IronWolf
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Finally watched Hawaii 5-0 off the DVR. I enjoyed it for what it was. Probably actually liked it more than The Event, if for nothing it seems more like a Beer and Pretzels show.
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Finally watched Hawaii 5-0 off the DVR. I enjoyed it for what it was. Probably actually liked it more than The Event, if for nothing it seems more like a Beer and Pretzels show.
RangerWickett
Legend
I would have watched Hawaii Five-0 if the main characters were a couple cops about to turn 50, who feel they're getting too old for this sh**.
Insight
Adventurer
No, the main character is a Navy SEAL who miraculously gets out of his military commitment to go work directly for the Governor of Hawaii. There is NO WAY the military is going to spend MILLIONS OF DOLLARS on training a Navy SEAL to work Counter-Terrorism (I assume that's what he was doing) so that he can just dump his job (not to mention whatever mission he is assigned to) with no notice and go work for the public sector whenever he feels like it. I believe people get sent to a military prison for deserting. Isn't that, in effect, what he did?
Some writers seem to believe that Navy SEALs grow on trees. These are highly-specialized, highly-trained individuals with years of expensive training. The Navy isn't just going to give one up because the Governor of Hawaii says so. A short scene where the main character resigns his commission (or whatever, not sure if he was an officer) or have the Navy re-assign him (with the promise that he would return to duty once he was done) would have made this transition make a lot more sense.
IronWolf
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In the show they said he didn't leave the military, just transfered to the reserves. Not that that is so much more plausible, but that's how they attempted to explain it in the show.
Fast Learner
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It's the SEAL stuff, the armored vehicles, attack helicopter, near-constant wearing of body armor, machine guns, etc. that ruined it for me. The old show was about police detectives solving crimes. Yeah, they were fairly "tough" cops, but they were cops focused on crime. The military aspect makes it completely uninteresting.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
His hand-to-hand fight at the end didn't really speak to well of his SEAL training . . . Spike was kicking his ass.
Insight
Adventurer
To be fair, not all SEALs are complete black belt bad asses. They might be right out of school, but those skills atrophy if you don't use them. I could see some common pud getting the drop on a SEAL temporarily, but the pud wouldn't last long.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
I am. I'm enjoying it.
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