There can only be one..... that's Tom Selleck!!! And you just can't replace an actor as great as John Hillerman - the soul of this show. Not a Roger E. Mosley and a Larry Manetti. This quartet was unique in its own way. One for all, all for one. Loyal fans know that dynamic, and that's what made this show what it is. The reboot is just ridiculous and appeals to today's youth who don't even know the original!!! I checked it out but had to turn it off in horror. The reboot is really not mine.
@@coltwolf9117 Not everything is about ratings, if people wanna watch it, people with watch it. They never claimed to be better then the original nor they said that they want it to be similar. You never thought about how today's youth doesn't even wanna watch the original? It's not our style, and they know it.
@@coltwolf9117 Bruh, many of those ratings are from people in the west.... People in the west decided to film it, watch it and continue it, that doesn't mean that it's over-all a shit show df.. That's reality for you my buddy. Only people from west are arguing in the comments about the original show. Nobody outside of US even knew Magnum existed before this new one.
@@Tamara_rs45 what! I watched every episode from Australia. When the new one was filming I watched the original again in entirety. I am in my mid seventies and love the new one as well.
@@Tamara_rs45 I agree that todays youth find the original out dated. My grandkids love the new one but wander off if I have the original one on. They hate the old Higgins and his attitude. Times have changed. However I have the lux7ry of enjoying both.
I started to watch an episode of the new series I didn't watch it for long was so bored. Tom I prefer the old series and the best. Making remakes is not always a good idea.
yeah, I agree Tom Selleck had a really good charisma about him. The show itself from the 80s is actually labeled as being campy but whatever it is they had a great way of delivering the lines and material without turning it into an overly silly pseudo comedy.
TOM SELLECK DOESN'T CUSS. TOM SELLECK WILL ALWAYS BE MAGNUM BECAUSE THE CHARACTER WAS KIND OF CREATED FOR HIM, HE HAD THE MUSTACHE AND LONG HAIR, HE WAS 6'4, HE DROVE A REAL COOL FERRARI AND HAD A REAL COOL RED HAWAIIAN SHIRT. ICONIC! TOM SELLECK HAD WHAT JAY HERNANDEZ WILL NEVER HAVE. THE ORIGINAL MAGNUM P. I. LASTED LONGER THEN THE NEW MAGNUM P. I. 8 YEARS. THE NEW ONE IS GOING TO LAST FOR 6 YEARS AND THE ORIGINAL WAS #1 AND IS STILL #1 TO THIS DAY. THE NEW ONE ISN'T #1 THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
All those 80s shows were magic,TV executives should know remakes of these don't work.people find it difficult if not impossible too identify with the new actors.The original actors own those parts they played and that's all there is too it .
Uh no he wasn't lol. He said so in a few interviews he wasn't happy about it but told them to go ahead. That's not the same thing as being cool with it. He never wanted anything to do with it.
@@kendallrivers1119 uh yeah….Lenkov and the producers went straight to Selleck to get his blessing….they showed him everything about the show personally. Selleck had no problem but said we would not do a Cameo, because his version was based on the Vietnam era, the reboot was in the Post 911 era. Selleck wanted to be remembered for his version only.
I watched one episode of the new Magnum and I didn't like it at all.I loved the original with Selleck,that one is impossible to beat.Some things should just stay in the past.
I agree with Tom Selleck- the producers should've left Magnum P.I. alone. Keep in mind, back in 2012, he made it clear that rebooting The Rockford Files without either James Garner or Stephen J. Cannell being involved, would be wasted effort and should be left alone. They listened to Tom, back then, but they should've listened to him when he objected to rebooting Magnum P.I. Don Bellisario is mostly retired and Glen Larson passed away, good enough reason to leave it alone!!!
same with 5-0.....instead of making it serious like how Jack Lord was, including Danno and the rest of the team, their scriptwriting sucks!!! instead of car chases, they have bits of humor that really made 5--0 suck even more!!!
Old gross magnum is just sus. He looks like a creep with that wrinkled old cringey smile. When you see his teeth, it's like damn-floss once in awhile. Would it hurt to sunscreen?
Here's an Idea. How about coming up with something original rather then "Rebooting" a classic? I mean damn! It's as if these people couldn't come up with an original idea of their own!
Remember, the man who made the show was not happy with this new one. The producer I love., Penn State has only a club hockey team for goodness sakes! He built the entire hockey complex and now it's a Big 10 hockey team!!!
Tom is the Magnum I grew up with. When they announced the new show and it didn't have him in it.... I instantly knew I'd never watch the new show. I didn't even give it a chance.
As soon as i watched the new show i loved it from the start, like many from our generation. We don't need to put down the original even tho we have no desire to watch it and we never will. So many negative people in this comments...
