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Back in 1990, I had the good fortune of working as a set dresser on this flick. I had just finished on Mr. Destiny(another good movie that went unnoticed), and my boss asked if i wanted to keep working, and this came up. It was filmed in Wilmington NC, mostly at the Dino De Laurentis studios. They eveb had the King Kong robotic head laying out in the field behind one of the stages, all faded purple from the sun. I thought it was sad. However, I enjoyed dressing the sets and working inside that hug tent, laying sod and even joking with Alan Alda at one point. I thought it was cute movie but not especially endearing. Just an overblown American excess. After this one, I left the business!

I loved this series when I discovered it a few years ago.

I was born in 1960, so just about the same age as the cast. For many, watching the show every 7 years and aging along with the cast is different to someone who binges the show and sees all 8-9 installments over a few weeks. The effects are different. Unlike the anticipation of re-visiting old-friends every 7 years, and comparing notes, as to how things have been going, when you watch it all in a matter of weeks, you see the 50 years of life go by, and it kind of freaks you out! You feel like life has gone by so fast and suddenly we are old. We know it isn't quite like that, but the feeling is there. It brings on a real sense of sadness in many ways. The idea of this series is groundbreaking and took a tremendous commitment from the cast and crew and the director Michael Apted, who sadly passed in 2021.

I am sure we want to revisit the cast that is left, but as they all are approaching their senior years, some may not want others to see them, especially if they are struggling with health issues. My point about how the internet has changed the world and social media, is that millions upon millions of kids post up every dy about the lives they lead and over the years they can look back at themselves and see a similar story about growing up and older. I have been on Facebook and posting my life since 2008, and often catch myself looking back. I only wish I could have done this from my earlier years but of course the technology wasn't around. I can only imagine someone doing this now, from single digits into their teens, through adulthood, into middle age, and beyond.

Just watched it and was not impressed. Typical crappy remake. Just leave the originals alone! Will anyone remember the remake of this, or Karate Kid or Footloose in 5 years? I doubt it.

This would have been better had it been cast with real actors and not Youtube influencer and LBGQT types. Just horrible and no real acting at all.

I am sure Jake signed on to do this because he got paid well and he got pitched without reading the script.

Oh, and the story? Not even plausible. A black-owned bar on the Florida panhandle. Hmmm. Really?

Fight scenes out of the cartoons, where one second some poor guy gets his head bashed in with a bar stool and he pops right back up and nary a scratch!

If you just take this as a chance to make a money grab off the popularity of MMA and UFC, and throw in the biggest star, well, good enough reason and what Hollywood does. I would have liked to seen this done 15 years ago with Chuck Liddell in Connors role.