Do you want a remake of "The Rockford Files"?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited May 2010 in Music & Movies
Whether you want it or not, NBC is serious about remaking the classic James Garner TV series.

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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    they must have hit a creative wasteland
    ran out of ideas....
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited July 2009
    To me, I'd think it's much more of a challenge to recreate such a classic character. As stated in the article, there're certain expectations for the character and it is almost always a failure to recreate such a character so identified with a specific actor.

    Even now, whenever I see William Shatner, I think of Captain Kirk.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    yeah
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    flubber...fred macmurray
    etc....
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2010
    Meet your next Jim Rockford....

    http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/03/dermot-mulroney-to-star-in-remake-of-the-rockford-files/
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited March 2010
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Meet your next Jim Rockford....

    http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/03/dermot-mulroney-to-star-in-remake-of-the-rockford-files/

    That's just wrong. James Garner IS Rockford like Tom Selleck IS Magnum P.I.
    I could maybe see doing it as a Son of Rockford but without Garner it will not work. Some TV characters are so iconic they should NEVER be resurrected.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2010
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Some TV characters are so iconic they should NEVER be resurrected.

    On the whole, I agree....although there seems to be not as much "hate" for the reboot of "Star Trek" with the new Captain Kirk.

    I wonder what James Garner has to say about the new "Rockford".
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited March 2010
    That's sad really.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited March 2010
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    On the whole, I agree....although there seems to be not as much "hate" for the reboot of "Star Trek" with the new Captain Kirk.

    You make a good point. I went into the theater expecting to hate the new Kirk, Spock, Bones etc. and came out totally pleasantly surprised and fully accepting of the new faces on old characters.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited March 2010
    This is a tough one because James Garner is so associated with the Jim Rockford character...I don't know, I don't think I'm feeling it. A Rockford movie maybe, a Rockford files TV series? Nope.

    Maybe they could try resurrecting the Jackie Gleason Show? :rolleyes: Louie Anderson could play Ralph. lol
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited March 2010
    The next remake will be Sanford & Son staring Eddie Murphy as Fred Sanford, Lamonte Sanford, Esther, Rollo, Bubba, and Donna. In the original series, the Sanfords owned and operated a junk yard in rough Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, but in the remake they will own a solar panel installation company in the San Fernando Valley.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited March 2010
    Didn't NBC learn their lesson with the "Bionic Woman" remake from a year or two back?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2010
    I have to say.. that in the past 10 years the network companies haven't had much original programming. I think reviving the Rockford Files is not a good idea. some shows can only survive in the decade they were designed for. Yeah even if it's updated for today's viewing audience.. people don't want to see a show they used to watch 30 yrs ago.

    Why then don't they revive Cop Rock. Google it if you're to young to remember Cop Rock. ;)

    Cop Rock is an American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. Cop Rock has been cited as one of the worst television series, ranking #8 on TV Guide's TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002.[1]
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited March 2010
    danger boy wrote: »
    I have to say.. that in the past 10 years the network companies haven't had much original programming. I think reviving the Rockford Files is not a good idea. some shows can only survive in the decade they were designed for. Yeah even if it's updated for today's viewing audience.. people don't want to see a show they used to watch 30 yrs ago.

    Agreed... watching reruns of an iconic show like "Dallas" plays out today like a badly acted and poorly written sitcom.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited March 2010
    :(Am I the only one who liked "Cop Rock?":(
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2010
    Huck344 wrote: »
    :(Am I the only one who liked "Cop Rock?":(

    apparently so. :p
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2010
    Roy Munson wrote: »
    Maybe they could try resurrecting the Jackie Gleason Show? :rolleyes:

    You do know that there was a feature of "The Honeymooners" from several years back, right?
    Huck344 wrote: »
    Didn't NBC learn their lesson with the "Bionic Woman" remake from a year or two back?

    Not to mention "Knight Rider" :rolleyes:
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Agreed... watching reruns of an iconic show like "Dallas" plays out today like a badly acted and poorly written sitcom.

    Isn't there a feature of "Dallas" being planned, with John Travolta and J. Lo?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited March 2010
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Isn't there a feature of "Dallas" being planned, with John Travolta and J. Lo?


    Actually, I think John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are in this one. It will be a musical production similar to Mama-Mia, using music of from the late 70's and 80's to tell the story. It will also give the iconic couple a chance to star in something else together...
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited March 2010
    Nope....Did not like it when I did see it years ago and have no intrest in seeing a remake.

    I am really starting to not like seeing all these remakes of old shows. I guess writers have run out of ideas.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2010
    Certain shows should NOT be remade. This is one of them. The other that comes to mind is Barney Miller.
    Shows like HI5-0, Policewoman, etc, yeah, you can get away with it, but not Rockford Files. NFW.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited March 2010
    You do know that there was a feature of "The Honeymooners" from several years back, right?

    Evidently I missed this..along with most everyone else. lol

    btw..the original Rockford Files holds up quite well.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2010
    Looks like the remake of Rockford is dead (go to middle of page to see news....)

    http://www.tv.com/new-law-and-order-follows-ncis-to-los-angeles/story/22937.html
    The remake of The Rockford Files is apparently dead at NBC. The show got a lot of criticism for trying to replace legend James Garner with Dermot Mulroney, but given that half the people who watched the original are now dead, I didn't think it was that big of a problem. The pilot was allegedly re-shot and re-cut so many times that it was an unrecognizable mess of what it used to be. Kind of like Heidi Montag.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,838
    edited May 2010
    danger boy wrote: »
    Why then don't they revive Cop Rock.

    REPORTED !


    You beat me to the punch, Danny, I was just going to post this link

    http://www.movieline.com/2010/05/rockford-files-abandoned-have-tv-remakes-ever-worked.php

    with the same good news.
    Don't ever scare me like that again, please ! :eek:
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2010
    I'm glad the new Rockford Files will not be seeing the light of day. Trying to reboot an iconic, and beloved, character that was played to perfection by an equally iconic actor like James Garner is destined to fail.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited May 2010
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    I'm glad the new Rockford Files will not be seeing the light of day. Trying to reboot an iconic, and beloved, character that was played to perfection by an equally iconic actor like James Garner is destined to fail.
    Well, that may be, but look at how Picard managed to follow on the heels of Kirk in Star Trek! The difference is, I suppose, that he wasn't even trying to be Kirk
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2010
    Kex wrote: »
    The difference is, I suppose, that he wasn't even trying to be Kirk
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