MacGyver (2016)

Any channel over here taking it on?

Harmless . I'll probably watch a few more

I thought it was way too Hollywood. Like using a stainless steel tray to block bullets. Cop the fùck on. That's never going to block bullets.
I thought it would be a lot better with out the 'macgyver crap'. Like cracking a hand scanner with plaster and cracking everything else with a paper clip.

Saying that the Hawaii five o that followed had equally bad parts. They had a 5 minutes (actual time) chase through the streets scene

I may be fixated on the original too much but I suppose I was brought up on it (I don't use a Swiss army knife , I use a leatherman http://bestmultitoolkit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Leatherman-Wave-Black-Oxide-Finish-Multi-Tool-with-Nylon-MOLLE-Sheath.jpg but the same idea )

The problem solving was all too quick , everything was done in 30 seconds , which is fine but it doesn't really show the thinking on his feet the original was known for , there was no putting it together and to me this is a huge loss. Burn Notice did the Macgyver stuff much better and the voice over was more in tune with what you would expect.

RDA is very or was very anti gun one of the reasons Macgyver never uses them , this time around he seems ok with Dalton executing everyone around him. Lazy attempt at a reboot , I know my Nephew who is the age now I was when I saw the original will not watch one these in full. it just looks like all the other action shows , 5-0 , NCIS LA , CSI Miami, Scorpion. All glossy and all the bases covered in Lady hacker , Muscle head friend and also the friend of alternate race . Recast the boss as female . They do all that and forget to at least try and write something half interesting .

It is possible to do 22 ep's a season. yes some will be bad but some will be great and overall still watchable after 10years ...Supernatural

bpb101 wrote: »

I thought it would be a lot better with out the 'macgyver crap'. Like cracking a hand scanner with plaster and cracking everything else with a paper clip.

and the details in that , He didn't even line up his hand correctly with the finger positions . The original MacGyver would have used finer dust , and also Cling film so he could see where his fingers should be pressing just to make it believable . Like a said lazy on the details

Just watched it... awful and it's nothing to do with the nostalgia factor.

Every problem solved in 20 seconds, a "cool black guy" who was barely intelligible with the cool lingo, ridiculously loud and continuous music score over every scene, not sure what the captions ("paperclip") are about, piss-poor CGI, and the whole thing just frantically rushes from scene to scene without any coherence in a blink-and-you've-missed-half-of-it mess of conveniences and absurdity (even for a show like this).

The only good point was the use of CCR - Fortunate Son during the helicopter scene. Don't think I'll be watching any more.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Just watched it... awful and it's nothing to do with the nostalgia factor.

Every problem solved in 20 seconds, a "cool black guy" who was barely intelligible with the cool lingo, ridiculously loud and continuous music score over every scene, not sure what the captions ("paperclip") are about, piss-poor CGI, and the whole thing just frantically rushes from scene to scene without any coherence in a blink-and-you've-missed-half-of-it mess of conveniences and absurdity (even for a show like this).

The only good point was the use of CCR - Fortunate Son during the helicopter scene. Don't think I'll be watching any more.

cool black guy? what black guy

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Did you watch it?

yes and just can't remember any black guy

expectationlost wrote: »

yes and just can't remember any black guy

The guy who doesn't know what the work at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMV4R1FWccA

Very disappointing.

Nothing remotely like McGyver and doesn't even try.

I don't remember MacGyver deliberately killing anyone.

jonon9 wrote: »

I really don't know what to make of this

It's utter crap. Best just pretend it never happened.

expectationlost wrote: »

look her up to see what she been in she was the terrible actress from Revolution

That's where i remember her from, thanks!

Started off bad with teasing the theme tune & sadly got worse after that, when's the real thing making an appearance?

Here's the real theme tune:



Its currently on it's 6th season on CBS Action M-F, i never knew there were 7 seasons, until i looked it up!

Just acquired ep 1&2 so im gonna give it a go...

Really hope they haven't ruined a childhood hero of mine

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/macgyver-tv-show-2016-cbs-ratings-cancel-renew/

FAILING SLOWLY

I wonder did people our age back in the 80's look at the original McGyver and think it was ****......., just like we look at this version??

I like this show, I wanted to like it, but didn't like it, but its Macgyver, so I gave it a chance. It might be ridiculously cheesey but it does work.

Every episode at a couple of points I've been cheering on Billy Riggins, Macgyber himself is improving, and on episode 3 there was a marked increase in the clevage on show from hacker girl. Gotta love them focus groups.

The whole premise of the original show of one man and his Swiss Army knife has been lost, how fooking thick can the producers be to not adhere to the basics of what worked in the original, idiots.

Sky 1 has picked up and it will air on the 8th February 2017 at 8pm