Well I went to Comic Con San Diego a couple weeks ago. One of the panels I had on my list was the Magnum reboot screening. Now, I thought I could just breeze into the panel because I thought, who really wants to watch this? The line was insane, all the way outside the Convention!!! Luckily, I barely got in.
I am a long time Magnum fan, and tried to go into this with a clean slate. Well they played the first episode of the reboot. (Spoilers!) Okay at first it was okay. They stuck to most of the basics, they all wore the Cross Of Lorraine ring. Magnum still drives a Ferrari, the Lads are present, and Magnum still talks to himself. However Higgins is now a pretty lady, and this really puts a strain on the whole atmosphere of the reboot. (I'll explain in a bit) Rick no longer works at the club, he works as a mechanic at a chop shop apparently. When they cast the TC character they missed the mark completely, he is not the muscular, health conscience guy we remember. The new guy has quite the gut, but he still runs Island Hoppers. Magnum, well he is a small guy now and really lacks the overall charisma.
The reboot episode was pretty standard, they kidnap Magnums friend. Magnum finds the friend dead later, and the team comes together to find the killers. The Ferrari, well at first Magnum is driving around a newer black Ferrari. But it gets destroyed in gunfire. So Magnum asks Higgins for a new car, they have an awkward discussion at the garage where Robbin has his luxury cars. Higgins then lets him take a car and he picks the old 1980's Ferrari, the crowd goes nuts as he revs it up and takes off. Well in the end that Ferrari is destroyed in the most asinine action sequence, it was so ridiculous the audience laughed. Then we now have the undertones of a romance between Magnum and Higgins as they talk on the phone..the end.
Now the actors, producer and directer parade out. The interviewer asks them easy questions, but one came up that irked me. He asked how familiar the actors where with the series. The only actor that followed the older series was the actor who played Rick. Jay H. who portrays Magnum admitted to watching only one episode. The interviewer also asked if they were planning a romantic relationship between Magnum and Higgins. The answer was yes...I had to restrain myself from walking out of the panel at that instant. They also mentioned that a crossover with Hawaii five O will occur. Well then it was time for the audience questions, so I got in line of at least 50 people, they fielded only 3 peoples questions! No hard questions except for a veteran, questioning why they are making vets look like warmongers in this reboot. Well they expertly dodged this question by not directly answering and then asking everyone to stand up and show respect for the guy who asked the question..he did not look amused lol
This show is pretty much directed towards the millennial audience, it does have the frame work of the original series but they messed up the original formula...Oh and if you guys want me to post some of the crazy costumes I saw at Comic Con let me know
