I am afraid you are so right, especially with the idiot they have writing the script. I think Miami Vice was an incredible movie, it actually (in my opinion)captured the essence of a very popular, ground breaking show without the original cast, but of course it had the man that gave birth to the series as the director, Michael Mann. It's too bad Bellisario didn't go on to become a great film director as he probably could have pulled this movie off without making it a parody.....Seaver41 wrote:a spoof might be the only option...........the series fans are up in arms about no Selleck.........and with the failure of Miami Vice..........and success of Starsky & Hutch.........do the math.
all in all..........I wouldn't expect a serious drama/action flick..............I'd lean more towards Beverly Hills Cop style......
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what about this............make the movie a spoof and SOMEHOW get Tom Selleck to do the voice over narration.............he could goof on the 'replacement' characters and add in what HE would've done.....etc.........that would be quite a coup.
that way we'd be riding shotgun with Tom and our displeasure in seeing strangers in the roles. I think that would be hilarious.
instead of director/producer running from the problem of old vs new.......embrace the controversy and use it as a running gag.
can you imagine it......."I know what you're thinking, THESE guys are terrible........"
that way we'd be riding shotgun with Tom and our displeasure in seeing strangers in the roles. I think that would be hilarious.
instead of director/producer running from the problem of old vs new.......embrace the controversy and use it as a running gag.
can you imagine it......."I know what you're thinking, THESE guys are terrible........"
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Have TS, Mosley, Manetti, and Hillerman give it the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment. I could get behind that!Seaver41 wrote:what about this............make the movie a spoof and SOMEHOW get Tom Selleck to do the voice over narration.............he could goof on the 'replacement' characters and add in what HE would've done.....etc.........that would be quite a coup.
that way we'd be riding shotgun with Tom and our displeasure in seeing strangers in the roles. I think that would be hilarious.
instead of director/producer running from the problem of old vs new.......embrace the controversy and use it as a running gag.
can you imagine it......."I know what you're thinking, THESE guys are terrible........"
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Now that would be a great idea! Make the movie!N1095A wrote:Have TS, Mosley, Manetti, and Hillerman give it the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment. I could get behind that!Seaver41 wrote:what about this............make the movie a spoof and SOMEHOW get Tom Selleck to do the voice over narration.............he could goof on the 'replacement' characters and add in what HE would've done.....etc.........that would be quite a coup.
that way we'd be riding shotgun with Tom and our displeasure in seeing strangers in the roles. I think that would be hilarious.
instead of director/producer running from the problem of old vs new.......embrace the controversy and use it as a running gag.
can you imagine it......."I know what you're thinking, THESE guys are terrible........"
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I think all the fans would like to see the original cast..but movies are about making money and I don't think the networks would get behind the original cast. They'd need an A-lister...Steve wrote:I am afraid you are so right, especially with the idiot they have writing the script. I think Miami Vice was an incredible movie, it actually (in my opinion)captured the essence of a very popular, ground breaking show without the original cast, but of course it had the man that gave birth to the series as the director, Michael Mann. It's too bad Bellisario didn't go on to become a great film director as he probably could have pulled this movie off without making it a parody.....Seaver41 wrote:a spoof might be the only option...........the series fans are up in arms about no Selleck.........and with the failure of Miami Vice..........and success of Starsky & Hutch.........do the math.
all in all..........I wouldn't expect a serious drama/action flick..............I'd lean more towards Beverly Hills Cop style......
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hate to quote myself, but I offer another piece of propaganda to support the idea of Gerard Butler as Magnum in the movie.......Seaver41 wrote:as posted in another thread........Gerard Butler.......plenty macho as King Leonidas in '300' and has a softer/comedic side.........as in P.S., I love you (chickflick). He can do an American accent.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... amer_.html
Since his breakthrough role as the hulking King Leonidas in "300," Butler has been sprinting down a bizarre career path — one where he is equally comfortable portraying a lover or a fighter. He says he needs to recharge his batteries, physically and emotionally, after doing an action movie with a romantic comedy or a drama.
"There's been a lot of door-to-door 16-hour days," said Butler, "but just by the nature of what we do, you laugh a lot. ... It's breezier. And I'm not spending all this extra time doing gun training. But by the same token, you miss the testosterone."
It isn't even out of his range to muscle his way into a musical, as he did for 2004's "The Phantom of the Opera."
"It all starts with the fact that Gerard Butler is a hell of a good actor and has a wonderful sense of humor," said Richard Donner, Butler's director on the 2003 action movie "Timeline," via e-mail.
"He's ‘a man's man', the kind of a person you want to go have a couple of beers with."
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I'm pretty sure you can't get a much better qualification for Magnum than that.......
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Well, every few years you need to recast this fantasy film of ours as the proposed actors get long in the tooth. George Clooney is near 50 and I think we can write him off. My choice right now is Aaron Eckhart. Very outdoorsy guy with western sensibilities (from Bozeman, Montana). He attended the Oahu campus of BYU and says he surfed everyday. Heck, he even resembles Selleck. Check it out...
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture ... khart.html
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture ... khart.html
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Kind of reminds me of Daniel Craig as James Bond. Could work, but you'd have to see it on the screen before judging. By then it might be too late!Henry Lewis wrote:Well, every few years you need to recast this fantasy film of ours as the proposed actors get long in the tooth. George Clooney is near 50 and I think we can write him off. My choice right now is Aaron Eckhart. Very outdoorsy guy with western sensibilities (from Bozeman, Montana). He attended the Oahu campus of BYU and says he surfed everyday. Heck, he even resembles Selleck. Check it out...
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture ... khart.html
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Apparently, they have all the actors according a report to this article on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_PI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_PI