@user-tj2zq8bs2x they are not stealing anything, just making it in a way that people our age can look out for and support. There is nothing wrong with that.... And if you think it is, i can tell you that you're not doing a great job in keeping up with our "generation".... Hope you don't blame your preferences on to your grandkids that are just trying to connect with you... Now that would be a shame.
@@Honestwrestlingfan92-yg4cf not always. I watched too many shows who are remakes when i was a kid and loved it, still do, doesn't make it less interesting just because you like the original better.
There are some things better left alone and Magnum PI is one of them. Remaking a classic like Magnum PI is not possible not in its true sense especially with today's political mindset and Hollywood's warped sense of values. It would have been better to have left it to die with dignity!
executive producer Peter Lenkov said the actor was “really supportive.” “I know in the past they've tried to do versions of [MAGNUM], and getting his blessing was very important - and we got that, so we're very lucky.”
The MacGuyver reboot is trash too. Richard Dean Anderson also refused to have any cameo in it. He didn’t like how they changed the origin story of MacGuyver & had him like using firearms
This is completely fine. I like that Tom Selleck is giving his opinions about the new show, but I think that Peter M. Lenkov did a great job with the show and he wanted it to stand out apart from the original and that has pretty much helped it find an audience! And it's been able to become successful for the creators. The Cagney and Lacey reboot that was cancelled by CBS in 2018 after going over the pilot was probably not going to be as successful if they couldn't find a way to keep things fresh while also still staying true to the charm of the original show! And that's why it probably wouldn't worked as well. And that's disappointing.
The new show could've been something that people including myself would've watched if they weren't just doing a cheap cash grab reboot. Should've been its own show with its own title. It may have lasted for a minute but it never reached the success nor adoration that the original enjoyed. You can't replace Tom Selleck and the other three guys and expect to outdo them or make us forget them. It wasn't gonna happen.
I grew up in the 90s, born in 92. I watched the original magnum pi religiously and still watched it up until 2014. Then when they released the new one I gave it a chance but holy F it’s horrible. NOTHING like the original. Tacky in the worst way
He’s not alone the reboot is terrible. The casting is equally terrible. How they got another series is beyond me. He has an obligation not to appear as a cameo but to send a message to the studios stop creating crap. Those other two reboots are equally bad, that producer needs to go, his work is substandard.
It’s not like Tom came out here and said horrible things or anything. All he really said was it’s not how he would have done it. It does seem like the reason the original show went off the air was because of the schedule for Tom. He never said that he was tired of the show and he was just tired of eight years of the schedule of the show. That being said, I do feel like Tom always wanted him in the original cast to come back to it one day based off interviews and he has done in the years since the show ended. I really think if he would’ve just taken two or three years off, he would’ve been more than happy to go back to the show. At some point in the early 90s like somewhere between 1990 and 1992 I believe, they were talking about doing a Magnum PI movie, starring the original cast in Tom Selleck, went down with the person who wanted to direct the movie to pitch it to the studios. Originally everyone really like the idea but then something happened and it got put on hold and then shortly after that, it was dropped. Then again 10 or 15 years later sometime after the year 2000 there was more talk about may be either bringing the show back or another film and Tom Selleck was really interested in this because he would like to take a look at the characters on how they would be as older versions of themselves. He always seem to like the idea of visiting the original cast. Once they were older, and seen where life had took all of them, but it never happened. Unfortunately, now, with the actors that played TC and Higgins have passed away, which really sad is that the actor that played TC just did pass away not that long ago from complications to a car accident he was in. But I don’t think without the four main cast members we have any shot of this ever happening and honestly without them. Sure we’d all love to see Magnum and Rick but we would be sitting there missing TC and Higgins the whole time.
Nice comment, thanks for all the updates through the years as they are hard to keep up with! I still watch Magnum PI daily (the original) have never given the new one a chance, so no real opinion there. I am glad ppl enjoy it but i am old and set in my ways and still enjoy the original lol. My Dad is quickly declining with dementia so watching Magnum is something we can still do together where he actually gets interested in the show as we watched it when i was a young boy and still luckily feels familiar to him. Anyhow, thanks for reading and sorry for the long comment!
At least Tom did NOT badmouth Hawaii's culture, hospitality and food.......unlike another FORMER actor who ended up having limited exposure at the end of 5-0.
The original Magnum P.I. worked because you had a good-looking guy who acted like a goofball, surrounded by his goofball friends who drove him mad. But they also loved each other and remained loyal comrades to the end, no matter what happened. The remake has none of that charm. You don't want to know any of the characters. There's no chemistry. It's just a generic crime show that's trying to be cool. Tom Selleck was cool despite being a clown. He could get serious and tough, but with just one look and a cheeky smile, he could get away with anything. Was it realistic? Nope, but it worked. VERY well.
