January Meme: Post 1

[lookashiny]

corvidology What do you think The Rat Patrol would be like if they made it now?

I think it would probably be a more serious show. Most action-oriented shows these days are an hour long and tend to be more arc-based, so it would probably follow that. There would be more character development and Troy's dead father and Moffitt's dead brother would be milked for more tragedy instead of being mentioned once or twice. Tully would probably be made darker and would match the roguish criminal type they seemed to originally want him to be. The whole show would probably be darker and grittier, really. Dietrich would either be more of a villain or made to be more sympathetic, in which case he'd potentially side with the good guys in the end. Or die redeeming himself, or something. There would probably be the same amount of explosions, though.

Comments

[corvidology]

It's amazing the things they used to think you could do in 30 minutes but then 10 minutes of that time wasn't advertising.

I'm sure you're right about it being darker and grittier and more tragic... and about the explosions. :D

[lookashiny]

Yeah, they had fewer advertising minutes. The show was still pretty rapidly paced, even then.