# New Magnum PI (w/link) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056 "2006-01-29T06:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/1 "2006-01-29T06:35:30Z")
A new Magnum movie is in the works (as far as I can tell) [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/83202004.htm](http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/83202004.htm) George Clooney? Whats wrong with the tom meister? I say we of the straight dope can cast this ill advised feature. My suggestions (jokingly) Magnum-Paul Rubens TC-Chris Tucker Higgens-Jim Carrie ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/2 "2006-01-29T13:51:54Z")
> [@EvilGhandi](#): > > A new Magnum movie is in the works (as far as I can tell) > > [George Clooney tipped for Magnum role](http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/83202004.htm) > > George Clooney? Whats wrong with the tom meister? > > I say we of the straight dope can cast this ill advised feature. > > My suggestions (jokingly) > > Magnum-Paul Rubens > TC-Chris Tucker > Higgens-Jim Carrie Actually, my ideal cast for the movie would be: Magnum: Matt McConaughy Rick: Steve Zahn TC: Ving Rhames Higgens: Kevin Spacey ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Wawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Captain\_Wawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Wawa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/3 "2006-01-29T13:54:13Z")
And it looks like [Rawson Marshall Thurber will write/direct](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/film.magnum.reut/). > [@EvilGhandi](#): > > I say we of the straight dope can cast this ill advised feature How about this: Magnum - Tom Selleck Higgins - John Hillerman TC - Roger E. Mosley Rick - Larry Manetti That’s the way it should be! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/4 "2006-01-29T14:15:50Z")
Well, if George plays Magnum as well as he did Batman. we are guaranteed to never have to suffer through _Magnum P.I. II_. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/5 "2006-01-29T16:59:21Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, if George plays Magnum as well as he did Batman. we are guaranteed to never have to suffer through _Magnum P.I. II_. Well, at least without Schumacher the Hawaiian shirts won’t have molded nipples… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/6 "2006-01-29T17:04:04Z")
> [@](#): > > A source is quoted in Britain’s Daily Star newspaper as saying: “He is a big fan of the original series. The part is his if he wants it.” If he’s as big a fan as the article says, he would obligated to NOT take the role. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/7 "2006-01-29T18:22:16Z")
Confession time: Magnum, p.i. is my favorite show. Ever. You know how the Tolkien fan-boys screeched about every change Jackson wrought on Middle Earth? That’s nothing compared to the howls of outrage emanating from Chez jsgoddess if this movie goes forward. In other words, please Og, no. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/8 "2006-01-29T18:47:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Well, at least without Schumacher the Hawaiian shirts won’t have molded nipples… Don’t give them any ideas. Seriously, WTF is with this business of _serious_ adaptations of old TV shows? The _Leave It To Beaver_, _The Brady Bunch Movie_, and _Starchky and Hutch_ films at least had some merit in having fun with the dated attitudes and peculiar blind spots of the original shows. They’re not really my bag but I can understand why people find them funny. But what’s the value in a _Magnum P.I._, or _Miami Vice_ retooling? Those shows exist in their particular time; to make them successful cinematic efforts is going to require ejecting or reworking key stylistic and background elements; for instance, it’s not going to make much sense to have George Clooney playing a Vietnam veteran. (I guess they’ll make him a Desert War vet or something. :rolleyes: ) _Miami Vice_, a show that existed only to combine MTV-style editing and pop music with flashy cars and gunfights, doesn’t even have enough substance to merit an update; maybe it’ll be a good movie (Mann’s done some good and bad) but the only reason for entitling it _Miami Vice_ is for the marketing hook. Color me unimpressed and unlikely to even pay attention to reviews of these films. And when they get around to ripping of a _Rockford Files_ movie, I’m going to take a long hike in the Sierras and consider whether I want to rejoin civilization. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![OLAP\_Cube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@OLAP\_Cube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OLAP_Cube)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/9 "2006-01-29T19:55:23Z")
No one has been cast yet, including George Clooney. In fact, Brian Glazer (Producer) wants Tom Selleck, and I assume, the other original cast members! There is still hope! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/10 "2006-01-29T20:46:25Z")
