I tend to agree with you, Steve.  Used to watch both the original Magnum and Five-0.  Some roles are so appropriately cast with a particular actor, they become almost definitive.

Looks like they are portraying Magnum as some kind of superhero,thats not what it should be,he was pretty an everyman.No one can play him like Tom Selleck,an iconic role.

Got to meet him in 1981 while on our honeymoon in Honolulu,in those days you could pretty much just stroll onto the set.Caught him coming out of his trailer,very gracious,he stopped and chatted and posed for a picture with my wife.

Must not be any writers in hollywood.  Who is TM?  Selleck was in the national guard  

I found a flyer from the production crew in my gate asking if they could use my house as a shooting location, but I just laughed and tossed it.  My house is in serious need of repainting, so they probably wanted to use it for a meth lab!  Dog the bounty hunter nabbed a probation violating perp two houses away, so my street does not need any more bad press!

Yeah these reboots are just dumb.  When the new 5-O first aired, we were howling with laughter when a character said that they were not local just because they “spoke the bird”.  The bird?  What’s that?  Oh, pidgin!  Ha ha, NOBODY here calls it “the bird”.  Just a case of Hollywood writers trying to sound hip, but tripping on the cracks in the sidewalk while wearing “rubbah slippas” (NOT flip-flops).

I had thought maybe these Hawaii based reboots would try to mix in actual geography and fun island factoids in with the story, but no.  The characters still start a chase in Kaimuki where I live, duck behind the old theater parking lot, and emerge in Waikiki, several miles away.  “Ho, dose mainland buggas, dey run so fast!!!”

TM- Thomas Magnum.

You probably could have gotten a new paint job out of the deal. Friend of mine got his lawn resodded in return for his driveway being used in a car commercial.

I really liked the original, so yes, probably be disappointed in the remake.

keavdog

Must not be any writers in hollywood.  Who is TM?  Selleck was in the national guard  

 

TM was Thomas Magnum in the series. Yes in real life he was in the National Guard but he played an ex Navy SEAL in the show. TC and Orville (Rick) were both Marines in the show and all served in Nam in the story line.

Ah, got it.

   Saw the prview too....my how Higgens has changed, pretty sure he was a pompus Brit in the original.....maybe he took a trip to a country that "re-assigns" things. I smell a secret love affair in the wind and I too most likely will not watch but part of 1 episode.

   What does TC fly now? An R22? A drone?

Magnum PI reboot? Old news.

There are other old shows returning I know of on top of my head

Murphy Brown

The Rookie

Rumor has it: Fantasy Island

Movie remakes:

A Star is Born

Halloween featuring Jamie Lee Curtis again only years later. same Michael Meyers returns..... again... *eye roll*

This tells me Hollywood has lost their creative juices.....

There's a couple other shows being re-cast and released.  Can't they come up with something original?  How many different versions of shows and movies can they do?  Marvel alone has re-written almost all of its series from Spiderman through the Fantastic Four.  I tried to explain to a kid at church how they have altered the characters and story lines but he finds it hard to believe.  I might get him a copy of teh bood with the original comics laid out and see if that helps.  Either way, I'm done with all the changes .

No John Hillerman? No Zeus? No Apollo? I don't think so. But then again, CBS isn't wanting to attract us oldtimers who were fans of the original show.

fotofrank

No John Hillerman? No Zeus? No Apollo? I don't think so. But then again, CBS isn't wanting to attract us oldtimers who were fans of the original show.

 

Unfortunately, Hillerman passed away several months back. He was in his 90s. Great picture of Higgins and the Lads.

GMorrison

You probably could have gotten a new paint job out of the deal. Friend of mine got his lawn resodded in return for his driveway being used in a car commercial. 

Yeah that’s what my coworkers said too.  But I didn’t want an army all over my yard.  I watched 5-O set up at a house in my neighborhood, and it was a major production, with the streets clogged with trailers and equipment.

Yeah, stick a fork in Hollyweird... it's done. When you're so creatively bankrupt the only thing you can do is dig up and remake the past it's over. I don't even give these reboots a chance anymore, I'm always disappointed. 

