Reply With Quotei liked the one in the 80s it was the best,i just dont care for the one now...........
MINI SERIES RANCH
ORGINAL DALLAS RANCH
NEW SERIES RANCH
which southfork do you prefer
1.the one in the mini series
2.the one in the regular series
3.the one in the new series
i liked the one in the 80s it was the best,i just dont care for the one now...........
i loved the house on the original series,it was so nice,this new one just doesnt seem right for some reason,i just dont get the feeling it had back in the 1980s
The one in the regular series will always be Southfork to me.
The biggest problem I have with the new Southfork is that the lay out is completely wrong compared to the set we saw for 13 yrs.
Example... The kitchen should be to the right and the living room to the left as you come through the front door. Also, the pool area is on the wrong side of the house.
I just don't like it that it's all backwards.
The mini-series Southfork wasn't grand enough for our Ewings... lol
Executive Poster
Original of course...........guess the sets were long gone. Too bad.
Add me to the list of those who love (and miss) the original interior sets on Dallas, the original series..... They just felt real, the sets had such personality they were like an additional character on the show!!
yeah my mom said that bobbys office was the old dinning room,watch last weeks show when ann ran in bobby was sitting to the right from the front door and years ago they used to walk past the stair case srtriaght to the dinning room.lolsee i know where to go to eat,,,,,,,,,lol.the new decorators should look at the pictures ewing 1 puts on so they know where to put stuff.....Originally Posted by midwestdj
None of them compare to the original
well to me the original series was the best,i just dont like this one now,its just weird to me ,if annie married me i would tell her to change it or i want a divorce........i know she has to claim but i cant marry bobby hes a dude and im a dude
Aspiring soap scribe
I prefer Southfork as it was in original Dallas series. I don't like the house at all in the new series!
apparently no one does,whats the chances they'll go back to the way it was................i even put the mini series place up there and no one picks that either,well that was before they got rich,lol............I prefer Southfork as it was in original Dallas series. I don't like the house at all in the new series!
Scriptwriter
Along with most others, I prefer the set from the original series.
But besides the set being different, the use of SF and its importance (or lack thereof) feels different to me. I don't know if anyone else feels this way. In the original series, SF was the center of things; it was just as important as the Ewing Oil offices, maybe more so. We saw great family interaction at home and many of the best arguments took place in the dining room over dinner or the living room over cocktails. Whether it was Bobby confronting JR, Sue Ellen and JR going at it (sometimes in their bedroom), Ellie and Jock disagreeing, or Pam and JR exchanging barbs, SF was home, including to us viewers. Now, the ranch doesn't feel as important any more, at least not to me. Everyone is scattered and we don't see family dinners or cocktail hours. I wish they would go back to the original format a little more. The physical set isn't as important as what takes place there, IMHO.
Aspiring soap scribe
Yeah this seems to be the one thing most of us all agree on. I didn't care much for the house used when Dallas was a limited run series but that's miles ahead of the SF exterior we have now. I don't know what the chances are of the place ever revamping it but CC says she listens to&values what the fans have to say. Hopefully, sooner or later, she'll listen to us about this.
i agree with you sf was just as important as ewing oil.....
Scriptwriter
I understand how you feel Dr.Kipling. I sometimes still feel disoriented when I am watching scenes from the new series at Southfork.I prefer Southfork as it was in original Dallas series. I don't like the house at all in the new series!
I have wondered about the new interior myself. I am just assuming that at some point since the end of the orginal series, Bobby just called in Mike Holmes (the Holmes on Homes guy) and had the interior redone and updated!!
Board Regular
the bbq in the original series rocked
i love the new dallas but i keep thinking season 2 cliff hanger should be something happening to southfork so they can make it back the way it was...something like the fire in seaon 6
Senior Board Member
The original series. Nostalgia. I wanted to live there!
i think everyone did.............
Senior Board Member
The original one! Ugh, I miss that Southfork so much!!!
i was just reading that the one used in the mini series had burnt down,and then the owner told the ewings they had to get out,so the new one was built.
Aspiring soap scribe
LOL! That's a wonderful way to sum it up Viki&Charlie.
Aspiring soap scribe
That could be a good fix for Season 3's Southfork. Good idea.
Maybe this current Southfork is sitting on some form of a sink hole?
Southfork could sink in Season 2 final?
Executive Poster
Maybe it's just me, but I like this version of SF. I've watched the original series, and I think that whole design worked for that era, but the new ranch has that contemporary feel that really fits with the rest of the show.
Aspiring soap scribe
^^^ You make a good point, BlackRose... it does "fit" the show... it's just that the rooms should be layed out the same.
The only thing that needed to be changed was the decor (to "fit" the show)... they didn't need to relocate rooms. JMO though.
Executive Poster
Idk. My house has gone through many changes, remodels, and room relocations over the last 10 years, so I can only imagine what 20 has done to SF.^^^ You make a good point, BlackRose... it does "fit" the show... it's just that the rooms should be layed out the same.
The only thing that needed to be changed was the decor (to "fit" the show)... they didn't need to relocate rooms. JMO though.
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