People need to normalize having an opinion, without being an ass. You can dislike the show, without making racist comments about the actor playing magnum in the reboot, for example. I’ve seen people making hate comments on the fact that the character is Mexican, Asian. People have even gone as far as saying something along the lines of, “someone who looks like he illegally crossed the border”. What is wrong with people? Do people seriously think it’s ok to say things like this? People need to stop acting like children. It’s not difficult to share an opinion, and be an adult about it. People being racist, sexist (about the Higgins character), and making other hateful comments, is such an embarrassing way to act. Adding that, you shouldn’t be insulting the actor’s and actresses from the show, just because you didn’t like the show. The actor’s and actresses, were doing their jobs, They didn’t right the script, they were simply acting, which they were paid to do. I personally enjoyed the reboot, but respect that people who watched the original, may have a different opinion. People have to understand, that just because it isn’t your cup of tea, it doesn’t automatically make the show bad. The show got up to 4 seasons, which shows it had good viewership, many people did enjoy it. People need to get over themselves, and stop acting like their opinions are the only valid ones. You can dislike something, while someone else enjoys it, it doesn’t mean that either person has bad taste, it means you have different tastes. People need to grow up, and start acting like adults, stop going around throwing tantrums like a damn child.
I watched ONE EPISODE of the reboot. It sucks. This is coming from a man who REMEMBERS the original. Tom Sellick IS Thomas Magnum. The reboot should never have been made.
That speech pattern running in the background with all the fourth wall breaks strung together like a creampie compilation. Fucking yikes. You could use this to interrogate spies.
The reboot is one of these shows that will be forever in reruns.Its not as good as the original but people will always watch it.And NO WAY did Tom drop the f bomb.
While I loved Tom Selleck in the original Magnum, the new Magnum PI is great also and I think the new cast are doing very well. NBC picked it up because they thought so too. It has several simularities in names of characters and locations and concept, however plenty of difference to be a difference show but still a good show.
"Back in my day", the actors were more mature. And played characters you could believe had years of experience under their belt. Most crime shows today have characters that look like they are 25 years old. Who go after people who are 25 years old for committing crimes against other 25-year-olds!
There is only one Magnum P. I.! Tom Selleck IS Magnum. Why do a remake? Tom Selleck is to Magnum what Vivien Leigh is to Gone With The Wind or Elizabeth Taylor is to Cleopatra! ICONIC! I have no interest in the remake! The original cast were a team. John Hillerman and Roger E. Mosley are now dead and the “team” is gone. You cannot recreate the show and call it by the same name to ride on their coattails! Why do a remake of something that was perfect? Yuck! Not a fan of remakes!
I'm sure it's a good show but that's one show you can't just can't duplicate because what Magnum brought to the American people to me was like wow change my life
I'm shocked the reboot made it for 4 seasons and now has another 2 on the way. Network TV standards are so low. I don't dislike the actor who plays Magnum but he was a terrible choice to play Magnum. There's only one Magnum and it's Tom Selleck!
Well, classics are classics, they just cannot be replaced...only one Magnum PI (mr. Selleck) and only one Miami Vice (mr. Johnson)... Just leave the 80"s alone..you cannot beat them, no matter what...fight like hell, anyway.....
Tom couldn’t play Magnum forever, but the network had no clue what the show is all about and what made it special…It’s what you get when a board full of accountants and financiers take on “filmmakers” role…Show is sh…
there is only one Magnum, PI. however I started watching the new series in re-runs. I like it. I like that change and the woman playing Higgins. I like some of the changes. The fact is Tom Selleck is too old to be playing the role anymore.
I usually don’t like any remakes. With that said the new Hawaii Five-0 show is way better than the old. The new young actors are pretty cool and the new Magnum PI is way better than the old show. I liked the old one, but Huggins, wow. I’ll take her over the old guy and day. The new characters, you can understand their closeness serving in special forces together. My two favorite shows.
I just pick out any season of the original on DVD. I have every season, and even though there are a couple of clunker shows in each season, it's still one of the best series that ever was. I never bothered with the reboot, never saw an episode.
Lets address the elephant in the room. The charm of Magnum, defined by Selleck, was seeing this often immatute, gawky and fun white dude and his interactions with the natives, underpinned by his love of them and the Islands. For so many white people, through Selleck they could imagine the exotic lifestyle, the friendly and hospitable natives, and the fantasy of being him, in that scenario and setting. To change Magnum from being white, is to show how little these producers know about their audience. I can imagine some woke DEI executive being responsible for the virtual signalling casting and this dreadful remake.
Tom Selleck is the only Magnum PI should have left alone and not remake it... Period.... I'm sorry.... No offense to Jay Hernandez.... but sorry..... But on the flip side of the token, it just business 😐🤨
O primeiro seriado Magnum, sempre será o Melhor!!! Esse atual é horrível!!! A pessoa ou pessoas que tiveram essa infeliz ideia, perderam tempo e dinheiro!!! O ator Tom Selleck e seus amigos que gravaram esse seriado, sempre serão os melhores!!!
