NotthatRick wrote: I have been lurking here for quite a long time and have read and enjoyed many of your posts over the years. As far as Lenkov is concerned though, we will just have to agree to disagree.
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NotthatRick wrote: I have been lurking here for quite a long time and have read and enjoyed many of your posts over the years. As far as Lenkov is concerned though, we will just have to agree to disagree.
Serious question: By posting the "old" surfski sequence underneath the new one, what exactly do you want to say/achieve by doing that?Bondtoys.de wrote:ConchRepublican wrote:
https://twitter.com/MagnumPICBS/status/ ... 64160?s=19
I guess the reminder of his inferior product was too much for his weak psyche.
@Conch:
Serious question: By posting the "old" surfski sequence underneath the new one, what exactly do you want to say/achieve by doing that?
a) Are you criticizing that he's copying too many of the old elements?
b) Would you be happier, if he would not post any references to the old series anymore?
c) what exactly is your message by posting this?
d) Do you think that the old series can be really improved and how would that be?
- What exactly do you want Lenkow to do better in regards to the new series?
- As you say that the reboot is inferior to the old series, what exactly would you suggest to be changed so that you are happy?
I agree. I think maybe he THINKS he's a fan, but if he is, it's superficial in a way that people think the show was about short shorts and car chases.NotthatRick wrote:Don't fool yourselves. Lenkov is not a fan. He uses the names of older quality television programs and puts out an inferior product directed at millennials. He is in it for the mega-bucks.
giant_albatross wrote:Aren't you the ultimate Magnum fan? That's sacrilege.ConchRepublican wrote:He blocked me on Twitter.
Bear in mind, I never attacked him personally, I did respond to many of his tweets with gifs from this site however.
Guess he's a little sensitive.
Thanks for replying.ConchRepublican wrote: Serious answer - a reminder to him there is only ONE Magnum, P.I. and how good the REAL series is.
I stopped watching the reboot 4 minutes into the 2nd episode after swearing I wouldn't watch it again after that disaster of a pilot, where they couldn't even get "Magnum" putting on the team ring correctly. Having "Higgins" be "Magnum"'s chauffeur sealed the ridiculousness of this new take.
What exactly do you want Lenkow to do better in regards to the new series?
As you say that the reboot is inferior to the old series, what exactly would you suggest to be changed so that you are happy?
Halt production immediately and beg forgiveness for his sins.
C'mon, are you really comparing Maggie to Higgins?Bondtoys.de wrote:Thanks for replying.ConchRepublican wrote: Serious answer - a reminder to him there is only ONE Magnum, P.I. and how good the REAL series is.
I stopped watching the reboot 4 minutes into the 2nd episode after swearing I wouldn't watch it again after that disaster of a pilot, where they couldn't even get "Magnum" putting on the team ring correctly. Having "Higgins" be "Magnum"'s chauffeur sealed the ridiculousness of this new take.
What exactly do you want Lenkow to do better in regards to the new series?
As you say that the reboot is inferior to the old series, what exactly would you suggest to be changed so that you are happy?
Halt production immediately and beg forgiveness for his sins.
So consequently, after TC and Maggie Poole where Magnum's chauffeurs in "Have you seen the sunrise", you have stopped watching the original series?
And it would be a great challenge to find episodes of the old series, where one of the 3 guys is wearing his teamring upside down. I am sure that it exists.
To sum is up, I find it astonishing the amount of hate after ONE episode, which has been the pilot episode, after which the reboot has been significantly adjusted in terms of ott action sequences and other elements.
And, you want by all means CBS terminating the reboot immediately and you are surprised that Lenkow is immediately terminating your followship of him on Twitter?
Imagine someone following you on facebook and constantly ranting about how rubbish Flamingo Key is (with sometimes more or less smart images and statements) after every single comment, what would you do with that person?
OK, I stopped right here. I don't appreciate your insinuation.Bondtoys.de wrote:I was just mentioning Maggie because Magnum was being chauffeured by a woman (just incase that this would be inacceptable for you).
If you keep reading past the part that triggered you, there are some things in the post worth considering. I think Bondtoys is asking in good faith.ConchRepublican wrote:OK, I stopped right here. I don't appreciate your insinuation.Bondtoys.de wrote:I was just mentioning Maggie because Magnum was being chauffeured by a woman (just incase that this would be inacceptable for you).
But that is a HUGE reason to get emotional. We don't need a Shiggins. We need a Higgins. Higgins is supposed to be an older British guy, not a butt-kicking chick. You mentioned earlier that the new show is not trying to be PC and that the old show was PC too. No clue what you mean by that. The old show had 4 dudes and that was fine. But in the new one you can't have 4 dudes anymore. Gotta throw in a chick into the mix, otherwise it's a sexist show, hence why it's PC. And of course Magnum is played by a Hispanic actor. Non-PC you say? Seriously??? They did the same with the new Five-0 - why was Kono not a guy like on the old show??? Again, because 4 guys working together on a team without a girl in the mix is politically incorrect. So they throw in a scrawny chick into the mix who can kick butt with the best of them and take down 2 or 3 guys twice her size! So yes people do take issue with crap like that.Bondtoys.de wrote:Sorry if I have offended you. That was not intended and I haven't insinuated anything.
The remark was just done because I see (not from you) a lot of very emotional comments here over the fact, that Higgins is a woman (Shiggins).
The original Magnum had lots of gratuitous violence, car crashes, and sex. I don't believe that Millennials demand shows to be "PC." That's ALL that's ever offered to them. If you look at the per capita viewership of pretty much anything these days, its below what it was 30 or 40 years ago. The argument is always that its because there are "so many options these days." Perhaps. But perhaps its also because of too much "PC-ness" (by that, yes, I mean constant portrayal of "non-traditional gender roles," excessively overrepresenting certain demographics [NOBODY has a problem with "diverse" demographics, its the in-your-face obvious over-representation that leaps out at the viewer I'm talking about], etc. How do we know that's really what Millennials want when that's all that's offered these days? Magnum had plenty of proto-"PC" elements for its time, but it was at a reasonable level. All programs today go to extremes about it.Chris109 wrote:...Millennials don't want storylines. They want blood and guts and lots of crashes and sex. And has to be PC...
That's debatable, at best.Pahonu wrote:...I might also add, I recall reading that in the original version, the creators looked to add some female roles to the show because the female demographic watching it just to see Selleck without his shirt was dropping after the first couple of seasons. They specifically developed the Carol Baldwin and Maggie Poole characters for this reason. I believe it was a TV Guide article from the 80's during its run where I read it. Having female characters isn't just about being PC, it brings in viewers, which if we're honest, is the whole point. ...