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Dukes Fans Weigh in on movie

Dukes Fans Weigh on the Movie

Hey y’all, MaryAnne here. Well, it’s been a week since the release of the Dukes movie and folks ain’t simmerin’ down for nothin’! Our forums are red hot with fans reviews and comments and if you haven’t jumped into the fray yet, what are you waiting for???

HNet Forums

Two thirds of the HNet staff has seen the film and I have yet to post my own review (I’ll get to it! LOL).

Summer Housecleaning

All of July’s news items have been moved to archive. The archive as also been re-arranged. Y’know going back through we had a lot of news to report in the last 8 months!

You Can’t Beat the Originals!

I dunno about y’all but I’m ready to get back to talkin’ about the original Dukes. And thankfully, coming up on CMT on the 20th is their Stacked program, featuring the original cast and their favorite country music videos. Mark yer calendars y’all!

Runnin’ From Rosco – A Successful End!

Meantime, our Runnin’ from Rosco Sweepstakes has ended and we thank all y’all that entered! Stay tuned for the five winners and who knows, we may even pick a random winner from the rest of the entrants for a consilation prize! (Prize yet to be determined LOL).

Dukes of Hazzard Returns to UK Television!

Also just learned that the Dukes of Hazzard has returned to television in England! The show can be seen at 10am on Bravo (Sky channel 124) and on Bravo+1 (Sky channel 125) at 11am.

Dukes Movie Stimulates Box Office

DUKES MOVIE STIMULATES BOX OFFICE
â€œThe Dukes of Hazzardâ€ Â drew enough attention during opening weekend to stack an estimated 30 million in the bank.Â While most critics were soft on their enthusiasm, youthful audiences stood up and took notice of the film. Â Â And despite rigid objections that arose over certain elements of the script, even the most reluctant Dukes fans are finding some appeal in the movie.Â
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Visit our Forums page for an eyeful of fan reviews and feedback!Â Stay tuned to our homepage for more news, photos, and smarmy remarks!Â

NEW DUKES AIM FOR BIG BLAST AT BOX OFFICE

Theyâ€™re not just whistlinâ€™ Dixie.Â Warner Bros is unleashing this down-home cash collector on nearly 3800 theatres.Â Even if you ainâ€™t interested, thereâ€™s no avoiding the ads, TV specials, and media hype thatâ€™s been pitched at your head and bounced up into your undercarriage.Â All in all, itâ€™s impressive marketing. Especially since the original Dukes of Hazzard was oft treated like a rogue cousin from the wrong side of the WB family.Â Â

Times have changed, and now WB execs are ready to yeeehaaw all the way to the bank.Â Fans are expected to do their part and reach into their wallet repeatedly.Â No matter what side of the fan debates anybody has been on, 01 thing is for hot-damn sure. Leadfoot lawlessness is about to be back in style.

The HazzardNet Forums will be red-hot with fan reviews, and we encourage yaâ€™ll to fire away with your best shots about the flick!Â Â Meanwhile, weâ€™ll share the industry news and officious-type stuff as fast as we can get it.Â If youâ€™ve got news thatâ€™s worth sending via flaming arrow, shoot it to us through the Contact Page.Â

To kick things off, below is an article from Variety, which has been edited for pertinent content.

â€œDukesâ€ Getting in Gear

Warner Bros. drives the General Lee into 3,785 theaters today.Â “The Dukes of Hazzard” is the studioâ€™s only fresh wide releaseWith plenty of room in the marketplace, a saturation release pattern and an uptick in tracking, “Dukes,” which stars Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson, should have no trouble claiming the top spot on the box office chart.Only drama is how high it goes. Industry expectations are for “Dukes” to get past the $25 million mark, with an upper limit of $30 million.

Retreads of 1970s television titles have a pretty decent track record. “Charlie’s Angels” popped to $40.1 million when it debuted in November 2000. Sequel “Full Throttle” didn’t quite live up to expectations but still opened to $37.1 million in June 2003. And “Starsky and Hutch” opened to $28.1 million in March 2004.

Of course, all tube reduxes have not performed to expectations. Earlier this summer, “Bewitched” (taken from a slightly earlier TV era) opened to $20 million and has cumed just $60.7 million.

Tracking on PG-13-rated “Dukes” is solid across the board but strongest among people under 25 — folks who weren’t watching TV when the original skein was on the air.

Still, Warners distribution honcho, Dan Fellman, says the younger audiences are familiar with the show. “Our research shows they’ve watched it on reruns and they like our cast. We’re playing to a specific audience.”

