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12 Hawaii Five-0
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2010-present
CBS (USA)
Showrunners: Peter M Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Starring: Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Masi Oka, Lauren German
What is it? A remake (and extreme makeover) of the ’60 and ’70s US show about an elite squad of cops in Hawaii.
Why should it be an honorary SFX show? The main cast, for a start, reads like the guest list at a convention – Moonlight ’s Alex O’Loughlin, Battlestar Galactica ’s Grace Park, Lost ’s Daniel Dae Kim and Masi Oka from Heroes . The guest stars promise more autograph opportunities too – James Marsters, Terry O’Quinn, Greg Grunberg.
More than that, 5-0’s headquarters are so high-tech they look like something out of Minority Report ! They use technology that’s just on the cusp of reality that often comes across like pure sci-fi, in that you’re suspicious it would never work in real life.
Then there are the producers: Kurtzman and Orci from Fringe , Alias , etc. That’s why it’s so pacy and witty. And the writers clearly know their geek stuff and litter the scripts with geek references, and not just the usual suspects: recently Danny and Steve watched Enemy Mine, discussing it as though it were a classic (although Steve didn’t agree).
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