MacGyver movie in the works
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^You know what would be original and refreshing? If people on the Internet would stop assuming that upcoming movies will be awful based on one or two sentences' worth of information about them.
Don't give the Simpsons writers any Idea's,
RDA could take on one of the roles played by
Dana Elcar or
Bruce McGill???
It's called a "track record" and Hollywood has a HUGE track record of pure utter bile these passed couple decades, and people with taste who comment on the films before they ahve seen them, have an impressive track record of being right.
No, no, no. With a statement like that you need to give names of people were "right" ahead of the movie release and specific remake examples. Subjective phrases like "an impressive track record" will not suffice.
--Ted
It kinda depends on what you define remake as. If you're talking about remakes of anything then the track record would include remakes of previous films, which at times doesn't always turn out bad. 3:10 to Yuma was a very good movie and a remake of an old western classic for instance.
Now if you're going to limit to to remakes of tv shows into movies such as what MacGyver would be...Then you get this list. Looking at wikipedia for tv shows into movies... I've included most of the tv show to movie remakes that were remakes and not continuations of the story such as the X-files movies were for instance.
The Addams Family Movies(3 films)
Aeon Flux
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
The Brady Bunch movies(3 films)
Car 54, Where Are you?
Charlies Angels(2 films)
Dragnet
Dukes of Hazzard(2 films)
The Fugitive
The Flintstones
George of the Jungle(2 films)
Get Smart
He-Man
The Honeymooners
Inspector Gadget(2 films)
Josie and the Pusscats
Leave it to Beaver
Lost in Space
Maverick
McHale's Navy
Miami Vice
Mission Impossible(3 movies)
The Mod Squad
Mr. Magoo
My Favorite Martian
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Saint
Scooby-Doo(2 films)
Starsky & Hutch
S.W.A.T.
The Transformers
The Untouchables
Now I think that's around 45+ movies if I added them up correct counting sequels. I won't lie and say I've seen them all. I have not. In fact most of the ones with sequels I did not. I have seen 39 of them. So that's a good amount to judge the bulk of them by I'd say.
Of those movies these are the only ones I would consider good. In that I'd actually stop and watch it again if I saw it on tv, or that I own the DVD to watch it again.
The Fugitive, Maverick, Mission Impossible(maybe 3rd one too, hated 2nd one), The Transformers, Untouchables.
That's what 5 or 6 movies out of 45+ that I actually would be willing to sit there, watch it completely through again. Maybe some of the ones on the list I might stop at and chuckle for a few minutes, or openly mock.
I think that kind of sums of the track record of hollywood turning tv shows into movie remakes.
Now if you're going to limit to to remakes of tv shows into movies such as what MacGyver would be...Then you get this list. Looking at wikipedia for tv shows into movies... I've included most of the tv show to movie remakes that were remakes and not continuations of the story such as the X-files movies were for instance.
The Addams Family Movies(3 films)
Aeon Flux
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
The Brady Bunch movies(3 films)
Car 54, Where Are you?
Charlies Angels(2 films)
Dragnet
Dukes of Hazzard(2 films)
The Fugitive
The Flintstones
George of the Jungle(2 films)
Get Smart
He-Man
The Honeymooners
Inspector Gadget(2 films)
Josie and the Pusscats
Leave it to Beaver
Lost in Space
Maverick
McHale's Navy
Miami Vice
Mission Impossible(3 movies)
The Mod Squad
Mr. Magoo
My Favorite Martian
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Saint
Scooby-Doo(2 films)
Starsky & Hutch
S.W.A.T.
The Transformers
The Untouchables
Now I think that's around 45+ movies if I added them up correct counting sequels. I won't lie and say I've seen them all. I have not. In fact most of the ones with sequels I did not. I have seen 39 of them. So that's a good amount to judge the bulk of them by I'd say.
Of those movies these are the only ones I would consider good. In that I'd actually stop and watch it again if I saw it on tv, or that I own the DVD to watch it again.
