This ain't McGyver. Maybe McGyver in name only. MINO. Richard Dean Anderson was McGyver. The reason we liked McGyver was because he was a.devout bachelor, free and independent, and worked alone. The girls watched him weekly because he was forever available, the guys because he was a crime fighting superhero. It was a formula that worked. (Remember Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff?)
With the exception of the name, and the little narrations, this rehashing of the old show bears little resemblance to the original. RD Anderson's McGyver was humble, down to earth, gracious, polite and likable, and the show was not just another "A-Team, Mission:Impossible, Leverage" team collaboration.
Today they are equipped with the latest and greatest crime fighting, detecting, technological, face recognition computer devices imaginable, which I find fascinating, but all in all, they really should have named it something else.
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