# I Spy -- Not Cool? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646 "2002-07-06T17:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/1 "2002-07-06T17:23:55Z")
I saw the trailer for the I Spy movie and my jaw dropped. The original series was all about cool. This movie appears to be all about doofus. I acknowledge that pairing a black man with a white man is not ground-breaking any more, but I was still shocked when it was revealed at the end of the trailer that the previous mess was supposed to be I Spy. From here it looks to be another Avengers. Anybody else see it? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/2 "2002-07-06T18:33:08Z")
Is this from MAD magazine, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/3 "2002-07-06T18:37:39Z")
Wait, that was Spy Vs Spy. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/4 "2002-07-06T18:49:19Z")
I’ll get you for this. You have to sleep sometime. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/5 "2002-07-06T22:44:13Z")
I think it’s a neck & neck contest with XXX to see which is the worst “actionhero/spy flick”. The race is too close to call, but at least Owen Wilson & Eddie Murphy can OCCASIONALLY act while Vin Diesel is nothing more then a mouth breather. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/6 "2002-07-07T00:02:34Z")
Murphy and Wilson might be better actors. But the trailer for XXX, while not really my style of movie, was far superior to the I Spy trailer. The next Bond movie is going to have to work to beat it. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/7 "2002-07-07T00:05:11Z")
Owen Wilson paired with Eddie Murphy? Does…not…compute… ::Head explodes:: ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spy-not-cool/117646/8 "2002-07-08T11:11:58Z")
At least it’s not David Arquette and Chris Tucker.