In the insanity that is old 80’s and 70’s TV shows being adapted into feature films, there appears to be one lone glimmer of sanity floating alone in the vast black sea of absurdity. That lone light in the darkness is, oddly enough, Quentin Tarantino. The word is that Quentin was just offered the remake of the old TV Show Hawaii Five-O… and he totally rejected it.
The IMDB gives us this:
Quentin Tarantino was horrified when studio bosses suggested he directs the big-screen version of cult ’70s show Hawaii Five-O – he hates the series. Warner Bros. Pictures are currently developing a movie version of the Jack Lord-starring TV show, which ended in 1980 after 12 years. He says, “My producing partner at the time Lawrence Bender was hanging out with some dude from Fox or Warners or whatever, and they said I should stop working on what I was doing, because I’d be so into this. I tried to watch the old TV show, but it sucks. I don’t even like Hawaii.”
Well said sir… well said.
Now don’t get me wrong, in general I’m not opposed to a good idea for a movie based on an old TV show… but so many of them have just been mindless novelty gags aimed to cash in on the name, rather than having any attempt to produce a quality film. I think Five-O would have been just another one of those films. Although… it really did have a kick ass theme song.
