HI-FI PIZZA OF THE APOCALYPSE 4: The T.J. HOOKER movie

Inspired by this apocalyptic moment from an old Daniel Clowes Eightball comic, Hi-Fi Pizza of the Apocalypse is a Monsters and Rockets feature where we chronicle the Hollywood rehashes, recyclings and recombinings that serve as ominous portents of the End Times.

Today's harbinger of doom: the T.J. Hooker movie.

Look, I know Hollywood wants to dig up every dopey TV show from the '80s and turn it into a movie, but... Seriously, T.J. Hooker? Is anybody anywhere genuinely nostalgic about that show? I'm a huge nerd for all things Shatner, and even I never gave two poops about T.J. Hooker. The show's not even fun in a campy way, it's just this generic cop series from the '80s, starring William Shatner back when he could still slide across car hoods.

The clip below, courtesy of Trekmovie.com, offers the most interesting six minutes of T.J. Hooker you'll ever see, featuring a reunion of Shatner and his longtime Trek co-star, Leonard Nimoy.




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