Magnum being a Seal

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Miss Q · #1 Post by **Miss Q** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:26 pm

OK, I have a question for the group.....

If Magnum was a seal, which we know the character to be, why was he beaten up so much....

He should of at least come out even in his fighting track record. He never really had a 'seal' stealthy fighting moves either.

Just a thought.

I know, I know TS didnt want the character to be perfect, but still, just saying....

N1095A · #2 Post by **N1095A** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:08 am

Because Selleck wanted the TM character to be self-effacing, and human. Not always winning fights, but conveying a sence of humility that made viewers relate to him rather than seeing him as larger than life.

Thomas_Magnum · #3 Post by **Thomas_Magnum** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:32 am

No offense, guys and gals, but its actually SEAL (for Sea Air and Land) and not seal. I don't mean to be petty, but a "seal" is a marine mammal.

Majordomo · #4 Post by **Majordomo** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:37 am

I do not know hardly anything about BUDS And SEAL training and all of that, but I always attributed his lack of hand to hand combat to him being trained as more of an intelligence officer. SUre, he had to go through all the training and had tours in Nam and stuff, but his specialty was Intelligence....kinda like a corpsman's specialty is medic-stuff...

Miss Q · #5 Post by **Miss Q** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:20 pm

TM you are correct. In an effort to type my message quickly I used the wrong grammer.

My appologies to all....

#6 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:39 pm

Ah, I wouldn't say he's "beaten up so much". He's won more fights than he has lost. The ones he looses are usually because he's outnumbered or he gets sucker punched. Rarely has he been flat out beaten one-on-one, Mano-a-mano. He's also older and is a good 10+ years removed from peak SEAL training condition. The Old Dusseldorf works against him as well.