No way! The MPI series was as much about the people who played the characters as about the characters. Without the people, there is no show.
I still think they should use the original actors and bring in the new action-oriented crowd as relatives of the original crew. They could create characters around Lily, Bryant, Rick and Cleo's kids, Higgins' nephews and nieces, and so on.
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Luther,
I agree with you -- that's why I suggested the folks from Las Vegas to play the kids -- they already have a little "history" with TS -- and I haven't seen any of them working anywhere else since (though I can do without the pregnant chick and the Sam character -- talk about annoying!!!) (Wait, I did see "Sam" -- Marci What's-Her-Name on a surfboard, I think, in a "come to California" commercial . . . . )
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I agree with you -- that's why I suggested the folks from Las Vegas to play the kids -- they already have a little "history" with TS -- and I haven't seen any of them working anywhere else since (though I can do without the pregnant chick and the Sam character -- talk about annoying!!!) (Wait, I did see "Sam" -- Marci What's-Her-Name on a surfboard, I think, in a "come to California" commercial . . . . )
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Thanks for your kind words, Golf.
I feel like the opportunity for an MPI movie has come and gone. If they had done the movie in the late 90s with the original cast, it would have been a winner. To do the movie now with no originals would simply be an attempt to cash in on a big name from another time. It would be like Taylor Hicks from Americn Idol touring under the name Frank Sinatra. A very, very pale impersonation.
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I feel like the opportunity for an MPI movie has come and gone. If they had done the movie in the late 90s with the original cast, it would have been a winner. To do the movie now with no originals would simply be an attempt to cash in on a big name from another time. It would be like Taylor Hicks from Americn Idol touring under the name Frank Sinatra. A very, very pale impersonation.
Best regards,
Luther