Place: Taco Bell
Lunch: Doritos Locos Taco Supreme (no tomato), nachos supreme (no tomato), pintos and cheese, Pepsi
It's so weird to have a real modern Taco Bell in town. Weird, I tell you.
"Dallas" returned to television last night. The iconic series best known for the whole "who shot JR" deal has been remade for TNT. I watched "Dallas" and its spinoff "Knots Landing" starting a few seasons in pretty much to the end of both runs, though I was actually a bigger fan of "Knots" than "Dallas".
Most of the original core cast are in attendance with the exception of those played by actors who've since died, and Victoria Principal's Pam Ewing (Bobby's wife in the new series is "Ann", played by the always outstanding Brenda Strong). But they're just here to pass the baton. The new show is really focused around the youth of Dallas, specifically Christopher and John Ross, JR and Bobby's sons from the original series, and the women in their lives. One of the women is played by Jordana Brewster of the Fast and the Furious movies.
I thought the boys looked WAY too young to be where Christopher and John Ross would be age-wise today, but I checked the ages of the actors, and they were born at right about the time their characters would have been. They look young, in shape, and they look really good shirtless. That's something guys didn't have to be in the days of the original series. Women today are much more into the eye candy than they used to be.
I thought the show was great, if not SERIOUSLY heavy on the plot twists. As for Larry Hagman? He stepped right back into JR's shoes. He may be old and frail, but he's still the devil.
The ratings were good. The show gets a ten-episode run this year. I hope it does well and continues, but as they transition stories more towards the kids, I'm not sure how capable this bunch will be of maintaining the legacy. We have so many brilliantly written dramas today, and like the original, this isn't remotely in the same league as, say, "Mad Men".
The new Gen 3 QuikTrip opened today, just across the street from here.
Think I'll check it out on the way back to work.
