Seth MacFarlane plans to remake "The Flintstones" for Fox
By Jessica GentileMay 16th, 2011, 8:00 pmComments (12)
Fox's latest programming decision may have you hollering "yabba dabba don't." The network has announced that Seth MacFarlane, the mastermind behind Family Guy and American Dad, will revive The Flintstones. If you ever thought the first family of Bedrock was in dire need of fart jokes and sexual innuendo, then I guess this is good news. My guess is most will prefer to remember the classic cartoons of our childhood untainted.
At a press conference held earlier today, MacFarlane said, “The characters will look the same but the only thing that will change is the stories... What’s the [prehistoric] version of an iPod?” Somehow I'm skeptical the reboot of the show will maintain the cheesy whimsy of the original. Though it will probably be happily embraced by all those intelligent-design evangelicals who insist humans coexisted with the dinosaurs. But really, is a new version of The Flintstones really necessary? Remakes are so prehistoric.
Comments ( 12 )
An iPebble?
Awful and unnecessary. And you just know The Jetsons deal is already on the table as well.
In addition, I'm surprised the rights holders are letting this happen, given how many intended-for-children products are advertised by The Flintstones. Seems like a PR nightmare waiting to happen.
Back when it was on the air, the Flintstones shilled for Winston cigarettes as well.
Shouldn't that be WinSTONE cigarettes?
heyyy-ooooooo
Just imagine the new shapes of the Flintstone's Chewables vitamins!
Frat-boy? Seth Macfarlane was a workaholic wunderkind at RISD.
Hey, Barney! Remember when we met the prophet Muhammad?
Hey Seth, the Cleveland Show wasn't enough of a crapfest for you?
Not a really a fan of the flinstones, well, I enjoyed when I was a kid, or Seth MacFarlane, don't hate the guy like everyone else seems too, but yeah, not the biggest fan. Anyways, I don't think they're going to do this as family guy meets the flinstones. I think hopefully even they realize how bad an idea that is. This could be good or bad. What if it leads to "new" versions of older cartoons. Scooby Doo,Herculoids,macgilla gorilla,underdog,bravestarr,maybe even a new ghostbusters! Hey,it's worked for ninja turtles.
Why can't any of the douchebags of Hollywoid come up with an original idea for once? I'm so fucking tired of the endless remakes...
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