POLL: Magnum, P.I. Motion Picture

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lutherhgillis · #31 Post by **lutherhgillis** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:51 pm

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.

golfmobile · #32 Post by **golfmobile** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:07 pm

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 . . . . )

golf

lutherhgillis · #33 Post by **lutherhgillis** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:41 pm

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.

Best regards,

Luther

POLL: Magnum, P.I. Motion Picture

Will you go and see a Magnum, P.I. motion picture if it does not include the original cast in their original roles?