two decades later, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm’s club.

Cast:

  • Elizabeth Banks as Pebbles
  • Stephen Root as Fred
  • Amy Sedaris as Wilma
  • Nicole Byer as Betty
  • Joe Lo Trulio as Barney
  • Manny Jacinto as Bam Bam.
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Pvt_Wierzbowski t1_jbpn37e wrote

Wasn't Seth MacFarlane trying to develop a Flintstones reboot at one point?

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bluegreen8907 t1_jbpnnfx wrote

Predictions on who is gay? I’m going with bam bam.

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craig1818 t1_jbprf0c wrote

Manny Jacinto as Bam Bam is absolutely perfect casting

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n8cousins t1_jbpsu3b wrote

Amy Sedaris is a national treasure. I will watch anything she is a part of.

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jlesnick t1_jbpuhf2 wrote

Seth McFarlane had this reboot ready to go and they shelved it at the very last second.

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Realshow t1_jbpumev wrote

Replying to TalkToTheLord (#2,202,850)

I’m honestly surprised how long it’s taken for a true to form reboot. This premise looks interesting, but just making a modern take on the original feels like a nobrainer. It’s not like sitcoms ever went out of style.

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TheD0rkKnight t1_jbpunwy wrote

I have nothing against it personally, but why is it okay for other races to be cast for a white role (disclaimer: I’m not white), but when a white person plays a non-white role (like the Simpsons cast, for example) people are “offended”?

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Realshow t1_jbpuwxa wrote

Replying to Pvt_Wierzbowski (#2,202,957)

Apparently part of the reason it didn’t pan out was because he couldn’t figure out how to distinguish Fred from Peter Griffin. Not that he wanted them to be similar, he genuinely didn’t seem to know Fred acts nothing like Peter to begin with. That should tell you everything.

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BJaacmoens t1_jbq031f wrote

Now I've got that Ram Jam song in my head.

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Kyklutch t1_jbq0h5t wrote

I really hope there is some Boyle Boys' love between Fred and Barney.

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HardcoreKaraoke t1_jbq0p4f wrote

Sounds like an interesting concept. I'll check it out. I hope the art style is similar to the original style and not some unique off putting hybrid.

>Joe Lo Truglio as Barney

I'm sold.

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I_Set_3_Alarms t1_jbq0ply wrote

Wow that’s a pretty talented/funny lineup behind the voices

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AporiaParadox t1_jbq1sdd wrote

Hope it takes some inspiration from the 2010s DC Comics reimagining of the Flintstones, which I recommend people check out.

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Mikey_MiG t1_jbq3c16 wrote

Replying to TheD0rkKnight (#2,203,405)

The issue that most people have isn’t that voice actors can only voice characters that are the same race as they are. The issue is that in an industry that is predominantly white, even the few POC roles that exist often go to white actors.

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Horvat53 t1_jbq4fc4 wrote

I was wondering if anyone would revisit this property soon and here we are. Interested to see how it turns out.

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jyper t1_jbq4y2k wrote

Is this based on the comic where Yabababadoo is a nonsense phrase to help veterans deal with trama from the war?

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbq7mjs wrote

Replying to TalkToTheLord (#2,203,404)

But they literally aren't rebooting a franchise. It's a new entry within the franchise.

They aren't starting over with a new version from the beginning, as a replacement for original, which is what a reboot is. Recast roles doesn't make something a reboot.

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anasui1 t1_jbq8h06 wrote

let me guess, Fred and Barney are dumbasses and Wilma is the real empowered deal

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MrPMS t1_jbqcstl wrote

Replying to Darmok47 (#2,203,621)

I've been reading the series recently and it's been fantastic. Really good satire about everything from capitalism, consumerism to PTSD. Highly recommend.

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bros402 t1_jbqcvz2 wrote

is it going to have horrible modern flash animation

also nicole byer so totally does not seem like Betty at all

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makovince t1_jbqdvqu wrote

Replying to kianworld (#2,204,213)

Kinda like how Seth wanted to make a Star Trek show and Fox wanted him to make a Star Trek show with fart jokes in it. I enjoy the early seasons of The Orville, but I LOVE the new Hulu season. Hope it gets another.

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Maybe_In_Time t1_jbqhiyp wrote

Replying to TheD0rkKnight (#2,204,212)

Because you're the 10th person commenting something like this every. single. time someone's character (whose race is NOT important to the character itself) is cast this way.

Yet all of you always 'innocently' start with, "not that it bothers me or anything...'.

Yes. It clearly does, otherwise why bring it up? When minorities and POC are told to 'stick' to our 'own' characters, those characters are either never brought to live-action/ production anyways, or they're voiced by a white person which defeats the purpose of telling us to find 'our own'.

Bane in The Dark Knight Rises? Makes sense to cast a white British dude with an Irish accent to play the Panamanian. Or John Voight in Anaconda.

Natalie Woods played the Puerto Rican lead in West Side Story, yet the actual latina was demoted up being the sidekick. Scarlet Johansson in Ghost In The Shell? Emma Stone playing an Asian lead? So whose role CAN minorities play?

This is where the frustration comes from - decades of having scraps thrown at animators, writers, and voice actors, then when they see a series or character is famous, they'll cash in with celebrities instead of established voice actors. Peter Dinklage was an embarrassing decision by Bungie - ended up having to replace him with a voice actor who is already doing this for a living.

