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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#1: Apr 27th 2021 at 11:48:35 AM

A few years back, Fox tried to produce a reboot of The Flintstones, but it eventually sunk in 2012 due to poor responses to the original scripts (then-showrunner Seth MacFarlane said upon retrospect he couldn't make the show fundamentally different from Family Guy, and Fox didn't need another Family Guy.)

Now Fox is trying again, with Elizabeth Banks at the helm for Bedrock.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flintstones-update-elizabeth-banks-fox

Bedrock will follow a 20-something Pebbles as she begins her own career while her dad, Fred, nears retirement. With the Stone Age giving way to an enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution "harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm's club," per the show's logline.

Edited by Beatman1 on Apr 27th 2021 at 3:01:36 PM

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#2: Apr 27th 2021 at 12:24:16 PM

Very smart of them to advance the characters in age. That was a risk even Hannah-Barbara took and I for one was always glad they did so, even if it came with considerable backlash. This already feels more different than what Simpsons/Family Guy/Bobs Burgers constantly fall back on.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#3: Apr 27th 2021 at 12:33:57 PM

It feels good to see something Flintstones-related that isn’t extremely safe and boring.

The legend has returned.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#4: Apr 27th 2021 at 12:36:55 PM

That's what you think,wait and see until it airs.

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
HBarnill Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#5: Apr 27th 2021 at 1:17:23 PM

It's Banks so I'm sure there will be a lot of unnecessary Toilet Humor in it.

Then again, the same could be said for the previous dude who was gonna do this, so go figure.

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#6: Apr 27th 2021 at 1:31:56 PM

To be fair, from what I remember Mc Farlane's mandate was to recreate the original show, rather than approach the material from a new direction.

There was The Pebbles and Bam-Bam Show, which was part of The Flintstones Comedy Hour in 1971, that featured a teenaged Pebbles and Bam-Bam. I recall the made for TV movies where Pebbles and Bam-Bam got married (I Yabba-Dabba-Do) and had a baby (Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby). So Bedrock, while it is technically covering ground that hasn't quite been covered before, isn't exactly an entirely new approach.

It's surprising really just how many series the Flintstones have had. I think most folks tend to imagine they had their original run from '60 to '66 and that was it, but they had a variety of them all through the 70's and '80's, plus a host of television specials.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7: Apr 27th 2021 at 1:33:50 PM

I'm interested in seeing them update the concept to the new twenties.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#8: Apr 27th 2021 at 1:48:20 PM

I'm curious as to what they mean by going from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. IRL the Bronze Age is when we start getting our first Civilizations (Egypt, the Euphrates City-States, the Indus Valley City-States, early Greece and China, etc). So what exactly does this mean for Bedrock? Are Dinosaurs disappearing/going extinct? Are Cars going to stop relying on foot power? This is an interesting concept, but I wonder what the actual implications are going to be.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#9: Apr 27th 2021 at 6:55:58 PM

As long as Seth Mac Farlane can't shit all over the source material I'd be fine with whatever.

IvanovTroping97 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#10: Apr 27th 2021 at 9:07:46 PM

[up] He'll probably be a recurring cast member, at best.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#11: Apr 27th 2021 at 9:14:51 PM

I don't know.

Mac Farlane has shown he can do more than toilet humour.

The Orville proves it.

Of course since he already admitted that his humour style didn't work back when he was trying to write the series, it's a moot point.

Edited by HandsomeRob on Apr 27th 2021 at 4:15:10 PM

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XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#12: Mar 10th 2023 at 1:04:55 PM

According to Deadline, FOX has finally picked up the adult-animated series with a cast announcement.

A primetime animated adult comedy series continuing the story of the Stone Age family, Bedrock catches up with the Flintstone family two decades later, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm’s club.

Elizabeth Banks, who has been shepherding the project as exec producer, will lead the voice cast of the series, starring as Pebbles, the adult daughter of Fred and Wilma.

The project has scored a pilot presentation, two years after it emerged that it was first in the works at Fox.

The cast also includes:

badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#13: Mar 10th 2023 at 1:14:04 PM

What you do know, it got greenlit. There's definitely a lot of potential here, and it seems Fox agrees. Hopefully, Velma hasn't soured audience perceptions on new Hanna-Barbera cartoons too much (different studios and writers, I know, but still).

Edited by badtothebaritone on Mar 10th 2023 at 3:15:44 AM

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#14: Mar 10th 2023 at 1:18:21 PM

Might sour some people on adult reimaginings of kids shows, really. The Flintstones started as an adult thing, IIRC, though. We've gone full circle.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Mega_zxa Since: Mar, 2015
#15: Mar 10th 2023 at 1:33:24 PM

I'm open to this. The thing I'm really curious about is Pebble and Bamm-Bamms relationship. Are they going to make "Will they or Won't they" be a focal point of the series, just have them be friends, or are they going to have them already in a relationship and make the drama come from the challenges of maintaining a healthy and strong relationship.

Personally I'm kinda hoping they are already in a relationship and it focuses on maintaining a strong and healthy relationship.

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#16: Mar 10th 2023 at 2:02:42 PM

This seriously stinks of Velma at a glance. Hope I'm wrong but I'm not getting my hopes up.

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#17: Mar 10th 2023 at 2:03:41 PM

they would have to be trying really hard to make it as bad as Velma

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#18: Mar 10th 2023 at 2:13:54 PM

It takes a pretty egotistical writer to make something like Velma. Banks isn't that.

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#19: Mar 10th 2023 at 2:20:51 PM

Anyone know what the approach to Bamm-Bamm is going to be? I don't mind the idea of not putting him and Pebbles together, but I hope they don't make him a loser.

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#20: Mar 10th 2023 at 3:03:56 PM

I think that it's gonna be harder to make the Flinstones gritty and relatable than Scooby-Doo was, honestly.

Even the Mark Russel comic about capitalism still kept all the goofy elements.

badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#21: Mar 10th 2023 at 3:17:21 PM

"We participated in a genocide, Barney!"

Or am I thinking of the wrong comic?

SpongeGuy11 Since: Jun, 2018
#22: Mar 10th 2023 at 3:18:22 PM

So, any thoughts on the voice actors they cast? How do you all think they'll do?

Heck, any sadness that they didn't get Jeff Bergman, Tress MacNeille, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Grey DeLisle back as Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty?

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#23: Mar 10th 2023 at 4:23:53 PM

[up] Stephen Root as Fred is a pretty inspired casting.

Just a person. He/him.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24: Mar 10th 2023 at 5:27:19 PM

I think this is... the third attempt at a Flintstone's sequel era?

There was the Pebbles and Bamm Bamm show, and then the sequel movies where Pebbles is about to get married, and then they just kind of dropped the idea (and the Flintstones IP in general).

It's crazy that for being a property with a lot of cultural real estate even now, the Flintstones hasn't had any new installments in so long.

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#25: Mar 10th 2023 at 5:39:38 PM

They did try a new Flintstones show recently with Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, but that show was Screwed by the Network pretty much from the word go and so a lot of people didn't ever get to see it (unless they had HBO Max).

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."

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