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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jabari Lamar" data-source="post: 291713" data-attributes="member: 2208">I agree. Reboots like this can be tricky as you don't want to just remake the original, there needs to be some updates for the new audience and new era. But on the other hand you don't want to "update" it so drastically that it essentially becomes a new property, because then you might as well just go ahead and make a new property then. Empire, Succession, & even Billions, are all shows that immediately spring to mind as having Dallas-like basics, but with all the differences in the shows it would have been pointless if they actually were Dallas reboots.So while I often enjoy many of [USER=130]@stevew[/USER]'s fanfiction ideas, I would also argue that at least a couple of essential things for a Dallas reboot are in the location. Dynasty can move from Denver to Atlanta and still work but Dallas is right there in the title, and it refers to the city of Dallas. Change it to mean anything else, and it's just not Dallas. I also think it needs to be about a family who live on a ranch called Southfork. As for the family business, I think keeping them in oil/energy makes the most sense because of the location, as that is what Texas is most known for, although having the Ewings being rich through chemicals, like the DuPonts, could also maybe work?</blockquote>