we need another live adaptation - The Flintstones (1960) Discussion

[–] Oddark123 9 years ago

Realistically we need to see how all the animated and live action HB theatrical projects go first. If they do well, they may consider another live action Flintstones movie.

Neither of the previous two really did much for me, but I suppose another chance could always prove a new chance to be something I like better.

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[–] Son_Of_A_Bitch_Must_Pay 9 years ago

I had a great uncle that would have been a perfect Fred Flintstone was a big guy with the bighead/nose black hair the big arms barrel chest less than 6ft 

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[–] Jokers_Wilde 9 years ago

I had a great uncle that would have been a perfect Fred Flintstone was a big guy with the bighead/nose black hair the big arms barrel chest less than 6ft

Sweet! 

I was thinking Eric Stonestreet (Cam from "Modern Family") would make a perfect Fred Flintstone. He plays an effeminate (sp?) character on the show, but I bet he could put the 'gruff' on if he wanted to. 

I was also thinking a co-worker of mine would be the perfect Barney Rubble. Nicest guy one would ever want to meet, and has the height to match. Only thing is he has gray hair. However, that's something that can be fixed.

A friend of mine would make the perfect Blowhard Sandstone. He was the guy Fred beat in the bowling match in the episode when Barney became invisible. 

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[–] tinkerbell_jonna 9 years ago

I don't think you could get better than John Goodman as Fred. And the rest of the cast was good too. Even Rosie, which ppl like to bash all the time, sure she may not have looked much like the cartoon Betty BUT she had the personality down perfect, and I think THAT is what makes the character believable.

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[–] NobodymournstheWicked 9 years ago

Doubtful that we will ever seen another live action version again

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[–] FlyboyLA 9 years ago

Isn't Will Farell producing a new cgi animated Flintstones movie? I don't know if the Flintstones could be done right with today's audiences. Times were much simpler in the 60s and we laughed at goofy gimmicks of that era. Nothing the Flintstones came out with afterwards would ever hold a candle to the original gem.

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[–] Oddark123 9 years ago

They are working on a theatrical Flintstones movie but not a thing has been said about it being CGI and that is doubtful after the news that came out this week.

It is a part of WB's plan for a Hanna Barbera theatrical universe. The first Scooby one has a date is being directed by one of the guys who worked on a good chunk of the dtv features. (one of which of course was a new Flintstones feature, and all of which are mostly 2d productions) There wasn't any indication at that panel that any of their plans involved CGI. If it was, they probably would be promoting it.

NOTE: On twitter people outright asked the director of the Scooby one if it's 2 or 3, he hasn't responded yet. Given they plan to make it a universe, they all naturally should be the same dimensional style.

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[–] kartoon-1 9 years ago

The third film in this series could center around teenaged Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in their senior year at high school. Bamm-Bamm is attempting to gain his sports scholarship while Pebbles is trying to get her Journalism scholarship and all the while trying to get the better of Rival rich school's Cindy and Fabian who recruit the Bronto bunch gang to ruin Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's chances.

Meanwhile to complicate the plot Fred finds out he can't afford to send Pebbles to college unless he gets a promotion which he can't get because he didn't finish high school so he has to attend Pebbles classes much to her embarrassment.

But after numerous disasters, father and daughter reconcile and Fred joins the football team and being second strongest to Bamm-Bamm helps in the the big game while Pebbles and her crew rescue Bamm-Bamm from the Bronto bunch who were paid by Cindy to kidnap him so that her schools team would win the big game.

Bamm-Bamm returns in time to win the game, he gets his scholarship. Fred gets his Diploma and promotion. Cindy & Fabian are expelled and and have to do community service. And the Bronto Bunch are arrested. And Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and their friends all go off to college.

John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Elisabeth Perkins could return as Fred, Wilma and Barney as they would be older now that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm would be nearly grown. But I would have Jane Krakowski from the second film replace Rosie O'Donnell as Betty as she was cuter and perkier (And THINNER) than Rosie.

Sure, formulaic and predictable, but hey, that's what many of the Flintstones TV plots were like!

Its just too bad that Lindsey Lohan is too old and too messed-up. She'd have been a terrific Pebbles!

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[–] gcarras 9 years ago

No, we need another ANIMATED one (ROSIE O'DONNELL as Betty in the FIRST one? Betty is skinny not FAT)?

For the animated one, I'd love for Jenny Slate ("Marcel the Shell"'s title character, "Zootopia"'s sheepish, sweet Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellwether) to be Betty.

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