# What TV show should Nathan Fillion do now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715 "2016-05-13T21:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/21 "2016-05-14T03:47:24Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Wonder Man? Lame. I mean, I’m sure he’ll be great, but Wonder Man is lame. Well the one thing I can say about him is that I honestly found his [non-costume costume](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/f/f5/Wonder_Man_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20051108185207) a nice change of pace. The bright red jacket wouldn’t have been my sartorial choice, but it beats the standard [super-hero tights](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/77/109688-48839-wonder-man.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/22 "2016-05-14T04:44:53Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > There is in fact a Booster Gold movie in the works, by the same people who do the Flash and Arrow shows. Nathan Fillion would be the perfect fit. I hope it isn’t Greg Berlanti. He is one of the main parties responsible for The Green Lantern. Let him stick to the good stuff he is doing on TV. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/23 "2016-05-14T18:26:55Z")
I support Rockford Files! I think it’d be interesting to do it as a period piece, not a modern reboot, but I’d watch either. To be honest, I’d watch it without Fillion, but I think he’d be the best option. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/24 "2016-05-15T01:46:00Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The Swordsman. The sword is his penis? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/25 "2016-05-15T02:25:14Z")
A swhat? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/26 "2016-05-15T04:17:08Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > The sword is his penis? 😉 Heh. All kidding aside, a good-sized part of the Swordsman is that he’s supposed to be a bigger and smirkier version of Jeremy Renner. Another good-sized part is his penis. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/27 "2016-05-15T05:13:32Z")
Perhaps its time to get back on the stage. Take a break from the cameras for awhile. He’s made plenty of money and can afford to focus himself for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/28 "2016-05-15T10:11:20Z")
Slither, the series Although, I’d support Rockford files, how about Ty Burrel as angel? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/29 "2016-05-15T11:12:09Z")
I’d like to see a feature-length _Dr. Horrible_ sequel, or a remake of the original. Or _Firefly,_ of course. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/30 "2016-05-15T18:23:44Z")
I’d much rather see him as Rockford than Vince Vaughn, who is currently pushing his own big-screen version. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/31 "2016-05-15T20:16:35Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Either that, or Aqua Man. No, wait, even better - a \*Man From Atlantis \*remake… Actually, Fillion would make a great\* Buck Rogers\*. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/32 "2016-05-16T08:03:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Wonder Man is lame. > > Wonder Man played by Nathan Fillion would be great. What he said 😃 Heck, he can even play Wonder Man without going to the gym and it would be great. Give him a few “Wonder Man acting” scenes and let’s see if he can ham it up even more than for Captain Hammer :evil grin: We could have Fillion playing Wonder Man playing Captain Hammer… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/33 "2016-05-16T17:16:12Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > There is in fact a Booster Gold movie in the works, by the same people who do the Flash and Arrow shows. Nathan Fillion would be the perfect fit. I agree with you two. Booster Gold is a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/34 "2016-05-16T17:18:36Z")
Rcokford would end up being a retread of Castle - Buck Rogers - would be a fantastic fit, but I don’t think the aging Fillon can pull it off. ‘Greatest American Hero’ maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/35 "2016-05-16T21:12:43Z")
If they ever do a movie about the video game franchise Uncharted, he should definitely play the lead character Nathan Drake; although he is getting a little old for that role now. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/36 "2016-05-16T21:24:35Z")
A Western with the same cast as Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/37 "2016-05-17T01:42:02Z")
Not Rockford, no, no, a thousand times no (and not Vince Vaughn, either, a million times no). But how about in a version of one of those old Rock Hudson-Doris Day movies? I saw one today, Send me no Flowers, and it struck me he have fun with that part, or with any of the other ones, too. He’d have to hit the gym, though… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/38 "2016-05-17T01:52:34Z")
Apparently, Kevin Smith just landed a gig to produce a TV show based on Buckaroo Banzai. Fillion would certainly be a top contender for the lead. One almost wonders if his availability is what prodded the green light. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/39 "2016-05-17T04:55:38Z")
How’s his singing? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/40 "2016-05-17T11:34:03Z")
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