They're Re-Making The Rockford Files?
Link. Impossible. Not only is the show essentially 42ish minutes of James Garner's persona, with some plot, in most episodes . . . but have you watched the show in the last 20 years? I have. On Retro teevee. And let me say, that this show ran for four (?) seasons in the Carter era . . . tells me that perhaps there was an American decline.
That's not to say that the show itself wasn't GREAT. But Jim Rockford is a sad sack PI, with friends like a disbarred lawyer, handling low level cases. The man lives in a trailer, for God's sake. (A trailer on the beach, so not too bad, I guess.)
It's telling that, moving into the Reagan "resurgent" period of American life, we get a new show by the same producer--Magnum P.I. Now that is morning in America, at least, Hawaii. If that still counts as America.
posted by Number Three @ 7:36 PM
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It was the only show left that hadn't been remade. And it was a great show too. Casting of the new Rockford, however, suggests that this is an insanely bad idea. Though maybe not as bad as Land of the Lost.
Nothing is that bad!
Btw, Curat Lex in an email reminds me that Martin Riggs, Mel Gibson's character in Lethal Weapon, also lived in a trailer on the beach. Is there anyone else who lived in such a desirable location in such an undesirable accommodations?
(Note: I have actually lived in a trailer! As a 4-year-old, in Michigan. So no one can accuse me of elitism! Unless they STILL live in a trailer, that is.)
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