Seth MacFarlane Rebooting the Flinstones : Othor Games

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:12 pm

http://tv.ign.com/articles/116/1168551p1.html

I like Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy is one of my favorite shows so I am looking forward to this! What are your guys thoughts on it?

EDIT: Lol Flintstones not Flinstones..

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:55 pm

No...I foresee an episode where Barney eats Pebbles.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:55 pm

No...I foresee an episode where Barney eats Pebbles.

...:rofl:

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:37 pm

This site just doesn't have enough sad face smilies....

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:24 pm

Well, I guess after making three derivative animated sitcoms about a dysfuctional family, it's only natural that he tackles the prototypical one.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:20 pm

A dream-come-true, reportedly, for MacFarlane, a mega-saurus Flintstones fan.

translated subtitles for the foreign:

He's gonna [censored] it up.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:49 pm

I like Family Guy and all, but I hope he's not going to dumb it down. I guess we'll see what happens.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:14 pm

I like Family Guy and all, but I hope he's not going to dumb it down. I guess we'll see what happens.

How could he dumb down the flintstones?

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:19 am

Sounds like it could be good. I even enjoyed the Cleveland Show (and I really didn't want to) so I still trust him...

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:09 pm

OH GOD. Not anthoer reboot, remake or anything. Can't anyone come up with something original? Just goes to show you how people don't have any new creativity now. Just goes to show you that Hollywood can't come with nothing new anymore, and all they can do is just rehash or reboot franchises now.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:26 pm

OH GOD. Not anthoer reboot, remake or anything. Can't anyone come up with something original? Just goes to show you how people don't have any new creativity now. Just goes to show you that Hollywood can't come with nothing new anymore, and all they can do is just rehash or reboot franchises now.

How about the Jetsons meets Married with children, the animated series?

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:15 am

isnt family guy essentially a "reboot* (shudders at the sound of theword) of the flintstones/Honeymooners anyway?

I dig some family guy, even american dad and the clevland show on occasion, but redoing the flintstones is not a good idea..
i mean, part of its charm was that it was kind of "world of tomorrow" only in reverse which made it really fit the 50's. i just dont think it fits today and dont want to se it morphed into something that its not.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:19 pm

How could he dumb down the flintstones?

Maybe dumb down isn't the right phrase. I just don't want him to [censored] it up. Just because he's a huge fan doesn't mean he will do the cartoon justice. I don't want to just see Family Guy with dinosaurs.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:02 am

How could he dumb down the flintstones?

I was thinking that. As pointed out in a Family Guy episode, The Flintstones' primary source of jokes is 'rock' puns.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:07 pm

Seth McFarlane soon the be the Uwe Boll of classic cartoons? :cryvaultboy:

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:59 pm

I have high hopes for anything Seth MacFarlane touches.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:02 am

How about the Jetsons meets Married with children, the animated series?

Oh please NO. Don't give them any ideas. :whistling:

isnt family guy essentially a "reboot* (shudders at the sound of theword) of the flintstones/Honeymooners anyway?

I dig some family guy, even american dad and the clevland show on occasion, but redoing the flintstones is not a good idea..
i mean, part of its charm was that it was kind of "workd of tomorrow" only in reverse which made it really fit the 50's. i just dont think it fits today and dont want to se it morphed into something that its not.

I believe it was, it was a reboot of Flinstones/Honeymooners but it was done in an original way. So why does he have to touch the originals? Yes I can understand as a personal project he would love to do it, but as a consumer I don't really care for it. I am sick and tired of reboots and remakes. So it's great for him since he loves the Flinstones he would like to do something with it, but as a consumer I am dead set against it.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:38 pm

I'm really nervous about this. One of the comments made me laugh however.

"MacFarlane doing a cartoon about a over-weight middle aged man with a red headed wife? Sounds familiar"

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:32 pm

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:48 pm

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

:rofl: I bookmarked this

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:48 pm

I like Family Guy and American Dad has a few funny episodes but this just seems like an odd choice.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:18 pm

He should just leave well enough alone. This kinda reminds me of the Flintstones Kids. Not horrible, but couldn't quite live up to the original. I did like Captain Caveman though.

Instead of reusing an old idea, which is far too common these days, he should come up with something new and interesting. Leave the classics alone.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:41 pm

Not sure how I feel on this. On one hand, Seth is obviously very talented, and quite personable. However, he sure loves to milk Family Guy and the done to death set up it's become. It couldn't be worse than Family Guy, which will probably make him a ton of money any ways, but I sure hope he can do something good, new, or at least more interesting with it.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:00 pm

I don't think this is as outlandish as it seems. Seth McFarlane managed to succeed where Hannah & Barberra failed - the Flinstones was supposed to be a cartoon for advlts, but they couldn't make it work.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:59 am

oh seth ....