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No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:39 am
by MagnumILWU
I, for one, do not like the idea of a new Magnum, PI TV show or movie! I watched the show from the beginning. And re-runs hundreds of times! I have a couple of VHS tapes from original broadcasts on CBS! The show cannot be copied or replaced! I believe anything would be a disappointment, and not stand-up to the original! Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum, John Hillerman is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, Larry Manetti is Rick Wright, and Roger E Mosley is TC! They cannot be replaced! Poor Agatha and Mac are gone! Lt Tanaka, Ice Pick, Carol Baldwin, this is my Magnum,PI, and there is no way to improve it, or do it again! It was/is a once in a lifetime experience, that I will always treasure!

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:41 pm
by Seaver41
MagnumILWU wrote:I, for one, do not like the idea of a new Magnum, PI TV show or movie! I watched the show from the beginning. And re-runs hundreds of times! I have a couple of VHS tapes from original broadcasts on CBS! The show cannot be copied or replaced! I believe anything would be a disappointment, and not stand-up to the original! Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum, John Hillerman is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, Larry Manetti is Rick Wright, and Roger E Mosley is TC! They cannot be replaced! Poor Agatha and Mac are gone! Lt Tanaka, Ice Pick, Carol Baldwin, this is my Magnum,PI, and there is no way to improve it, or do it again! It was/is a once in a lifetime experience, that I will always treasure!
when I came to the site I was all gung ho about getting as movie done with original cast only. I've now come to the realization that it can never be the same or as good as it once was......nor would it be given the kind of treatment needed to be a success. This I've accepted. Bottom line is the demogrpahics aren't there to pull it off. A good chunk of Magnum's crowd is gone and what is left is simply not enough for a movie studio to back a tv cast. It's just not a good gamble.

The only chance is to get it done is an A-list actor to carry the torch forward and somehow incorporate Selleck....but even that is thin. Sadly, the best chance of a Magnum movie happening is after Selleck is gone or incapable of reprising the role...........then maybe at that point the nostalgia for Magnum might get a movie done.........but we know it will never capture the magic of the original.

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:43 pm
by Buck
Seaver41 wrote:
MagnumILWU wrote:I, for one, do not like the idea of a new Magnum, PI TV show or movie! I watched the show from the beginning. And re-runs hundreds of times! I have a couple of VHS tapes from original broadcasts on CBS! The show cannot be copied or replaced! I believe anything would be a disappointment, and not stand-up to the original! Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum, John Hillerman is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, Larry Manetti is Rick Wright, and Roger E Mosley is TC! They cannot be replaced! Poor Agatha and Mac are gone! Lt Tanaka, Ice Pick, Carol Baldwin, this is my Magnum,PI, and there is no way to improve it, or do it again! It was/is a once in a lifetime experience, that I will always treasure!
when I came to the site I was all gung ho about getting as movie done with original cast only. I've now come to the realization that it can never be the same or as good as it once was......nor would it be given the kind of treatment needed to be a success. This I've accepted. Bottom line is the demogrpahics aren't there to pull it off. A good chunk of Magnum's crowd is gone and what is left is simply not enough for a movie studio to back a tv cast. It's just not a good gamble.

The only chance is to get it done is an A-list actor to carry the torch forward and somehow incorporate Selleck....but even that is thin. Sadly, the best chance of a Magnum movie happening is after Selleck is gone or incapable of reprising the role...........then maybe at that point the nostalgia for Magnum might get a movie done.........but we know it will never capture the magic of the original.
I think there is enough interest in the original cast to make a movie or miniseries profitable.

Tom Selleck draws large viewership numbers for Jessie Stone movies and Blue Bloods. There is no reason to think Tom Selleck would not draw even larger numbers for the role that made him famous. If you want to get more younger viewers, pick any 18-25 year old female model or pop star from American Idol/Bachelor to be a guest star, and then put her in a bikini on the beach in Hawaii. A bimbo does not need to be a great actress to get the job done!

I doubt any new actors could satisfy Magnum fans who watched the show when it originally aired on TV.

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:28 am
by Braddah Kimo
I foresee a Magnum PI movie along the lines of the Husky and Starch movie. A slight nod to the original, but with box office star power in place, set in Hawai'i of course... The demographics will always be there.
Plus, seems as if the studios are going down the list of old TV shows to make into moviehouse fare. Seems inevitable.
I for one am neither for nor against it. Because it is not my choice nor do I invest or produce or otherwise have any say in the greenlighting of such a project. But just as with the H50 redux series, I am all for anything that gives kama'aina more work. And a movie production would do this.

And if Ms. Andersen prefers not to allow her estate available for the setting, I nominate the Clarence H. Cooke/Marks' estate.

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:05 pm
by St Max Kolbe
MagnumILWU wrote:I, for one, do not like the idea of a new Magnum, PI TV show or movie! I watched the show from the beginning. And re-runs hundreds of times! I have a couple of VHS tapes from original broadcasts on CBS! The show cannot be copied or replaced! I believe anything would be a disappointment, and not stand-up to the original! Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum, John Hillerman is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, Larry Manetti is Rick Wright, and Roger E Mosley is TC! They cannot be replaced! Poor Agatha and Mac are gone! Lt Tanaka, Ice Pick, Carol Baldwin, this is my Magnum,PI, and there is no way to improve it, or do it again! It was/is a once in a lifetime experience, that I will always treasure!
I agree, when I heard of Matthew McConaughey being touted as the next TM I decided I wouldnt watch it, ditto with Macy as Higgins. Then I thought no-one could do TM because as you say TS is TM or maybe its vice versa. Anyone else trying to be like Sellect won't work. Likewise with someone trying to do a completely different TM, it will no longer be what made it, and most likely highly degenerative. Selleck was so unique in that role and I get the feeling he was almost being himself thats why it all came so naturally. I could see producers desiring a new TM being like the typical post millenium character - someone who looks rough, is brutal with females, a pseudo hard man.

