I'm a recent NCIS convert, and I get whiplash every time I see a movie with young!McCallum and think of him as Ducky.

This doesn't happen to someone whose first drooling fangirl crush was Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin.

I could see Fillion or Colin as Rockford. My question is "Why?" All these remakes show a huge lack of originality and/or guts, while having the handicap of the inevitable comparison to the original.

This doesn't happen to someone whose first drooling fangirl crush was Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin.

I love when pictures of Illya show up on NCIS and they go, "Oh, look, Ducky as a youngster!"

Kate: "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?,"
Gibbs: "Illya Kuryakin."

My first fangirl crush was on Illya Kuryakin, too!

Even before Nathan was added to the Rockford discussion (with all of which I totally agree), I thought of Joe Flanigan. Turns out Flanigan is an adoptee too!

I'm not yet sure if Joe Flanigan can act. He was a good Sheppard, but it's not like he had to do much.

He was good as Alex on Cupid, but how hard can it be to make out with Paula Marshall? But he is really cute and seems to have decent comic timing

I failed to remember him on Cupid.

decent comic timing

This is what I was thinking. And I think he's pretty good at playing exasperated. Not to mention, I really like his voice. Plus, he would be good playing off of whomever they chose for the Angel character (seconding the, please don't 'reboot' to make Angel a woman, plea)...ala Sheppard/McKay.

She could be a woman, but I'm thinking less Carmen Electra and more Marsha Mason on "Frasier" Not anybody hot that always uses the shower in Jim's trailer or anything like that. (I know some exec would be tempted, but DO NOT WANT)

I like Joe Flanigan, but I don't think he could ever come off as sincere or downtrodden enough to play Jim Rockford. Now if we were discussing a remake of Baretta... he and Fred even have a similar hair/feathers thing going on.