I picked up the complete series on DVD a year or so ago and have been slowly watching though them. I haven't seen the show since it ran back in the '80s and it's interesting to note the little things I remember and the majority that I've forgotten. 'Did You See the Sunrise' was a friggin' amazing episode. Thoughtful and pretty dark for a series that was mostly a light-weight fun show. 

The new show sounds like a disaster. The whole show revolved around the chemistry between Thomas and Higgins- without it you don't have a show. And as the show went on Higgins not having any children and Thomas losing his dad when he was just a child they became more and more surrogate father and son. With a female Higgins you've just shot that relationship in the head and buried it. 

Gamera

Yeah, stick a fork in Hollyweird... it's done. When you're so creatively bankrupt the only thing you can do is dig up and remake the past it's over. I don't even give these reboots a chance anymore, I'm always disappointed. 

I picked up the complete series on DVD a year or so ago and have been slowly watching though them. I haven't seen the show since it ran back in the '80s and it's interesting to note the little things I remember and the majority that I've forgotten. 'Did You See the Sunrise' was a friggin' amazing episode. Thoughtful and pretty dark for a series that was mostly a light-weight fun show. 

The new show sounds like a disaster. The whole show revolved around the chemistry between Thomas and Higgins- without it you don't have a show. And as the show went on Higgins not having any children and Thomas losing his dad when he was just a child they became more and more surrogate father and son. With a female Higgins you've just shot that relationship in the head and buried it. 

 

Good post Gamera. You can see the slow change in Higgins' attitude at Thomas thru the seasons. I was actually sorry to see the show come to an end but at least the final episode did have a happy ending.

Not only was it a light weight fun show in general but it did have a couple of ghostly ones that were pretty interesting to watch. 'Flashback' was very good too dealing with time travel. But just how in the heck did that old Tigers cap find its way into the modern day Ferrari at the end...??

I rewatched the entire series again a couple of years ago.  It had its high and low points, I must admit.  It's an example of typical 80's television.  Still, I found it much more entertaining than typical 21st century TV fare.  I did not bother watching the reboot, as the commercials just did nothing to rekindle any nostalgic feeling.  Perhaps the 12 year old audience will find it interesting.

Television many years ago was called a "vast wasteland".  Today, televsion looks like that wasteland has been visited by barbarian hordes who have burned it to the ground.

Gary

plasticjunkie

 

 

fotofrank

No John Hillerman? No Zeus? No Apollo? I don't think so. But then again, CBS isn't wanting to attract us oldtimers who were fans of the original show.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, Hillerman passed away several months back. He was in his 90s. Great picture of Higgins and the Lads.

 

Yeah, I know that John Hillerman has passed. Too bad. I had been a fan of Hillerman ever since his part as Howerd Johnson in Blazing Saddles. He was funny and serious at the same time.

Gamera

Yeah, stick a fork in Hollyweird... it's done. When you're so creatively bankrupt the only thing you can do is dig up and remake the past it's over. I don't even give these reboots a chance anymore, I'm always disappointed. 

I picked up the complete series on DVD a year or so ago and have been slowly watching though them. I haven't seen the show since it ran back in the '80s and it's interesting to note the little things I remember and the majority that I've forgotten. 'Did You See the Sunrise' was a friggin' amazing episode. Thoughtful and pretty dark for a series that was mostly a light-weight fun show. 

The new show sounds like a disaster. The whole show revolved around the chemistry between Thomas and Higgins- without it you don't have a show. And as the show went on Higgins not having any children and Thomas losing his dad when he was just a child they became more and more surrogate father and son. With a female Higgins you've just shot that relationship in the head and buried it. 

 

When I saw Higgins was female, my first thought was they will spin a quirky love interest theme kind of like that of David Addison and Maddie Hayes from Moonlighting.

I'm kind of losing my interest in television and movies now a days. I'm tired of "reboots". Since not many original thoughts are coming out of Hollywood lately, I may try ro revist some of the old shows when I was a kid. For instance MASH, or Baa Baa Black Sheep. And I have several Abbott and Costello movies to dig out and watch. 

