The 'NEW' Rockford Files (with Alan Tudyk) scraped

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WHOZIT

Friday, May 14, 2010 11:43 PM

http://www.movieline.com/2010/05/rockford-files-abandoned-have-tv-rema
kes-ever-worked.php

PIRATENEWS

Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:40 AM

Is scraped better than scrapped?

Dictator Obama killed Pontiac. There's no Rockford without Firebird.

RAYCHEETAH

Saturday, May 15, 2010 6:30 AM

Guess that's why Alan has time to do Transformers 3. And I like the new V!

-Raycheetah ='[.]'=
The enjoyment of any good thing is only enhanced by sharing it with others.

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WHOZIT

Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by piratenews:
Is scraped better than scrapped?

Dictator Obama killed Pontiac. There's no Rockford without a Firebird.

Sorry, I've SCRAPPED my "Speak & Spell". I can't fix it in the headline section. As for no more "Firebird", could a "HEMI" powered Challenger have worked?

KWICKO

Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:
Is scraped better than scrapped?

Dictator Obama killed Pontiac. There's no Rockford without a Firebird.
Sorry, I've SCRAPPED my "Speak & Spell". I can't fix it in the headline section. As for no more "Firebird", could a "HEMI" powered Challenger have worked?

No. Rockford drove a Firebird. Maybe they could use a Hemi Charger to remake The Dukes of Hazzard.

Rockford drives a Firebird.
Magnum drove a Ferrari.
Dan Tana drove a Thunderbird.
Nash Bridges drove a 'Cuda (not a Challenger - a 'CUDA)
Bullitt drove a Mustang.

Sorry, but those cars are an intrinsic part of those shows. That's like trying to reboot Firefly with our Cap'n running the Millenium Falcon; it's just WRONG!

Don't know why they killed Pontiac. Hell, they've got a new Camaro; a Firebird was never anything more than a few appearance mods tacked onto a Camaro, a few different engine choices and a couple vomiting-chicken stickers slapped onto the Trans Am models. They could've offered a Firebird or Trans Am, easy. But for all that, the Pontiac G8 sedan was the better car anyway. Same chassis and drivetrain as that ugly pug of a Camaro, with better looks and better interior, as well as real room for four.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

GWEK

Saturday, May 15, 2010 1:01 PM

I'm glad they trashed the idea. I'm not necessarily opposed to re-makes (looking forward to the A-TEAM and TRON movies this year), but they work better when they're not based around a single character (or actor). I could see the CHARLIE'S ANGELS series being successful because they can try to replicate the basic "formula," but THE ROCKFORD FILES? The appeal of that show was all about James Garner (and a solid supporting cast). With the right actor, I suppose it COULD work, but Dermott Mulrooney? He's so... bland. Ugh.

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

KWICKO

Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:10 PM

How would you feel about Nathan Fillion as Jim Rockford?

(I know, ain't happenin' - he's already got a successful show and all that; I'm just throwin' it out there as a hypothetical). I think our cap'n has the right kind of wit and smart-ass attitude to pull it off.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

WHOZIT

Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:
Is scraped better than scrapped?

Dictator Obama killed Pontiac. There's no Rockford without a Firebird.
Sorry, I've SCRAPPED my "Speak & Spell". I can't fix it in the headline section. As for no more "Firebird", could a "HEMI" powered Challenger have worked?

No. Rockford drove a Firebird. Maybe they could use a Hemi Charger to remake The Dukes of Hazzard.

Rockford drives a Firebird.
Magnum drove a Ferrari.
Dan Tana drove a Thunderbird.
Nash Bridges drove a 'Cuda (not a Challenger - a 'CUDA)
Bullitt drove a Mustang.

Sorry, but those cars are an intrinsic part of those shows. That's like trying to reboot Firefly with our Cap'n running the Millenium Falcon; it's just WRONG!

Don't know why they killed Pontiac. Hell, they've got a new Camaro; a Firebird was never anything more than a few appearance mods tacked onto a Camaro, a few different engine choices and a couple vomiting-chicken stickers slapped onto the Trans Am models. They could've offered a Firebird or Trans Am, easy. But for all that, the Pontiac G8 sedan was the better car anyway. Same chassis and drivetrain as that ugly pug of a Camaro, with better looks and better interior, as well as real room for four.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

Vomiting chicken stickers? I always prefered a 70 GS with a "Stage 1" anyway. I'm sure Alan will be OK, he's going to be in "Tranformers 3"......I'm sure he'll die in that flick too.

Serenity, dead

3:10 to Yuma, dead

"V", dead

Transformers 3, ?

ECGORDON

Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:51 PM

Maybe they'll revisit the idea if the new Hawaii 5-0 is a success. Even if Rockford doesn't get a remake you know they'll just remake something else.

KWICKO

Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:24 PM

Behold the vomiting chicken:

ANTHONYT

Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:13 PM

"That's like trying to reboot Firefly with our Cap'n running the Millenium Falcon; it's just WRONG!"

Hello,

Perhaps... but he'd be great in Star Wars. ;-)

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

"You can lose a quark you don't girth." -Dreamtrove's words to live by, translated by Ipad

KWICKO

Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:53 PM

OH HELL YEAH he would! I'd love to see our cap'n as Han Solo. Let's face it - Fillion's a much better actor than Harrison Ford, or at least better than Ford was at that point in his career.

WHOZIT

Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:53 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Behold the vomiting chicken:

And do you know what it's vomiting....POWER!

Doesn't matter to me, 455 ci Buick "Stage 1" eats Firechickens for fuel, it's a fact.

KWICKO

Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:58 PM

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And do you know what it's vomiting....POWER!

Actually, I think since it's a Pontiac Trans Am, it's more likely to be vomiting up its engine's innards. :)

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, May 16, 2010 5:56 AM

Gee, didn't I hear they remade Knight Rider with some Rustang as KITT?

Stingray drove a Vette Stingray.

Rockford drove the Formula for the superior power/torque of the Pontiac Big Block engine, which were last used in the Second Generation of Firebirds (ended in 1981). A Firebird without a Pontiac is just a Chebby in drag.

Of course, I have one of those with an LS1.

PIRATENEWS

Sunday, May 16, 2010 10:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

Actually, I think since it's a Pontiac Trans Am, it's more likely to be vomiting up its engine's innards. :)

I dont recall it's color being so vomit-inducing....

http://www.firebirdtoys.com/firebirdmodels/mpc.htm