Magnum P.I. reboot

[MikeKardec]

I don't know.... when you look at it from POV of a woman being the 'adult' in the group, bringing the men-children into line, that's a trope I see all the time on TV.

You are totally right. The question is, can they allow her to be amusingly un-fun. The straight "man" and the butt of jokes. We'll have to see ...

 

[p51]

Magnum had been a POW in 'Nam and tortured. I can't imagine that'd translate to modern times, though I guess being a SEAL caught by ISIS and quickly rescued before they could do a internet execution would be plausible?
Either way, they're going to have the have the "Did you see the sunrise this morning?" episode eventualy, which I think was the best ending of any TV espisode of any show:

 

[Edward]

I'm sure they'll easily translate him into an Iraq or Afghanistan vet, though I suspect they'll be a bit more obscure on the torture front, given that the MO of at least some of those likely to have captured him would have been a beheading, it might be considered in poor taste to suggest he'd been unrealistically 'saved' from such a fate in the wake of cases like Daneil Pearl and Ken Bigley.

You are totally right. The question is, can they allow her to be amusingly un-fun. The straight "man" and the butt of jokes. We'll have to see ...

If they play it liked the Amanda Redman role in New Tricks it could work well. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362357/

 

[Zombie_61]

If memory serves, Higgins was most effective when he was a wet blanket thrown over the other characters. It seems he was funny because he was the only real adult in the group, the teacher the kids were avoiding or "borrowing" from. He was cool because he was uncool. Somehow I fear it's beyond contemporary TV politics to allow a woman to play that role ... the scold. It's perfect for an older British gentleman, however. John Hillerman was actually a Texan and I believe he was a cousin or something of the sort to mystery writer Tony Hillerman.

I don't know.... when you look at it from POV of a woman being the 'adult' in the group, bringing the men-children into line, that's a trope I see all the time on TV.

Which is probably why they won't be able to resist using it. On the other hand, Perdita Weeks (Juliet Higgins) is the youngest member of the cast so far, so that could work against her character being the "mature" one in the group. The only project she's been in that I've seen was Penny Dreadful, but I don't remember her so I don't know whether or not she would be able to play her version of Higgins as "older/wiser than her years". Actually, I'm guessing it won't be long before they'll have her strutting around in bikinis, maybe even acting as "bait" to draw in their suspects.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Zombie, you're a creative genius - you should be producing network TV.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Magnum had been a POW in 'Nam and tortured. I can't imagine that'd translate to modern times, though I guess being a SEAL caught by ISIS and quickly rescued before they could do a internet execution would be plausible?
Either way, they're going to have the have the "Did you see the sunrise this morning?" episode eventualy, which I think was the best ending of any TV espisode of any show:

Yes, it's just like the ending of (spoilers) that great neo-noir, The Long Goodbye.

 

[Harp]

I'm sure they'll easily translate him into an Iraq or Afghanistan vet, though I suspect they'll be a bit more obscure on the torture front, given that the MO of at least some of those likely to have captured him would have been a beheading, it might be considered in poor taste to suggest he'd been unrealistically 'saved' from such a fate in the wake of cases like Daneil Pearl and Ken Bigley.

I once had a commanding officer whom had lost two men to the Viet Cong; assumed by the condition of their hands to have been forced to dig their graves.
ISIS seem particularly cruel, insanely so.

 

[BobHufford]

I guess it won't be filmed on the same location...

http://triblive.com/aande/movies/13...made-famous-in-magnum-pi-set-to-be-demolished

 

[1mach1]

I guess it won't be filmed on the same location...

http://triblive.com/aande/movies/13...made-famous-in-magnum-pi-set-to-be-demolished

Well damn

 

[Feraud]

hmmm this seems to be another uninspired reboot.

 

[Zombie_61]

I guess it won't be filmed on the same location...

http://triblive.com/aande/movies/13...made-famous-in-magnum-pi-set-to-be-demolished

 

[Tiki Tom]

Yup. Sad but true. Robin's Nest was tore down over the weekend. Here is a picture of the construction site.
It is a shame that they could not have preserved it. It was built in 1933, after all. On an island with relatively few historic structures, couldn't they have somehow saved it?

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37914775/bye-bye-robins-nest-iconic-magnum-pi-property-demolished

 

[3fingers]

8.7 million semolians for a teardown. I got no words.

 

[Just Jim]

I can only think of three that might explain it: "Location, location, location".

 

[Zombie_61]

8.7 million semolians for a teardown. I got no words.

To my blue-collar working class mind that's a staggering amount of money to pay for...well, anything, actually. It doesn't sound quite right somehow, but sometimes it costs less to tear a building down and start over than it would to repair whatever damage has been done to the original building over the years. I guess it's easier to make that decision when you aren't emotionally invested and are only looking at figures on a piece of paper.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

A multi-storey hotel, complete with shopping mall & a McDonald's will probably be built in it's place...............punters will be queuing up to get their gnashers into a McMagnum burger.

 

[Fading Fast]

To my blue-collar working class mind that's a staggering amount of money to pay for...well, anything, actually. It doesn't sound quite right somehow, but sometimes it costs less to tear a building down and start over than it would to repair whatever damage has been done to the original building over the years. I guess it's easier to make that decision when you aren't emotionally invested and are only looking at figures on a piece of paper.

I'm with you and also with your explanation. Painful to see it go / shocking at some level that anything is worth that much / but can understand the cold rationality of how the land and new development can be worth more than trying to "work with" the existing structure.

Similarly and equally stunning are the number of houses in my girlfriend's parents' neighborhood (a mix of middle to upper-middle income houses) that are sold and torn down to have a McMansion put up. Nice, +/- 2000 square feet homes (big to my mind and upbringing) - some with very cool old architecture that are, also, thoughtfully sized and located on their plots of land - are bought, torn down and replaced with all styles of gigantic houses that overwhelm the property's footprint.

In the twenty-plus years I've been with my girlfriend, her parents' neighborhood has been transformed from an unassuming mix of, as noted, middle to upper-middle income homes with varying but not look-at-me architectural styles - to half that and half these new gargantuan and architecturally loud houses that neither fit the feel of the neighborhood nor the scale of their plots of land.

 

[Zombie_61]

^ I suppose we've been fortunate that only two or three houses on our block have been McMansionized. Viewed at a glance from the street, their designs are relatively conservative and don't stand out too much from the overall "late-40s/early-50s" suburban architecture of the rest of the block; it's only when you take a closer look along the sides of those houses that you realize they occupy a much larger footprint. On at least two or three streets to the east there are some McMansions that are ridiculously ostentatious and would stand out like a sore thumb even if they weren't the size of a small warehouse.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

Really? Reboots? Looks to me like Hollywood has lost its creativity when they have to resort to remaking old shows. Btw, Tom Selleck cannot do anything but guest appearances on the new show, I love Blue Bloods and forbid him from leaving it.

 

[3fingers]

Really? Reboots? Looks to me like Hollywood has lost its creativity when they have to resort to remaking old shows. Btw, Tom Selleck cannot do anything but guest appearances on the new show, I love Blue Bloods and forbid him from leaving it.

I have always enjoyed his work as well. Especially the westerns. Unfortunately he has developed rheumatoid arthritis and it has progressed to the point that I'm not sure how much longer he will be able to work. It's a horrible disease that members of my family have been afflicted with. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.