Menu PI was really weird because he's a Navy seal now he's a civilian PI who can't be bribed is integrity is through the roof I'd like to take little a special forces are like they're killers but it's kill a be killed to protecting our lives the American people with it they think about it as that or not I don't know I met one Navy SEAL his name was John Lynch I'm not sure what seal team he was on Vietnam nicest guy going to meet he was like a mentor to me he was my friend
I dont watch the reboot but my Dad does and the fact that apparently they hooked up Magnum and Higgins makes me sick to my stomach 😫 i knew that the only reason they made Higgins a blonde eye candy is to do a cheap romance that they can do the tired will they/won't they trope. They really should've looked at how brilliant Elementary did with Holmes and Watson. Now those folks respected the history of that friendship and who those two characters were. Lucy Liu's Joan Watson wasn't there to be a love interest or a prop for political agenda. She was a fully realized character with her own journey and a refreshing relationship with Jonny Miller's Holmes. I can see why Tom didnt want anything to do with the reboot they have zero respect for the original and for what made it special.
Making Starbuck a woman in the Battlestar Galactica wasn't a good idea either. They might as well have put a dress on Templeton "Face" Peck for the A-team.🤮
I watched the first episode and thought I was going to throw up. It was an insult to the original. Might I suggest that the Network do a Made for TV movie before all the characters get too old and die off.
Come back and make that comment in 10 years time after this trashy reboot has been cancelled again. I can guarantee you that 50 years after the original premiered, people will still remember Tom Selleck. Will they remember your boyfriend Hernandez? Well, considering Suicide Squad is the only other thing he is known for, my guess would be no, they won’t.
None of the reboots mention were anywhere near as good as the originals, you can't improve on perfection IMO. I too would like to see Tom in a Magnum Pi later years series or movie, original fans would flock to see him reprise the role.
The original show is available on DVD - Buy it, it still holds up - I'm in the middle of season 3 right now...Never watched the reboot and never will
I have some of the DVDs. Unfortunately, the color has faded a bit on them. I wish they were remastered.
Tom Selleck is a gentleman. He would never use that language no matter what his thoughts on the reboot are.
Yes
It’s clickbait bs
Except to senior citizens.
@@jbone9900he is a senior
Well I liked the new version better, the original was ok
There will only be one Magnum and one Miami Vice, the end.
There's only one magnum ,p.i. and that's tom selleck!!! with lots of love the man
Tom Selleck is known for never swearing…ever
Just scams
If they wanted to reboot it properly they should of used Magnum Daughter from the original show to carry on her fathers P.I business.
Interesting Idea
The reboot is straight trash. It’s a shame that they keep rebooting all these classic shows and running them.
The original Magnum P.I. was far and away the best.
Yes
There can only be one..... that's Tom Selleck!!! And you just can't replace an actor as great as John Hillerman - the soul of this show. Not a Roger E. Mosley and a Larry Manetti. This quartet was unique in its own way. One for all, all for one. Loyal fans know that dynamic, and that's what made this show what it is. The reboot is just ridiculous and appeals to today's youth who don't even know the original!!! I checked it out but had to turn it off in horror. The reboot is really not mine.
Yes, but that was the point, to appeal to today's youth which will watch it and support it, the same audience who wanted 2 more seasons.
@@coltwolf9117 Not everything is about ratings, if people wanna watch it, people with watch it. They never claimed to be better then the original nor they said that they want it to be similar. You never thought about how today's youth doesn't even wanna watch the original? It's not our style, and they know it.
@@coltwolf9117 Bruh, many of those ratings are from people in the west.... People in the west decided to film it, watch it and continue it, that doesn't mean that it's over-all a shit show df.. That's reality for you my buddy.
Only people from west are arguing in the comments about the original show. Nobody outside of US even knew Magnum existed before this new one.
@@Tamara_rs45 what!
I watched every episode from Australia. When the new one was filming I watched the original again in entirety.
I am in my mid seventies and love the new one as well.
@@Tamara_rs45 I agree that todays youth find the original out dated. My grandkids love the new one but wander off if I have the original one on. They hate the old Higgins and his attitude. Times have changed. However I have the lux7ry of enjoying both.
I started to watch an episode of the new series I didn't watch it for long was so bored.
Tom I prefer the old series and the best. Making remakes is not always a good idea.
letsgobrandon
yeah, I agree Tom Selleck had a really good charisma about him. The show itself from the 80s is actually labeled as being campy but whatever it is they had a great way of delivering the lines and material without turning it into an overly silly pseudo comedy.
One episode does not a series make.
