J.J.Walters wrote:Yeah, heh, the forum is just one small part of a larger entity... the Magnuverse!:)
Thanks J.J. not sure how I initially got straight to the forum without going through the main page, but that's what happened.
I'm still awed by the overwhelming amount of information and facts associated with the show and everything/everyone concerning it, you have assembled all in one neat, easily accessed, very well organized site! Very well done, and as I said earlier, it's gonna take me some time to catch up with most of the folks here. So far, I'm still enjoying it immensely!
J.J. Walters wrote:
Speaking of the opening surf scene, what's up with the "Kid on the Beach" (credited as such) checking out Kacy as she comes out of the water?!
He looks her up and down, bites his lip. What is he like 12!
I watched this episode last night and it is one of the odder moments in this entire series. Why a kid was chosen to check out an adult woman makes me wonder if the producers are sharing their own, personal desires at that age.
Does anyone know if the melody " Kacy's song " is avilable for download / purchase anywhere ? It's a lovely melody from this episode and I know that there is a Clip on this site of it, however I am looking for the full melody and studio recording ?
Wave goodbye: 10 great for characterization and Vietnam Vet portrayal
Wings Hauser's memorable performance as Nick is what makes this episode great. Magnum's confession that he served time in psychiatric rehab strengthened my respect for his character-but at the moment blew my mind almost as much as Nicks- I'd forgotten this -or never really noticed all those years ago when I last watched this ! I just love the depth of his character. Steven Moffat the creative genius behind many Brit shows- Dr Who, Sherlock, said about Sherlock - it is a show about a detective -not a detective show- this rings true for MPI especially with episodes like this . Magnum has to solve a puzzle for himself -not because of a client of the week...
Yeah it is dated - not so much for the DNA - but the character's lifestyles - surfer chick smokes a little grass, maybe does a little blow has casual and unprotected sex on beach . I was about "kid on the beach"'s age when this aired but clearly more innocent...by the time I was mid teens a couple of years after this was filmed - casual sex and drugs were big taboos due to Nancy Reagan and HIV/AIDS epidemic. I appreciate even though she was a free spirit Magnum defended supported her choices to enjoy life.
Mr. T M P.I. wrote:Does anyone know if the melody " Kacy's song " is avilable for download / purchase anywhere ? It's a lovely melody from this episode and I know that there is a Clip on this site of it, however I am looking for the full melody and studio recording ?
Not that I'm aware of. It is indeed a lovely melody. I'd really like to see a Post/Carpenter Magnum P.I. episode scores CD release, like what they did with Jan Hammer's Miami Vice scores. A 3-CD release... t'would be awesome!
magnumette wrote:Wave goodbye: ......Yeah it is dated - not so much for the DNA - but the character's lifestyles - surfer chick smokes a little grass, maybe does a little blow has casual and unprotected sex on beach . I was about "kid on the beach"'s age when this aired but clearly more innocent...by the time I was mid teens a couple of years after this was filmed - casual sex and drugs were big taboos due to Nancy Reagan and HIV/AIDS epidemic.
I don't know why but I got an image of Nancy Reagan being heavily into casual sex and drugs when you put it like that.
The main thing I remember about the 80's was Tipper Gore putting my favourite band, Judas Priest, on the "musn't listen to list" - i guess that was part of the same moral crusade.
7, nothing special. Would have liked to have seen more of Diane Crowley as Kacy! But aside from her looking so good, I think they could have developed the plot line a bit better and maybe had her murder about halfway through the story, rather than in the first .10 minutes. Plus I think the great Vic Morrow was wasted playing...once again, a grouchy, fascist type of cop-which seemed to be the only type of roles he was getting later in his career. For millions of baby boomer age boys who grew up in the 60's, VM as Sgt. Saunders in "Combat" was our idea of what a Sgt. and platoon leader should be. When we would play army we would all alternate as the various characters in the show. But Sgt. Saunders was the guy everyone wanted to be. Although it was occasionally fun to be the German and ham up a death scene.
He's got long hair. So did Charles Manson. Coincidence?
charybdis1966 wrote:I don't know why but I got an image of Nancy Reagan being heavily into casual sex and drugs when you put it like that.
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors...
charybdis1966 wrote:The main thing I remember about the 80's was Tipper Gore putting my favourite band, Judas Priest, on the "musn't listen to list" - i guess that was part of the same moral crusade.
charybdis1966 wrote:I don't know why but I got an image of Nancy Reagan being heavily into casual sex and drugs when you put it like that.
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors...
charybdis1966 wrote:The main thing I remember about the 80's was Tipper Gore putting my favourite band, Judas Priest, on the "musn't listen to list" - i guess that was part of the same moral crusade.
I voted Wave Goodbye a 6.5 (Not So Good) though I was wavering between that and a 7.0.
Glacial directorial pacing and an overall generic feel doom this episode. It could be an episode of almost any dramatic TV show from the 1970s; none of the Magnum P.I. flavor comes through here. Casey and Magnum have no interaction other than their brief passing by on the beach. Wave Goodbye also manages to waste the presence of two fine actors: the legendary (and greatly missed) Vic Morrow and the usually superb Wings Hauser, However, Morrow was nothing but a shallow red herring and the scene between Magnum and Hauser's Nick was interminable! Hauser should have played W.K. Stratton's role and Hauser Stratton's. Then we could have witnessed a superb psychotic meltdown that The Man Who Will Always Be Ramrod did so well. Wings Hauser as another actor who should have gotten a second guest shot--as a different character--on Magnum, P.I.
All that and Higgins once again relegated to "show up and get paid" status. Wave Goodbye is not an episode I'll revisit anytime soon.