I'm currently watching season 6 of the original Magnum PI and was surprised to see this pop up. I immediately thought about how they could fuck up the themesong that I spent many tries attempting to record completely on my cassette-recorder but upon viewing this I must say they didn't fuck it up.
The rest however...

The thing that made Magnum PI so great was the fact, despite being a marine, that he was real human being... this Magnum, from the get-go is an action hero jumping from space and blazing his way through the Jungle, driving backward and shooting others... Why is it so important that these remakes need to lose the human aspect that made us cling so much to these characters. The original Magnum wasn't less of a hero for being afraid to get shot or hesitating to jump from one building to the other... On the contrary.
Couldn't care less that this Higgens is a woman but... where's connection between these two characters. Higgens and Magnum were at odds at the beginning of the original series but these almost seem to be at each others' throat. And let's not start about destroying the iconic Ferrari not once but twice (I know, it's popular, the A-team movie did it too, apparently it's their way of saying "fuck your past").

I'm not the kinda person to say this shouldn't exist but I do wonder why it needs to be so different from the original (same with MacGyver) that it barely resembles the source material. Maybe I don't like sucky reboots and rather have mediocre sequels, maybe I don't like bulletproof hero's but people with heart... and this comes from a person who still adores the 80s

Full disclosure: I haven't watched the complete episode (edit: I have now) and I started skipping scenes to see if it would stay like this (and as far as I could tell it did). I have three more seasons of original Magnum to go. I'll be with the lads, Higgy baby! (though I guess new TC won't be saying this to new Higgens any time soon)

It could've been a whole lot better. Straight off the bat, I'm going to assume that the original series is much better, or that I would think so when I get around to watching it. I guess that's a mutual thing with TV shows from back then. They had their respective charms, for their time, especially, and still do, and still hold up, even now. And by rebooting one of them, nobody can seem to make it, the newer, more modernized version, anything like whatever made people love the original. Is that because a more modernized take on something from back then doesn't fit, or is it because reboots, in general, have this bad reputation of being done horribly, and because of that, nobody dares to attempt giving it their all and having their focus be on making it like the original but with a kick of modernization? I mean, wouldn't it be something if a reboot is just that, in just the sense of its meaning, and people like the hell out of it? Or take it a step further than that. A reboot that is only such when it comes to its meaning but is compared closely with the original? That would be quite something. Is it possible, though? I think it can be, but nobody is stepping up to the plate for that. They just prefer rebooting a TV show, or something from the past and disregard certain aspects that shouldn't have been disregarded, and make unnecessary changes. What they don't seem to understand is that it isn't necessary. Of course, one might say that a reboot in itself isn't necessary. But I think differently. It is all about the execution, even with making changes and disregarding certain things and aspects. I think reboots have the potential to be just as good as what they're based on, I just don't think this one is that precious first one. Then again, as I said, I haven't watched the original Magnum P.I. series, yet. But there isn't a doubt in my mind that it is way better than this reboot. At best, it serves as the perfect show to be watching when other shows that you are currently watching are much more serious and tense, as a mentally therapeutic, lighthearted fix to relieve and bask yourself in.

It was good. Though quite different to the original. And I did had reservations of a female Higgins, which implies that the writers would intend some romance between the two characters, which I think would be weird (and I prefer the relationship to be an antagonistic rivalry).

With that being said, the remake version provided a modern feel combining witty humour and back-to-back action.

I hate this, it was absolutely horrible, an insult to the original where the characters make no sense, the changes are absolutely pointless, and the stories are inane and boring.

But, there is action and it makes a political statement, and I think that was the point. The statement was the point for the changes, it was the point for many of the plots, and so much so that the stories all seemed to take a back seat to it.

Ultimately it is nonsense, but it makes you piss the original