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Centers on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-p... Read allCenters on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases.Centers on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases.
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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
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.
My husband and I have been watching this show since it came out. We enjoy this drama because of the way it is - bloody, gripping, and sometimes the characters don't follow procedure. Frankly, it's what most of us secretly hope for - that the bad guys get the crap kicked out of them to get the job done!
So, a lot of cop shows have blood and guts - CSI, Law & Order & others - and they are still showing. I don't see the whining and crying that I did here about those shows.
Hey, folks, if you don't like dark drama, acted by a talented cast, find your favorite cartoons and enjoy those.
We are VERY disappointed about the decision to cancel this show. Please re-think your decision.
So, a lot of cop shows have blood and guts - CSI, Law & Order & others - and they are still showing. I don't see the whining and crying that I did here about those shows.
Hey, folks, if you don't like dark drama, acted by a talented cast, find your favorite cartoons and enjoy those.
We are VERY disappointed about the decision to cancel this show. Please re-think your decision.
A ridiculously mundane and boring piece of political correct re-boot that fails in every sense of the word. I can't imagine what the producers of this show were thinking.
In it's day Ironside was edgy and suspenseful. However simple it might appear to audiences of today, it was a engrossing TV show in it's proper time frame. Other shows have made successful transitions via reboot, Hawaii 50 being notable, but they remain true to the idea of their initial show. This reboot seems to rely on the tragedy of a politically correct theme to inspire audiences to feel the drama and depth that's quite lacking in the writing. It doesn't work.
Simply changing gender, color, nationality etc. doesn't make a reboot viable. In fact, it would seem that unless there's something genuinely interesting about a reboot, audiences find them insipid and often resent the newer version.
I would think some talking head somewhere in the creation chain would eventually figure this concept out. Put something of merit in the new version for people to enjoy or don't bother remaking something that people were once entertained by.
This show deserves cancellation.
In it's day Ironside was edgy and suspenseful. However simple it might appear to audiences of today, it was a engrossing TV show in it's proper time frame. Other shows have made successful transitions via reboot, Hawaii 50 being notable, but they remain true to the idea of their initial show. This reboot seems to rely on the tragedy of a politically correct theme to inspire audiences to feel the drama and depth that's quite lacking in the writing. It doesn't work.
Simply changing gender, color, nationality etc. doesn't make a reboot viable. In fact, it would seem that unless there's something genuinely interesting about a reboot, audiences find them insipid and often resent the newer version.
I would think some talking head somewhere in the creation chain would eventually figure this concept out. Put something of merit in the new version for people to enjoy or don't bother remaking something that people were once entertained by.
This show deserves cancellation.
This was the first episode. It was an infomercial for the show. As mentioned above the actors were well chosen and competent in their roles. I DO wonder why they moved the setting to New York. (They could have stuck with San Francisco and shot in Oregon, Washington or Vancouver).
The writers should not expect to use Blair Underwood's sex appeal to push the series along. (This didn't work with Jimmy Smits in "Outlaw"). Furthermore, they shouldn't trade on nostalgia for the old series (like they did with the failed Bionic Woman and Knight Rider attempts).
This IS the gritty, sexy Robert Ironside that was promised. BUT RAISE THE BAR on the WRITING. (Think: Law and Order franchise, West Wing, E.R.). Some of it HAS to be about police work and criminals.
The writers should not expect to use Blair Underwood's sex appeal to push the series along. (This didn't work with Jimmy Smits in "Outlaw"). Furthermore, they shouldn't trade on nostalgia for the old series (like they did with the failed Bionic Woman and Knight Rider attempts).
This IS the gritty, sexy Robert Ironside that was promised. BUT RAISE THE BAR on the WRITING. (Think: Law and Order franchise, West Wing, E.R.). Some of it HAS to be about police work and criminals.
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- TriviaBased on the 1967 series of the same name.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #19.50 (2014)
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