We hear what you’re saying:
“What? Big News? Really? About a new series that isn’t really new at all because another version with most of the same characters and actors has been on the air for 8 years? What’re you on, dood? What’re you talking about?”
Okay, for starters, check this:
We like LOUIE because it pours reality down our throats and makes us think as well as laugh about it while we’re swallowing. This isn’t exactly a common experience, which got Matt Zoller Seitz digging into some whys and wherefores:
Why Is Louie Such a Remarkable TV Show? Because It Makes Stand-Up Comedy Cinematic – by Matt Zoller Seitz
by ladyfan
When NBC announced Dan Harmon’s departure from the show Community, a shock wave echoed across the Internet – at least in the households of the shows’ fans, many of whom, in addition to watching the show, religiously follow Harmon’s tumblr (whose entries are often geared toward them) and Twitter. There was an immediate backlash from these folks, who considered Harmon synonymous with the show’s success – and it revealed an interesting trend that’s emerging in TV culture right now.
Oh hell, why not? After all, he’s David Mamet, and if you’re familiar with the protagonist of the old series, known only as Paladin, and with David, hey, they certainly talk the same. (Although to hear Richard Boone, who starred in the original version back the prehistoric ’50s and ’60s, it was thewalk that made the character. Really, that’s what he said to our very own LB.)
CBS, David Mamet Developing ‘Have Gun – Will Travel’ Reboot by Lacey Rose
Not TV, but we loved the comic and the 1991 Disney film so we’re rooting for this remake to actually happen.
Yes, rooting for a remake.
Go figure.