Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<You have obviously not seen the new version.>> I've caught a few episodes. It's not Mad Men or Breaking Bad or Justified(everyone watch that show)or Friday Night Lights but it's an entertaining hour of television.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I watched one episode and it actually ticked me off. Don't ask me why. Two good looking young guys zipping around Hawaii... what's not to like? But I didn't like it. Some of it was the very self-conscious editing (look what our computer editing suite can do!), some of it was their insistence on keeping the same names (you must look like Jack Lord to be called "McGarrett" - this is a well-known Hawaii statute, for goodness sake), some was the plot that was stolen for the 25th time that I'VE seen from other cop shows. But to tick me off as much as it did, there must have been something else. I just can't put my finger on it. I have spoken.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>But to tick me off as much as it did, there must have been something else. I just can't put my finger on it.<< That most of the actors play the parts with some hybrid New York tough guy accent, and they're in Hawaii. Or maybe it's Scott Caan's up-do. (I think the show is dopey, but it's been a hit. I personally think it's a hit simply because people like the classic theme song just that much.) Like all TV shows, these cops live in a twilight zone of unlimited taxpayer funding. They have cooler gadgets than Minority Report. I wish my computer would make that little high pitched "deetdeetdeet" when processing data. There's always a hyperactive young woman who serves as homebase, phoning in realtime info just in the nick of time. These computers never time out, nor hesitate when extracting crucial data. And like all current cop shows, every crime lab, morgue and conference room is lit like the bar at a House of Blues. And it's perpetually sundown.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<There's always a hyperactive young woman who serves as homebase, phoning in realtime info just in the nick of time. These computers never time out, nor hesitate when extracting crucial data.>> Let's also not forget she looks like a Victoria's Secret model but at first she doesn't because her hair is in a bun or ponytail and she wears glasses.
Originally Posted By Labuda I LOVED Arnold's cameo in The Expendables last year. Here's hoping he gets back to being an action star before he gets too damned old.
Originally Posted By mele <<I have spoken>> This made me laugh out loud at work. Loved the old Hawaii 5-0. Watched about 10 minutes of the first episode. Haven't watched since...but, honestly, all we've watched all year is hockey. Our dvr is full of shows to watch. But I digress...my point is that "Total Recall" is one of the greatest movies ever made.
Originally Posted By Labuda The remake should be better since it will be truer to PKD's original story.
