At its core, Magnum was smarter than most 80s detective shows. There was the dynamic of three functional Vietnam vets still connected years after the war. There was Rick’s underworld connections, TC’s chopper service customers, and Higgins upper-crust connections to add variety to the stories.
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:38 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:23 AM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Kevin M, Friday (20): >>> >>> They decided Higgins needs to be female. >> >> >> So they can cast some good-lookin' guy as a Brit working for the >> Russians... they'll call him "Robin Masters," and he'll show up during >> February. >> > > I was trying to think of why this seemed a bad idea to me and I found this > Guardian article to put it into words. Magnum is a pretty dumb show but Tom > Selleck made it fun and watchable. There's no reason to think CBS will cast > a lead that will bring what he brought so all that leaves is a pretty dumb > show. > > https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/25/magnum-pi-reboot-hell > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