The Fugitive, Maverick, Mission Impossible(maybe 3rd one too, hated 2nd one), The Transformers, Untouchables.
That's what 5 or 6 movies out of 45+ that I actually would be willing to sit there, watch it completely through again. Maybe some of the ones on the list I might stop at and chuckle for a few minutes, or openly mock.
I think that kind of sums of the track record of hollywood turning tv shows into movie remakes.
For what it's worth, I understand that the creator of the show is going to be an executive producer on the movie. That ought to provide some reassurance that it will be respectful to the source material.
The Addams Family Movies(3 films)
First one wasn't bad, the others I did not see.
The Avengers
Uma and Sean Connery? Crap
The Beverly Hillbillies
Crap
Bewitched
Crap
The Brady Bunch movies(3 films)
Watchable crap.
Car 54, Where Are you?
Forgetable crap.
Charlies Angels(2 films)
Utter crap.
Dragnet
Forgotten 80s classic.
Dukes of Hazzard(2 films)
One film was DTV, the other was decent but missed a lot of the "feel" and idea of the series.
The Fugitive
Another classic.
The Flintstones
Crap
George of the Jungle(2 films)
Eh. Decent kid fare.
Get Smart
One of the better comedies of last summer.
He-Man
The really shitty 80s one? How many WANT to remember that one?
The Honeymooners
Never saw it.
Inspector Gadget(2 films)
Crap
Josie and the Pusscats
Crap
Leave it to Beaver
Eh. Watchable but forgetable.
Lost in Space
Crap
Maverick
Great Mel Gibson movie.
McHale's Navy
Forgetable crap.
Miami Vice
Good movie.
Mission Impossible(3 movies)
Minus the bastardization of Phelps and Tom Cruise, OK movies.
The Mod Squad
Never saw it.
Mr. Magoo
Ugh.
My Favorite Martian
Ugh, ugh.
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Never heard of it.
The Saint
Ditto.
Scooby-Doo(2 films)
Decent kid fare I guess. But could've been better.
Starsky & Hutch
A decent, sensitive, rape of the TOS but watchable and fun.
S.W.A.T.
Never saw/heard of it.
The Transformers
My feelings on this movie are fairly well known.
The Untouchables
Good.
It takes a "certain formula" to make a TV series to movie adaption to work for a running series, let alone doing it for nostalgia reasons.
And the problem is that McGyver has so much... "cheese" attached to it not to mentio the "stigma" of McGyver being able to build anything with enough paper clips, duct tape and time I'd me concerned that the movie would come off like the McGunner sketches from SNL.
First one wasn't bad, the others I did not see.
The Avengers
Uma and Sean Connery? Crap
The Beverly Hillbillies
Crap
Bewitched
Crap
The Brady Bunch movies(3 films)
Watchable crap.
Car 54, Where Are you?
Forgetable crap.
Charlies Angels(2 films)
Utter crap.
Dragnet
Forgotten 80s classic.
Dukes of Hazzard(2 films)
One film was DTV, the other was decent but missed a lot of the "feel" and idea of the series.
The Fugitive
Another classic.
The Flintstones
Crap
George of the Jungle(2 films)
Eh. Decent kid fare.
Get Smart
One of the better comedies of last summer.
He-Man
The really shitty 80s one? How many WANT to remember that one?
The Honeymooners
Never saw it.
Inspector Gadget(2 films)
Crap
Josie and the Pusscats
Crap
Leave it to Beaver
Eh. Watchable but forgetable.
Lost in Space
Crap
Maverick
Great Mel Gibson movie.
McHale's Navy
Forgetable crap.
Miami Vice
Good movie.
Mission Impossible(3 movies)
Minus the bastardization of Phelps and Tom Cruise, OK movies.
The Mod Squad
Never saw it.
Mr. Magoo
Ugh.
My Favorite Martian
Ugh, ugh.
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Never heard of it.
The Saint
Ditto.
Scooby-Doo(2 films)
Decent kid fare I guess. But could've been better.
