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Greatest American Hero loses wang and shaggy blonde fro and gains about 100 lbs.

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Apparently the reboot has been in the books for awhile and I missed it. I came across it in an article talking about the other reboots this season (Magnum PI, Cagney & Lacey, Murphy Brown and Charmed).


https://www.google.com/amp/ew.com/tv/2018/01/25/abc-greatest-american-hero/amp/
 
DanC78 said:
Those are the same people?
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No. That is the actress who will star in the reboot.

To answer Russ' question, I think they're trying to see if they can make it even suckier:

Inspired by the 1980s TV show of the same name, The Greatest American Hero centers around Meera, a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera’s life forever: She is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands.
 
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LesClaypool said:
I won't defend it on any level, but I loved that show.
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Same here. It was cheesy 80s trash, but I enjoyed it along with other cheesy 80s trash like the A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider and Airwolf.

Its theme song is also one of the five songs that play in my head when I’m just walking around thinking about moi.
 
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OrlandNole said:
No. That is the actress who will star in the reboot.

To answer Russ' question, I think they're trying to see if they can make it even suckier:

Inspired by the 1980s TV show of the same name, The Greatest American Hero centers around Meera, a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera’s life forever: She is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands.
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Sounds like just the thing to take out HBO and Netflix.
 
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I laughed until I cried on the first episode and thought this was going was going to be a great one. It got old quick and wasn't. Never has their been such a drop off from pilot to series imo.
 
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ericram said:
I see we have angry elf today.
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Not angry, just doesn't make any sense. Despite the show occurring during my youth, I have no particular recollection of it at all - compared to all the other "80s trash " that Tribe listed, which I enjoyed.

As a network you really have to be on death's door to resurrect ideas that weren't even viable the first time around.
 
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NDallasRuss said:
Not angry, just doesn't make any sense. Despite the show occurring during my youth, I have no particular recollection of it at all - compared to all the other "80s trash " that Tribe listed, which I enjoyed.

As a network you really have to be on death's door to resurrect ideas that weren't even viable the first time around.
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But it will work this time because Hollyweird has embraced the PC culture.
 
Spoiler alert ...................... she loses the instructions.

I liked the show. A lot of that had to do with the theme song.

And if they think they can reboot Magnum, good luck with that.
 
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I still remember the theme song and haven't heard it in years. Like 30 years...
 
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Anyone remember “Tales of the Gold Monkey”? Early 80’s and didn’t last long, but I loved it.
 
OrlandNole said:
Has there ever been a reboot that meets or exceeds the original?
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The only reboots I liked better than the original that I can think of are Battlestar Galactica, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Spider-Man Homecoming, The Fly, The Wizard of Oz (the version most people know is the second reboot), The Flash, and Voltron. There’s probably some others but that’s all I can remember.
 
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The Magnum reboot was going to feature some pretty girl as his daughter and detective. Now it is going to be a different dude playing Magnum once again returning to civilian life....
 
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