Re: Mannix
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 6:11 pm
Just curious... what did he have to say about MPI?Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 4:35 pm Just don’t read The Thrilling Detective’s write up on Magnum…he’s not a fan.
Just curious... what did he have to say about MPI?Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 4:35 pm Just don’t read The Thrilling Detective’s write up on Magnum…he’s not a fan.
Here’s the (updated to include the MiniMag reboot) page:ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:11 pmJust curious... what did he have to say about MPI?Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 4:35 pm Just don’t read The Thrilling Detective’s write up on Magnum…he’s not a fan.
Thanks for that link, Garwood. Good read. I agree with you that he makes some very valid points. In many ways MPI is a watered-down version of ROCKFORD. More "fluff" in it that's for sure. If you look at just the writing then ROCKFORD definitely has MPI beat. But then there's the actual cases that Jimbo worked on and the clients he got. They were always more interesting than what Thomas was investigating. And no one could pull a con the way Jimbo could. ROCKFORD was just a more grown-up detective show. I always think of it as the show that an adult would watch, whereas MPI would appeal more to the kids.Little Garwood wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:24 pmHere’s the (updated to include the MiniMag reboot) page:ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:11 pmJust curious... what did he have to say about MPI?Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 4:35 pm Just don’t read The Thrilling Detective’s write up on Magnum…he’s not a fan.
As much of an MPI fan as I am (though it’s no longer my favorite), the fellow makes some valid points.
I agree. What's that ancient TV proverb? "When boys become men, they trade Magnum, P.I. for Rockford (and Mannix)."ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:24 pm MPI has a juvenile feel to it which initially turned me off. Growing up on 70s detective fare like ROCKFORD and FIVE-O and STREETS OF SAN FRAN (which all felt more grown up to me)
Were you a MAGNUM fan when you were a kid?Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 2:19 pmI agree. What's that ancient TV proverb? "When boys become men, they trade Magnum, P.I. for Rockford (and Mannix)."ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:24 pm MPI has a juvenile feel to it which initially turned me off. Growing up on 70s detective fare like ROCKFORD and FIVE-O and STREETS OF SAN FRAN (which all felt more grown up to me)
When I was a kid, my dad and grandad would watch Rockford religiously; they never bothered with Magnum. I liked Rockford, but I considered it a "grown-up" adventure show.
So sorry to hear about this, Clu was always a favorite of mine, as a kid I remember him from The Virginian. 93? hard to imagine him that old.Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:40 pm Clu Gulager has died, age 93. Gulager, who made a most memorable appearance on Mannix---S6'# The Man Who Wasn't There as well as Cannon, Hawaii Five-0--and even Magnum, P.I., but he is primarily remembered as having been in just about every '60s and '70s TV series.
We discuss The Man Who Wasn't There.
Gulager always played a great baddie!Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:40 pm Clu Gulager has died, age 93. Gulager, who made a most memorable appearance on Mannix---S6'# The Man Who Wasn't There as well as Cannon, Hawaii Five-0--and even Magnum, P.I., but he is primarily remembered as having been in just about every '60s and '70s TV series.
We discuss The Man Who Wasn't There.
Poisoned Snow is one of my favorites, and Clu was excellent.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:57 amGulager always played a great baddie!Little Garwood wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:40 pm Clu Gulager has died, age 93. Gulager, who made a most memorable appearance on Mannix---S6'# The Man Who Wasn't There as well as Cannon, Hawaii Five-0--and even Magnum, P.I., but he is primarily remembered as having been in just about every '60s and '70s TV series.
We discuss The Man Who Wasn't There.
On HAWAII FIVE-O in "Fools Die Twice" and "Assault on the Palace".
On THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO in "Poisoned Snow".
On KNIGHT RIDER in "Buy Out".
On AIRWOLF in "Day of Jeopardy".
And of course as the cackling villain in the MANNIX episode.
P.S. Apparently his name "Clu" came from the "clu-clu" birds that nested in their barn when he was a boy. But has anyone ever heard of these so-called "clu-clu birds"? I sure haven't. I even googled and aside from references to Clu Gulager I don't get any info about any such birds. Interesting...
Agreed about the ending.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:47 pmYep, a great season 4 episode!
The episode has a real tragic ending, with his son Luke Skywalker. Maybe the most tragic ending of the entire series.
Soeaking of cackling villains, The Joker has already been mentioned as it relates to Clu's great performance in his Mannix appearance. In addition to that, I've had two friends who said--decades apart and who didn't know one another--that Clu Gulager should have played the Batman villain "Two Face" in the 1960s Adam West Batman series, had it ever happened. I'd have liked to have seen that. He was able to be subdued while eccentric and madcap at the same time; that's one helluva (rare) balancing act for an actor to achieve.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:57 amAnd of course as the cackling villain in the MANNIX episode.
Well, Two-Face is one of the most tragic/tortured and sombre villains in the world of Batman. Nothing at all like the clown that Tommy Lee Jones played in BATMAN FOREVER. Aaron Eckhart was much closer in THE DARK KNIGHT. But the ultimate Two-Face was of course in BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES in the 90s, voiced by NIGHT COURT's Richard Moll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgwKMzZ7UFwLittle Garwood wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:56 pmSoeaking of cackling villains, The Joker has already been mentioned as it relates to Clu's great performance in his Mannix appearance. In addition to that, I've had two friends who said--decades apart and who didn't know one another--that Clu Gulager should have played the Batman villain "Two Face" in the 1960s Adam West Batman series, had it ever happened. I'd have liked to have seen that. He was able to be subdued while eccentric and madcap at the same time; that's one helluva (rare) balancing act for an actor to achieve.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:57 amAnd of course as the cackling villain in the MANNIX episode.