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IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:57 pm

If we can't have Selleck, Mosely, and Manetti all together I don't think there is any form of a Magnum movie I'd want to see.

golfmobile · #12 Post by **golfmobile** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:17 pm

To answer Mike's question:

No, I don't want it with only TS. If LM and REM aren't included, I'd rather have no movie. But I seriously doubt TS would do it without them either!!! We've learned he'll do about anything for money, but I do NOT see him doing anything MPI-related without LM and REM. I think he would draw the line there.

golf

Agatha · #13 Post by **Agatha** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:04 pm

I have to disagree luther. I think Tom and Roger and Larry are still very capable of taking the lead in an action movie. Maybe because I'm old...I think "age and experience wins out over youth and enthusiasm every time!"

Yes, it would have been better if they'd done it ten years ago. (Then we would be waiting for the second Magnum movie!) But I don't think you should sell our guys short!! Look how effective Jesse Stone is...and he's not a young whippersnapper either!! In fact, he's the same age as Thomas Magnum!

I think that Magnum PI IS Tom and Roger and Larry and John. I won't see a movie that doesn't have as many of our guys as are willing!

lutherhgillis · #14 Post by **lutherhgillis** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:35 pm

Tom is in great shape and could pull it off. Roger is almost 70! Larry is fat.

Don't let nostalgic feelings cloud your common sense. The original cast is past its prime whether we would like to admit it or not. No one except the most loyal fans would pay top dollar to see the old guys play the lead in a big screen movie.

I think the movie wants to draw millions of viewers not dozens. Just my $0.02

Agatha · #15 Post by **Agatha** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:33 am

Sigh!

Carmen · #16 Post by **Carmen** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:59 pm

Tom is in great shape and could pull it off. Roger is almost 70! Larry is fat.

Don't let nostalgic feelings cloud your common sense. The original cast is past its prime whether we would like to admit it or not

Luther, why do you have to be so realistic?!

Oh, btw there are some BS movies with Tommy Lee Jones, who was born in 1946, as 'Space Cowboys' or 'Men in Black' , I guess there are more 'older' actors who did some big screen movies, just can`t remember more names...

HiHo · #17 Post by **HiHo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:15 pm

I can’t believe you guys aren’t making a bigger deal about the fact that it was McConaughey who presented the award. Not a mere coincidence. Expect an announcement soon that he’s Magnum….

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:30 pm

You could be right HiHo. We'll see what happens with this.

PhatCat · #19 Post by **PhatCat** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:14 pm

HiHo wrote:I can’t believe you guys aren’t making a bigger deal about the fact that it was McConaughey who presented the award. Not a mere coincidence. Expect an announcement soon that he’s Magnum….

You're right. That was not by chance.

Keep crossing your fingers.

HiHo · #20 Post by **HiHo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:46 pm

I know a lot of people put him down, but they could do far worse for Magnum (Ben Affleck, Nic Cage!?...yikes!)

Agatha · #21 Post by **Agatha** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:53 pm

Thanks for the "HoHum" pictures, HiHo! Sorry, but the boy just doesn't make my motor race!

You may be right and Matthew McConaughey may play the Magnum role in a Magnum PI movie but Matthew McConaughey is NOT Magnum! Tom Selleck is Magnum!

Yes...you're probably right. I'm a stubborn old broad!!

lutherhgillis · #22 Post by **lutherhgillis** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:56 pm

I agree with Agatha that the original four are the only ones who can play thise parts. Unfortunately, to have them play the same parts as sexigenarians and septagenarians would be silly. (I hope I spelled those correctly)

To make a MP movie with other actors would be a jump...

Carmen,

I am realistic because chasing windmills yields nothing but disillusionment.

It would be great if 2 + 2 = 5 but it ain't that way, baby!

Do you think people besides us would pay $20 to see 4 old farts play the lead roles in a major motion picture about a carefree PI in Hawaii who tries to live like a 30 year old? I don't think so either...

But then again, what the heck do I know? I'm just a gum shoe from St Louie...

Agatha · #23 Post by **Agatha** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:01 pm

luther said..."Do you think people besides us would pay $20 to see 4 old farts play the lead roles in a major motion picture about a carefree PI in Hawaii who tries to live like a 30 year old?"

Two things: 1) Maybe this is where expectations go in different directions, luther.

The ORIGINAL premise was a carefree PI in Hawaii who tries to live like a 30-year-old. After all these years...and after 8 seasons of that premise...the movie would NOT be about a carefree PI in Hawaii who tries to live like a 30-year-old. It would be about re-uniting that formerly carefree PI with the friends that were part of his life back then...and some kind of a situation that would allow them to make things right...again...and get the bad guys...again...and work together as a team...again. I still say that age and experience wins out over youth and enthusiasum every time!! And that just because the "action" wouldn't be as physical or as extreme, doesn't mean that our guys can't still get the job done!

2) $20 for a movie???? Has it been THAT long since I've gone to a movie????

PS - 2 + 2 doesn't equal 5? Hmmmmm.

PS again - I'd be "beholden" if one of you nice people would give me a "box" lesson.

lutherhgillis · #24 Post by **lutherhgillis** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:38 pm

I appreciate what you are saying Ag but realistically, people in general will not go to a nostalgia fest built around Magnum PI and the geriatric years.

Hollywood makes movies to sell tickets, lots of tickets. A MPI movie made today would be a blow up, shoot up, and sex up deal. Not a geratol fest.

Let's face it. Time has marched on since MPI went into moth balls. That is the shear, honest truth. What we would like to see is just not realistic. There are only a few dozen of us at best... Maybe James will fund the budget for a MPI reunion movie?

Peace

#25 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:24 am

The only chance the orginal cast has is with the small screen. Big screen will never happen with the O.C. (for reasons pointed out by Luther and others). The success of Jesse Stone should be enough to convince "the suits" that a TV movie is viable, and will rake in some advertising dollars!

The big unknown for me is - is it possible to have a big screen release (with a new cast) AND a small screen release with the original cast?