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Two things that need to be updated for a live action movie...

posted 14 years ago by kartoon-1
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I'm not into excessive PC but I think TWO things will have to change for the Live-Action movie should it come to pass.

In the opening title sequence when we come to the part where the Chorus sings 'Jane-his wife.' she holds her hand out expectantly, and when George offers her a doller, she snatches the whole wallet and takes off with it, much to Georges annoyance.

Well, understandably in the sexist 60's it was believed that women were irresponsible with money. But today not only are they making their own money but paper money is phasing out in favour of plastic.

So to update the title sequence, when George turns to Jane, he offers her his CREDIT CARD...only to have her politely decline and raise her OWN card...showing that she makes her OWN money.

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

Bump.

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[–] ExplorerDS6789 10 years ago

That's not as funny, though.

You said TWO things need to be updated. What is the second?

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

The two things are:

1) Money is becoming obsolete. George wouldn't hand Jane a dollar, he'd hand her a credit card.

2) Jane won't snatch George's wallet, she'd show that she has her own credit line.

The joke would be that modern audiences, familiar with the old intro would get the joke on how it isn't even the 25th, Century and already money and chauvinism are becoming outdated.

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[–] ExplorerDS6789 10 years ago

familiar with the old intro would get the joke on how it isn't even the 25th, Century and already money and chauvinism are becoming outdated.

I don't think it would work nearly as well. Money and chauvinism are not outdated. In fact, they've never been more INdated. And, 25th Century? Where did you get that from?

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

Well, who knows what century the Jetsons are suppose to be in, so I took a popular Sci-Fi figure, the 25th. Century.

And while money still exists, we don't handle physical money as much as we used to, now its debit and credit cards we more frequently use.

As for Chauvinism, we still have a long way to go to being a gender equal society but women are asserting themselves more today than ever (hats off to them) so by Jane's time, who knows who has the dominant income in the household?

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[–] ExplorerDS6789 10 years ago

Let's look at the two different scenes and compare and contrast:

Original:

At "Jane, his wife", George removes a single bill from his wallet, prepared to give it to Jane, letting her know this is all he hopes she'll spend. She snatches the entire wallet and heads off shopping, showing that George is the breadwinner and Jane is just a stay-at-home wife who spends all his money. Well, it's funny visually.

Your idea:

At "Jane, his wife", George would pull out his credit card and just as he offers it to Jane, she pulls out her own. MAYBE this could work, though it doesn't seem to be as funny. Maybe if the scene had some dialogue and it were developed, it might be funny, but this is only a 3-second segment during the introduction. They need visual gags. Maybe if Jane whips out her own Space Express, George could put on a big OMG! face as she lets herself out of the car. He watches her go, looking uneasy. The connotation here being that she's going to go on a wild spending spree and fill their apartment with even more gauche crap.

Was that kind of what you had in mind?

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

No, it's just that it's (annoyingly) politically incorrect today to have that old school kind of sexism (the feminists would get all butt-hurt)so my gag would be a swipe at that old stereotyped belief by having Jane pretty much say; "I have my own credit line, thank you."

A lot of wives these days are not as dependant on their husbands as back in the 60's. My 'change' would be a humorous statement of that!
People who watched the old show (which is just about everybody)would get the gag that plastic has replaced paper and that women have their own.

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[–] ExplorerDS6789 10 years ago

You just don't get it, do you?

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

I do get it.

I think you're just trolling!

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[–] ExplorerDS6789 10 years ago

"I think you're just trolling!"

Calling the kettle black, I see.

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[–] kartoon-1 10 years ago

Anybody else wish to comment?

No trolling or you will be reported and/or ignored.

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[–] gallileo60 9 years ago

OP, must not be married...My ol lady still has her hand out on pay day...We like it that way..

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