That being said, I'm going to watch the pilot. It doesn't look good to me. It looks like a by-the-numbers (in every way I can think of) reboot. After the pilot, I'll likely forget about it and go back to the original I grew up with. Only "likely"? Are you saying there's a chance you won't forget ab...

The new MacGyver is so bad... Still around. What about Scorpion. Recently cancelled but lasted a while. I used to mock my wife for liking it. It was so lame and cheesy yet there was a backlash when it was cancelled. TV has been so dumbed down (to cater to the equally dumbed down populace) that the ...

I was just thinking about this again. If I was like Tom Selleck and "didn't do nostalgia", I wouldn't care one bit about Tom Selleck - because I would have moved on and now I would be thinking about some modern vacuous twit. I'd be interested in some modern lesbian reality star and her equally vacu...

Just curious if anyone has the promotional material for the original from 1980... I found this one, but it's only a 15 second spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha4s-wGe47Y Here is another early commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoRp12d0Tg I wanted to get a sense of how the early episo...

Well, I'll chime in here. When I got word of the new trailer I put all assumptions aside and told myself to watch it for what it is and what it is not. I actually really liked it. Yes, I liked it. ... So, yes, my glass is always half-full! Coops, I like your attitude and I think that what you are s...

I don't think reboots are ever intended to appeal primarily to the original audience. I think they are intended to appeal to the newer and younger audiences. The original audience is just a little icing on the cake. I do not like the new Hawaii 5-0 or the new MacGyver but I loved the originals. I'd...

Good point, Magnum never advertised his badassery. Maybe the Hernandez Magnum will also be unassuming in that way.

Disclaimer: I don't watch Hawaii 5-0, but it keeps coming up in forum comments... is it really that bad? If it is, I sure hope the Magnum reboot is treated better.

The "safe with me" vibe is there (he's a SEAL!), but he sometimes loses the upper hand, and his vulnerabilities are as important as his strengths. I haven't actually seen Jay Hernandez in anything, so I can't say what sort of Magnum he'll be, but I actually don't want him to to be too close to Selle...

My mother-in-law said the same thing about the Jack Reacher movies (though she really likes Tom Cruise, so gave it a pass). With adaptations and reboots, which are really just a kind of adaptation, the expectations held by fans of the original versions will always get in the way, and I get it. "The ...

Is Manetti struggling financially? Or is there a back story about him not turning down money? I'm curious!

I've been surprised that so many people are bothered about Jay Hernandez's height. In some cases the complaints come off as good-natured ribbing, but sometimes they seems petty. He's not as tall as Tom Selleck, but does it matter? Do you really want the reboot to try to mimic the original down to ev...