Post #510115 by JOHN-O on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 9:39 AM

Actually don't you think a spoof of the show would be the best approach? We already think of Jack Lord as a caricature. His hair, vanity, and that black suit in the hot Hawaiian sun.

I never bought off on all of the urban crime that 5-0 was encountering in Hawaii. You'd think Honolulu was the sister city of Chicago. Also they were always jetting off to Hilo which gave the impression that it was "Boston" to Honolulu's "New York". When I finally visited Hilo, all I found was (Polynesian) "Small Town USA". This might have worked in the late 1960's and early 1970's but I think credibility is going to be stretched with today's modern audience (unless you're going to mock it).

I think Magnum P.I. would be the better remake. Hawaii's casual "local" color is its most interesting feature and makes for better background for an Aloha-shirt wearing P.I. driving around in a borrowed Ferrari.

I vote for Will Smith as the new Magnum P.I. :) Wait, he might be a little old for that. Let's just make him the new Steve McGarrett. He was a great James "Wild Wild" West. It'll be guaranteed box office !! "Book em' Danno".