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Blu-ray Review: Hawaii Five-0 – The Second Season

Posted: 13 January, 2013 in Movies/TV, TV
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Blu-ray Review: Hawaii Five-0 – The Second Season

Article first published as Blu-ray Review: Hawaii Five-0 – The Second Season on Blogcritics.

Anyone who even watches mainstream television on an irregular basis should be more than aware that certain genre shows tend to follow the same formula, no matter which network they air on. Some comedies like to employ the wittily-written Arrested Development approach to laughter. Many dramas take the House M.D. misfit protagonist to the nth degree of shame. And then there’s that so-action-packed-it’s-painfully-tedious procedural show that takes every cliché imaginable from shows that not only preceded it, but which are currently on the air as well, and outright dares you to take it in on a weekly basis. (more…)

*DVD Review* Hawaii Five-0 (2010) – The First Season

Posted: 12 November, 2011 in TV
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DVD Review: Hawaii Five-0 (2010) – The First Season

Article first published as DVD Review: Hawaii Five-0 (2010) – The First Season on Blogcritics.

A few years ago, when studio heads were contemplating remaking the original Hawaii Five-O series into a feature film, one name that popped out of their mouths in an attempt to market such a venture was that of Quentin Tarantino. Any hope they may have had in bringing the trendsetting filmmaker most members of Generations X and Y idolize without reservation, however, were quickly quashed once Mr. Tarantino himself flat-out said he thought the old TV series with Jack Lord sucked (blasphemer!) and that he didn’t even like Hawaii to boot.
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