Posted on 05/30/2013 12:43:52 PM PDT by US Navy Vet
Ok I'll start: I would like to see a re-make of the TV Series "Emergency".
Apropos of nothing, it was the Gary Lockwood series, "The Lieutenant" that first made me consider the Marine Corps..when I got to Quantico 5 years later, they were still laughing at the show..
Yeah I hear that too I have famliy friend who is family member happen to be NYC cop Barney Miller so close to actual being cops in NYC in 1970s
Rockford Files or Quincy, no idea who the actors would be.
No, that would be John Conyers.
I don’t own a TV. But every now and then I think about buying one. Then I read a thread like this where the modern shows are discussed and I realize how lucky I am.
No TV = more time to read good books and, most importantly, more time to FReep!
Well, they tried it once with Ron Ely. He was good in the role, but the production values (or lack thereof) sank it.
I think I hear Robert Fuller became friends to Julie London after doing movie in 1950s that what I hear
They are reboot Rockford files going be while
Start this Fall season they going have reboot of Ironside start Blair Underwood
Dark Shaddows
U.F.O (British SciFi)
Both of these shows were great concepts with great plots and writing. But they were produced on shoestring budgets with really horrible special effects that truly interfered with the overall quality.
Modern versions, using special effects that are routine today, would make for really outstanding entertainment. These shows are old enough such that they would be viewed by a large audience that never saw the original versions.
There was a 1998(?) version of Dark Shaddows that was made into a mini-series. Besides The Walking Dead, it was probably the most frightening thing ever put on the small screen as a series. It was really well done and if you haven’t seen it, catch it on Netflix.
The Untouchables was remade (in the early 90s or so) with Tom Amandes as Ness.
The cool thing about that series was that back in the mid-70’s, paramedics and trauma centers were a rather recent development and that show actually helped people understand that paramedics were a lot more than just “ambulance” drivers and while they were “firemen”, paramedics were a lot more than just “firemen”. A lot of that technology came out the MASH units and things learned about treating trauma victims in the field during the Vietnam War. A lot of the early paramedics were Vietnam vets and field medics who learned how to treat the injured in the field and became civilian paramedics after they came home and treated accident and trauma victims back home with the knowledge they gained in the field of battle.
True story: one summer on an early evening on a Saturday there was a big brush fire in the big open field at the end of the that street I lived on. The Baltimore Fire Department showed up and quickly put out the fire. I heard one of the fireman say - ”Let’s get this done, I want to get back to the station in time to watch “Emergency”” He might have been joking a bit but then I think that a lot of firemen were probably fans of that show as it showed them in a very good and positive light.
Second that
T.H.E. Cat, with the kid who’s currently starring in Arrow. He’s athletic enough.
“The Lieutenant” (1963-64) with Gary Lockwood, just came out on dvd about six months ago. I bought it. Great show. Watched every episode. Amazing how vintage fare back then consistently emphasized issues of honor and character. That’s why I love the old stuff.
Any of it that gets remade nowadays will almost automatically be made unpalatable by PC idiocy, metrosexual characters, and basically, the kind of grating self-absorption that typifies modern American culture.
Might thot 2 - but I didn’t have the pic - lol
Don't "remake" ... rerun
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