Good luck finding anyone with the charm and charisma of James Garner.
Or the supporting cast, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin, Gretchen Corbett ...
Rockford's answering machine cuts on, says to leave a message:
"Hi, Jim, this is NBC, we're remaking you again. Because money."
Cue: Mike Post & Pete Carpenter theme music.
"Hi, Jim, this is NBC, we're remaking you again. Because money."
Cue: Mike Post & Pete Carpenter theme music.
Or a car that looks as good as his Firebird Esprit.
Maybe the reboot Rockford is retro, likes old things, it's his quirk.
*Sheepishly raises hand*
I actually find it more reliable and easier to use than voice mail.
I mean technically - but it isn't plugged in currently
I have a digital answering machine. It's part of the phone I still use for the landline. Which technically isn't a landline since it uses the internet.
As a kid, I thought it was cool how the landline would still work during a power outage when you used a phone that didn't need to be plugged into the electric socket.
As a kid, I thought it was cool how the landline would still work during a power outage when you used a phone that didn't need to be plugged into the electric socket.
...and the world weary way about him.
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Half the reason the original worked, if at all, was because Hanks had a quality about him where you couldn't be sure that he wasn't even nuttier than what was going on around him. The actress in that clip doesn't have that. It might work with, say, Ally Wong or even Allison Brie, but the actress they chose just seemed too normal.
It's tough to beat Jim chasing a bad guy for a few minutes all over the place, then threw a warehouse, and then the bad guy stopping on the back steps, huffing and puffing and sitting down, with Jim following out, huffing and puffing, getting down, placing a hand on the bad guy's shoulder and saying, "Got you."
I remember seeing that movie in the theater and being disappointed by what I thought was a cop out ending.
Hanks and the others should have been in the wrong, and there should have been a rational explanation and consequences for their actions.
I think the studio forced them into making that ending. I think most agree with you about the ending.
....SWEET!
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