TOM SELLECK DOESN'T CUSS. TOM SELLECK WILL ALWAYS BE MAGNUM BECAUSE THE CHARACTER WAS KIND OF CREATED FOR HIM, HE HAD THE MUSTACHE AND LONG HAIR, HE WAS 6'4, HE DROVE A REAL COOL FERRARI AND HAD A REAL COOL RED HAWAIIAN SHIRT. ICONIC! TOM SELLECK HAD WHAT JAY HERNANDEZ WILL NEVER HAVE. THE ORIGINAL MAGNUM P. I. LASTED LONGER THEN THE NEW MAGNUM P. I. 8 YEARS. THE NEW ONE IS GOING TO LAST FOR 6 YEARS AND THE ORIGINAL WAS #1 AND IS STILL #1 TO THIS DAY. THE NEW ONE ISN'T #1 THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
you guys know how POPULAR Tom and TC's ball cap was????? that Da Nang and Detroit Tigers???
Tom Selleck: The real--and only--Thomas Magnum to me. Everything else is just fanfiction.
the guy who plays Magnum in the reboot looks like the guy who delivers your Alhambra water .
All those 80s shows were magic,TV executives should know remakes of these don't work.people find it difficult if not impossible too identify with the new actors.The original actors own those parts they played and that's all there is too it .
Selleck was cool with the reboot.. he really wanted a reunion with all the original actors. But Universal was not able to make it happen.
Uh no he wasn't lol. He said so in a few interviews he wasn't happy about it but told them to go ahead. That's not the same thing as being cool with it. He never wanted anything to do with it.
@@kendallrivers1119 uh yeah….Lenkov and the producers went straight to Selleck to get his blessing….they showed him everything about the show personally. Selleck had no problem but said we would not do a Cameo,
because his version was based on the Vietnam era, the reboot was in the Post 911 era. Selleck wanted to be remembered for his version only.
Never have watched the new attempt. The only true Magnum P.I. is Mr. Tom Selleck!!!
I watched one episode of the new Magnum and I didn't like it at all.I loved the original with Selleck,that one is impossible to beat.Some things should just stay in the past.
Loved the original show. Watched a couple of the reboot shows when they first aired, and it just didn't have the magic of the original.
Good for you Tom. Nothing like the original.
I agree with Tom Selleck- the producers should've left Magnum P.I. alone. Keep in mind, back in 2012, he made it clear that rebooting The Rockford Files without either James Garner or Stephen J. Cannell being involved, would be wasted effort and should be left alone. They listened to Tom, back then, but they should've listened to him when he objected to rebooting Magnum P.I. Don Bellisario is mostly retired and Glen Larson passed away, good enough reason to leave it alone!!!
same with 5-0.....instead of making it serious like how Jack Lord was, including Danno and the rest of the team, their scriptwriting sucks!!! instead of car chases, they have bits of humor that really made 5--0 suck even more!!!
The new Magnum doesn't look at the camera like Tom Selleck did,thats what i liked about the Tom Selleck Magnum
La Bamba is not Magnum sorry….
Old gross magnum is just sus. He looks like a creep with that wrinkled old cringey smile. When you see his teeth, it's like damn-floss once in awhile. Would it hurt to sunscreen?
❤😊 There’s only ONE TOM SELLECK and. ONE MAGNUM PI!!
And
❤ HE’S STILL
HOT!!!
I totally agree, although I do not find him hot, lol.
Tom is a much better actor too.
What the heck grandpa? Whassup widall dat hair? So gross. Gotta wear a 'stache cuz old gross magnum looks like a derp
Here's an Idea. How about coming up with something original rather then "Rebooting" a classic? I mean damn! It's as if these people couldn't come up with an original idea of their own!
i still prefer the original Magnum Pi ,same with Jack Lord in Hawaii five o
There is only one Magnum and his Name is Tom Selleck ! Never Watch a Reboot .
Remember, the man who made the show was not happy with this new one. The producer I love., Penn State has only a club hockey team for goodness sakes! He built the entire hockey complex and now it's a Big 10 hockey team!!!
Tom is the Magnum I grew up with. When they announced the new show and it didn't have him in it.... I instantly knew I'd never watch the new show. I didn't even give it a chance.
As soon as i watched the new show i loved it from the start, like many from our generation. We don't need to put down the original even tho we have no desire to watch it and we never will. So many negative people in this comments...
@user-tj2zq8bs2x they are not stealing anything, just making it in a way that people our age can look out for and support. There is nothing wrong with that.... And if you think it is, i can tell you that you're not doing a great job in keeping up with our "generation".... Hope you don't blame your preferences on to your grandkids that are just trying to connect with you... Now that would be a shame.
Complétele agree. The new actor has no class
@@Tamara_rs45 Remakes are bad copies of the original. simple as that.
@@Honestwrestlingfan92-yg4cf not always. I watched too many shows who are remakes when i was a kid and loved it, still do, doesn't make it less interesting just because you like the original better.
I was surprised that the show is over the top and often unrealistic . They shouldn't of called it Magnum PI
There are some things better left alone and Magnum PI is one of them. Remaking a classic like Magnum PI is not possible not in its true sense especially with today's political mindset and Hollywood's warped sense of values. It would have been better to have left it to die with dignity!
