Hawaii Five-O Isn’t Exactly Geeky but I Like It!

October 29th, 2010 by Robert Palmer

To Geek or Not to Geek Over a Cop Show

Some of you may scoff at a cop show being called good enough for Geeks but Hawaii Five-O is a refreshing change of pace that I’ve embraced whole-heartedly. Why is it so cool?

It’s set in Hawaii—Beautiful women, sun, beaches, and bikinis
Grace Park—‘Nuff said
It’s a bite-sized action movie—Not Shakespeare by any stretch but entertaining. (Sometimes that’s all you really want.)
Daniel Dae Kim has a chance to redeem himself—After Lost’s Season Finale, any of those actors should be lucky to have a job (plus he’s speaking English now.)
Solid Writing—For the most part (excluding the buddy cop crap.)
Norman Reedus—Sure he died in the first episode but anything that a Boondock Saint touches should instantly gain cult status.

While I doubt it’s going to win any awards, I don’t see it being cancelled anytime soon. Still, I would like to see the show get just a little more serious. I’m not talking CSI serious or even NCIS serious–I’m kinda over that. I’m talking a little more action movie serious.

That’s going to be difficult seeing as how the show occupies a primetime slot on a major network but if Family Guy can push the limits, why can’t somebody else?

Robert Palmer (90 Posts)

I'm a writer, a geek, and a wannabe movie star. I grew up reading Stephen King and watching Star Wars. I rant here but you can hire me at http://www.therealrobertpalmer.com

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http://www.thegeekrebellion.com Chris Newman

I agree! I don’t want Hawaii Five-O to go down the CSI path, but I would like to feel as though I should be on the edge of my seat when watching it. I’d like to see Grace Park have some more fighting scenes, ’cause, you know, hot Asian girls and martial arts go together like peanuts and peanut butter. I will say that I gasped with martial arts delight when Alex O’ Laughlin busted out a spinning roundhouse on one ep. And they really need to give the “Book ‘em, Danno” a rest. #justsayin Otherwise, awesome show!
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