So is DOH due out on video this week?

[bull]

I guess I'll finally "get" to see it. 

[The Ghoul]

yes!! tuesday!! I cant wate!
I saw it at the movies and it was awsome!!
funny i liked the genral lee better in the beginning but then again im a rat rod fan!
seriously if you just disconnect from what you know and just enjoy the move with no preconseptions, its funny, great driving and the eye candy ant bad.
oh yeah and its still corny as hell!

[69_500]

It was a pretty decent movie. I didn't care for all the foul language though. I was hoping it would be a movie me and my son could enjoy together during the next few years. But I guess not.

I do love the car jumps in the movie though.

[andy74]

my wife works part time at a video store,and we get to see all the new movies,before you guys can! :nana:i watched it yesterday,and it was just okay,not as good as the real thing-jessica looks really good in the bikini,and i agree,they didnt need to swear so much,speacially the f'word

[greenpigs]

Thats what hillbilly's do, cus up a storm. I'll waste my $ on it also and thank goodness for that mute button.

[69_500]

I'd have to disagree, hillbillies don't cuss up a storm. I have grown up around a lot of hillbillies, and most of them are very respectful when other people are around.

[greenpigs]

I'd have to disagree, hillbillies don't cuss up a storm. I have grown up around a lot of hillbillies, and most of them are very respectful when other people are around.

Of course you disagree.

Most hillbilly's I know are polite if they know you but you run your mouth and they got a well with your name in it.
I have yet to meet someone that swears like a drunk sailer that was intelligent.

[inhrmswy]

Im a sailor and ususally cuss like a drunk one, I happen to be quite intelligent too.  I have learned 2 different jobs in the 12 years Ive been in.  Electronics (communications and radar) as well as Gas Turbine Mechanics.  I also dabble in QA.   Im not offended by the drunken sailor remark but I know some that might be.

[41husk]

I saw it at the show and ordered it at the video store.

[The Ghoul]

Im a sailor and ususally cuss like a drunk one, I happen to be quite intelligent too.   I have learned 2 different jobs in the 12 years Ive been in.   Electronics (communications and radar) as well as Gas Turbine Mechanics.   I also dabble in QA.     Im not offended by the drunken sailor remark but I know some that might be.

I am a gass turbine mechanic and i am dumb as hell and rearly often cuss or drink.
One off the cuff statement dosent need 3 post contesting and getting offended..
all the hill billys i know swear
all the saylors I know swear
all the intellegint people i know swear
and my grandma drinks an swears like an engineer
The movie wasent made for kids get over it.
your kids will appreciate it when there old enough to buy the unrated version themselfs

[greenpigs]

 

[69_500]

I just was saying that Hollywood missed the point on this one. There would have been a huge market to young kids if they hadn't used so much swearing. Not everyone swears you know.
You have never met anyone who swears like a sailor yet is intelligent? Ever heard of Mensa? They are full of people who are polite, some who are hillbillies, and plenty who swear like sailors.

[dodgeboy67]

if i could see it for free i  wouldnt pass up the chance.......but to me it seemed like a very poorly casted movie

the way i understood it , the originally planned cast all backed out, because they thought the script was a slap in the face to the series

paul walker was supposed to be bo
ashton kutcher was luke (not that he was any better, but johnny knoxville????honestly, what were they thinking?)

although mr knoxville couldve pulled off a role as cooter i think


jessica wouldve been ok as daisy if she at least died her hair brown

[Johnny SixPack]

I downloaded it to preview it before I bought it, and liked it enough to preorder the DVD.

It definitely ain't the original, but they didn't bill it to be.

It's like comparing the movie, "Airplane", to, "Airport".

They loosely based on the same things, but wholely different of each other.

DOH-"05 just keeps the names too.

[bull]

I just got it at the video store today and skipped through it. Other than the Charger it looks like it bears little resemblance to the TV show. I also see no point to the swearing. Like 69 500 said they eliminated a large portion of their audience by putting it in. A movie script definitely creates a controlled environment; it's not like they had to have it. IMO they would have had a much better film had they made it more family-friendly.

[ramit]

my wife works part time at a video store,and we get to see all the new movies,before you guys can! :nana:i watched it yesterday,and it was just okay,not as good as the real thing-jessica looks really good in the bikini,and i agree,they didnt need to swear so much,speacially the f'word

Wow!  I can't believe you are saying they use the f-word to much.  Aren't you the king of the f-word?     Just giving you crap!

