Hawaii 5-0 is coming back to the small screen. CBS has green-lighted the remake to start in the Fall staring Daniel Dae Kim (you know him as Jin from Lost). NBC considered, but had the good sense to nix, a retread of the Rockford Files for their Fall sked. The A-Team is on the big screen along with The Last Airbender.
Is there nothing new under the sun?
If Hollywood and the networks have run completely dry of ideas, then may I suggest five moldy-oldies that would be better suited to remake than Hawaii 5-0.
#5 Dragnet – Dum dum dum dum. Dum dum dum dum duuuuuummmm. I know it was already bastardized into a movie in the 80′s, but forget about that and get back to the classic, no-nonsense Joe Friday who would sooner beat your butt with a broom handle than have to talk to you for more than ten seconds. Just the facts, ma’am.
#4 Baywatch – The next generation Pamela Anderson is out there somewhere, waiting to have her scientifically-engineered perfect breasts bouncing up and down in slow motion on TV. It would be a tragic misuse of science to not bring her to a small screen (in a small bikini) near you sometime soon.
#3 Star Trek - It’s been a few years since the last Star Trek spin off tanked. Time to crank out another variation on a theme.
#2 Happy Days – It could jump the shark in the second episode.
#1 BJ and the Bear. Big trucks, hot girl truck drivers, and a monkey! That is a guaranteed hit. I think they drove around and solved crimes or something, too. Not that that part really matters much. How could you go wrong big trucks, hot girl truck drivers, and a monkey?
