... It's epic! The music is great, the acting is great, jack lord is great and the remake sucks.
Okay, so first off, sorry to anyone that likes the new show but i've tried to like it and well... i hated it.
The actors look bored, the script was chewed up by a dog and the director might as well be drunk. That's what i see when i watch the new one. I have nothing good to say about it except the actors from my understand are actually really good, and seem like the writers and the directors are wasting them.
Anyways back to the classic show. Just about every episode you can tell a lot of heart was put into the acting, the script, and the directing. Even episodes' i would call bad, are unique and a lot of times are trying to tell a message. While normally shows that try to shove a message are annoying as all hell but some how this show is not and it can get preachy.
For instants, in one episode, a run away rich kid stages his own kidnapping for publicity as he's trying to become a rock star (if you could call it that). Well they find the kid, the main character, Steve McGarrett sits him down and lays it down on him hard saying stuff like "Punk kids like are always sorry, when face with the consequence of your actions but never during.". The character is a no nonsense guy, and it's believe able that he would say something like "You're not sorry; you're sorry you got caught!".
Anyways for the show itself, it follows around 4 cops that work for a organization called "Hawaii 5 O" which is the states police force.
Steve McGarrett is the head of the organization and plays the Cop that always knows what's happening and how to handle the situation.
One of his partners, Danny, is kinda of a inexperienced cop. It's not that he's new to the task force but he's obviously less experienced and he's rasher than McGarrett but he's not a total hot head and in fact is normally very level headed. There is a episode where McGarrett gets shot and Danny takes over; you watch as he's slowly slipping into the crooked cop, trying to find the would be murder of his friend. You watch as he's about to go over the edge and i believe beat up the suspect (who in fact, did not do it... Shocker!) and Kenny (get to him in a second) makes a friendly statement that keeps him from going out of line. The actor doesn't just drop the anger act like you'd expect most would. In fact you can tell he's still vent anger out of this suspect still but it's in a more controlled manner.
Chin Ho Kelly is the Asia of the group, and plays a long time cop that's seen it all. He normally has all the information about the Asia areas of the island, known and ready at the snap of a finger. He also acts as translator for Chinese. It also seems the actor was a cop for 14 years. Don't know how accurate that is, but just a fun titbit.
Zulu is the last of the standard characters that you see in nearly every episode. I can't say much about him since he's kinda a supporting character more than the others. It's kinda like the writers had to many characters to write for and he got the short end of the stick. He's better seen in episodes where there is a native influence. He also serves as translator.
I'd say this show has held up the test of time, fairly well; but that's just me.
You wont be seeing DNA and you get the feeling these characters are doing some real leg work and not just relying on a lab like some other show i could name. It's not that they don't use CSI, and in fact some case down right require them to get the CSI boys to help. However the information doesn't give them the full story and they have to work out the rest on their own.
It also deals with a lot of social relevant to the time and strangely enough still relevant. For instants being drafted in to a war you don't agree with. I would say this does date the show a bit but it's still worth a watch.
I suggest, watch the old show and watch more than the pilot episode. Also, i suggest you don't bring up the new show because i will rant and rave about it.
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