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Myrina

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18. I LIKE it!!

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 11:06 AM

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History Channel remaking 1977 'Roots' miniseries [View all] bananas Nov 2013 OP

Why? Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #1

Exactly! Galileo126 Nov 2013 #6

Yes, exactly! mountain grammy Nov 2013 #7

And you know that they will have to soften Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #17

Yeah, all family like Scarlett, Mammy and Big Sam.. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #40

Why? Because nobody in Hollywood has original ideas anymore .... Myrina Nov 2013 #8

Couldn't they have just spent the money Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #10

I LIKE it!! Myrina Nov 2013 #18

Best post I've read today! LibertyLover Nov 2013 #35

It's missing something... Retrograde Nov 2013 #38

Exactly. Creative desert. nt eilen Nov 2013 #29

THANK you! MADem Nov 2013 #11

Or my hero of that era Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #16

Sure--he was born in Newburyport MA so the scenes/costumes would be great! MADem Nov 2013 #20

Well... Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2013 #12

You do realize this the "History" Channel we are talking about? Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #15

Maybe it will have a fighting chance since it will be based on the same book? Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2013 #19

Why not just "remaster" it - like Star Wars? csziggy Nov 2013 #34

Add me to that list. geardaddy Nov 2013 #14

It's the History Channel. "Getting it right" is an error they'd feel the next to fix. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #41

LeVar Burton on �Django Unchained� and a new �Roots� miniseries bananas Nov 2013 #2

Ancient aliens and their role in freeing black America can finally be revealed! Poll_Blind Nov 2013 #3

Dang you beat me to it! n/t teenagebambam Nov 2013 #4

lol deutsey Nov 2013 #5

not to mention showing how it wzas written in the bible rurallib Nov 2013 #9

Nailed em. go west young man Nov 2013 #13

Did Confederate ghosts influence Hitler? underpants Nov 2013 #23

....in a pawn shop. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2013 #28

LeVar Burton could be it on again, this time as Geordi La Forge bananas Nov 2013 #31

I'm a bit enlightenment Nov 2013 #21

Back then, adieu Nov 2013 #22

Back then? enlightenment Nov 2013 #24

They added adieu Nov 2013 #27

You lil' young whippersnapper! DeSwiss Nov 2013 #33

The original "Roots" had network dictated changes that partially compromised the material... GatorOrange Nov 2013 #25

Personally, I don't like remakes. hamsterjill Nov 2013 #26

I'm so tired of remakes eilen Nov 2013 #30

Hear! Hear! Sognefjord Nov 2013 #37

:-| DeSwiss Nov 2013 #32

Kanye West as Kunta Kinte? n/t dogknob Nov 2013 #36

I like the remake idea. Just not the fact the History Channel is doing it. PFunk Nov 2013 #39

Yep. Someone like HBO would be one thing, but History Channel's out of credibility. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #42