Netflix should fuller house this - Family Matters (1989) Discussion

[–] replicagl 9 years ago

full house could be rehashed because its a timeless concept, which is raising kids in a warm loving home with family good and bad times fun laughter and wholesome stories. family matters would be harder to rehash because it was mainly about Steve urkel being a genius, awkward, inventor and accident prone nerd. would this concept work with today's audience?

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[–] billybarnett806 9 years ago

With Big Bang Theory being popular? Yes.

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[–] jlyn1980 9 years ago

This show never got a proper series finale and it deserved one for all the revenue it brought into TGIF. I'd like to see an update show.

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[–] muyguapogrant 9 years ago

Of course it would work. You give Steve and Laura kids, Eddie and whoever he chose to marry kids, Carl and harriet as grandma and grandpa. Show how Steve is as a father (still inventing but also parenting). Eddie is a cop so he enters the Carl role. And Judy could make a cameo appearance as the thing that lives in the attic.

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[–] jtmovies 9 years ago

Well Family Matters and Full House do share the same universe. So we'll be seeing the Family Matters universe today through Fuller House. But unfortunately, Jaleel White said he would never play Urkel again. However, with so many reboots today, I wonder if he would reconsider doing a modern version of Urkel.

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[–] monstermayhem32 9 years ago

I could see Steve Urkel as more mature and less nerdy while still retaining his nerdy personality but dressing better and happily married to Laura. Carl is probably police commissioner by now while Eddie is a captain. Myra and Estelle would most likely be written out as passing away after the events of the ninth season finale.

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[–] the_match_maker 9 years ago

If done well, I would quite enjoy that. Steve as the smart-but-clueless inventor/dad, Laura as the loving-but-too-tightly-wound mom/lawyer.

Throw in a few kids (the smart one, the resentful one, the 'normal' one, the 'funny' one, etc.), have some guest spots from Uncle Eddie and Aunt Judy (not to mention Grandma and Grandpa Winslow).

Yeah, I could see that. However, I don't think that Mr. White would be up for it. He's got that Batman/Captain Kirk chip on his shoulder, cursing the fates for the good fortune that came his way. It took Adam West and William Shatner decades to grudgingly accept their respective 'mantles'. And it seems to be even worse for child stars. Just look at how angry the cast of The Brady Bunch or The Partridge Family are...

But as a concept? It's gold. And in vogue. We have Girl Meets World (which revisits Boy Meets World) as well as Fuller House. The 90's are hot now! 😃

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[–] Bladebrown22 9 years ago

Jaleel was upset because the show ruined his acting career and it's a shame because he's very good

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[–] EmilyTheDramaQueen 9 years ago

Well Jaleel felt that show tainted his career because face it, it sort of did, no one saw him as anything but Urkel even nowadays. That's the problem with child stars for the most part, no one can see past their child characters. Hence who saw Gary Coleman as anything but Arnold from Different Strokes, or Maureen McCromick as anything but Marcia Brady, them and other child stars as well couldn't get work without there being some kind of joke about them looking like their former character. I know the Brady kids were kind of over it even during the show, I remember one of the girls saying how glad she was the show was canceled.

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[–] joe_538 9 years ago

Gary Coleman's career and ability to take on different roles was really hindered more by his health situation.

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[–] MsIris 8 years ago

Jaleel should be doing other acting projects. He's a very good actor. I'd love to see him in something. He deserves a starring role. I mean, even Shatner had TJ Hooker and Boston Legal.

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[–] kentry 8 years ago

If they are going to reboot Family Matters, I say do it now while almost everyone is still alive. Only two main characters are dead, Michelle Thomas who sadly died at a young age, in her 40s of stomach cancer and Rosetta Lenoire who died of old age I think(when the show aired she already looked about 70). They shouldn't wait until it's too late like they did with The Fresh Prince as James Avery did like 2 years ago, and he was one of the main stars.

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