# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/41 "2016-05-17T15:20:00Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Yeah, Jim Rockford. Absolutely. Jim Garner would approve. But who to play Angel? We need a new take. Margolin owned that role. Tony Shalhoub. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/42 "2016-05-17T15:25:20Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Everyone’s a singer in their own way. He’s certainly Better Than Neil. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/43 "2016-05-17T16:52:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’d much rather see him as Rockford than Vince Vaughn, who is currently pushing his own big-screen version. Agreed. > [@dropzone](#): > > Yeah, Jim Rockford. Absolutely. Jim Garner would approve. But who to play Angel? We need a new take. Margolin owned that role… > [@Loach](#): > > Tony Shalhoub. Ooo, me likey. But I’d still rather have some Silicon Valley gazillionaire/sf fan put up whatever it takes to get the ball rolling for another _Firefly_ TV series or movie(s). ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/44 "2016-05-17T16:54:03Z")
I assume that now he’ll pop out somewhere in a Joss Whedon project. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/45 "2016-05-17T17:12:00Z")
He’s done SF and detective…How about moving on to another type…Western? How about a modern Sky King? How about Mr. Lucky? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/46 "2016-05-17T17:17:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > He’s certainly Better Than Neil. He didn’t get a ten dollar solo, though. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/47 "2016-05-17T20:23:34Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > He’s done SF and detective…How about moving on to another type…Western? > > How about a modern Sky King? How about Mr. Lucky? How about Jim West? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/48 "2016-05-17T21:46:31Z")
> [@simster](#): > > 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? Yea, he’s a little long in the tooth and soft around the middle to be an action hero. An anti-hero, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/49 "2016-05-17T22:59:31Z")
I could see him in a reboot of “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/50 "2016-05-17T23:13:03Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I could see him in a reboot of “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” Bruce Campbell’s still available… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/51 "2016-05-18T23:50:15Z")
> [@iljitsch](#): > > Two guys, a girl and a pizza place? Speaking of shows that didn’t get an ending… I’d like to see him show up in one of the DC universe shows, but can’t for the life of me decide as who. He’s a big nerd, though, so I bet he’d have fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/52 "2016-05-19T09:00:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Bruce Campbell’s still available… Speaking of “long in the tooth and soft around the middle”… Don’t get me wrong - Bruce is great and I’d love to see him in more stuff. But he’s not really action-hero material these days. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/53 "2016-05-19T09:32:20Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > He’s done SF and detective…How about moving on to another type…Western? > > How about a modern Sky King? How about Mr. Lucky? He’s done Western. Firefly was a western which just happened to have spaceships. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/54 "2016-05-19T10:14:23Z")
Spenser for hire might be fun. Sort of like Rockford, but with more humor. ---
**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 19, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/55 "2016-05-19T10:53:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Speaking of “long in the tooth and soft around the middle”… > > Don’t get me wrong - Bruce is great and I’d love to see him in more stuff. But he’s not really action-hero material these days. Sure, but isn’t the whole point of comic-book superpowers that physique stops being a big concern? The number-one movie in the country features a superhero who could kick your ass, and said superhero is played by Elizabeth Olsen, and I’m pretty sure you could kick Elizabeth Olsen’s ass. _And I don’t even know you!_ The whole point of the old INCREDIBLE HULK show was that Bill Bixby would tell people not to make him angry – they wouldn’t _like_ him when he’s angry – and they’d of course disregard this, since he looked about as scary as Tom Holland. That’s when Bixby, who’d done the lion’s share of acting in the episode as the problem-solving do-gooder, would call it a day and let his superpowered alter ego briefly get the spotlight. (You know, the way Victor Garber now does on LEGENDS OF TOMORROW.) Later this year, DOCTOR STRANGE hits theaters; he can, apparently, levitate stuff and do mind-control magic. You know, like Luke Skywalker – who can still be played by little Mark Hamill, who is now older than Alec Guinness when _he_ was playing Obi-Wan. Given his powers, who cares if he’d lose a straight fistfight to James McAvoy? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/56 "2016-05-19T11:23:32Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Sure, but isn’t the whole point of comic-book superpowers that physique stops being a big concern? The number-one movie in the country features a superhero who could kick your ass, and said superhero is played by Elizabeth Olsen, and I’m pretty sure you could kick Elizabeth Olsen’s ass. _And I don’t even know you!_ > > The whole point of the old INCREDIBLE HULK show was that Bill Bixby would tell people not to make him angry – they wouldn’t _like_ him when he’s angry – and they’d of course disregard this, since he looked about as scary as Tom Holland. That’s when Bixby, who’d done the lion’s share of acting in the episode as the problem-solving do-gooder, would call it a day and let his superpowered alter ego briefly get the spotlight. (You know, the way Victor Garber now does on LEGENDS OF TOMORROW.) > > Later this year, DOCTOR STRANGE hits theaters; he can, apparently, levitate stuff and do mind-control magic. You know, like Luke Skywalker – who can still be played by little Mark Hamill, who is now older than Alec Guinness when _he_ was playing Obi-Wan. Given his powers, who cares if he’d lose a straight fistfight to James McAvoy? Now I’m pondering whether there’s a decent comedy film script to be done about aging superheroes past their prime. Then you could get Fillion, Campbell, a few others, maybe a cameo by Adam West, and play to their “soft middles”. Sadly, you’d probably end up with yet another “Space Cowboys”/“Wild Hogs” quality effort. ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/57 "2016-05-19T11:40:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Now I’m pondering whether there’s a decent comedy film script to be done about aging superheroes past their prime. Then you could get Fillion, Campbell, a few others, maybe a cameo by Adam West, and play to their “soft middles”. You know, in July, both Greg Grunberg and Dean Cain turn fifty… ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/58 "2016-05-19T12:33:16Z")
If hes doing Wonder Man that should keep him busy. I was thinking that since he loves all things Whedon that he’d just join the Agents of SHIELD cast, but Wonder Man is a much bigger deal. And sure, Wonder Man is lame, but Fillion plays lame in a way that makes it awesome. IT’s still lame, but it’s awesome lame if that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/59 "2016-05-19T13:17:06Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I’d like to see a feature-length _Dr. Horrible_ sequel, or a remake of the original. Joss Whedon’s been blowing hot and cold about a sequel for years; apparently there’s some material and songs written but Whedon has been too busy with the Marvel work to do much about it. I know Fillion and NPH are still very keen on doing it. Very unlikely to be feature-length though, I would have thought. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/60 "2016-05-19T13:51:27Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > He’s done SF and detective…How about moving on to another type…Western?.. _Firefly_ was close enough. How about cyberpunk? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715.md?page=4)