> [@Captain Wawa](#): > > And it looks like [Rawson Marshall Thurber will write/direct](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/film.magnum.reut/). > > How about this: > > Magnum - Tom Selleck > Higgins - John Hillerman > TC - Roger E. Mosley > Rick - Larry Manetti > > That’s the way it should be! It’d be funnier like this: Magnum- John Hillerman Higgins- Roger E. Mosley TC- Larry Manetti Rick- Tom Selleck ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/11 "2006-01-29T20:58:40Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Those shows exist in their particular time; to make them successful cinematic efforts is going to require ejecting or reworking key stylistic and background elements; for instance, it’s not going to make much sense to have George Clooney playing a Vietnam veteran. (I guess they’ll make him a Desert War vet or something. :rolleyes: ) Well actually, they could reunite George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube, who were in Three Kings together as soldiers during Desert Storm. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/12 "2006-01-29T23:09:44Z")
> [@EvilGhandi](#): > > A new Magnum movie is in the works (as far as I can tell) > > [George Clooney tipped for Magnum role](http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/83202004.htm) > > George Clooney? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! [Highlander]There can be only one![/Highlander] Even if Tom Selleck were dead and buried, they should exhume the body and cast him as Magnum before they choose Clooney. The acting would be _way_ more believable and Tom would still outrate him in the sexy department ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/13 "2006-01-29T23:52:23Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > Even if Tom Selleck were dead and buried, they should exhume the body and cast him as Magnum before they choose Clooney. The acting would be _way_ more believable and Tom would still outrate him in the sexy department I don’t know; Clooney’s turned out to be a pretty good actual actor in the last few years. I can’t rate in on the sex appeal of one versus the other, but the chicks seem to dig Clooney. I just think the entire concept is flawed. If you want to make a film about a playboy detective running around Hawai’i, then call him “Dirk Mugglethorp” or “Ching Le Foo” or “Cousin What” or something. It’s just a way of marketing what will inevitably be a mediocre and pointless film. I guess I should be happy about that; I won’t even have to read the reviews to know how they’ll read. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/14 "2006-01-30T00:59:45Z")
ok - how about an estrogen based cast: Magnum - [Jennifer Hetrick](http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0389201/jenniferedward.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hetrick,%20Jennifer&seq=2) (but picture her as Vash from the ST:TNG episode **Qpid** ) Higgins - Dame Judi Dench TC - Queen Latifah Rick - Christina Applegate ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/15 "2006-01-30T01:50:33Z")
Magnum: Jerry Seinfeld Rick: Jason Alexander TC: Michael Richards Higgins: Jerry Stiller Robin Masters: Julia Louis Dreyfuss or, Quentin Tarantino’s version- Magnum: John Travolta Rick: Scott Baio TC: Samuel Jackson Higgins: Sir Ian McKellen Robin Masters: Bernard Fox ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/16 "2006-01-30T03:00:23Z")
**Soul Brotha’s** Magnum: **Magnum** Lawrence Fishburne **Higgins** Richard Roundtree or Eddie Murphy **TC** (token other race guy) The Rock. ( Dwight Whatever) **Rick** Chris Rock **Hong Kong Fu-ey Magnum** Magnum: Jackie Chan TC: Diedrich Bader (token white guy) Rick: Jet Li ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/17 "2006-01-30T03:13:38Z")
Blue Collar Magnum Magnum PI- Jeff Foxworthy Rick- Bill Engvall TC- Bernie Mac Higgins- Larry the Cable Guy (in several roles for Higgins’ multiracial/multinational half-brothers) Robin Masters- John Grisham Merchant/Ivory Magnum Magnum- Anthony Hopkins Rick- John Hurt TC- Eamonn Walker Higgins- Max von Sydow Robin Masters- Helena Bonham Carter Logo (Gay TV) Magnum Magnum- Rupert Everett Rick- Sean Hayes TC- The Lady Chablis Higgins- Ian McKellen Robin Masters- Armistead Maupin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/18 "2006-01-30T03:17:41Z")
This is a travesty considering recent pics of Selleck (the 2005 SAG awards) show him as pretty much looking easily in shape enough to be Magnum. Shave off the goatee and keep the mustache and aside from some slight facial aging it’s just like it was 1980 all over again. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-magnum-pi-w-link/342056/19 "2006-01-30T03:22:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Logo (Gay TV) Magnum > > TC- The Lady Chablis “Ooh, honey! Gettin’ this chopper down in there’s gonna be tighter than a high yella deb on prom night!”