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Things you would change!


1. How about keeping the cast and getting rid of all the writers!!!!
2. Put away the guns and stop killing people
3. We do not need another stud
4. Change the name of the show (this is not Macgyver)

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Agree 100% with 1&2

Needs colour, better characterization, and above all else it needs the Myth busters to develop MacGyver's improvisations.

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Good points.

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USE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL THEME MUSIC!!!

Jesus NEVER existed! He is Judeo Christian MYTH!

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That is an updated (or "recreated") version of the original theme music!

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/VIDEO-BWW-Exclusive-Classic-Opening-Theme-Song-Recreated-for-CBSs-MACGYVER-20161005


Personally that is the only thing I really haven't liked about the reboot. They kept the original theme with H5O and they should have kept the original theme here. It's recognizable, you hear it you know what it is.

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What I think I'd like is if they did the prelude of the MacGyver theme(the part they used for the first few seconds of the new theme) with synthesizers like usual and then transition to an orchestral version of the original theme(rather than the Keith Power version).

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The items on your list don't really fit together. First you suggest getting new writers and stop with the guns and killing, then you say change the name because it isn't MacGyver. If you were to change the show to bring it more in line with the original, why change the name from MacGyver to something else?

Mainly, I'd have MacGyver going solo more often with less reliance on Jack's gunplay and torture. I don't think MacGyver would work with someone like that.

Make Bozer less of a stereotype and more a serious character.

Include more of the original theme in the intro, maybe find some way to better combine the old with the new. Ideally, I'd prefer the whole theme be brought back and the intro theme could be used as background music during the action sequences.

Stop with the tracking MacGyver's progress with a perfect overhead satellite image and all the fancy graphics during the MacGyverisms. In general I'd prefer if the show was a little less slick and CSI wannabe-ish.

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