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Challenge to Reboot a TV Show
Nov. 11th, 2015 03:47 pmI’m trying a reboot of the great 80s classic, Remington Steel. Want to know what it’s about? Here’s the voiceover intro: "Try this for a deep, dark secret. The great detective Remington Steele, he doesn't exist...I invented him. Follow: I always loved excitement so I studied and apprenticed and put my name on an office but absolutely nobody knocked down my door. A female private investigator seemed so feminine, so I invented a superior, a decidedly masculine superior. Suddenly there were cases around the block. It was working like a charm until the day he walked in with his blue eyes and mysterious past and before I knew it he assumed Remington Steele's identity. Now I do the work and he takes the bows. It's a dangerous way to live but as long as people buy it I can get the job done. We never mix business with pleasure, well, almost never. I don't even know his real name."
The reboot is…a little different.
Title: Remington Steele
Synopsis: Voice-over intro: “Try this for a deep, dark secret. The great detective Remington Steele? He doesn't exist. I invented him. Follow: I always loved excitement. As the daughter of a cop and an actress, maybe it’s not too surprising that I wanted to become a private eye. So I studied and apprenticed and put my name on an office, but nobody wanted to hire me. So, I invented a new name for the door—a decidedly masculine one. See, I was always good at disguises, it’s been one of my stock-in-trades in the work. So it was easy to not only have the name, but the actual character, available at a snap with a costume-change and a British accent.
“Sure, sometimes it gets a little strange, keeping track of whether I’m him, or me—but, between us, we get the job done.”
( Starring... )
The reboot is…a little different.
Title: Remington Steele
Synopsis: Voice-over intro: “Try this for a deep, dark secret. The great detective Remington Steele? He doesn't exist. I invented him. Follow: I always loved excitement. As the daughter of a cop and an actress, maybe it’s not too surprising that I wanted to become a private eye. So I studied and apprenticed and put my name on an office, but nobody wanted to hire me. So, I invented a new name for the door—a decidedly masculine one. See, I was always good at disguises, it’s been one of my stock-in-trades in the work. So it was easy to not only have the name, but the actual character, available at a snap with a costume-change and a British accent.
“Sure, sometimes it gets a little strange, keeping track of whether I’m him, or me—but, between us, we get the job done.”
( Starring... )
