Category: Cinema 31
This was a favorite show of mine growing up, and it ran from '68-'80. I have mixed feelings about a remake this fall.
On the one hand...has Hollywierd run out of ideas? This was a show that was fun for a time period. Why not just leave us with the good memories? A young Australian actor plays Jack Lord, whom he says was probably more suave, sophisticated, older than he. Well, duh. Kam Fong's young Korean descent replacement is "athletic, muscular, as opposed to the pudgy Fong..." ?! There was a quiet dignity about the original players. To mock their nature, especially considering the sad nature of their off screen lives...Mr Lord lost his only son, and Mr Fong's entire first family was killed in the attacks on Pearl Harbor...seems wrong considering a remake might not last.
On the other it might be interesting to see what's done with the music, see how the islands have changed.