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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing" data-source="post: 182773" data-attributes="member: 64">Of course the TNT Cyntax Dallas felt forced.  The Ewing's were just shoe horned in to give Cynthia Cidre something to write about!It was only called Dallas in name only.As I've said umpteen times before this show wasn't really Dallas at all.  It just pretended to be.  There were too many extraneous characters which Cidre focused on rather than the Ewing's themselves.  Anyone who has actually watched the original Lorimar produced Dallas will know that the series revolved around the Ewing family, the Cyntax Dallas certainly didn't because there were only really three blood Ewings on the show.  JR, Bobby & John Ross.  That diminished to just two after the sad death of Dallas legend Larry Hagman.Cidre's main problem with the TNT continuation was despite introducing too many characters that were never seen on the original Dallas, she also abandoned any sense of continuity with the actual hit series produced by Lorimar Television in favour of retconing history to suit her own agenda.I'm not surprised it got cancelled after three series.  People wanted a soap opera, what they got was a crime drama & there are far too many of them on TV.  She jettisoned all the character touches in favour of rapid plot development.  Not a good sign & in my opinion the marque of a very poor writer.The original series of Dallas will always be the best whilst the TNT version will end up being largely forgotten.  Sad but true.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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