Ving Rhames as the new Kojak

[fluffernutter]

anyone catch it? like it? thoughts?

[tjdee]

1. Did we need a new Kojak?

That was my only thought.

I do like Ving though.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Wasn't the original Kojak a greek cop?

Why did we need a new Kojak?
Have we truly run out of original scripts?
Is this why we have "Reality TV" 24/7?

[tjdee]

4. Hollywood is afraid of originality right now.

I blame Bush, LOL, but the economy is so bad these days that the studios (and TV folks) aren't taking any risks. It's all stars, sequels, remakes, and adaptations of books/plays.

[MnFats]

7. yes, and for "Kojak" and his brother (well, his real brother)..

....who played the fat fuzzy-headed detective on the old show, their greek ethnicity often became a plot element.
I'm not sure how they can do that with Ving. I mean he could go up to the old neighborhoods and look for street cred with the black community, but the guy's NAME is greek, f'chrissakes.

[LandOLincoln]

3. Ving Rhames is one of my favorite actors,

and Kojak was one of maybe 3 programs I watched regularly during the 70s (the others being Masterpiece Theatre and the news). I had great hopes for this venture.

That said, I was not a happy camper last night, and no, I'm not at all sure we need another Kojak. Somebody please just re-run the original.

[fluffernutter]

6. yeah, i kind of agree...

i love Ving too - but i think it's just too hard to get the original bitchin' Kojak out of my mind.

[leftofthedial]

5. blow up your TV

Ving is cool, but TV is the sand in our cultural wasteland.