Kevin M., to David Bruggeman, in part: > > As seems to be the case with modern reboots, they take a few character > names and assume that alone made the series. The characters are only barely > like the originals, and the cosmetic changes don't add value to the > original concept. > > See the "...Jump Street" films, f'rinstance...
> I agree with David that much of the original series didn't age well, but > there are several episodes that still work (let's all just pretend the > final season in the "neighborhood" never happened, ok?). What doesn't work > is that the original series was family friendly... it was wholesome... and > tv shows don't do that anymore. Mac's boss now has to be an attractive > female, not a bald chubby guy. And he needs a hot female computer expert at > his side. And instead of having D Day from Animal House play the bumbling > Jack Dalton, the character now has to be a gun toting muscle man (in the > original series, Mac didn't kill and he didn't condone other friends of his > killing either, but this Mac kills a boatload of people in the cold open, > and is fine with Jack shooting anybody he wants). > > So he's effin' 007, except with the resources of MacGyver. *Oy vey*... B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