It Can Be Only One Magnum P I. And Thats Tom Selleck, No Substitutes
There is only one Magnum, that’s Tom Selleck. I’ll NEVER watch the reboot EVER.
I've enjoyed both versions of Magnum PI as well as both versions of Quantum Leap. Sorry to see the revived versions cancelled.
La Bamba as Magnum 😂😂😂just doesn’t click sorry….
Tom Selleck forever!!!
Magnum for President ❤
executive producer Peter Lenkov said the actor was “really supportive.” “I know in the past they've tried to do versions of [MAGNUM], and getting his blessing was very important - and we got that, so we're very lucky.”
There's only one Magnum, I'd never watch the newer stuff
The MacGuyver reboot is trash too. Richard Dean Anderson also refused to have any cameo in it. He didn’t like how they changed the origin story of MacGuyver & had him like using firearms
Magnum the movie with Tom Selleck would have been the shit. There can be only one!
I know, Tom Selleck, as the police commissioner Frank Reagan from Blue Bloods.
He'll always be Thomas Magnum!
The reboot is an embarrassment..... sometimes it's better to just leave classic things alone!
They missed the whole vibe!
This is completely fine. I like that Tom Selleck is giving his opinions about the new show, but I think that Peter M. Lenkov did a great job with the show and he wanted it to stand out apart from the original and that has pretty much helped it find an audience! And it's been able to become successful for the creators. The Cagney and Lacey reboot that was cancelled by CBS in 2018 after going over the pilot was probably not going to be as successful if they couldn't find a way to keep things fresh while also still staying true to the charm of the original show! And that's why it probably wouldn't worked as well. And that's disappointing.
The new show could've been something that people including myself would've watched if they weren't just doing a cheap cash grab reboot. Should've been its own show with its own title. It may have lasted for a minute but it never reached the success nor adoration that the original enjoyed. You can't replace Tom Selleck and the other three guys and expect to outdo them or make us forget them. It wasn't gonna happen.
I honestly love the new magnum p.i. and the older one I hope the new one stays on
The new ones good
Come on guys! I loved both versions. They were different enough that they weren’t in competition but it was fun picking out the common features.
The new one sucks.
I'm afraid if I watch the reboot I could trow up on my carpet.
If your carpet is white, better not.
I grew up in the 90s, born in 92. I watched the original magnum pi religiously and still watched it up until 2014. Then when they released the new one I gave it a chance but holy F it’s horrible. NOTHING like the original. Tacky in the worst way
letsgobrandon
😂😂😂😂
Magnum PI won't ever be Magnum PI without Tom Selleck
THERE IS ONLY ONE Magnum and its Tom Selleck and I will never watch the Reboot .
He’s not alone the reboot is terrible. The casting is equally terrible. How they got another series is beyond me. He has an obligation not to appear as a cameo but to send a message to the studios stop creating crap. Those other two reboots are equally bad, that producer needs to go, his work is substandard.
Jesse Stone is a fantastic “series.”
It’s not like Tom came out here and said horrible things or anything. All he really said was it’s not how he would have done it. It does seem like the reason the original show went off the air was because of the schedule for Tom. He never said that he was tired of the show and he was just tired of eight years of the schedule of the show.
That being said, I do feel like Tom always wanted him in the original cast to come back to it one day based off interviews and he has done in the years since the show ended. I really think if he would’ve just taken two or three years off, he would’ve been more than happy to go back to the show. At some point in the early 90s like somewhere between 1990 and 1992 I believe, they were talking about doing a Magnum PI movie, starring the original cast in Tom Selleck, went down with the person who wanted to direct the movie to pitch it to the studios. Originally everyone really like the idea but then something happened and it got put on hold and then shortly after that, it was dropped. Then again 10 or 15 years later sometime after the year 2000 there was more talk about may be either bringing the show back or another film and Tom Selleck was really interested in this because he would like to take a look at the characters on how they would be as older versions of themselves. He always seem to like the idea of visiting the original cast. Once they were older, and seen where life had took all of them, but it never happened.
Unfortunately, now, with the actors that played TC and Higgins have passed away, which really sad is that the actor that played TC just did pass away not that long ago from complications to a car accident he was in. But I don’t think without the four main cast members we have any shot of this ever happening and honestly without them. Sure we’d all love to see Magnum and Rick but we would be sitting there missing TC and Higgins the whole time.
Nice comment, thanks for all the updates through the years as they are hard to keep up with! I still watch Magnum PI daily (the original) have never given the new one a chance, so no real opinion there. I am glad ppl enjoy it but i am old and set in my ways and still enjoy the original lol. My Dad is quickly declining with dementia so watching Magnum is something we can still do together where he actually gets interested in the show as we watched it when i was a young boy and still luckily feels familiar to him. Anyhow, thanks for reading and sorry for the long comment!
