Okay, I’ll admit when I first heard about this reboot I was pissed off. In fact, I wrote an article about it right here on skatronixxx.com. However, recently CBS has released some featurettes showing some behind the scenes stuff and shown a bit more of the action. Here… have a look….
See? Can ya blame me?
Seriously. It looks like CBS may have taken some of the criticisms to heart and tried to fix some of the problems. For instance, in the original “preview” video, they called George Eads’ character “Lincoln”, but as you can see from the video I shared he’s now going to be playing Jack Dalton… one of Mac’s old friends that always seemed to get Mac into trouble. The friend that could never lie to Mac because his eye twitched when he did and gave him away. I kind of like this small homage to the original even if this Jack is a former CIA agent and the original Jack was a n’er-do-well pilot. I saw elsewhere that there’s also a character named Patricia Thornton, another slight nod to the original. I guess they couldn’t name her the female version of Pete…. is there a female version of Pete?
Anyway, the point is that with the new info they’re putting out there, I’m starting to think that I might actually be able to watch this without cringing…. but I’ll let you know when I start reviewing it Fridays this Fall right here. So, watch this space. =)
I’m still not sure that MacGuyver needed a reboot. Though, I guess we could say that about most things.
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