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Much of the same show as season 1 then. You are spot on with the NCIS comparison! Don't mind a bit of NCIS, but as with Hawaii Five-O, I haven't watched any episodes in years. Hawaii Five-O should be available on some streaming services, so I might try checking it out again. Of the cast, I found Scott Caan most memorable. Alex O'Loughlin was OK, but this McGarrett character didn't hold any comparison with the original, unfortunately. How does his storyline develop after season 1? Any interesting?
The entire main cast is great, with Scott Caan being the best of them all, with Daniel Dae Kim being a close second. Chi McBride comes later on and is definitely a favourite of mine. All of them outshine McGarrett/O'Loughlin if I'm truthful. A character from the old series reprises his role (now already an old man), and Kam Fong's son, Dennis Chun has a recurring role in it as a patrolling police officer.
Still, the pool of candidates circa 2005 was better than the pool we have now.
That doesn't require much effort to do, haha!
Didn't know Chi McBride had joined the cast! One more reason to start watching it again :-)
No doubt about that.
The original sure has a certain charm, though. Some really great episodes among those I've seen. Yet to see any of the 70's episodes. Does the show hold the same quality after the 60's ones?
The new show... well... it's a modern day police procedural in the vein of NCIS involving a special police task force investigating domestic criminal acts. Enjoyable, better than some of its other counterparts, and visually beautiful due to its tropical location and environment.
The location was what drew me to both the original and the remake in the first place. Hard to beat 60's Hawaii, and precent Hawaii is also a great location. Nice to hear that the original also held it's quality into the 70's. Will no doubt revisit the original show at some point, as well!
Indeed. Who did we have? Alex O'Laughlin, Goran Višnjić, Julian McMahon, Dougray Scott, James Purefoy, Henry Cavill, Craig, and of course Clive Owen's name was constantly touted.
Had any of these other actors been cast instead of Craig, I probably would have gone to CR with the curious excitement that naturally comes when a new Bond makes his debut.
Honestly, if any of the newer names mentioned: Jamie Bell, etc were to be cast in B26, there's a good possibility it would be the first new Bond film I pass on.
-Another one?! Will you all jusht pish off for Christ's sake?!
I’am jusht trayin teu Bui Thea cuntry of shcotland and all ye buggers are coming for money.
I was never impressed by his acting. And he made a mistake by blabbering publicly about how great he'd be as Bond.
I agree; he had a edge that would have been right for Bond.
Cavill would have been a good choice in retrospect. I think he would have grown into the role and we could have a couple more years of an 'in prime' (rather than past it) Bond with him. I have no doubt Campbell would have been able to get the best out of him, as he did Craig and Brosnan.
100% this.