McGyver

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As a nerd, I initially liked this show. The idea of a hero who used brain rather than firepower/violence to save the day appealed. Some of the tricks were creative and cool (although impossible to make work, but c'mon, it was TV).
But why, why, why did they have to make him such a goddamn pussywimp? Never mind the aversion to guns, he could at least have had a black belt in Sum Ting Dedli. And I seem to recall him looking like he was wearing lipstick.
And this is the real thing - why did all of the plots have to be so nauseatingly schmaltzy, so post-Disney, so trite and childish. Every single ophanage was saved, every native village defended, every kidnapped child rescued, every bomb defused and every disaster averted. Was even a nuanced victory, or partial defeat, beneath him?