Hawaii Five-0: 1.21

[shallowz]

Broke.

There were a few good moments, but too far between. However, the part that floored me was Kono's manipulation of a grieving kid. Awkwardly written and more convoluted than it had to be. Too much of that all the way around. The slo-mo dramatic moment carrying the kid out. Seriously? There's silly fun and there's just silly.

This was just silly. Clunk.:)

Comments

[sharpes-hussy.livejournal.com]

clunker indeed...........
I find the writing haphazard but that is true of most network series.....

[shallowz]

No argument with the haphazard. This one felt lazy though. I never want to be too hard on a series. People work hard, but this one - meh.

[dragonfly-sg1.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of complaints about the series. I could go on and on, but the pretties and the bromance keep me watching. haha And stories you write. *g*

[shallowz]

Pretties and Bromance go a long way. My biggest issue is the tell, not show aspect. Everything is so laid out and you can usually tell see the plot within the first 5 min. not to mention who the baddie is. Okay, that one isn't so bad. It's kind of nice to feel all smart and stuff. It has the potential, but I don't think it will go far with it. Tried and true seems to be their comfort zone and they're not leaving it.

Eh - that would be the stories languishing at the moment....

[ugahill.livejournal.com]

AGREEEEEEEEEEED. And isn't this like the fourth kid Kono's had to handle? I felt the woman was a little uncomfortably stereotyped there. Jin-Chin could handle a kid, he's nice. And Danny SHOULD be handling kids, he's a DAD!

I almost want to write into H50 and ask them about their casting agents, because Monday was a little nails on chalkboard with some of the guest actors. I expect it from the bigger names who aren't traditional actors, but some of the little people needed some help, too.

On the up side, any and all interactions between Danny and anyone was awesome. I think I liked his line about Steve putting both hands on the wheel, something about 'don't...don't put both hands on the wheel. anytime you put both hands on the wheel it means you're about to do something crazy and I end up having to pray.'

I guess I know what I like the show for and accept it mostly, but there are a few things here and there they could be more diligent with.

[shallowz]

Yeah, what you said! My concern is they're moving these characters into single dimensional ones and they'll turn into caricatures. I'd like to see a little more character building with each episode. Or relationship building between the 4 characters. Something to make me care. When we do get those moments, those interactions that's what makes it so entertaining to watch.

That bit in the car - hee. That was FUN.