Starsky & Hutch
A decent, sensitive, rape of the TOS but watchable and fun.
S.W.A.T.
Never saw/heard of it.
The Transformers
My feelings on this movie are fairly well known.
The Untouchables
Good.
It takes a "certain formula" to make a TV series to movie adaption to work for a running series, let alone doing it for nostalgia reasons.
And the problem is that McGyver has so much... "cheese" attached to it not to mentio the "stigma" of McGyver being able to build anything with enough paper clips, duct tape and time I'd me concerned that the movie would come off like the McGunner sketches from SNL.
Good! Made you look. (Or least copy from someone's else's work). 
--Ted
--Ted
The pilot was filmed (with one of those guys from Supernatural in the lead, IIRC), but wasn't picked up.
I haven't seen it, so I can't vouch for its quality (or lack of it).
No kidding. It's as if they ran out of books to turn into screenplays or something.
Well, Hollywood has made remakes before, but they were far, far fewer and I don't recall any "Reboots", and they usually led to classics like "Spartacus" and "The Ten Commandments". No remake or reboot has yielded a classic in today's film industry.
I just think the original stands well on its own, and I see no need for a remake that will with all likelihood, judging by the slew of bad remakes we've seen in recent years, be horrible.
And I'm perfectly entitled to express that opinion without being declared prejudiced or accused of making snap judgments.
That's what i would like to see...i'd actually like to see a "team MacGyer", where the team does most of th eaction, and includes a computer geek (as such knowledge would be useful in most situations), in addition to the "McGyver Jr." person
The Addams Family
Good. Extremely well cast. The sequel, Addams Family Values, was even better, IMO.
The Avengers
Crap but it had lots of Uma Thurman in leather.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Decent. Forgettable.
The Brady Bunch
Brilliant. Turning the movies into a scathing parody was the best thing that ever happened to this crap TV show.
Lost in Space
Kinda lame but good production values. Gary Oldman was perfect as Dr. Smith.
Maverick
Great fun! I particularly love the interplay between Mel Gibson & James Garner.
Mission Impossible
Decent, fun spy movies, regardless of however they bastardize the source material.
The Saint
Super-crap. Confused the hell out of me.
Transformers
The 1986 animated movie is pure crap.
The 2007 live action movie suffered a bit from being a Michael Bay movie. I don't see Shia Labeouf as the leading man that Spielberg seems to. However, the fights with giant robots smashing the hell out of each other are fun (when you can actually tell who is who).
The Untouchables
Decent, overrated movie. I actually prefer the early 1990s TV series starring Tom Amandes, John Rhys-Davies, & William Forsythe.
Good. Extremely well cast. The sequel, Addams Family Values, was even better, IMO.
The Avengers
Crap but it had lots of Uma Thurman in leather.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Decent. Forgettable.
The Brady Bunch
Brilliant. Turning the movies into a scathing parody was the best thing that ever happened to this crap TV show.
Lost in Space
Kinda lame but good production values. Gary Oldman was perfect as Dr. Smith.
Maverick
Great fun! I particularly love the interplay between Mel Gibson & James Garner.
Mission Impossible
Decent, fun spy movies, regardless of however they bastardize the source material.
The Saint
Super-crap. Confused the hell out of me.
Transformers
The 1986 animated movie is pure crap.
The 2007 live action movie suffered a bit from being a Michael Bay movie. I don't see Shia Labeouf as the leading man that Spielberg seems to. However, the fights with giant robots smashing the hell out of each other are fun (when you can actually tell who is who).
The Untouchables
Decent, overrated movie. I actually prefer the early 1990s TV series starring Tom Amandes, John Rhys-Davies, & William Forsythe.
Ooooh... I've got a naughty idea. What if the new, revamped MacGyver was played by... Ben Browder!?
^ Or Kurt Russell? 
You know, I think that might work.
Here's an idea: get the Mythbusters to try out all the ideas in the film, to see if they are plausible or not!
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