2023-08-06 00:39:00 <KipIngram   > Wow.  I'm watching old Magnum PI episodes this weekend, and I had forgotten how much the Higgins character added to the show.
2023-08-06 00:39:05 <KipIngram   > He was just spectacular.
2023-08-06 00:39:43 <KipIngram   > I didn't watch the reboot a couple of years back, bu I think I caught on that they'd ret-cooned the Higgins character into a woman.
2023-08-06 00:40:11 <KipIngram   > I had no interest in that reboot - as far as I'm concerned only  Tom Selleck can be Magnum.
2023-08-06 03:43:52 <veltas      > I don't usually have anything against changing gender or race of characters, but it's usually 'smell' for a bad show at this point
2023-08-06 03:44:15 <veltas      > Too often now it means the show will be all politics and no writing or direction
2023-08-06 03:45:34 <veltas      > Only exception I can think of is the Cowboy Bebop live action remake but apparently most of the fans hated it
2023-08-06 03:45:39 <veltas      > I thought it was good but alas
2023-08-06 04:10:32 <veltas      > Also RIP Moolenaar, vim's some of the only software in my life I can use everywhere and that works pretty well
2023-08-06 08:30:59 <KipIngram   > I quite agree.  There's nothing wrong with the "concept," but in a lot of cases the motivation is... "fishy."
2023-08-06 08:36:21 <KipIngram   > Neat little story about that show (the original run).  Selleck made a lot more money doing the show that the other three supporting guys did - I heard that when the show ended he bought all three of them high end Porsches.  Just kind of a "thank you" I guess - I always thought that was a pretty classy move.
2023-08-06 08:36:58 <KipIngram   > He was one of the Hollywood guys I heard good stories about.  James Garner was another one who seemed to be a truly nice guy.
2023-08-06 08:38:54 <veltas      > High end porsches are a good investment too
2023-08-06 08:39:02 <veltas      > They retain value and go up
2023-08-06 08:39:22 <veltas      > Well probably not much recently, not exactly an 'essential'
2023-08-06 08:40:14 <veltas      > I drive a low end 2006 Ford Fiesta ;)
2023-08-06 08:41:35 <veltas      > I do like 300 miles a week so I will destroy any car you give to me, I'm where cars go to die
2023-08-06 08:41:47 <veltas      > "I have become drive, destroyer of cars"
2023-08-06 09:33:26 <KipIngram   > Mine's not what you'd call "high end."  It's a Cayman S, which is kind of an "entry level" Porsche.  But over the years I've gotten pestered quite a lot by the dealership wanting to buy it back from me.
2023-08-06 09:34:43 <KipIngram   > I added an aftermarket turbo to it, so it actually will at least try to tease the higher end models.