Hawaii Five-O - Any Interest Out There? - Page 5

Gord Lacey · 02-08-2007, 07:10 PM

William, I think the shows on now are sitting at 42 or 43 mins

Gord

Regulus · 02-08-2007, 08:29 PM

Some are as short as 34 Minutes! (As I said on my Previous Post. "45 Minutes, Or Less!")

Kenneth V · 02-08-2007, 10:07 PM

I'm happy to see the uncut episodes too! I think the entire series will be released even if sales are not as good as expected for the later seasons. Paramount always comes through and finishes series that they release. In my opinion each season had good episodes and bad episodes. Of course the first 5 seasons were the best......but the show didn't really get bad until the final season. Here's hoping for all 12 seasons of Hawaii Five-O!

Jeff# · 02-18-2007, 06:31 AM

Here's an 8th season episode that aired on TV Land (must have been a special presentation, because they didn't regularly air Hawaii Five-0). Of course that means it's edited. www.guba.com/watch/2000852491

The 8th season in 1975 features one of my favorite versions of the series theme songs, and is sort of a more refined cross between the 4th Season theme and a prototype for Season 10's theme.

This one runs more than 46 minutes instead of 49+.

"The Case Against McGarrett" guest-stars Harold Gould as Honore Vashion. This single episode is three years after the 3-part story "V for Vashon", and picks up where Vashon is in prison.

TV Land also ran that 3 parter, because here's "V for Vashon: The Patriarch" from Season 5:
http://www.guba.com/watch/2000845221

A warning though: Whoever uploaded the above neglected to include the rest of the Vashon trilogy.
"V for Vashon: The Son" and "V for Vashon: The Father" are missing!

Jeff*H · 02-18-2007, 10:40 AM

Actually, I believe this is from TV Land Canada, a sister service to the U.S. TV Land, which has still to my knowledge never run Hawaii Five-0. I've read online that these episodes, as you point out, were remastered but not butchered to the extent that the Family Channel/WGN versions were (which ran around 43 minutes). TV Land Canada runs a number of shows that don't air on the U.S. TV Land for whatever reason.

Michael Alden · 02-18-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff*H

TV Land Canada runs a number of shows that don't air on the U.S. TV Land for whatever reason.

I think the reason might be that TV Land Canada is actually good as compared to the US one. In addition, they have far less commercial content in Canada so if the network there is provided with an uncut version of a show, that is how it's aired. Those of us who trade have known for years that the way to pick up complete versions of shows off-air is to get them from our friends up north.

Jeff*H · 02-18-2007, 03:35 PM

Actually, my Canadian trading contact is how I ended up with a complete collection of the '60s Batman series uncut. I can't stand the U.S. TV Land anymore. They change their schedule around every single week, and they broadcast shows late at night off-schedule, starting at bizarre times because they load them up with ridiculous male-enhancement commercials and other nonsense.

Jeff# · 02-18-2007, 07:58 PM

I wasn't aware that TV Land had a Canadian cable outlet.

Other than the CBC (which is a broadcast network), the only Canadian cable channel I've ever seen programming from is Space -- their answer to our Sci-Fi Channel. Back in the late 1990s I acquired a number of episodes on VHS of First Wave that way before those new episodes finally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.....6 months after they were on Space.

Van594 · 02-18-2007, 10:57 PM

I'm glad to see this set is starting at a good price point, that might help sales. Amazon has it for $34.99, not bad at all for what you get.

Aryn Leroux · 02-23-2007, 07:28 PM

An early review of the set...

http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/hawaii501.html