Moonrunners
| Relationship | Randy Charles Johnson talks about Moonrunners in a commentary video, mainly to compare it with The Dukes of Hazzard and point out shared and changed characters. |
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| Sentiment | Mixed |
| Assessment | Randy calls Moonrunners "decent," but he also says it was not as good as The Dukes of Hazzard. |
Moonrunners is a film that Randy Charles Johnson discusses mainly as the earlier movie that The Dukes of Hazzard was based on. In his commentary, he compares the two works by naming shared and changed characters and by saying that Moonrunners was decent, though not as strong as The Dukes of Hazzard.
Randy's Comparison
Randy frames Moonrunners through its connection to The Dukes of Hazzard: he says the later TV show was based on a movie called Moonrunners, notes several character-name changes, and points out that Waylon Jennings served as the balladeer in both.
His overall view is mildly favorable but comparative. He describes Moonrunners as "decent," while still insisting that it was not on the level of The Dukes of Hazzard.
Related articles
Source note: The transcript supports the basic identification of Moonrunners and Randy's comparison to The Dukes of Hazzard, but it does not add much beyond that relation.
References
- Randy Johnson, Moonrunners & Dukes of Hazzard (randy commentary), archived transcript.