At least Tom did NOT badmouth Hawaii's culture, hospitality and food.......unlike another FORMER actor who ended up having limited exposure at the end of 5-0.
Nothing beats the original.
Sorry. Selleck is and always will be Magnum pi. His charm and looks and Johns Higgins was just as much the reason for the original shows success.
The orineal magmium pi will always be only one magnuium pi ots self and that was tom selleck and all his orgeneal magium pi friends of his
It'd be nice if you actually showed footage of him being interviewed and talking for himself, instead of the narrator talking for him.
The original Magnum P.I. worked because you had a good-looking guy who acted like a goofball, surrounded by his goofball friends who drove him mad.
But they also loved each other and remained loyal comrades to the end, no matter what happened.
The remake has none of that charm. You don't want to know any of the characters. There's no chemistry. It's just a generic crime show that's trying to be cool.
Tom Selleck was cool despite being a clown. He could get serious and tough, but with just one look and a cheeky smile, he could get away with anything.
Was it realistic? Nope, but it worked. VERY well.
People need to normalize having an opinion, without being an ass. You can dislike the show, without making racist comments about the actor playing magnum in the reboot, for example. I’ve seen people making hate comments on the fact that the character is Mexican, Asian. People have even gone as far as saying something along the lines of, “someone who looks like he illegally crossed the border”. What is wrong with people? Do people seriously think it’s ok to say things like this? People need to stop acting like children. It’s not difficult to share an opinion, and be an adult about it. People being racist, sexist (about the Higgins character), and making other hateful comments, is such an embarrassing way to act. Adding that, you shouldn’t be insulting the actor’s and actresses from the show, just because you didn’t like the show. The actor’s and actresses, were doing their jobs, They didn’t right the script, they were simply acting, which they were paid to do.
I personally enjoyed the reboot, but respect that people who watched the original, may have a different opinion. People have to understand, that just because it isn’t your cup of tea, it doesn’t automatically make the show bad. The show got up to 4 seasons, which shows it had good viewership, many people did enjoy it. People need to get over themselves, and stop acting like their opinions are the only valid ones. You can dislike something, while someone else enjoys it, it doesn’t mean that either person has bad taste, it means you have different tastes. People need to grow up, and start acting like adults, stop going around throwing tantrums like a damn child.
I actually love both versions of Magmun shows.
The new Magnum was hard to connect with because he didn't have enough flaws.He felt too unstoppable and perfect.
I watched ONE EPISODE of the reboot. It sucks. This is coming from a man who REMEMBERS the original. Tom Sellick IS Thomas Magnum. The reboot should never have been made.
That speech pattern running in the background with all the fourth wall breaks strung together like a creampie compilation. Fucking yikes. You could use this to interrogate spies.
The reboot is one of these shows that will be forever in reruns.Its not as good as the original but people will always watch it.And NO WAY did Tom drop the f bomb.
While I loved Tom Selleck in the original Magnum, the new Magnum PI is great also and I think the new cast are doing very well. NBC picked it up because they thought so too. It has several simularities in names of characters and locations and concept, however plenty of difference to be a difference show but still a good show.
The new one stinks....🤮
Reboot never work tom is magnum pi no else he right to complain tom selleck should of been in the new series
I loved John Candy's reboot of Magnum. Magnum P.E.I. Freeze. Drop them Taters.
I love both series..... different style yes, but both good to me
It's a good show characters gel well together
There is one magnum pi the original can't be rejuplicated or replaced... You can't mess with an original..
Can't wait to see if they ever try to reboot Andy Griffith, that would be the biggest failure of all lol.
wasn't that Mayberry R.F.D?
"Back in my day", the actors were more mature. And played characters you could believe had years of experience under their belt. Most crime shows today have characters that look like they are 25 years old. Who go after people who are 25 years old for committing crimes against other 25-year-olds!
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Not a fan of the reboot! Loved the original!
Actually the reboot of Magnum PI is pretty good show that stands on its own
Surely the ideal role for Selleck would have been as consultant.
There is only one Magnum P. I.! Tom Selleck IS Magnum. Why do a remake? Tom Selleck is to Magnum what Vivien Leigh is to Gone With The Wind or Elizabeth Taylor is to Cleopatra! ICONIC! I have no interest in the remake! The original cast were a team. John Hillerman and Roger E. Mosley are now dead and the “team” is gone. You cannot recreate the show and call it by the same name to ride on their coattails! Why do a remake of something that was perfect? Yuck! Not a fan of remakes!
I'm sure it's a good show but that's one show you can't just can't duplicate because what Magnum brought to the American people to me was like wow change my life
tom should make a return as magnum its been 33 years to long
I'm shocked the reboot made it for 4 seasons and now has another 2 on the way. Network TV standards are so low. I don't dislike the actor who plays Magnum but he was a terrible choice to play Magnum. There's only one Magnum and it's Tom Selleck!