[The Ghoul]

After the bowling ally last night I went and picked it up (1am).
I still think it’s a great movie. I love the unrated dorm parts.   
I think this movie was along the lines of Starkey and hutch where it was better off geared towards people that are old enough to remember the series. I know how disappointed it is when you want to share something with a youngster only to find out its not appropriate for them.
I still defend the casting. What I liked about it was both bo and luke looked like how they would in real life (the general in the beginning as well). I think willy as uncle Jessie was great, personality wise I think boss was dead on but I didn’t like skinny boss. Jessica Simpson was a big mistake though but I can’t really think of a big name that would be any better.
I think I like the choice for bo and luke in the series they looked too much like pretty boys; and they put that car through so much just to have it still looking pristine. I will admit they make Uncle Jessie a little too crude, in the series he was supposed to be the good example, other than the moon shine.

[BrianShaughnessy]

The unrated dorm scenes are much better than the theater version. 

In regards to the F-word... what?  twice?  Not a big deal to me - cause I didn't recall it at all in the theater version. 

Anyway, it's just a movie, and I like it for the most part.     

[Drache]

For all you DOH fans!

[69_500]

I recall hearing the F word plenty of times in the theater version too. But to me what really puts a dent in the image is the pot smoking scene's. I mean come on, it was a family show on TV, so why do they think they have to change every good thing and put in somethings else.

[greenpigs]

I recall hearing the F word plenty of times in the theater version too. But to me what really puts a dent in the image is the pot smoking scene's. I mean come on, it was a family show on TV, so why do they think they have to change every good thing and put in somethings else.

    Because they screwed it up so bad they wanted to make sure it was totally unwatchable, like Godzilla with mattew brodik-sic.

[4forty]

Just rented it last night and thought they did a great job on it. I was always a serious dukes fan growing up and really like how the car was part of the cast. Great chase scenes,( like Atlanta chase) . Lots of great General stunts!!! The car was in almost every scene and Bo really loved it!!        well done, could have used less swearing and knockers so my kids could see it but...............

[bull]

I was talking to my wife about the movie and I came to the conclusion that only four of the main characters were anything like they were in the TV show. The General, Enos, Cooter and believe it or not, Daisy. Despite all the whining about casting her in that role I think Jessica Simpson captured Daisy's personality better than any other cast member captured theirs, other than the General. She was sweet and innocent yet sexy and tough when she needed to be. Bo and Luke were nothing like the TV show characters and neither were Boss Hogg, Uncle Jesse and Rosco. Rosco and Hogg were cocky, stoic and mean and Uncle Jesse was just a dirty old pot head. Johnny Knoxville does a great Johnny Knoxville and the other guy was just an angry, bumbling psycho with a car fetish. It was just a weird experience overall and I felt like I needed a shower after watching it. But hey, I got to see lots of Charger and that was cool. I really didn't like seeing them get mangled though. After it's all said and done I think we could have survived just fine without a Dukes of Hazzard movie.

[69_500]

I'll admit I liked the movie. But I was hoping for a movie that I could share with my kids too. Then again i guess in another 18 years I'll be able to share it with my son.

[JimShine]

The swearing doesn't bother me. I tend to swear more often than most people though. It s a daily part of my vocabulary, F words and all. Since I am a resposible person and have never been in trouble, I don't see what the harm in it. It is the context in how it is used that I watch. Even a not so nasty word can be used to hurt people if it is used the wrong way.

[69_500]

I agree words other than swear words can harm people just as much. But I just don't want my 2 year old walking around repeating what they are saying in that movie.

[JimShine]

I don't blame you. I wouldn't let a 2 year old see it. Leave the show for them. After 8 I would be cool though, but in the end, it is up to each individual parent to decide.

[69_500]

Well he already watched the movie at the drive in this summer. But then again he was more facinated with dad's Charger in the drive in, than he was with the movie. So I don't think it hurt him any.

[volk68]

I was talking to my wife about the movie and I came to the conclusion that only four of the main characters were anything like they were in the TV show. The General, Enos, Cooter and believe it or not, Daisy. Despite all the whining about casting her in that role I think Jessica Simpson captured Daisy's personality better than any other cast member captured theirs, other than the General. She was sweet and innocent yet sexy and tough when she needed to be. Bo and Luke were nothing like the TV show characters and neither were Boss Hogg, Uncle Jesse and Rosco. Rosco and Hogg were cocky, stoic and mean and Uncle Jesse was just a dirty old pot head. Johnny Knoxville does a great Johnny Knoxville and the other guy was just an angry, bumbling psycho with a car fetish. It was just a weird experience overall and I felt like I needed a shower after watching it. But hey, I got to see lots of Charger and that was cool. I really didn't like seeing them get mangled though. After it's all said and done I think we could have survived just fine without a Dukes of Hazzard movie.

