The Magnum P.I. Thread

[Nitro Express]

Sammy. Did you see the sun rise in Cabo this morning?

[gbranton]

That is an awesome ending to that episode. It is right up there with the ending of the movie Cop with James Woods. Most of the time in movies and tv the good guy would toss him a gun and let him reach for it or some other type of contrived horseshit. Thomas looked him in the eye and took care of business, just like you would do it in real life. Great stuff.

[DONNIEP]

Sammy. Did you see the sun rise in Cabo this morning?

If somebody could put that into a video...it would be the greatest video clip in the history of the internet

[Nitro Express]

Yeah that would be funny as hell if you could find a clip of Sammy saying "Yes." and just keep Thomas Magnum doing the shooting.

[DONNIEP]

Yeah that would be funny as hell if you could find a clip of Sammy saying "Yes." and just keep Thomas Magnum doing the shooting.

There's gotta be somebody here who can do it. Although there'd be the usual outcry over the gun aspect...

[Angel]

We watched a lot of Magnum and Rockford with our son. He used to always say that he was going to be a PI when he grew up.

He got his PI license when he was 18. Didn't take him long to realize it wasn't like the shows, lol. Most of his work was doing surveillance for insurance companies. Put on a bunch of weight sitting in his car for 12 - 16 hrs a day eating junk food and pissing in jars. He's still licensed, but he's not doing any work in the field anymore.

[DONNIEP]

We watched a lot of Magnum and Rockford with our son. He used to always say that he was going to be a PI when he grew up.

He got his PI license when he was 18. Didn't take him long to realize it wasn't like the shows, lol. Most of his work was doing surveillance for insurance companies. Put on a bunch of weight sitting in his car for 12 - 16 hrs a day eating junk food and pissing in jars. He's still licensed, but he's not doing any work in the field anymore.

Well thanks for ruining the fantasy!!!

[IceCreamBlondie]

I'm really enjoying reading this Magnum PI thread. Brings back great memories.

[Nitro Express]

We watched a lot of Magnum and Rockford with our son. He used to always say that he was going to be a PI when he grew up.

He got his PI license when he was 18. Didn't take him long to realize it wasn't like the shows, lol. Most of his work was doing surveillance for insurance companies. Put on a bunch of weight sitting in his car for 12 - 16 hrs a day eating junk food and pissing in jars. He's still licensed, but he's not doing any work in the field anymore.

I take it the car wasn't a Ferrari either.

[Nitro Express]

There's gotta be somebody here who can do it. Although there'd be the usual outcry over the gun aspect...

Not if it's Sammy getting shot.

[gbranton]

[Nitro Express]

WTF? A Magnum PI comic book? LOL!

[gbranton]

That may be, but that could also Tom Selleck rationalizing one of the stupidest career decisions ever. But as they say, hindsight is 20/20...

Ever the fucking contrarian. When someone doesn't provide a link, you heckle them, but even when they do you find some way to disagree with it and prove you are right by trying to explain what Tom Selleck was thinking.

[gbranton]

WTF? A Magnum PI comic book? LOL!

Yes, sort of. They were printed in England, hard bound and called "annuals". Today I suppose it would be called a graphic novel.

I collect books, I especially love books with movie or tv tie-ins and was checking to see if there was anything out there like this:

[gbranton]

I collect books, I especially love books with movie or tv tie-ins

For example THIS:



A 1979 novel about Detective Joe Leland, trapped in the Klaxon Oil building with a dozen terrorists and seventy five hostages at Christmas time.

Change the names to John McClain and Nakatomi Plaza and it should seem pretty familiar.