All Angus MacGyver had was heart, kindness, a problem with heights, a Swiss Army knife and lots and lots of know-how. Unlike Knight Rider, he didn’t rely on computers to get the job done. It also had the shockingly bad early episode where they used “stock footage” of the great Mini chase in the original film version of The Italian Job, which forced fans of that film to hang their heads in shame.īut, even with all of those problems, the original series of MacGyver was still incredibly smart and offered up a new breed of hero. That old show had speeded-up car chases, some wonky science (in terms of exact specifications, anyway), some weak characters, a mullet, and some pretty bland stories. The original series, to be fair, really wasn’t that great… but when viewed through the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia it seems pretty damn awesome. If that doesn’t sum this show up straight away, I don’t know what will. The first episode of this new MacGyver show made me lose the will to live.