I like the classic detective shows but this one just makes me laugh because the lead character played by Tom Selleck seems to bed a different woman in every single episode. I don't know why they had the character do that because it was obvious he was good looking, so what did he have to prove to viewers by bedding the woman guest star of each episode? You never saw Jim Rockford do that in every episode, or Hunter or Starsky & Hutch. I don't mind once in a while having the star detective fall for the client, it happens, but when he's bedding one in each freaking episode it becomes absurd, unbelievable and detracts heavily from the show.
It's like Tom Selleck was trying so hard to appear irresistible to viewers when all I kept thinking was how many STD's did that character rack up by the end of the series? I'm sure there are plots going on somewhere when he's not romantically nuzzling with his female client of the week, but i'm too busy laughing to notice. I have to rate it 2 stars because even with Magnum's unbelievable Lothario ways aside, the acting in this show is atrocious and 4 decades after it's airing, the show just doesn't hold up well and appears dated. The location shots of Hawaii are pretty though, hence the 2 stars, but i'll take the classic and timeless Jim Rockford any day over this underwhelming series.
And what was with that tiny little car he drove? Magnum was well over 6 feet tall and looked laughable squeezed into that little toy car. You could tell he'd never be able to fit into it with the roof attached, so I gather he just stayed home on rainy days? You'd think he'd get himself a more practical car...but I guess it helped to attract his female conquest of the week.
It's like Tom Selleck was trying so hard to appear irresistible to viewers when all I kept thinking was how many STD's did that character rack up by the end of the series? I'm sure there are plots going on somewhere when he's not romantically nuzzling with his female client of the week, but i'm too busy laughing to notice. I have to rate it 2 stars because even with Magnum's unbelievable Lothario ways aside, the acting in this show is atrocious and 4 decades after it's airing, the show just doesn't hold up well and appears dated. The location shots of Hawaii are pretty though, hence the 2 stars, but i'll take the classic and timeless Jim Rockford any day over this underwhelming series.
And what was with that tiny little car he drove? Magnum was well over 6 feet tall and looked laughable squeezed into that little toy car. You could tell he'd never be able to fit into it with the roof attached, so I gather he just stayed home on rainy days? You'd think he'd get himself a more practical car...but I guess it helped to attract his female conquest of the week.