Post #400995 by Mongoloid on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 8:10 AM

On 2008-08-13 00:53, ErichTroudt wrote:
Bottom line...I'll watch it once, if its cool, I'll keep watching...if not, then I won't.

I find the best thing for me to do is not to compare it to the original. Like Oceans 11.....It's an Okay movie on its own, but you can't compare it to the original...its completely different...apples and oranges.

The question is, just like Oceans 11, why do they need to tag the name on to it? Can't they just make a new Hawaii series that borrows the concept without making it "Hawaii five-0 2.0"?

Besides, if I wanted to see a hawaii five-0 wanna-be I'd just watch David Caruso do his best Jack Lord imitation on csi miami.

The problem for me is, it will lack the one thing I love about hawaii five-0....the time setting. I think a large part of why we all watch it is for the old cars, the scenic shots, the cool bars, the clothes, and the hotels. Its a chance to see hawaii in the time setting we enjoy and wish was still around. Its a chance to see hotels we have mugs for, postcards come to life, and people wearing the fashion we search for in thrift stores. The new show cannot possibly give us that.

While I hope for the best, I won't lose any sleep over it.

I couldnt have said it better myself. When they are driving around im just scanning the backround scenery to catch a glimpse of a familiar place before it was developed or in rare occasions still preserved. That show transports me back to a time that i only wish i could have seen and been in. Any day prior to today meant less "Progress" and more Aloha.