POLL: Magnum, P.I. Motion Picture

[sophia]

I saw Josh on tv a few days ago, he looked like he had'nt shaved in a while.
Maybe he's trying to be more like TS.

[Tralfaz]

Why not a girl? I had an idea a while back that Lily returns from Iraq disenchanted and follows her Dad's Path.

A Mix of Magnum and Veronica Mars.

T

[golfmobile]

Tralfaz,

I think that is actually a very good idea! That way, you'd dodge the "who can play Magnum besides Selleck" issue, he could play a supporting or even minor role as her dad, but the story could revolve around a distaff (female) Magnum -- with other Iraq War vets as her sidekicks -- you could even have a female helicopter pilot.

I'm not saying the cast should ALL be female characters (though I wouldn't object to that if it were done right), but you could have a couple, with the plotline being picking up at this time frame instead of trying to re-create the 1980s -- a la the disastrous Starsky & Hutch, for example. That would "salute" the original but still allow for a new scenario (and younger actors to appeal to the Gen-Xers et al.). I wouldn't object to a movie along that line, though I still think TS and all the other guys should have AT LEAST cameos. I think if it were done properly, they wouldn't object to "passing the torch" to worth successors. SelleckLover, you maybe agree? Again, it all depends on a good script and good casting.

Why don't the "powers that be" read our forum! We always have the best ideas on how to do it "right," to please diehard MPI fans, don't you all think? So Tralfaz gets the credit for coming up with the female Magnum idea! The more I think about it, the more I like it.

golf

[SelleckLover]

Sounds good to me golf! You're right about the ideas we have...they ARE better than any of the lame stuff that Hollywood has come up with so far!

[spencenator]

I can't imagine supporting a movie if it is not sanctioned by Selleck himself. If he is ok with it then i will be.

[Vanity]

I simply do not see any reason why there should be a movie called Magnum PI, if it is out of place, out of time and out of core essentatials.
MPI is a state of mind, the original cast undoubtfully contributed to it. The set, the Ferrari (not any Ferrari), Robin's nest, the chopper (not any other one).... remove any of these elements, remove the original guys behind the scene who created the stories, and all you'll end up with, in my opinion, just an average movie. But MPI was not just a TV serie, and that's what makes it so special. So just a movie is just not good enough either. I'll skip.

[sophia]

Vanity,
I totally agree!!!!!!!

[Vanity]

Thanks Sophia.
Guess I'll just hold on to my MPI DVD's and I'll rather watch Jesse Stone rather than a none Selleck Magnum

[spencenator]

Exactly, look what happened when the Miami Vice movie was made with different actors. Bad movie

[Coops]

I simply do not see any reason why there should be a movie called Magnum PI, if it is out of place, out of time and out of core essentatials.
MPI is a state of mind, the original cast undoubtfully contributed to it. The set, the Ferrari (not any Ferrari), Robin's nest, the chopper (not any other one).... remove any of these elements, remove the original guys behind the scene who created the stories, and all you'll end up with, in my opinion, just an average movie. But MPI was not just a TV serie, and that's what makes it so special. So just a movie is just not good enough either. I'll skip.

I couldn't have said it better myself. MPI is more than just a tv show, much, much more.

[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

I've said it several times... They will screw this movie up. It is going to be some cheesy spoof like Starskey and Hutch and it is going to be unbearable. I really wish it would pick up with the rel cast in current time, but we know there is no chance of that happening.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I agree with Vanity -- Magnum was a state of mind -- a "happening."

I voted "Maybe, if there are cameos" in the poll, but I'd probably go see it (out of morbid curiosity) once it hit the dollar theaters.

Speaking of absolutely dreadful remakes -- did anyone else see The Legend of the Lone Ranger? Christopher Lloyd (whom I dearly love in other roles) played Butch Cavendish, which just about says it all. It was more like The Wild, Wild West.

[tshoffie]

nope because in my eyes no one can do these characters like the original cast....After the god awful so called Miami Vice movie...i will not go to see a movie based on Magnum or any other classic show i loved unless its the original cast members

[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

I know they are going to butcher this, but I'd maybe watch if they had cameo's. I think this is going to be an unbearable film!

[Icepick]

The thought of this movie not being what we know it should be makes me feel sick to my stomach and it's something I try to avoid thinking about. I can't for the life of me imagine what intolerable pain it's going to be around the time this movie comes out.

Part of me will want to see it for the simple fact it's Magnum oriented, which normally we would be clambering to see, but on the other hand it's not the MPI we know and love and we will just point out and observe every little mistake and nuance that doesn't fit. I think it could be aggravating.