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thedoctor3009 t1_jbqized wrote

Hire Mark Russell!! His 12 issue comic series on them is GOLD!

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MGD109 t1_jbqj0xx wrote

Replying to mmm126 (#2,203,388)

I mean it depends what you mean, parts of the Neolithic age was technically.

Of course due to lack of safe travel in those days and scarcity of resources, you could cross from the stone age into the bronze age and back again, over a span of maybe two hundred miles.

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MGD109 t1_jbqj6xc wrote

Alright. This sounds really cool.

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JordanStPatrick t1_jbqnb9g wrote

Elizabeth Banks and Manny Jacinto as the adult pebbles and bambam makes so much sense in a way I really can't explain.

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dont_worry_im_here t1_jbqoona wrote

Replying to TalkToTheLord (#2,202,850)

"Who wanted this?" is the dumbest (whatever it's called... trope statement?) that has ever existed.

Are creators supposed to poll everyone before they create? Fuck off

The most awarded movie in cinema history, EEAAOA... did anybody want that?

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Galactus2814 t1_jbqovyr wrote

Whether this turns out to be good or not, if you are a Flintstones fan, you absolutely owe it to yourself to read the DC comic by Steve Pugh!

It's such a truly fantastic retelling of the story and creates a very nuanced and much more interesting Bedrock.

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NeuHundred t1_jbqq5ie wrote

Replying to TalkToTheLord (#2,202,850)

Jetsons would be cool, that 60s retrofuturism and so on... I know people have this head canon of them being in the sky and the earth being a dead zone beneath. I think that's a bit too much, but I like the idea of other cities being the future as envisioned by other decades. So we have an 80s cyberpunk city, a 30s deco city like Metropolis, a Y2K silver/aqua fluid organic type of city, etc...

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DisturbedNocturne t1_jbqrvmb wrote

Replying to dont_worry_im_here (#2,204,804)

>The most awarded movie in cinema history, EEAAOA... did anybody want that?

Exactly. This logic never stops to consider the other side of that. "Who wanted this!?" Yeah, because I'm sure there was a huge demand for a show about a billionaire's kids squabbling over his media empire or one based on the football coach that discussed soccer from NBC Sports commercials or the one about people whose home life can't remember their work life, but those are some of the best shows on television right now.

They really think we would've gotten those if networks were looking for some sort of popular consensus before entering development?

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Kennyjive t1_jbqtgi0 wrote

Yo that cast looks bonkers! Bortles!

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Brimstone747 t1_jbr0n0u wrote

You had me at Lynn and Charles Boyle as Fred and Barney.

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06Wahoo t1_jbr86ql wrote

This is still a thing? I assumed this had died years ago.

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km_amateurphoto t1_jbr9akq wrote

This is something I didn't realize I wanted until I read about it LOL

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Wazula42 t1_jbrgy25 wrote

Just please don't Velma it.

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Bananaman9020 t1_jbrhtn3 wrote

I remember Seth MacFarlane wanted to be involved in this. Almost Sade he isn't.

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TL10 t1_jbrogdj wrote

Replying to stench_montana (#2,204,405)

It has humor. It does a lot of tongue in-cheek jokes about the politcal/cultural climate of our day, but the best description that I can give of the whole run is that through it all, the one thing it tries to be is earnest. Despite the cynicism, it tries to be optimistic where it can.

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707breezy t1_jbrqkd3 wrote

Of wow it’s happening. Last time I heard of a flinstones reboot it was sarah underwood on attack of the show on G4 announced that Seth MacFarlane was going to run it. Then right after that Kevin Pereira made a fun adult comment that went over my too young boy brain.

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbtbpuw wrote

Replying to PineappleZaddy (#2,204,931)

What a reboot means in fiction has a firmly established definition.

I agree that it isn't the ideal term, it should have been a better one, but it is the one that stuck.

The new show is definitely not a reboot or remake. Though obviously it's not a revival either. Whether it will be a re-imagining can't be ruled out yet, but everything announced about it so far points to a straight-up sequel.

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Galactus2814 t1_jbtfl1l wrote

Replying to CombatHarness (#2,208,877)

So good!

The Jetsons was the only one I wasn't that impressed with. It was good, but compared to Flintstones and Snagglepuss, it just doesn't hold up. Was cool to get an explanation of their housing/why we never see the ground though

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sue_donyem t1_jbtvwcc wrote

I hope this doesn't replace The Great North.

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f0gax t1_jbu90sa wrote

> Manny Jacinto as Bamm-Bamm.

Dope.

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internetpointsaredum t1_jc04rtc wrote

If you want to do an adult oriented (Bit of a misnomer since the cartoon was Primetime in the 60s) Flintstones, they should go with the comic DC put out a few years ago.

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jadedfan55 t1_jc42350 wrote

Replying to OneGoodRib (#2,204,025)

The Bewitched x-over was because it was on the same network as the Flintstones (ABC) and from the same parent studio (Screen Gems). Gerry Johnson (Betty) appeared on Bewitched during its 1st season. You'd have to look quick, as she appears at the end of "A Vision of Sugar Plums" w/Bill Daily to adopt Bill Mumy's character. So, Dick York & Elizabeth Montgomery agreed to return the favor and do the x-over the following season.

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