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:59 pm
by Seaver41
I've always thought Gerard Butler could pull ioff the intended role of lighthearted comedy with action...........he's certainly tough enough (300) and has played light comedy roles as well.

Doesn't matter...........any remake will fail like the Miami Vice movie. Borrowing the names and places doesn't make Magnum.

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:34 pm
by JT
Totally agree with you Seaver. Man Miami Vice was a BAD movie. The same goes for the A team movie. I hope they never screw up Magnum!

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:57 pm
by Doc Ibold
If you're going to do it, it would have to be with Lily and the brood of the guys. Cameos from the original cast. I actually have a decent idea of how it would play out in my head.

You can't do Magnum as it was, and cannot replace the characters, but you can recapture the spirit.

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:31 am
by lanceroten
Doc Ibold wrote:If you're going to do it, it would have to be with Lily and the brood of the guys. Cameos from the original cast. I actually have a decent idea of how it would play out in my head.

You can't do Magnum as it was, and cannot replace the characters, but you can recapture the spirit.

I agree. I believe if the right person took on this project, the spirit of the series would carry it. Nobody in the cast is a kid anymore :D . But I shudder to think what Hollywood would do if they replaced a Selleck in the Magnum role. He has to be there in some way, shape or form.

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:11 pm
by ConchRepublican
Doc Ibold wrote:If you're going to do it, it would have to be with Lily and the brood of the guys. Cameos from the original cast. I actually have a decent idea of how it would play out in my head.

You can't do Magnum as it was, and cannot replace the characters, but you can recapture the spirit.
I still think this is one of the best ideas.

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:54 pm
by Estate resident
If, repeat, IF it was done right it could work and be a helluva hit. I never would have believed the Indiana Jones comeback movie would have worked but Spielberg & Ford pulled it off. Selleck & Bellasario could easily do the same thing. Magnum, Rick, TC, and even Higgins are all still alive & capable of shooting a feature film. Its a goldmine waiting to be dug up & cashed in from a financial perspective. In Selleck's words it would be interesting to see what MPI has been up to. CBS's reviving of Hawaii Five'O is proof enough. I am sure this idea has been discussed at numerous executive board meetings. MPI fan base (as this board proves daily) is probably the most loyal in existence. There was a petition somewhere on the internet to bring MPI back & again I'm sure it was viewed by the people in power.

If they're going to do it they better get on the stick & soon. Then again maybe they're waiting for the original cast to be too old to do it again. Who knows why it hasn't been done. Until then at least we all have Netflix & dvd's.

> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/popcorn ... 40803.html

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:09 pm
by golfmobile
This comment will probably bring great support or great antagonism. Having just seen "The Lone Ranger":

If there were a way to do it with Armie Hammer as Magnum and Johnny Depp as -- are you ready? I think he would actually make a HYSTERICAL Higgins! But it would take some REALLY GOOD writing! If someone could get Johnny Depp on board, I bet it could be done, and it would be entertaining. Not a repeat of the original -- that simply doesn't exist except on celluloid and in our hearts, minds, and DVD players. But a new one? The only one I would go see. Well, actually, I'd go see anything that was done, whether I liked it or not, just to see HOW it worked (or not). But still, I vote for a Johnny Depp vehicle.

JMO

golf

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:28 pm
by Braddah Kimo
excellent idea, actually!
I can see it now
"Me wantum YOU off my beach. Now. beach private! I no go on YOUR reservation! You stay. off mine."
wait. wrong accent.
Still Depp can do it, I think he did a british thang in some film a while back. That peter pan thing?

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:43 pm
by Braddah Kimo
Just sent an email to Bruckheimer positing that idea...

Re: No, to new TV show or movie!

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:53 pm
by ohmygod
Estate resident wrote:If, repeat, IF it was done right it could work and be a helluva hit. I never would have believed the Indiana Jones comeback movie would have worked but Spielberg & Ford pulled it off. Selleck & Bellasario could easily do the same thing. Magnum, Rick, TC, and even Higgins are all still alive & capable of shooting a feature film. Its a goldmine waiting to be dug up & cashed in from a financial perspective. In Selleck's words it would be interesting to see what MPI has been up to. CBS's reviving of Hawaii Five'O is proof enough. I am sure this idea has been discussed at numerous executive board meetings. MPI fan base (as this board proves daily) is probably the most loyal in existence. There was a petition somewhere on the internet to bring MPI back & again I'm sure it was viewed by the people in power.

If they're going to do it they better get on the stick & soon. Then again maybe they're waiting for the original cast to be too old to do it again. Who knows why it hasn't been done. Until then at least we all have Netflix & dvd's.

> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/popcorn ... 40803.html
I too agree that it's all in the writing but also directing, and about the Five O revival as proof of concept. But I don't think it should be a movie, just like Five O was not made into a movie. Indiana Jones revival is another good point, but also it always was a movie. They made an indiana series as young indiana but it failed after the first year. I think some things should be movies and some should be on tv, and IMO MPI as a movie it would be too easy for it to skew away from the spirit of the original show, even if from the start this wasn't the intent. It may attract some newer audiences but that's the problem, old school fans will not be that pleased. They rebooted Star Trek (original) for example in 2009. While it was pretty good initial effort, the 2nd film (Star Trek into darkness) failed IMO (and a lot of fans feel that too), and they probably didn't set out with the intent to alienate old school star trek fans either. I think a series of TV movies, or perhaps just one like the original, is the way to go, using the (new) Five O tie in as before with the original Five O tie in. Of course that's on CBS like the original MPI and I don't know what if any rights issue would come up with universal being under comcast/nbc now.