The second iteration of Magnum, the guy who played Magnum was not gritty. The guy is a "softy-pretty" boy.
I think Magnum PI should be rebooted as a Japanese anime.
That guy ruined all three reboots.
Well, classics are classics, they just cannot be replaced...only one Magnum PI (mr. Selleck) and only one Miami Vice (mr. Johnson)... Just leave the 80"s alone..you cannot beat them, no matter what...fight like hell, anyway.....
Tom couldn’t play Magnum forever, but the network had no clue what the show is all about and what made it special…It’s what you get when a board full of accountants and financiers take on “filmmakers” role…Show is sh…
there is only one Magnum, PI. however I started watching the new series in re-runs. I like it. I like that change and the woman playing Higgins. I like some of the changes. The fact is Tom Selleck is too old to be playing the role anymore.
SECOND REBOOT?!?! When was it rebooted before?
I usually don’t like any remakes. With that said the new Hawaii Five-0 show is way better than the old. The new young actors are pretty cool and the new Magnum PI is way better than the old show. I liked the old one, but Huggins, wow. I’ll take her over the old guy and day. The new characters, you can understand their closeness serving in special forces together. My two favorite shows.
nope. Both originals are better. The reboots suck.
I just pick out any season of the original on DVD. I have every season, and even though there are a couple of clunker shows in each season, it's still one of the best series that ever was. I never bothered with the reboot, never saw an episode.
The reboot was little more than car chases.
I watched the new one and never got into it...
Lets address the elephant in the room. The charm of Magnum, defined by Selleck, was seeing this often immatute, gawky and fun white dude and his interactions with the natives, underpinned by his love of them and the Islands. For so many white people, through Selleck they could imagine the exotic lifestyle, the friendly and hospitable natives, and the fantasy of being him, in that scenario and setting. To change Magnum from being white, is to show how little these producers know about their audience. I can imagine some woke DEI executive being responsible for the virtual signalling casting and this dreadful remake.
It's much better than the original
Tom Selleck is the only Magnum PI should have left alone and not remake it... Period....
I'm sorry....
No offense to Jay Hernandez.... but sorry..... But on the flip side of the token, it just business 😐🤨
O primeiro seriado Magnum, sempre será o Melhor!!! Esse atual é horrível!!! A pessoa ou pessoas que tiveram essa infeliz ideia, perderam tempo e dinheiro!!! O ator Tom Selleck e seus amigos que gravaram esse seriado, sempre serão os melhores!!!
You can't replace Magnum PI it's like replacing John Wayne Jimmy Cagney Clark Gable Cary Grant
Menu PI was really weird because he's a Navy seal now he's a civilian PI who can't be bribed is integrity is through the roof I'd like to take little a special forces are like they're killers but it's kill a be killed to protecting our lives the American people with it they think about it as that or not I don't know I met one Navy SEAL his name was John Lynch I'm not sure what seal team he was on Vietnam nicest guy going to meet he was like a mentor to me he was my friend
I dont watch the reboot but my Dad does and the fact that apparently they hooked up Magnum and Higgins makes me sick to my stomach 😫 i knew that the only reason they made Higgins a blonde eye candy is to do a cheap romance that they can do the tired will they/won't they trope. They really should've looked at how brilliant Elementary did with Holmes and Watson. Now those folks respected the history of that friendship and who those two characters were. Lucy Liu's Joan Watson wasn't there to be a love interest or a prop for political agenda. She was a fully realized character with her own journey and a refreshing relationship with Jonny Miller's Holmes. I can see why Tom didnt want anything to do with the reboot they have zero respect for the original and for what made it special.
Making Starbuck a woman in the Battlestar Galactica wasn't a good idea either. They might as well have put a dress on Templeton "Face" Peck for the A-team.🤮
I watched the first episode and thought I was going to throw up. It was an insult to the original. Might I suggest that the Network do a Made for TV movie before all the characters get too old and die off.
In the original series patch Mackenzie and episode Ghostwriter is smoking hot
Jay is an excellent actor , Tom is well you know mediocre .
Come back and make that comment in 10 years time after this trashy reboot has been cancelled again. I can guarantee you that 50 years after the original premiered, people will still remember Tom Selleck. Will they remember your boyfriend Hernandez? Well, considering Suicide Squad is the only other thing he is known for, my guess would be no, they won’t.
you are well you know on crack
The new Magnum is a PC abomination of humanity. God help us all.
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😂😂😂 Exactly
So 6'4" Magnum PI is no a 5'6" Mexican and Asian dude?!?! WOW!!! What a let down!!!
You know I wouldn't mind seeing Simon and Simon reboot
None of the reboots mention were anywhere near as good as the originals, you can't improve on perfection IMO.
I too would like to see Tom in a Magnum Pi later years series or movie, original fans would flock to see him reprise the role.