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I caught an episode of the new MacGyver, tonight. Sometimes I just have to see for myself. Whew, the reboot is bad! The original was fun, though certainly not compelling. In the Midwest it was something to watch till the Monday Night Football game came on. You wouldn't change channels away from it, if it was about to come on. You wouldn't be very upset if you missed an episode or two. The new version lacks a few things starting with a casting director who knew what they were doing, continuing with a sound engineer who can keep the dialog audible above the background music, and on to writers who don't touch base with every cliche of the 20th century. Only two of the five principle actors on show are even remotely adequate for their parts, and that does not include the new MacGyver, but does include his comic relief roommate who I presume will only be seen for a few minutes at the beginning and end of each episode.
The show is less like the old MacGyver than a lame, high school play version of Mission Impossible starring a guy who looks and acts like he should be playing Lance or Chad on some smarmy daytime soap. Lance/Chad does all the work that doesn't involve computers. There is a tough veteran, who seems to do nothing, but drive and give marginal advice. The actor softly mumbled all his tough guy lines, and actress playing the tough boss of the team softly mumbled all of her tough boss lines. The computer whiz girl is pretty enough and has almost as much hair blowing in the wind as Chad/Lance MacGyver.
The show is so lame you wonder if it's a real life TV version of The Producers with these producers creating a TV show so inferior that it must fail, so they don't have to repay the financial backers. Amy Acker was a guest star tonight. Being able to act and to make herself heard above the music, Amy was out of place on the show. I hope she's been paid already.
Score F
The show is less like the old MacGyver than a lame, high school play version of Mission Impossible starring a guy who looks and acts like he should be playing Lance or Chad on some smarmy daytime soap. Lance/Chad does all the work that doesn't involve computers. There is a tough veteran, who seems to do nothing, but drive and give marginal advice. The actor softly mumbled all his tough guy lines, and actress playing the tough boss of the team softly mumbled all of her tough boss lines. The computer whiz girl is pretty enough and has almost as much hair blowing in the wind as Chad/Lance MacGyver.
The show is so lame you wonder if it's a real life TV version of The Producers with these producers creating a TV show so inferior that it must fail, so they don't have to repay the financial backers. Amy Acker was a guest star tonight. Being able to act and to make herself heard above the music, Amy was out of place on the show. I hope she's been paid already.
Score F