I lost interest in 5-0 way back in the early 70's during the original. The plot had a character as a snuiper loking to off McGarett. Thing is, the guy had lost both hands and had basically a big pair of tweezers for hands. He concealed his rifle in a guitar case because, you know, a guy with no hands carrying a guitar case is not suspicious. 
I never watched the original Magnum, PI so it's unlikely I'll watch the reboot.
On the other hand, at least some of these people are trying to tell stories, not like the ubiquitous So You Think You Want to Dance with an American Millionaire Bachelotrette Talent Idol. 

hogfanfs

 

 

Gamera

Yeah, stick a fork in Hollyweird... it's done. When you're so creatively bankrupt the only thing you can do is dig up and remake the past it's over. I don't even give these reboots a chance anymore, I'm always disappointed. 

I picked up the complete series on DVD a year or so ago and have been slowly watching though them. I haven't seen the show since it ran back in the '80s and it's interesting to note the little things I remember and the majority that I've forgotten. 'Did You See the Sunrise' was a friggin' amazing episode. Thoughtful and pretty dark for a series that was mostly a light-weight fun show. 

The new show sounds like a disaster. The whole show revolved around the chemistry between Thomas and Higgins- without it you don't have a show. And as the show went on Higgins not having any children and Thomas losing his dad when he was just a child they became more and more surrogate father and son. With a female Higgins you've just shot that relationship in the head and buried it. 

 

 

 

 

When I saw Higgins was female, my first thought was they will spin a quirky love interest theme kind of like that of David Addison and Maddie Hayes from Moonlighting.

I'm kind of losing my interest in television and movies now a days. I'm tired of "reboots". Since not many original thoughts are coming out of Hollywood lately, I may try ro revist some of the old shows when I was a kid. For instance MASH, or Baa Baa Black Sheep. And I have several Abbott and Costello movies to dig out and watch. 

 

 

Abbott & Costello movies never gets old. I've got their movie collection on DVD.

ajlafleche

On the other hand, at least some of these people are trying to tell stories, not like the ubiquitous So You Think You Want to Dance with an American Millionaire Bachelotrette Talent Idol. 

 

I agree, there are only a few reality tv shows that catch my interest. 

But, on a good note, a really good (IMHO) movie that came out was A Quite Place. First time in a long time, I caught myself trying to eat my popcorn very quietly!

PJ: I had to go back and check out which episode was 'Flashback' - even now they're all blurring together. Pretty cool time travel/dream episode. I was kinda wondering how they'd handle T.C. - pretty clever how Thomas got him into several no blacks allowed places. 

Bruce: Yeah, I very much expect some sort of love/hate romantic interest thing now. I guess it could work, but frankly I don't care- I'm not watching it in any case. 

I've picked up several old TV shows on DVD, it's kinda hit or miss but I still enjoy them more than all the dark angsty stuff everything is today. 

ajlafleche

I lost interest in 5-0 way back in the early 70's during the original. The plot had a character as a snuiper loking to off McGarett. Thing is, the guy had lost both hands and had basically a big pair of tweezers for hands. He concealed his rifle in a guitar case because, you know, a guy with no hands carrying a guitar case is not suspicious. 
I never watched the original Magnum, PI so it's unlikely I'll watch the reboot.
On the other hand, at least some of these people are trying to tell stories, not like the ubiquitous So You Think You Want to Dance with an American Millionaire Bachelotrette Talent Idol. 

 

 

Lol yeah but the '70s episode was original stupid. Which I'll take anyday over reheated stupid.

I wonder what modern remakes of Baa Baa Blacksheep, Twelve O'clock High, and Combat would look like? Could be awesome, could be pathetic...

Gamera

Did you see at the end Thomas finding the old Detroit cap? Pretty cool ending.

WillysMB

I wonder what modern remakes of Baa Baa Blacksheep, Twelve O'clock High, and Combat would look like? Could be awesome, could be pathetic...

...The Six Billion Dollar Man.  Except Steve Austin is black, Asian, Hispanic, or anything but white.  Or maybe he’s a child genius who became an astronaut at age 12.  And Oscar is a woman.  And she is his nanny or school counselor turned OSI handler.  Then they can do the Six Trillion Dollar Woman, but make her a man.

OR I could just keep quiet, because the last time I made such off the cuff comments in public, it became a horrifying reality (Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze).

Holmes and Yo Yo!!!  Ducking for cover now.