Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hawaii Five-0 |
| Abbreviation(s): | H50 |
| Creator: | Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov, Roberto Orci |
| Date(s): | 2010 – 2020 |
| Medium: | television series |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | at IMDb Official Website |
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Hawaii Five-0 is the 2010 re-imagining of the 1968 series under same name[note 1] about a special police investigation team in the State of Hawaii.
The creators include Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who co-wrote and produced the fannishly popular and financially successful movie reboot of the original Star Trek. They are also widely known for ruining Xena and co-wrote/produced Lost.
Fandom
The show quickly garnered an online fandom, particularly among slash fans. The slash potential was further enhanced by official promos that proclaimed "not just a bromance" and "the honeymoon is over". The overwhelmingly popular pairing is Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, who function on the show as part of an elite law enforcement team.
Many fans have come to H50 from Stargate Atlantis fandom, and a number of them have likened Steve/Danny to McKay/Sheppard... much to the annoyance of lots of other fans not previously in SGA fandom.
The other two team members were Kono Kalakaua and Chin Ho Kelly. Pairings or threesomes involving Kono or Chin were also written, and they are often a part of stories where the romantic focus is on Steve and Danny.
In fandom the term Core 4 or Core Four is often used to indicate fanworks focusing on the group consisting of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Kono Kalakaua and Chin Ho Kelly, especially after actors Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park left the series.
Fan Favorite Actors
Many of the actors on H50, both leads and guest stars, have prior credits in shows and movies with fanwork-producing fandoms. These roles influence both the popularity of H50 and, in some cases, the reaction to their H50 characters. Many fans of the show have their fan favorites like:
- Alex O'Loughlin, who previously played a leading role in Moonlight (TV)
- Grace Park, which in 2003 was in Battlestar Galactica reboot
- Daniel Dae Kim, always remembered for his performance in Lost
- Scott Caan, who was in the franchise Ocean's
- Will Yun Lee was previously on Witchblade and the 2007 Bionic Woman as well as appearing in a Bond movie
- James Marsters was Spike from Buffy and has had roles on Torchwood and Smallville, among other shows
- Masi Ok previously played Hiro Nakamura on Heroes
Actors from the original Hawaii Five-O like Al Harrington have also appeared, and many other fan-favorite actors have appeared as non-recurring characters.
Controversies
Many people have complained that Steve/Danny is a Two White Guys buddy cop ship and that its big popularity leads to a lack of diversity in fanworks. Some fans also blame the popularity of this ship for perceived misogyny in some parts of H50's fandom. These views are particularly prevalent on anon memes like Fail Fandom Anon and h50-anon.
About the race and fandom, some fans feel that H50 disproportionately casts people of color as villains, whitewashes the Hawaiian setting, and gives too much screen time to the white leads at the expense of the Polynesians and Asians ones. Other fans have been impressed by the large number of fan favourite Asian American actors featured on the show. Many people have noted that the treatment of the Asian leads has improved over the course of the first season.
The show has also been criticized for casting actors of other ethnicities as native Hawaiian characters.
The violence is also questioned, with some fans thinking that the show downplays or even glorifies violence and torture committed by law enforcement officers. Giandujakiss made a songvid about this issue, Shock the Monkey.
Example Fanworks
- See also Category:Hawaii Five-0 Fanfiction and Category:Hawaii Five-0 Steve/Danny Fanfiction
- See also Category:Hawaii Five-0 Vids and Category:Hawaii Five-0 Steve/Danny Vids
Fanfiction
- your one wild and precious by dogeared, Gracie's birthday, Five-0 style. Team + Gracie, for robanybody
- Ain't Gotta Flaunt It For Me by robanybody, Kono/Danny
- Bringing It Home by T Verano (gen)
- Sacred by stellarmeadow (2011)
- just drink the water where you came from by ink_like_blood (Steve/Chin Ho)
- Leeward (gen)
- Light At the End of the Tunnel by bluflamingo (gen)
- Passing the Torch by caliecat (gen)
- Roll Like A Team by robanybody (Steve/Danny/Kono)
- Snow White Furball by bluflamingo (gen)
- What We Bury by Ridley C. James
- Trapped (in her American circumstance) by Verasteine (gen)
- Chilled (gen)
- Damnable by fourfreedoms (Steve/Danny)
- Fear-Based Response by caliecat (gen)
- Fine by reflexian (Steve/Danny)
Fanvids
- Wrong Side Of Heaven - Angsty
- Steve McG is Dy-No-Mite! - by purpldy
- is it ever gonna be enough? - by jumpfall
- The Game Has Changed - zap99nad
Fanart
Screenshot of fanart by cen-sceal (2011)
Archives, Communities & Resources
- #283; (hawaii five-oh) my primer; OR WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS -- LiveJournal primer post by thisissirius, with screencaps.
- Hawaii Five-0 on ff.net
- Hawaii Five-O Remake Trailer Review
- Epic Steve/Danny AU Master List by swing_set13
- Hawaii Five-0 newsletter
- Hawaii Five-0 Daily
- Hawaii Five-0 graphics community
- Hawaii Five-0 show community
- Hawaii Five-0 20in20
- Hawaii Five-0 Big Bang
- The Waves of Love--Hawaii Five-0 slash
- Steve/Danno Slash
- Kiss Him, Danno--festivals for fic/art creation with kiss themes
- Hawaii Five-0 Kink Meme
- Hawaii Five Ohana, a Tumblr community
Notes
- ^ The shows' titles can be differentiated by the fact that the 2010 version uses a zero as the final character, where the original series used a capital letter.