OK, Netflix is doing a Spenser series with Mark Warburg. Not a bad pick for Spenser. Of course they had to mess with the origin unable to leave well enough alone. It looks OK. The only issue I would have is that the original series had it so perfect in casting and writing that Spenser fans will be hard to please.
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January 21, 2020, 11:39 AM
mrbill345
Watched the trailer & read the YouTube blurb. So much wrong in this trailer from the books & TV series/movies the it's impossible to watch for this fan.
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January 21, 2020, 12:20 PM
Oat_Action_Man
Is that like Spenser for Hire with Robert Urich?
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January 21, 2020, 03:29 PM
YooperSigs
I was hoping for more Jesse Stone....
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January 21, 2020, 03:42 PM
ggile
More Jesse Stone would be nice and I'm a big Spenser fan, but this new Spenser series ain't it.
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January 21, 2020, 06:47 PM
spunk639
Robert Parker is rolling in his grave.
January 21, 2020, 09:58 PM
CQB60
Seems more like a bad boys continuum than a SFH series..
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January 22, 2020, 06:22 AM
Orive 8
I'm a big Robert B. Parker fan. Read all his books, loved the Spenser for Hire Series - have it on DVD. Love the Jesse Stone movies - have all of them on DVD.
Watched the preview trailer, that ain't right! Just wrong, wrong, wrong.
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January 22, 2020, 09:28 AM
SCfromNY
I think like the Magnum TV show you just have to try and forget the original and think of this as a new show. The biggest insult is that with all the Parker books they base this on one he did not write.
I'm sure the action will be good and like the first Reacher movie, if you never read the books Cruise did a good job. Just let parker and Ulrich rest in peace while I can now bitch about Spenser and Reacher.
Up next the female transgender James Bond.
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January 22, 2020, 07:04 PM
P-220
I was a huge Spencer for Hire fan. I liked both Robert Urich and Avery Brooks. I also enjoyed the BMW L7 my man Hawk drove.
I will give it a chance.
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January 22, 2020, 07:51 PM
ArtieS
I lived in Boston for the original Spenser for Hire series, and had been in a lot of the places that they shot scenes.
That was a really good TV show.
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January 22, 2020, 08:00 PM
divil
Ughh...
I like several Wahlberg movies so this is not aimed at him per se, but Jesus H. Couldn’t they just leave well enough alone!
January 22, 2020, 11:05 PM
DrewR
The tone is all wrong, I can’t really explain it better then that. If they hadn’t tried to link this show to SFH it probably would be worth watching. However, if they are going to try and use the nostalgia for the old series then they needed to better replicate the tone and feel of the old show.
Besides, no one will ever be Hawk except Avery Brooks.
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January 23, 2020, 08:59 PM
thunderson
So I'm a fan of the books. The Spenser for hire series not so much. Marky Mark? Seriously?
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January 23, 2020, 09:13 PM
divil
quote:
Originally posted by DrewR:
Besides, no one will ever be Hawk except Avery Brooks.
1000%
Arguably the best, most accurate (book resemblance), believable casting choice of a TV series character that I can think of.
March 06, 2020, 03:28 PM
Mr.9mm
Just watched it today. Mildly entertaining. Lobstah!
March 06, 2020, 05:54 PM
smschulz
I'll watch. Even though I think Marky Mark is a shitty actor he does manage to make into some good roles.
March 07, 2020, 04:51 AM
mrapteam666
So far I have watched 3/4 of the movie and it enjoyed it before calling it a night.
Upon waking up and re-evaluating what I watched, I am not sure I enjoyed it because of the show itself or because I am visiting family here in Florida and was bored after everyone called it a night about 830pm.
I never really watched the Original and I never read the books so I have no preconceived notions.
March 07, 2020, 09:14 AM
ChicagoSigMan
I have no idea what the original story is - but this looks pretty fun.
March 08, 2020, 12:49 AM
SIG228
I sat through it today. Wish I had taken a nap instead.
