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General Category => General Discussions => Topic started by: TylerChuit on January 19, 2010, 06:29:09

Title: Not Gonna Spoil It...
Post by: TylerChuit on January 19, 2010, 06:29:09
... by giving the name of the film in the post, but I pity the fool that doesn't click the link below. ;D

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi14943257/ (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi14943257/)
Title: Re: Not Gonna Spoil It...
Post by: scorcher on January 19, 2010, 07:34:13
haha as soon as u said I pity the fool i knew what u where oning about seen a trailer last week for it i will watch it when its out but dont if it will be as good as the original that i grew up with
Title: Re: Not Gonna Spoil It...
Post by: Dragon on January 19, 2010, 08:48:54
Of course I recognized the catch phrase, but I had no idea that the movie was in the works. Is a Magnum P.I. movie coming out anytime soon?
Title: Re: Not Gonna Spoil It...
Post by: TylerChuit on January 19, 2010, 12:07:09
I remember this was the first show where I realized the TV formula, 'if they explain the plan before hand, it means something will go wrong, but if they just huddle up and the scene fades to a montage with the theme music, then everything will be okay." 

I am excited about seeing this, it looks like the tone stays consistant to that of the original show, but updated to appeal to modern audiences without losing the things that made it good.

There is an IMDb listing for Magnum P.I. in 2011, but there's nothing there yet.  I would think an updated version of that would have to be a bit more on the campy side, considering that I have to believe there was more crime depicted on that show than there was actual crime going on in Hawaii during its run.

(edit: I take that back... aparently Hawaii's crime rate peaked the very year Magnum P.I. premiered in 1980.  http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/hicrime.htm (http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/hicrime.htm).  I guess good ol' Thomas Magnum helped clean up the streets. 8) )