Peter89Spencer
Best show in the 80s! Magnum is the guy who everybody wants to be, and what every lady wants.
Magnum, P.I. is a feel good TV series everybody to enjoy.
Magnum, P.I.
- Action & Adventure
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
12/11/1980
45
TV-PG
He's a Hellraiser in Paradise.
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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GenerationofSwine
Had it come out in the 90s, Tom Magnum would have been a paranoid character fighting off the nightmares that plague him for all eternity after losing half his men in combat, or being the last man left in his squad.
And had it come out today, he'd be almost perfect, struggling never, with no character development. Stagnate, boring, with no growth to speak of. He'd be right all the time and end each episode political statement... like the New Magnum does.
Instead he was written in the 80s, and he is kind of a mooch, but a charismatic one. He struggles and overcomes, his relationship with his friends grows and evolves, and he deals with Vietnam and flashbacks in a realistic and functioning way.
He is capable of screwing up and fixing ...