80 become hard to television – El Nuevo Herald

With the still palpable excitement generated by “Stranger Things”, the ultimate success of Netflix, fever 1980s on television will go to more in the coming weeks with the adaptations of two classic of that time: “Lethal Weapon “and” MacGyver. “

” Stranger Things “, launched in July, it has emerged quickly in one of the most popular and best series of the year received by critics. It is also one of the great successes of hearing of 2016 to Netflix.

According to data provided to Variety by measurement firm Symphony Advanced Media, the first season of “Stranger Things” has established itself as the third product original most successful this year Netflix, and in its first 35 days the public was followed by more than 14 million viewers in the United States.

Interestingly, among the other two series Netflix have achieved a wider audience this year is “Fuller House” following the classic 80 “Full House”, followed by the fourth season of “Orange is the New Black”.

Set in the town of Hawkins (Indiana) during the 80s, “Stranger Things” tells how a child disappears without a trace in mysterious circumstances, causing his friends are released in your search.

the child’s mother ( Winona Ryder) opens an investigation aided by local authorities and begin to unravel a series of mysteries related to government secret experiments, supernatural forces and a girl as particular.

Netflix described the series as “a letter I love the classics of pervasive cult of 80 “, which is not surprising in view of the references to John Carpenter, Stephen King, the Clash, the role-playing game” Dungeons & amp; Dragons “and works like” ET, “” The Goonies, “” Star Wars “or” Aliens “.

That love for the 80, which partly has spread to the movies with the success of” Everybody Wants Some !! “(Richard Linklater), will very present with the release of” Lethal Weapon “, television by Fox adaptation of the famous film franchise starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

Gibson and Glover, in the skin of two police officers with opposite characters, appeared in four films in the series that began in 1987.

“Lethal Weapon”, now with the faces of Clayne Crawford in the role of Gibson and Damon Wayans in Glover, will come to television on September 21 as part of a society dominated by nostalgia (which also boasts Hollywood with the aftermath of franchises in the past) and that focuses on bet by brand strategy already known by the general public.

the first episode, which promises a darker shade, has been directed by McG, director of the film “Charlie’s Angels”, another TV classic that was eliminated in 1981.

“our hope is that well known by viewers titles, if we do with quality, do the work of our co-marketing easier,” recently said Dana Walden at the convention Critics Television (ACT), which recognized a familiar name is not enough to guarantee a quality product and good audience figures.

“We try to raise the bar. We are aware of the skepticism aroused these projects. It is an iconic franchise that reminds players of the past. But we have a great material, “he said.

In the case of” MacGyver “, the mythical secret agent with many resources to fall back on in extreme situations, will now face the young Lucas Till, who thus take the baton left by Richard Dean Anderson.

the new “MacGyver,” whose pilot was directed by James Wan, will be released on September 23 on CBS, over 20 years after the original series was launched, so Peter Lenkov, responsible for this modernization, it was clear that he should seek a balance between the rules of the original series and the new contributions.

as said Lenkov in the TCA convention , MacGyver is less lonely than the original, it will have modern technology and not hide their name until the final chapter.

yes, continue with the same aversion to firearms.

“I think MacGyver is the kind of person who, if you need a gun, built. There have been very faithful to the original concept. But this is a different hero, “promised Lenkov.