Them's fightin' words!! Center of town, high noon, be there!MaiTaiMan wrote:Gillis sucks!
Luther Gillis: File #521 (4.2)
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LOL! This sounds more like Gary Cooper ("High Noon") than Luther Gillis.J.J. Walters wrote:Them's fightin' words!! Center of town, high noon, be there!MaiTaiMan wrote:Gillis sucks!
Really, though, I'm sure there are many who like Luther Gillis and think he's hilarious...I totally respect their opinions. I just don't happen to share them.
Compared to Bogie and Magnum, I still think Gillis sucked. But, for those who liked his loud-mouthed, slobiness, know-it-all style, I suppose he could've had his own show--set in St. Louis of course. But, I could not have watched it.
I love the "Magnum" episodes that primarily deal with the regular characters and an action-packed/suspenseful case that Magnum would be working on. Usually the episodes that focus primarily on a recurring, goof-ball, guest-star character (such as Gillis) are not ones I really enjoy that much. They take way too much away from Magnum and the "gang", and the normal style of the show.
"It was more ironic than a Robin Masters novel--she thought he was dead, he thought she was dead...and only the chauffeur knew the truth! He should have been the butler!" "Lest We Forget"
Think you are missing the point there buddy. Luther is seen as joke at first but is gradually revealed (to the audience and T.M.) as someone Magnum (or any PI) could potentially end up as. The comic relief is in the fact that Magnum finds him a figure of fun at first but continuously, and uncomfortably, discovers they have many things in common.MaiTaiMan wrote:Compared to Bogie and Magnum, I still think Gillis sucked.
I don't really think I'm missing the point...I get it, I just don't particularly care for it. Perhaps Magnum and Gillis both want to do good or help people in their business...but other than that they don't have anything in common. I agree that at first Gillis is seen a a joke...and later is more serious when it came to his daughter (but not much). However, he's pretty much portrayed as a joke throughout the episode.Lt Tanaka wrote:Think you are missing the point there buddy. Luther is seen as joke at first but is gradually revealed (to the audience and T.M.) as someone Magnum (or any PI) could potentially end up as. The comic relief is in the fact that Magnum finds him a figure of fun at first but continuously, and uncomfortably, discovers they have many things in common.MaiTaiMan wrote:Compared to Bogie and Magnum, I still think Gillis sucked.
I know this is supposed to be a "lighter", more humorous episode...it just goes too far overboard for my taste.
"It was more ironic than a Robin Masters novel--she thought he was dead, he thought she was dead...and only the chauffeur knew the truth! He should have been the butler!" "Lest We Forget"
No offense taken at all! I sometimes differ with others when it comes to episodes like the Luther Gillis ones--some like 'em and some don't.Lt Tanaka wrote:No offense intended. I agree with your opinion on most Magnum points.MaiTaiMan wrote: I don't really think I'm missing the point...I get it, I just don't particularly care for it. :
Maybe it's just a matter of taste. I like Luther.
Overall most episodes of "Magnum" are pretty awesome...and I wish that somehow the show could've made the 10 year mark--but I'm happy with 8!
"It was more ironic than a Robin Masters novel--she thought he was dead, he thought she was dead...and only the chauffeur knew the truth! He should have been the butler!" "Lest We Forget"
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I think the two characters I dislike the most in "Magnum" are Luther and the "fake" Mac! Both annoy the heck out of me and I don't really care for the episodes they're in.miltontheripper wrote:I originally hated Luther in his episodes, now he has grown on me to where he's just annoying. I like his comic relief but he is a little to ridiculous for me to take seriously.
"It was more ironic than a Robin Masters novel--she thought he was dead, he thought she was dead...and only the chauffeur knew the truth! He should have been the butler!" "Lest We Forget"
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There's one evident flub in this episode:
When they're walking away from the nun, Luther reminisces about his education with the nuns. Now what kind of Catholic calls their child Luther of all names?
*Spoiler*
Also the beginning when Luther talks down this case as your average case, "Feels like I've worked on this case a thousand times before", etc... is intentionally misleading, given how the girl turns out to be his daughter. I think it's a cheap trick.
When they're walking away from the nun, Luther reminisces about his education with the nuns. Now what kind of Catholic calls their child Luther of all names?
*Spoiler*
Also the beginning when Luther talks down this case as your average case, "Feels like I've worked on this case a thousand times before", etc... is intentionally misleading, given how the girl turns out to be his daughter. I think it's a cheap trick.
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Haha - one of the fathers of the Reformation. Clever catch!Croix de Lorraine wrote:When they're walking away from the nun, Luther reminisces about his education with the nuns. Now what kind of Catholic calls their child Luther of all names?
"How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent."
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Somewhere I posted that I liked one Luther Gillis over the other. Guess I was confused because I'd fogotten that Artie Keanu was in the first two. Anyway, after having seen Luther Gillis: File #521 last night, I can say definitively that the second, The Return of Luther Gillis, is the best of all the Luther episodes.
Can't remember what I voted on this one, but it's a solid [8.0], because I like Luther Gillis--but not for his own show.
Now I love Film Noir/lone wolf detectives as much as anyone, but I felt that this episode would have benefited from NOT having been filmed in "Smear-O-Vision", which seemed to be a late '70s-early '80s technique of invoking nostalgia or the past. We know how much Bellisario loves that stuff, but I'm glad the technique was dropped for subsequent Gillis episodes.
Can't remember what I voted on this one, but it's a solid [8.0], because I like Luther Gillis--but not for his own show.
Now I love Film Noir/lone wolf detectives as much as anyone, but I felt that this episode would have benefited from NOT having been filmed in "Smear-O-Vision", which seemed to be a late '70s-early '80s technique of invoking nostalgia or the past. We know how much Bellisario loves that stuff, but I'm glad the technique was dropped for subsequent Gillis episodes.
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this one always scored well with me. Loved the Luther Gillis character as the guy Magnum didn't want to become......and I'm sure that is one of the primary reasons for introducing him. It especially hits when Luther shows Magnum his book on how to be a private eye, something Magnum has mentioned he will write someday.
Near the end when they cross the street to the car and Magnum tells Luther he will take him to the airport, I could swear the extra walking by the car, a woman, either aborts a wave at Selleck or is signaling someone. It just looked so awkward.
OR maybe it's you flub guys getting in my head.......lol
Near the end when they cross the street to the car and Magnum tells Luther he will take him to the airport, I could swear the extra walking by the car, a woman, either aborts a wave at Selleck or is signaling someone. It just looked so awkward.
OR maybe it's you flub guys getting in my head.......lol
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