From: atropos@mac.com
On Feb 12, 2026 at 9:14:34 PM PST, "Rhino"
wrote:
> On 2026-02-12 10:37 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
>> On Feb 12, 2026 at 5:35:18 PM PST, "shawn"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:38:37 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Your Name wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Reboot Finds Its Lead
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>>> NBC has officially found a star for a remake of one of the most
>>>>> iconic television shows of the 1970s.
>>>>
>>>>> What NBC TV show has found its lead?
>>>>> According to a new report from Deadline, David Boreanaz has closed
>>>>> a deal to star in the upcoming reboot of The Rockford Files. The
>>>>> Bones star will take on the role as James Rockford, a broke
>>>>> private investigator who takes on a variety of cases. Deadline
>>>>> reports that the role of Rockford was a sought after one, and now
>>>>> with it cast, filming can begin.
>>>>
>>>> Jawdrop
>>>>
>>>> He's pretty much the actor least likely to remind one of James Garner I
>>>> can think of.
>>>>
>>>> When Josh Holloway was discussed a number of years ago, I didn't think
>>>> he was a bad choice but I felt sorry for him as being compared to Garner
>>>> would have hurt his career. Really just should have created an original
>>>> character for him to play.
>>>
>>> Agreed. I could see Holloway in the role. though I worry that the
>>> writing will let whomever takes on the role down as the writing will
>>> be a key to the success/failure of the project. The only thing I can
>>> see in favor of Boreanaz as Rockford is the physical aspect. I don't
>>> think he's going to work in any other aspect.
>>
>> At least the role wasn't race and gender-swapped. That's about as much as
we
>> can hope for from modern Hollywood.
>>
>>>> No one would dream of comparing Boreanaz to Garner.
>>>>
>>>>> The report goes on to mention that the pilot for the show will
>>>>> film in Atlanta.
>>>>
>>>> Brilliant! It's not like Los Angeles locations weren't integral to the
>>>> show. What's next, he'll drive a Yugo? No sublime car chases?
>>>
>>> I am torn as I love having more projects being filmed in the area, but
>>> there's no way that Atlanta works as a replacement for Los Angeles,
>>> especially the numerous beach shots they made the original show.
>>
>> Yes, much like THE LINCOLN LAWYER and BOSCH, L.A. is a character in and of
>> itself and if you don't shoot on location, you might as well just not do it
>> at
>> all.
>>
>> I was heartened to hear the upcoming BAYWATCH reboot has booked permits to
>> shoot on L.A. County beaches, so they're remaining true to the spirit of
the
>> show, unlike the Hi-Ho Daddario movie, which only pretended to be in L.A.,
>> but
>> shot in Louisiana instead.
>>
>> Hopefully they recognize what made the original an international hit:
>> super-hot women in bikinis having heterosexual sex with good-looking dudes.
>> But this is Hollywood, so we're probably going to get lots of gay stuff and
>> some kind of weird transformer dude demanding to be allowed to run around
>> in a
>> bikini or something.
>>
>> A couple weeks ago I watched a BAYWATCH Prime re-run where it was quite
>> obvious that it was from the pre-woke era of TV. The Beach Boys were guest
>> stars and they were making videos of their various songs on the beach as
>> part
>> of the plot. For 'California Girls', the band was surrounded by a flock of
>> gorgeous girls in bikinis-- around 20 of them total. All of them but one
>> were
>> blonde goddesses. If the show was made today, twelve of them would be
black,
>> four latina, three of them Asian, and one (maybe) would be white, but she'd
>> be
>> a dude in a bikini. And half of them would be lesbians.
>
> There would have to be at least two obese ones so that the
> "body-positive" crowd was "represented". And at least one each with
> physical and mental handicaps like being in a wheelchair or being autistic.
And there'd have to be a scene with a Muslim girl in a burkha who has to take
a time out from the music video shoot because she has to roll out a prayer rug
on the sand for her salaat.
>> It's amazing how none of the characters on the show were gay, there were
no
>> scenes of dudes kissing each other, no non-binary gender-queer goth
>> creatures
>> with face tattoos and metal studs embedded in their heads. Just gorgeous
>> girls
>> and the guys who wanted to bang them.
>>
>> The whole show is a hate crime by today's standards. Not only am I amazed
>> that
>> it's legal to continue to air it, I'm surprised they haven't been required
>> to
>> burn the negatives and salt the earth by now
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