Hell yes. I hate the current anime, which is why I haven't watched it since 2003. Even though I haven't read Pokemon Special, I've read summaries and such, and I can tell that it's more "serious" than the anime.
lol, and you wanna know why else I'd watch a Pokemon Special anime? Because the main character is named Red (not Ash), and his starter Pokemon is NOT a Pikachu! And everything evil doesn't have to be defeated by the power of "teamwork", it can be defeated by the power of being a badass! That's what I would like to see. And I want none of this "Gym Leaders following main character" crap *coughBROCKANDMISTYcough*. I mean, come on, that's like making a Pokemon D/P/Pt-based anime where Roark and Gardenia follows Lucas around the Sinnoh region.
EDIT: And no 4Kids please.