Sony looking to reboot The Jeffersons, Good Times, All in the Family...

[Knights89]

JJ would be considered a c00n in 2016,matter of fact he was pushing the line for his time,aint that why John Amos left

lol yup

and the mama, esther rolle, had the storyline where her and her new husband needed to move o Arizona for his health, but behind the scenes she was tired of jj shyt too

 

[Jigganaut]

Been some good black shows lately this could be good but I doubt it

 

[IllmaticDaughter]

Why would anybody want to reboot Good Times? There's nothing funny about a Black family facing setback after setback while struggling to survive in Urban Poverty. Why would they want to glorify our past when we should be looking towards the future? If they want to reboot a Black show, it should be something like the Cosby Show or Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I'm not saying they should completely reboot the shows, but they could expand on the concepts and modernize them under a new show title.

 

[NoChillJones]

This has disaster written all over it.

Yeah, the Jeffersons was cool cause Sherman Hemsley was ruthless on em



But Good Times was one long ass minstrel show......... Surprised they not throwing Webster and That's My Mamma out there

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Are you fukkin kidding me

So Hollywood can't create original shyt anymore?? Original thought is just done?

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Why would anybody want to reboot Good Times? There's nothing funny about a Black family facing setback after setback while struggling to survive in Urban Poverty. Why would they want to glorify our past when we should be looking towards the future? If they want to reboot a Black show, it should be something like the Cosby Show or Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I'm not saying they should completely reboot the shows, but they could expand on the concepts and modernize them under a new show title.

That show was the most depressing shyt ever

 

[mrken12]

Funny how they want to reboot All In The Family when this country elected the modern day Archie Bunker.

 

[Knights89]

That show was the most depressing shyt ever

my mother told me twenty years ago when i was young and watching good times reruns "I'm not paying for cable for you to watch good times. that shyt was depressing"

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[Jello Biafra]

Yeah, the Jeffersons was cool cause Sherman Hemsley was ruthless on em

Yeah a lot of the mystique of those old Norma Lear shows had to do with catching lightning in a bottle when it came to casting the leads of those shows.

Carrol O'Connor & Jean Stapleton as Archie and Edith
Sherman Hemsley & Isabel Sanford as George and Weezie
John Amos & Esther Rolle as James and Florida

That will not be an easy job to recast those roles.

But Good Times was one long ass minstrel show......... Surprised they not throwing Webster and That's My Mamma out there

The first 1 and half to 2 seasons of Good Times were not as full blown minstrely as the show became afterwards. Initially it was a show about black folks run by a black creative team.
Backstage upheavel pushed the black presence out and then JJ became a bigger presence and the show just started becoming super-c00nish. That is why John Amos left and eventually Esther Rolle skipped out too.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Please don't

 

[Street Knowledge]

George Jefferson is one of my favorite characters ever. Successful black entrepreneur who talked shyt about Cacs with no fear

 

[OJ Simpsom]

I Wasn't Alive When The OGs Came On So I'll Check Out The Reboots.

 

[Art Barr]

No,..nikka no


Art Barr

 

[Brandeezy]

man, Sony is the fukkin worst. i don't care about these ip's, but know damn well these are terrible ideas. they're so desperate

Sony is currently the worst studio around, every movie gets a green light. I can't believe that fukking emoji movie they got coming out