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petition to boycott the new macgyver


https://www.change.org/p/cbs-boycott-the-macgyver-reboot

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Thanks. -takes the petition and constructs an arc welder out of a car battery, jumper cables and an antenna which he then uses to set it on fire-

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Why boycott it? If it does well then you have Mac back on tv and maybe newer fans for the original. If it's bad then it will simply get cancelled and be forgotten.



Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit? - Nigel Tufnel

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Exactly. If it's bad, it will do itself in. I hope it's good, and even if it's not great at the start, it can always improve, like many TV shows in the past. Star Trek TNG was campy as fvck in the first season but went on to become one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever.

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I'm a big ST fan and DS9 is my favorite but ST wouldn't survive today like ENT didn't survive past 4 seasons. ST improved dramatically as the seasons went but the first seasons were usually just finding it's feet. TNG is the perfect example of that.




Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit? - Nigel Tufnel

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Right. Shows need to be given a chance to ease into things, for the actors to develop chemistry, to feel less manufactured. For example, on Supergirl, Hank Henshaw as Martian Manhunter wasn't a preconceived idea, it just happened organically.

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Boycott? Wtf for?

You realize that a show, even one only on for a season employs alot of people. So even if you don't like it why actively try to kill it?

A new show doesn't take anything away from the old show. That whole you killed my childhood argument is garbage.

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No need to boycott, it's not very good and tarnished RDA MacGyver. They changed so much of who he was

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