CBS' "Rush Hour" (Season 1)

[Oscar Rothman]

http://deadline.com/2014/09/rush-hou...ratner-843720/

[Walts Ghost]

First thoughts? I'll pass. Then I see that Bill Lawrence is involved. Now I'm intrigued.

[Moviefan2k4]

The first film was okay, the second was repetitive, and the only good thing about the third was bringing back Soo Yung as an adult. I'll pass on the series.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

The first film was okay, the second was repetitive, and the only good thing about the third was bringing back Soo Yung as an adult. I'll pass on the series.

I think the second one is one of the rare sequels that's better than the first in just about every way. But that's just me, of course.

[djariya]

Very strange to see Bill Lawrence is writing it.

It hasn't even been pitched yet as a series, but I wonder how a TV series is going to work. Will it play off the movies with an Asian character and Black character as the leads? Or will it go a different direction?

I can't think of any notable Asian American actors with a comedic and action background who could work on this?

CBS did sort of a play on this back in the late 90's with Martial Law that had Sammo Hung and Arsenio Hall.

[lolwut]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

I think the second one is one of the rare sequels that's better than the first in just about every way. But that's just me, of course.

It's not just you. The second is the best.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Maybe if it ties back to Chan, someone will be inspired to do a release of some of his Hong Kong films which doesn't suck like an industrial carpet cleaner. But I've simply come to accept that liking HK films is masochistic.

Wonder who they'll recast? Can't see Chan doing a U.S. TV series. And I can't imagine Tucker will be in it either.

Lawrence sounds interesting. Ratner, not so much.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Maybe if it ties back to Chan, someone will be inspired to do a release of some of his Hong Kong films which doesn't suck like an industrial carpet cleaner. But I've simply come to accept that liking HK films is masochistic.

Wonder who they'll recast? Can't see Chan doing a U.S. TV series. And I can't imagine Tucker will be in it either.

Lawrence sounds interesting. Ratner, not so much.

Chan has already said hes pretty much done with rush Hour unless they come up with an idea for Rush Hour 4 that cant be topped.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Maybe if it ties back to Chan, someone will be inspired to do a release of some of his Hong Kong films which doesn't suck like an industrial carpet cleaner. But I've simply come to accept that liking HK films is masochistic.

Wonder who they'll recast? Can't see Chan doing a U.S. TV series. And I can't imagine Tucker will be in it either.

Lawrence sounds interesting. Ratner, not so much.

Chris Tucker's demands are so high I can't see him doing a tv series. However, his 15 minutes of fame are over and the last thing I heard about him was his tax troubles so maybe.

[tigertron]

All I want is Rush Hour 4...

Though I want the Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray more.

[djariya]

Just announced today. CBS picked up the rights and will produce a Pilot.

Now, who the heck would they cast as the Lee and Carter characters?

[Akijama]

CBS orders 'Rush Hour' pilot

[Iron-Fisted Punk]

This will be terrible:

“New plot, same characters. A little younger, a little different, fish out of water. It’s a cool script. I’m psyched about it,” Lawrence recently told website NuketheFridge. Casting is still not known and as to whether they will cast someone with martial arts experience to play Detective Lee, Lawrence replied, “The character will be a martial artist, but you know how TV works. I’m going to go with the best actor and then I’ll make anything work.”

"make anything work"...so basically they don't give a crap about the fight scenes. Just shake the camera a lot and the audience will believe it.

PASS...

[fatediesel]

It's Bill Lawrence, who loves to use actors he's worked with in the past, so I'm guessing the leads will be Zach Braff and Donald Faison with frequent guest appearances by Courtney Cox, John C. McGinley, Michael J. Fox, and of course Lawrence's wife Christa Miller.

But in all seriousness I am a big fan of Lawrence's shows so I'll give this a shot even though I wasn't a big fan of the movies.

[lolwut]

I hate Scrubs (unpopular opinion I know) so I don't have high hopes for this.

[Samus Aran]

How about Marc Dacascos and Michael Jai White? Then they can both kick ass for 43 minutes.

[Dragon Lee]

Inspector Lee has been cast:
Source

Of course they go for whitest looking asian guy ive ever seen to play a straightlaced Chinese cop from hong kong. Hollywood sucks ass.

[fatediesel]

Rush Hour has been ordered to series by CBS. It's not the only show based on a movie CBS ordered, as they've also got a show based on the 2011 Bradley Cooper movie Limitless.

http://tvline.com/2015/05/08/cbs-new...minds-spinoff/

[djariya]

This just premiered on Thursday night.

Any thought for those who watched?

Ratings were mediocre, so I don't expect this to stick around beyond the original 13 episodes.

Anyways, I didn't think it was outright terrible. It had some decent action and a few laughs. Although it was almost an identical remake of the 1st movie with a few minor changes.

Wan't surprised the villain ended up being:

[Show spoiler]

Henry Ian Cusick's character

Jon Foo was kind of bland and doesn't have the personality of Jackie Chan, but he does play a straight faced guy well.

As for Justin Hires, I'm kind of mixed on him. I did laugh at a few of his lines, but he does seem to be trying too hard and comes across as a Chris Tucker knockoff.

This probably won't be must see TV for most, but I think I'll stick around.

They re-worked the concept to make it an ongoing procedural with Lee's character being hired by the LAPD full-time after the events of the episode.

[wvuwhat]

I stopped watching after the opening scene.

...It's so bad that it's not even good (yes you've read that right).