Probe Droid
Master Member
Fox apparently has greenlit (?) a pilot for a Lethal Weapon TV series.
I'm surprised it took this long.
I'm surprised it took this long.
Lethal Weapon TV series
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Re: Lethal Weapon TV Pilot
whyyy? :facepalm
First a Beverly Hills Cop tv show that got canned, then a Rush Hour tv show gets ordered and now Lethal Weapon? :facepalm
whyyy? :facepalm
First a Beverly Hills Cop tv show that got canned, then a Rush Hour tv show gets ordered and now Lethal Weapon? :facepalm
Probe Droid
Master Member
Re: Lethal Weapon TV Pilot
I predict that every week Riggs will shoot someone 300 times while Murtaugh face palms and says, "I'm gettin' too old for this...."
I predict that every week Riggs will shoot someone 300 times while Murtaugh face palms and says, "I'm gettin' too old for this...."
Re: Lethal Weapon TV Pilot
Loved the first film, did not care for the rest. I don't see any point to a TV series.
Loved the first film, did not care for the rest. I don't see any point to a TV series.
GrenadeKing
Sr Member
I don't quite know what to make of this. On the one hand, the original is great. On the other, Network TV shows tend to go over poorly and reboots kind of suck. That said... I kind of want to see it. I have lots of doubt but... I might watch it.
Nuke it from orbit.
Of the films I liked the first one and the fourth one (Jet Li). That's all.
I saw the trailer. Yuck. Mel Gibson as Riggs was psychologically unstable and emotionally labile. Especially in the first film he was both homicidal and incredibly vulnerable. Remember the heartbreaking scene in the trailer where he's this close to eating a bullet? The performance still makes me tear up.
The guy in this TV show seems to take all that nuance and translate it to a Riggs that's only aware that he's just too damn cool to care about danger. I don't think he even gets it. And the writing makes him too damn chatty. In the bank scene he seems less like Riggs and more like someone who wants to tell you he's he center of attention - like guy in Die Hard who thinks he can negotiate with Gruber but ends up the first guy shot.
At least that's my impression from the trailer. But I'm feeling that strongly.
I saw the trailer. Yuck. Mel Gibson as Riggs was psychologically unstable and emotionally labile. Especially in the first film he was both homicidal and incredibly vulnerable. Remember the heartbreaking scene in the trailer where he's this close to eating a bullet? The performance still makes me tear up.
The guy in this TV show seems to take all that nuance and translate it to a Riggs that's only aware that he's just too damn cool to care about danger. I don't think he even gets it. And the writing makes him too damn chatty. In the bank scene he seems less like Riggs and more like someone who wants to tell you he's he center of attention - like guy in Die Hard who thinks he can negotiate with Gruber but ends up the first guy shot.
At least that's my impression from the trailer. But I'm feeling that strongly.
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Donner, Gibson and Glover all wanted to do a 5 and instead they choose to turn it all into a giant turd, not flush it down the toilet but instead smear it all over the floor, walls and ceiling :facepalm
For fox sake.....
For fox sake.....
Metallijosh
Well-Known Member
Needs more station wagons, but I like it!
clancampbell
Sr Member
So, a Johnny Depp wannabe and Damon Wayans......that's the best they could do? I watched half the trailer and left in disgust....
Rich
Rich
Noeland
Master Member
You know, I've seen the actor playing Riggs in lots of TV shows over the years. He's one of those guys who either plays a bad guy, or a damaged good guy. He was on 24, NCIS, stuff like that. I'd say he's earned a lead role try out. Too bad it's in a show like this. I doubt this will make it past season 1.
Riceball
Master Member
It looks ok, not bad but not great either. Damon Wayans doesn't seem to be too bad as Murtoch, not quite as crotchety as in the movies but not bad, but the guy playing Riggs, I'm not really getting a Riggs vibe off of him. Then again, I think that Mel Gibson played Riggs as being slightly unhinged, something that I think is hard to duplicate.
