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Bellisario

posted 9 years ago by tsm_pi
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Now that I've revisited Magnum (after not watching for a decade) I started poking around the Internet about why there was never a reunion show, a TV movie or little mini-series.

I've come to the conclusion that Donald P. Bellisario is simply stubborn, greedy, has Alzheimer or is just psycho.

Seems he quashed every attempt to do something Magnum related since the series finished.

His suing CBS a few years ago kinda cemented things for good.

My idea was using the Hawaii Five-0 production crew to just do something one summer.

Catch us up on the boys. Have Quang Ki come back to kill Magnum after all these years. Bring Lily back as Kelly Hu or something.

If Tom Selleck couldn't convince him then forget it. Bellisario will die with the rights to Magnum P.I.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ncis-creators-severe-brain-condition-393391

[–] ben-thayer 9 years ago

I've wondered often why there was never any follow-up to the last episode of Quantum Leap.

Don't know if it's due to Bellisario having any kind of attitude, I never looked into it.

But it's been more than 20 years and as of yet, nothing. If any series finale is ripe for revisiting, it's Quantum Leap.

[–] lvrepoman 9 years ago

Toward the end of the 90's Tom Selleck pitched the idea of a Magnum reunion. He wanted it to be set around the British hand-over of Hong Kong to the Red Chinese. I know he had lined up Tom Clancy to write it.

Prior to that, it was Selleck who ruled out a reunion show. He had some bad feelings with Universal.

Selleck stated sometime ago that it was too late for a Magnum reunion, that he and all the principals were too old for it. There was an episode of the show, "Las Vegas," where Selleck, Larry Manetti, and Roger Mosely all appeared, and there were oblique references to this show. John Hillerman had given up acting by then.

"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak

[–] ThomasMagnumPI 9 years ago

Prior to that, it was Selleck who ruled out a reunion show. He had some bad feelings with Universal.

That's my understanding. Now I just want them to protect the character so we don't get any movie reboots with Adam Sandler.

I really would have like the NCIS/JAG universe to have been the same as the Magnum universe but DeNozzo always mentioning Magnum as a TV show killed that idea. Thomas as ex-Navy popping in to an NCIS episode would have been awesome.

[–] ben-thayer 9 years ago

I'm trying to recall if any of these movie versions of classic TV shows are any good.

Still trying...

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[–] lvrepoman 9 years ago

Just off hand, The Addams family movie wasn't too bad. The Untouchables was pretty good, and some of the Mission: Impossibles were all right. But in general, I agree with your sentiment. Leave well enough alone.

"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak

[–] ThomasMagnumPI 9 years ago

The Mission: Impossibles are the only films better than the TV show.

[–] d_homen 9 years ago

The Mission: Impossibles are the only films better than the TV show.

EWW

The first one was OK......EXCEPT the only way I could interpret it was to say to myself that the Jim Phelps character was a parallel universe "Phelps" and not the same person as from the original show.

[–] ringfire211 9 years ago

The Mission: Impossibles are the only films better than the TV show.

No way, man! NO WAAAAY!!!

I'll be honest and admit that I did really enjoy the last 2 M:I films - GHOST PROTOCOL and ROGUE NATION. That said, they simply cannot touch the original TV series - especially the first 3 seasons, which are just some of the best television writing ever! A very cerebral show where the suspense and tension creates more excitement than any over-the-top explosion or stunt set piece ever could. The first 3 seasons with Martin Landau and Barbara Bain is classic television at its best!

Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!