“Come Monday…” is a
weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television
shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be
generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come
Monday.” This is subject to change,
however. In fact, I would be most
derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
There
is a good reason for why it has taken me this long to publish this piece. For I wanted to keep it somewhat civil.
You
see, I made a solemn vow to never watch an episode of the remake of [Hawaii Five-0]. For I had seen enough advertisements
for the show before it started airing to recognize that it was going to be a
cheap imitation of the [original].
Okay,
I could see that there was at least one thing that the remake had going for it
over the original. For [Grace Park] was
a prominent member of the cast, and I can’t remember any of the cops on the original
looking as good.
Speaking
of comparing casts of remakes and originals, it was mainly on account of the [remake]
of Battlestar Galatica having Starbuck as a [woman] when the [original] had the
character as [man] that I did not enjoy the remake as much as I could have. In fact, I refused to watch it for quite a
while, but out of sheer boredom, I capitulated when Syfy started airing reruns
from the beginning.
How
did we jump to complaining about remakes of old science fiction shows when we
started out complaining about the remake of Hawaii Five-0? Well, the lovely and talented Ms. Park first caught
my eye as [Boomer] on the remake of Battlestar Galatica. By the way, as with Starbuck, the original
had Boomer as a [man], but I didn’t mind so much, for some reason or another.
Getting
back into focus, I got suckered into having to watch an episode of the remake
of Hawaii Five-0 a couple of weeks ago.
For another solemn vow that I had made was to never miss an episode of
[NCIS: Los Angeles], and they were having a crossover episode with the remake
of Hawaii Five-0.
Yes,
I could have skipped watching the first part on Hawaii Five-0, but there would
have undoubtedly been some missing pieces to the puzzle. So, in order to truly enjoy the keeping of
one solemn vow, I had to break another.
In
the end, it wasn’t as bad as I feared.
For Ms. Park was looking as lovely and talented as I remembered her being, and after
actually watching an episode of the remake of Hawaii Five-0, I am more confident than ever of always
being right. I will, however, rethink my
personal policy on making solemn vows.
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Have never seen any of those shows - originals or re-makes. But then you're just girl-watching, right?
ReplyDeleteNothing is ever as good as the original. I did watch Hawaii Five 0 back in the day but haven't seen the remake
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Grace!!! With my wife looking over my shoulder as I write this, I must insist that I most certainly am not!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! I am probably coming off as just an old fart to the younger generations, but since I am now well into my 50s, I feel like I am entitled to.
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