New CHiPs Movie

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This sums up how I feel. Not just the quote below, but the whole letter you can read at the following link.

 

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Your movie just isn’t CHiPs. Sure, it’s about the California Highway Patrol, and has two characters named Jon and Ponch, but that’s where the similarities end. Now, I understand when you do a remake you have to freshen it up, I don’t have any problem with that. You didn’t do that though, you just eradicated everything that made CHiPs beloved with its fans (many I need to point out, just like back in the 70s and 80s, are children!) starting with the characters themselves.

 

https://medium.com/@suewalsh/an-open-letter-to-dax-shepard-76f0d578c4b0#.o7fcshg6u

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Larry Wilcox was a Marine and saw action in Vietnam. His character John Baker was a Vietnam vet and I believe it was the first time in the 80s  for a TV series to have character that was Vietnam vet 

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If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.

 

That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.

 

Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.