I have to agree.  I watched this movie last night, and while I absolutely loved the General and the stunts for it, I really didn't like the movie overall.  I remember Boss being more of a wannabe bad guy, but to dim to actually get it done.  Roscoe was a scatterbrain with a stutter, not some bar bouncer mean guy.  Uncle Jessie was the moral compass of the show, not dope smoking dirty joke tellin' old man.  I don't remember Luke as a sex crazed man whore in the original, nor do I remember Bo being a psycho.

Now, I wasn't expecting this movie to be just like the original, and I didn't expect it to be super clean, but I was really surprised how different it was.  The only things this movie has in common with the original are the car and the names of the characters.  Unfortunately, the profanity was wholly gratuitous and seemed to be there just to try and make the movie "hip" or something.  I really felt dissappointed that it couldn't be a family movie.

[69_500]

good overview there Volk.

I agree.

[JimShine]

" I don't remember Luke as a sex crazed man whore in the original"

I think that is one of the very few original items that carried over to the movie. In the early episodes we see that as being part of Luke's character. He meets an old ex in "Daisy's Song" working as a prostitue. He asks her what she is doing there and she says "Compared to you, this is a step up in the world". In "Luke's Love Story" we see Luke falling in love and actually tells this woman he wants her to be faithful, but he needs the ability to be able to see other women on the side. I also see it as maybe a slight reflection of Tom Wopat, who lived much like a rock star back in the day. There is even a little chops busting in one of the show DVD's commentaries about this when Cathy asks him how many kids he has now with a laugh.

[4forty]

I still liked it alot, the GL with hemi screaming coming onto the race track with a dozen state troopers in pursuit!   gave me goosebumps!

Still would not let my kids see it. At least you can rent or buy DVD's of the entire original series which I love to watch with my 8 & 10 year olds, and you don't have to worry about F'bombs and bouncing funbags. It could of been much worse.   (was pretty disappointed with Roscoe being meanass   instead of a bumbling cop you like.)

[General_01]

I watched the movie with my 8 and 10 year old girls. Took them to the theater and watched it last night too. The reason I let them watch it is because they have heard dirty words. They also know that they are not to use dirty words. My youngest ones favorite word from the movie is "Boomshakalaka".

[2Gunz]

Like alot of movies and Im pretty sure this one as well, the studios have to fight for the ratings.
And by fight I mean try to get a PG-13 rating.

The PG rating movie ticket wise is the kiss of death, unless of course you are targeting kids directly.

PG-13 is the place you want to be, get alot of kids and the adults. Plus alot of adults will skip the "bad" parts so the kids can watch.

R is also a bad rating.... but generally better than PG.


Anyway what shoulda been and prolly was at one point a PG rated movie, had stuff added to get the PG-13 rating.

I havent seen talk of this specifically about DOH. However its common practice for alot of movies.

Blame the almighty dollar on this one.

[2Gunz]

" I don't remember Luke as a sex crazed man whore in the original"

I think that is one of the very few original items that carried over to the movie. In the early episodes we see that as being part of Luke's character. He meets an old ex in "Daisy's Song" working as a prostitue. He asks her what she is doing there and she says "Compared to you, this is a step up in the world". In "Luke's Love Story" we see Luke falling in love and actually tells this woman he wants her to be faithful, but he needs the ability to be able to see other women on the side. I also see it as maybe a slight reflection of Tom Wopat, who lived much like a rock star back in the day. There is even a little chops busting in one of the show DVD's commentaries about this when Cathy asks him how many kids he has now with a laugh.

Im going to add to this.
If you watch the first episodes, DOH was a 9pm time slot show. It was an adult drama and not a family show at all. Later on in the series the show starts to take the shape that everybody came to know.

Roscoe was not a bumbling idiot, and was mean.  Boss hog was a  strong character and not the rolly polly wuss.

In one of the first episodes Daisy, bo and luke are in the bar and Daisy says to Bo " that man wants to take me to the no tell motel" Bo replys "if you wherent my cousin.......".   Or something very close to that.

[HAZZARDJOHN]

2Gunz is right, but I think the biggest dissapointment to me was Undle Jesse. Uncle Jesse was the best character in the series. He is what brought it back to somewhat of a reality. No matter what crazy thing they were doing, there was Jesse to set them straight. I think Denver Pyle wuold be rolling over in his grave if he knew what the writers did to his character. The theatrical version is pretty close to the original five episodes in feeling, except for the Psycotic Bo and the "Man Whore" Luke. I find this movie entertaining, but I look at it as a different entity with the same character names and a beautiful Charger. The best part of the movie is my current avatar! That is a great looking car!

