Ironside

Despite the great casting and blair underwood's guaranteed emmy nominated performance as Michael ironside, this is a very dull and ultimately predicable remake of a 1967-75 classic starring the late great Raymond burr about a police officer who is shot and paralyzed into a wheelchair for a lifetime and in order to solved cases on his own, in the original he was a san Francisco police detective, but in the remake he is a NYC Police detective, the teleplay does not work, the story is a mess, the writing is ultimately useless and the editing is just plain unwatchable, although is not nearly as dreadful as the extremely horrible knight rider was in 2008, but still very disappointing, although the cast is fine in their roles, but the remake just doesn't do justice for me, so I Have to give this one a thumbs down for me.

I am so very disappointed! I heard last night that Ironside didn't make it and that it is being cancelled. How foolish are the folks in charge? this is a wonderful show. I have no idea what it is up against because I have to watch television on Hulu... so I am not the typical audience... but I absolutely loved the show (not the sex in the wheelchair bit) but the fact that finally, after 45 years, we are showing someone with a physical disability in a position of authority and power! That we were finally showing a person of color, who had been one of the good guys, injured in the line of duty, in a position of power! Who makes these choices to remove programming... This show was/ IS wonderful!

Another example of why remakes of good old TV series can be bad. Blair Underwood is no Raymond Burr and will never be. The original Ironside had this typical 60's-70's flavor that you hardly see in series today as well as some great guest stars but also some great actions and intensity. this one is just another remake in order to relaunch something that was big in the past. The script of the episode is poor and the plots are poor too. Watch the original Ironside if you want to see the real thing. For many fans worldwide Raymond Burr immortalized Ironside. Blair Underwood simply doesn't fit the bill at all, same for the other characters of the show, they aren't the original ones. This TV series deserve one out of ten because it lacks originality and is a big disrespect to the original Ironside series

Blair Underwood is a great actor and he takes on the challenge to remake an old TV character Robert Ironside. He's a cop who got shot but stayed on duty in the field.

He's an action sexy hero supercop on wheels. A lot of it is too over the top without being smart. It's just too much to see him time after time taking the bad guys down. At some point his disability should be a disability. I understand the wish to make disable as just another opportunity, but I would respect the show more if they do it more realistically.

It's a dark moody show. It might be too dark and moody. No matter what the case may be, it never got past episode 3 before being canceled. It had horrible viewership.

Just watched a couple of episodes - I have to say that the original Ironsidewas way better.

It was clever without relying on the fine looks of the actors. The original Ironside was cool and held my interest to the end of each episode, this updated version just does not...at all. I think the producers were attempting to do 'gritty', fast-paced and pretty - all at the same time. I was bored and literally switched off a number of times. I only recommend this to people who primarily watch TV to see actors with good looks. Otherwise this is a poor knock-off version of the original. Blair Underwood is far too good looking, too toned and too suave to play this role.