Re: The Trailer
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 7:22 pm
I'm hoping that the "over the top/Justin Lin" aspect of the pilot will not survive into the show.
That's just wishful thinking, I know.
That's just wishful thinking, I know.
The reason may be simple:ConchRepublican wrote:As negative as I am about the Reboot in general, the "Shiggins" situation is one of the primary reasons.Bondtoys.de wrote:In contrary to many comments here, I applaud the way that they've done Higgins!
I love Higgins and I love the way how Hillerman played the role!
No contemporary actor could create something similar, we'd always be comparing him with Hillerman.
So instead of imitating the traditional Higgins, they went innovative and made something totally new.
I understand your position, why even TRY to remake what Hillerman created, go in a totally different direction (which is a slight against Selleck actually, because the same case can be made and once you do that, well, why even call it Magnum, which is my point, but I digress) . . . but that different direction should have been an older, wizened female with experiences dating back to The Troubles and things like that, who can still simulate the Higgins position from a different perspective. In my mind a Helen Mirren/Judi Dench type. This way we get the female perspective while still keeping a authority, and perhaps in the future a protective, position without the Moonlighting "will they/won't they" aspect.
You're wrong about CoopsKwai Bridge wrote:I've just seen the trailer today, which is also the reason I remembered that I used to be a part of the Magnum-Mania family, so guess who's back!
Sooooo anyway...what do you guys think the in-universe explanation of the existance of Robin-1 308GTS will be?
In my opinion, the only realistic explanation is that Robin Masters owns a 308GTS in this "timeline" (to put it that way) as well.
Since all of the characters share names with the characters from original show, that means that there also can't be any blood relation between Juliet and Jonathan Higgins, and the 308 serves as a slight nudge to the fans of the original show, before being wrecked in Episode 1 to introduce a new Ferrari which will then serve to appeal to the newer generations.
As for the other things in the trailer...I completely disliked the CGI and Mission:Impossible-esque jump at the end of the trailer...not to mention that I'm totally not expecting the creators of the show to pay attention to small details, such as the elusive "Get Wet" cap, "Coops" beer and all of the other obscure nudges which made the show feel all the more interesting and intriguing.
I guess I'll give the pilot episode a shot, but I'm not expecting to get hooked. I mean, come on, Thomas Magnum without a moustache?
But those are just my thoughts. Tell me what you think!
Oh wow, I've completely missed that! Maybe there is hope after all...karolis wrote:You're wrong about Coops
Yeah, sometimes i think that i was born in a wrong decade and in the wrong countryRembrandt's Girl wrote:Just reading back through this thread... Oh wow, I've been watching MPI longer than you've been alivekarolis wrote:This may be because i'm not even 30 years old, i wasn't even born in the 80s, shows from this time of period in my country aired in late 90s, when i was 7-10 years old.![]()
Not the right thread for this, but I've been really enjoying all your screen caps & sleuthingkarolis!
Speaking about Coops, few days ago i was stunned - i watched Cobra Kai (Karate Kid sequel on Youtube Red) trailer and at the 0:16 mark i just noticed a Coops bottle:Kwai Bridge wrote:Oh wow, I've completely missed that! Maybe there is hope after all...karolis wrote:You're wrong about Coops
Hi karolis.....that is a Coors can.karolis wrote:Speaking about Coops, few days ago i was stunned - i watched Cobra Kai (Karate Kid sequel on Youtube Red) trailer and at the 0:16 mark i just noticed a Coops bottle:Kwai Bridge wrote:Oh wow, I've completely missed that! Maybe there is hope after all...karolis wrote:You're wrong about Coops
Link: https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y
I always thought that such beer was only used in Magnum P.I.
Oh...Sam wrote:Hi karolis.....that is a Coors can.
Yup, they used Coops in Magnum as a little nudge to Coors without having to pay for licensing rights (as far as I know, I'm not from USA either). We're kinda going off topic now though!karolis wrote:Oh...Sam wrote:Hi karolis.....that is a Coors can.I'm not from USA, don't know all the beers.
That's definitely not a first edition, with "#1 Bestseller" on the dust jacket and spine! Sorry, the bibliophile in me couldn't resist!Rembrandt's Girl wrote:I'm thinking now some of the over the top CGI stuff could be scenes from Robin Masters' novel. After the space scene Nuzo, TC and Rick joke about it... then Magnum (God that was hard to type) says, "When I'm not inspiring novels by best selling author Robin Masters, I'm his live-in security consultant blah blah blah...." So maybe at least some of the CGI we saw is supposed to be from a RM novel.
Also, the novel is titled White Night: Secret State which might explain all the "White Night" code names they're calling each other.