Seth MacFarlane to Reboot The Flintstones

I admit, I was pretty shocked and upset when I first heard about this. Now I'm optimistic and will be keeping an eye on it. I really doubt WB will let him alter it to a Family Guy degree - after all, the Flintstones push a lot of children's products! They probably wouldn't want to anger parents, either.
 
Yeah, I'm looking at this with an open mind because, even with Seth adding all his trademarks into this (talking Dino is a given if you ask me), it has potential to be good, so I'll be checking it out.

Of course, it could also completely suck.

We'll see.
 
I will remain skeptical until I see some footage. This could go totally wrong, but it could also be great. Maybe they will do a pilot ep. and see how the audience reacts to it ?!?!
 
As long as this gets support from Winston cigarettes, it's fine with me :D

Seriously though, count me as neutral; while I'm not completely for or against MacFarlane at the helm of this reboot, as I was never big about the Flintstones - curiosity has the best of me for now.
 
I might be in the minority, but I believe that this reboot will stay close to the standards of the original. Despite the content of Mr. MacFarlene's shows, he is surely capable of writing more family friendly material. How the show will be executed, I believe, will have to depend on who their target market for this show is. The Flintstones in it's heyday was a primetime sitcom that catered to adults. However, as time progressed reruns started appearing on kid-friendly hours and spinoffs, like The Flintsones Kids and Pebbles and Bam-Bam, seemed to target children specifically as the demographic. Because of the most recent venues the show has aired (Cartoon Network and Boomerang), one would assume that any new installment of the franchise would be aimed at either kids or families. But this is airing on Fox"s Animation Domination, which we all know has raunchy content which would alienate most families. The shows that least offends are probably The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers. Therefore, I would assume that if the show is going to be marketed to families, it would feature content similar to the afformentioned. If the show is to be marketed to a more 'adult' audience, then we could possibly see more of the standard MacFarlene handywork. But considering that The Flintstones is Warner Bros. most recognizable and profitable Hanna-Barbera brand, they will probably try to make the show appeal to the broadest demographics as possible. Knowing this, I would safely assume that The Flintstones will be family-friendly content wise, simply because I would think this would be the most economically viable for a brand that has already penertrated popular culture and is familiar to most demographics.
 
There's no reason to assume he's going to go that route with the show though. He's got Family Guy for that and consider he's not the only one writing for that show.
 
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