He added that older audiences will also be drawn to the pic. “We’ve got a four-quadrant movie,” he said.

“Dukes” has found its most devoted fan base in the heartland — reruns air on Country Music Television — which has led some observers to question whether the pic will have coastal appeal.

“Everybody kids around and says it’s a Red State movie,” said Fellman, “but our screenings in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have played just as well as elsewhere. It’s a movie that everyone will enjoy.”

Too Many Roscos

Double your pleasure! Double your fun! Well, actually, it’s more like double the trouble when Woody rolls into town. CMT just aired “Too Many Roscos”, bound to be a favorite with Rosco fans since it features twice as much of him.

An old standby of TV writers, the doppleganger episode (also see Baa Baa White Sheep, Double Dukes) ranks right up there with those other writer favorites, amnesia (My Son Bo Hogg) and getting trapped in a bank vault (Dukescam Scam –Â you may also substitute anÂ elevator, meat locker, etc.) prevalent in 1980’s television.

At any rate,Â this episodeÂ gives James Best a chance to step out of the Rosco role for a minute and play it a little more serious. It’s obvious he relishes every minute of it. Rosco was a naive character andÂ therefore mostly harmless. Woody, however, is Rosco all grown up and from the wrong side of the tracks.Â And unlike the StarÂ Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”,Â we don’t evenÂ get the benefit of a goatee to tell them apart. In the end, Rosco’s childlike demeanor and naivete is whatÂ convinces Boss he’s the real deal.Â

This episodeÂ also reinforces what we already knew. Even though there’s no love lost between the Dukes and Boss and Rosco, neither side wants to see the other harmed in any way.Â In the end, itÂ shows us that **Uncle Jesse News Flash** “Rosco was a human bein’!” and Hazzard wouldn’t be the same without him.

-Meadowmufn

Dukes of Hazzard Movie Premiere

Hey y’all, MaryAnne here once again for more dang news!! Good thing Boss didn’t have me working at WHOGG. I’d be costing him money with all the news broadcasts… Khee!

Well folks we’re four days away from DDDMR-Day. Translated: Ding-Dang-Dukes-Movie-Release Day. I dunno about y’all but I’ll be so glad when the thing is finally in the theaters. No, it’s not that I’m necessarily looking forward to the flick. I’ve had enough of the yap and build up to the darn thing! It’s like, “Let’s just put this darn thing in the theaters and be over it!!! GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I think I need a vacation. LOL

Anyway! On to some news here!

Season Four DVD!!

Besides the movie release on Friday we have even bigger news for tomorrow. If y’all ain’t been paying attention (or you forgot to mark yer calendars) season four of the Dukes will be released tomorrow, August 2! Here’s a shot of the back of the DVD case and a look at the extras that’ll be included!

Season Four — Back cover

Thanks to a loyal Dukes fan in the land down under (that’s Australia y’all!) for the link! =)

GQ Goes Thrillbilly

Well, okay not really but given that the July issue of GQ featured Jessica Simpson and the August issue features Johnny Knoxville, I’m thinkin’ September will probably have Sean William Scott on the cover.

No, wait. Scratch that. Better yet they should feature this guy on the next cover…..

Definitely GQ material!

However, Jay Chandrasekhar as seen at the Hollywood premier on July 28th….definitely NOT GQ material.

Sorry, Jay. Yikes.

Anyway, speaking of the movie premier in Hollywood…

John Schneider Attends Movie Premier in Hollywood

This came as quite a surprise, given John’s initial opinion of the movie (“I wouldn’t drive my car through that script.”)

Apparently in his newsletter that fans receive via email however, John had this to say about the film..

“Quick review: Amazing car work in the movie. The language is not always great, but the fun is there as is the BO/Luke relationship. Be careful about taking your smaller kids to see it, but I thank your teen will love it!”

And there you have it. Yeah I’m scratchin’ my head on this one.

More premier photos can be found at Getty Images

There’s also some pics in the Getty Images collection of the movie cast with the Soldiers and Marines at the premier on July 29th at MCAS Miramar in San Diego. Also when you get to the end of the listing of pics you’ll find some great photos of the original cast members although most of it’s Coy and Vance.

Initial Review of the Duke Movie: “Starts Off on the Wrong Foot and Keeps Heading, Appropriately, South.”

The Hollywood Reporter gives a first glimpse review of the Dukes movie….

Movie Review – Dukes of Hazzard

Classic Charger Prices Get a Boost From Dukes Movie

I could barely afford one before…now I’m just as priced out of this market as I am the housing market. Ah well, I’ll stick to my Firebird thankyaverymuch. =)

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