Action-comedy "CHiPS" is a buddy film about overcompensating characters that seems to have also been made by overcompensating comedians. Unfortunately, the movie.
CHi. PS Actor Erik Estrada Criticizes CHIPS Movie Reboot. It has become fashionable in recent years for Hollywood to produce movie remakes of popular television shows from the 1. The 2. 1 Jump Street movies, from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, are the prototype of this subgenre, with the Dwayne Johnson- fronted Baywatch also taking part in the formula. Another such movie is CHIPs, the film remake of the 1. TV buddy- cop series of the same name about a pair of California Highway Patrol officers. The new film, directed by Dax Shepard and starring Shepard and Michael Pe.
Both the 2. 1 Jump Street and Baywatch movies have found room for cameos by the original cast members, but don’t expect to see original star Erik Estrada in the film. Estrada, who played Ponch in the television series, retweeted comments from fans with negative opinions of the first trailer, which debuted last week. One of the tweets described the movie as “demeaning 2 CHi. Ps’ fans,” while the other used the phrase “PURE TRASH,” also stating the questionable assertion that the characters on the TV show never drew their guns. Aside from the retweets, Estrada does not appear to have commented directly about the film, although his TV costar, Larry D. Wilcox, did denounce the reboot last week: Estrada and Wilcox are not listed as part of the cast of the new movie, which also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Adam Brody, Rosa Salazar, and Kristen Bell. One may find it easy to sympathize with Estrada and Wilcox, much as it’s understandable that George Takei, after playing Mr.
Sulu for decades in Star Trek projects, had objections to decisions made about Mr. Sulu in Star Trek: Beyond. Breathe (2017) The Movie High Quality. Estrada and Wilcox have been Ponch and Baker for the entire histories of the characters, and the new film version offers a much different tone as well as significant plot and character departures for both Ponch and Baker. Then again, the TV series has been gone for a long, long time — it went off the air in 1. TV show, much less consider their fandom to have been affronted.
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