Just my Two cents

~HJ

[greenpigs]

  I got my copy yesterday for $13.99 and I fell cheated. The general is in it a fair amount which is good because after 15minutes I muted it and just turned the sound on when a chase was going on. Good thing I bought Fight Club and the Transporter so it wasn't a wasted trip.

[bull]

Yea, the more I think about that movie the more I wish I would have watched something else. Or nothing.

[greenpigs]

Yea, the more I think about that movie the more I wish I would have watched something else. Or nothing.

Something like Rosanna and Rosie O'Donnell mud wrestle..NAKED!!

[bull]

Yea, the more I think about that movie the more I wish I would have watched something else. Or nothing.

Something like Rosanna and Rosie O'Donnell mud wrestle..NAKED!!

You just can't stop thinking about that can you? They're both out of work right now, I'm sure you could arrange something with their agents for less than $10k. Maybe put it on Pay Per View.

[JR]

Yea, the more I think about that movie the more I wish I would have watched something else. Or nothing.

Something like Rosanna and Rosie O'Donnell mud wrestle..NAKED!!

You just can't stop thinking about that can you? They're both out of work right now, I'm sure you could arrange something with their agents for less than $10k. Maybe put it on Pay Per View.

I think more money would be made from people paying NOT to watch it. I'll send you 20 bucks today if you can guarantee that my eyes will never be so brutally punished. Oh god make it stop.

[chrisII]

ok i didnt get a chance to see it in the theater, so last night i rented it. remember im 32, never married (prolly soon tho) with no kids. and I LOVED IT!  granted it didnt have the charm of the origional, and there really are no actors out there who could have replaced the origional cast. i think that for that reason the movie makers didn't try to duplicate the cast. i think jessica did a great job as daisy! dyeing her hair would have ben a mistake. she doesnt have the same curves as the origional,however she has great curves yes there were major differences throughout between the movie and the series, but the movie does justice to the series. I for one didnt eben notice the swearing, and if i had kids i wouldnt worry about 8 or up seeing this movie (the rated vershon). your kids will hear much worse on the playground at school. its better not to hide the world from them, and just explain to them that that is ADULT language.

[Shakey]

I find it hard to believe that many of you actually think that the original series was meant to be a "family" show.  I would think that the young children of today would understand some "cuss" words, just as easily as the young children of the late '70's and early '80's understood that running illegal liquor, prostitution, counterfitting and assaulting police officers was part of everyday life in the Southern United States.

[Carlwalski]

Are you guys talking video or DVD?!?  I thought Videos went out with the stone age? lol 

[SeattleCharger]

                 



                                    YEEHAAA!!!!                       

[bull]

Are you guys talking video or DVD?!?   I thought Videos went out with the stone age? lol  

audio -- sound
video -- visual

[Brock Samson]

  I just watched it again, DVD and the Production Values are pretty damn good..
I'd think you's like the outtakes..    it's alittle raw it is.. I like how sweet the Charger tracks,.. totally tossable...  too.  :drive:Some great moments but silly.. I liked how they did the sceans like in jail and the college... and how the DVD compared to the theater release... The interior looked like who ever did the spray bombs did'a great job... he should'a got an acadamy award! 

[SeattleCharger]

  I love the soundtrack to this movie, like AC DC when they are in the chase scene.  Just plain rocks to have that music and the Charger hauling azz, awesome. 
  I don't ever buy dvd's, but this one I will buy.   Thought the movie was pretty funny too, the Stifmeister is always funny, and Johnny was funny too.  Also liked the cameo appearances from the cops from that other movie, you know, when they get pulled over at the campus?   

[greenpigs]

I love the soundtrack to this movie, like AC DC when they are in the chase scene. Just plain rocks to have that music and the Charger hauling azz, awesome.
I don't ever buy dvd's, but this one I will buy. Thought the movie was pretty funny too, the Stifmeister is always funny, and Johnny was funny too. Also liked the cameo appearances from the cops from that other movie, you know, when they get pulled over at the campus?

You need to slow down meow.

[bull]

I thought the movie was fair, until I borrowed DOH season 1 from my brother-in-law, and now I think the movie totally sucked. It was unnecessary, foul trash from beginning to end and bore no resemblance to the show except for the Charger and maybe Daisy and Cooter.

[SeattleCharger]

I love the soundtrack to this movie, like AC DC when they are in the chase scene. Just plain rocks to have that music and the Charger hauling azz, awesome.
I don't ever buy dvd's, but this one I will buy. Thought the movie was pretty funny too, the Stifmeister is always funny, and Johnny was funny too. Also liked the cameo appearances from the cops from that other movie, you know, when they get pulled over at the campus?

You need to slow down meow.

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