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Excerpted from WSJ: Book ‘Em (Again), Danno, August 6, 2010

CBS will launch its updated version of “Hawaii Five-O,” called “Hawaii Five-0,” on Sept. 20.

Note the distinction: the “oh” (five-oh is for the 50th state; it’s now become slang for police) looked like a letter in the old show, but in the new one, it’s a number.

In the original “Hawaii Five-O,” which aired  for 12 years, Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett is an elite detective — and a bit of a straight arrow. 

He’s too busy solving crimes to have much of a personal life.

For the new version of the cop show, McGarrett is a third-generation military man armed with high-tech weapons to fight international terrorism.

McGarrett owns a Mercury Marquis Brougham, the same model as in the original, but he wears unbuttoned shirts over undershirts.

When “Hawaii Five-O” premiered in 1968, the state still had a mystical allure. Today, after “Magnum, P.I.,” “Lost” and “Survivor,” exotic locales are less exotic.

The new “Hawaii Five-0” will feature the old show’s famous theme music but opens with tanks, a helicopter and high-tech explosions, a decidedly un-analog opening—in South Korea.

The new version will dive deeper into the main characters’ personal lives, while still maintaining closed-end stories rather than run-on serialization.

And, of course, McGarrett  will still give partner Det. Danny “Danno” Williams those iconic instructions: “Book ’em, Danno.”

Full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409730624410338.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLESixthNews

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