CBS orders pilots for Magnum, PI , Cagney and Lacey reboots
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I do not understand the appeal of all these reboots. Especially at a time when we are getting straight up revivals of older series with the same cast.
I watched one episode of the new Macgyver its first season and it's completely unrecognizable. So much of the appeal of the original was the variety of stories. The only constant was MacGyver himself. Pete Thornton was listed as a regular cast member but not in every episode. You had strong reoccurring supporting characters like Jack Dalton that only appeared when they had a story for him. Now Mac is just one member of a team like every other action show on the air right.
Michael Des Barres who played Murdoc on the original is appearing this week as Murdoc's mentor. I will check that out. They are advertising it as "Murdoc vs Murdoc". Which seems misleading considering that is not his character's name here. Unless they reveal its a codename both used.
The brilliant thing The Flash did was basically it's "almost a sequel" to the 1990 series. They found a way to have it both ways. Its own show but ties to the previous. John Wesley Shipp played Grant Gustin's father. Plus plays that father's doppelgänger who is the Flash on another Earth. Plus 5 other actors from his series playing basically newer incarnations of their previous roles. Which is amazing considering that show only lasted 1 season.
Yet shows like Magnum PI and MacGyver, etc, etc which were massive successes which lasted many seasons are treated as just brandnames with little regard for their existing fan bases....
I watched one episode of the new Macgyver its first season and it's completely unrecognizable. So much of the appeal of the original was the variety of stories. The only constant was MacGyver himself. Pete Thornton was listed as a regular cast member but not in every episode. You had strong reoccurring supporting characters like Jack Dalton that only appeared when they had a story for him. Now Mac is just one member of a team like every other action show on the air right.
Michael Des Barres who played Murdoc on the original is appearing this week as Murdoc's mentor. I will check that out. They are advertising it as "Murdoc vs Murdoc". Which seems misleading considering that is not his character's name here. Unless they reveal its a codename both used.
The brilliant thing The Flash did was basically it's "almost a sequel" to the 1990 series. They found a way to have it both ways. Its own show but ties to the previous. John Wesley Shipp played Grant Gustin's father. Plus plays that father's doppelgänger who is the Flash on another Earth. Plus 5 other actors from his series playing basically newer incarnations of their previous roles. Which is amazing considering that show only lasted 1 season.
Yet shows like Magnum PI and MacGyver, etc, etc which were massive successes which lasted many seasons are treated as just brandnames with little regard for their existing fan bases....
McCloud or no deal.
Wait, we're calling movies being adapted into a TV series "reboots" now?
Someone already did a pilot for L.A. Confidential with Kiefer Sutherland a long time ago.
If we got a continuation of "Magnum, pi", what would it do? This is hypothetically speaking, since we aren't (at least not with this new wave of shit-boots).
Now that the actor who played the unforgettable Higgins, is dead, that's a big loss.
So, what to do?
While there have been contradictions, maybe it's possible all this time Higgins was Mr. Masters and Magnum finally finds out for a fact when Higgins passes and leaves the Masters estate to Thomas, being that Thomas was the nearest thing to a friend in the end.
For royalty checks sake, Thomas keeps the secret safe and stays on grounds. He retires from private detective work.
His daughter comes to live with him. She befriends Rick's child (my idea, since he didn't have one in the series, he only got married) -- male or female. Maybe T.C. has one, I don't know.
She falls into private detective work, much to Thomas' dismay. Rick's kid, to get some stability in his life, takes after Magnum and joins the military state side.
So, that's two new character, Thomas would be the new Higgins, and Rick and T.C. can make appearances as regulars to help guide the youth with life experience.
Plus, Mike Post is still alive and scoring, so bonus super karate monkey death points if he can be brought aboard. None of thsese shitty modern TV composers. No re-working of the theme into ten seconds of modern dog crap.
Just ideas off the top of my head.
Now that the actor who played the unforgettable Higgins, is dead, that's a big loss.
So, what to do?
While there have been contradictions, maybe it's possible all this time Higgins was Mr. Masters and Magnum finally finds out for a fact when Higgins passes and leaves the Masters estate to Thomas, being that Thomas was the nearest thing to a friend in the end.
For royalty checks sake, Thomas keeps the secret safe and stays on grounds. He retires from private detective work.
His daughter comes to live with him. She befriends Rick's child (my idea, since he didn't have one in the series, he only got married) -- male or female. Maybe T.C. has one, I don't know.
She falls into private detective work, much to Thomas' dismay. Rick's kid, to get some stability in his life, takes after Magnum and joins the military state side.
So, that's two new character, Thomas would be the new Higgins, and Rick and T.C. can make appearances as regulars to help guide the youth with life experience.
Plus, Mike Post is still alive and scoring, so bonus super karate monkey death points if he can be brought aboard. None of thsese shitty modern TV composers. No re-working of the theme into ten seconds of modern dog crap.
Just ideas off the top of my head.
I cant see anyone else as magnum cause tom selleck is magnum.
Got to agree. C&L was a favorite show of my wife and mine back when it was on. The lead actors were a huge part of the reason.
I tried to watch the 5-0 remake, and was just left cold.
The new Magnum will be played by Tom Selleck's mustache, which has achieved sentience and now has its own career complete with agent. #GotStache?
My hopes for a cable/Netflix/Amazon style faithful adaptation of Ellroy’s series of books are dashed again then.
So you're not looking forward to Miami Confidential, Boston Confidential and Salt Lake City Confidential coming soon to CBS?