Hawaii Five-0 Gets Full Season

Great news today, Hawaii Five-0 has been signed on for a full season by CBS, making this the first successful TV show for Alex O'Loughlin. Alex previously starred in cult hit Moonlight about a vampire PI and after that the short lived Three Rivers. Unfortunately Moonlight was cancelled only months before Twilight hit cinemas, making vampires the latest craze. If only the network held on to it for a full season it could still have been going today. BUT then we wouldn't have Alex in Hawaii Five-0.

So to celebrate I've put together a few pictures from both shows to help you decide which you would rather see Alex as, a vampire private detective or Dectective Steve McGarrett....

Hawaiian hottie or Smouldering Vamp?

American James Bond or LA Vampire?

Clean cut cop or Floppy haired PI?

Action hero or Scary dead man?

Or how about a hot doctor in the not so hot Three Rivers?

Which will you go for?

Alex O'Loughlin finally finds his calling

I have finally had the chance to watch the Hawaii Five-0 premiere and what a great opening episode it was. Now I admit I'm a big Alex O'Loughlin fan (from his days on Moonlight - like all fans I'm still hoping that one day it will come back), so I was always going to approve of the leading man, but I think Scott Caan also plays a brilliant Det. Danny Williams to Alex's Det. Steve McGarrett. He is funny to Alex's 'sexy' and they make a great double act. It's also great to see Daniel Dae Kim, if he hadn't already with Lost I guess he has certainly set up a permanent home now on the island now!

I'm pleased that with over 14 million viewers in the US on the first night, it looks promising that Alex O'Loughlin has finally been cast in a show that won't get cancelled before its time (Three Rivers excluded). And with his success in The Back-Up Plan could he also have a popular movie career on his cards too?

I look forward to watching the next episode and hope that the ratings continue to dominate Monday nights.



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Hawaii Five-0 the music

My good Twitter friend TalkinToU showed me this evening what the final theme tune for the long awaited remake of Hawaii Five-0 will sound like. Here is a behind the scenes video:



Starring Alex O'Loughlin, the brilliant star of Moonlight & The Backup Plan, I'm hoping this is finally the show that gets a long run for Alex.

Watch out for it on Monday September 20th in the states!



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Comic-Con Highlights

So what were the most exciting things to come out of this year's Comic-Con? Here's my top picks...

Chuck vs. the Terminator

Just when I thought Chuck couldn't get any more exciting, Linda Hamilton aka Terminator's Sarah Connor (or Catherine Chandler for all you Beauty and the Beast fans) is joining the cast, playing Mama Bartowski.


Daddy's Home

Jonathan Kent is returning to Smallville, how I hear you ask? Well even John Schneider doesn't have a clue. With other cast member set to make a return including Kara and Lionel Luthor, I'm keeping everything crossed that Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) will return, the show just won't be the same if it ends without him. Season 10 might be the end of Smallville, but it's the start of Superman.

With Vampires comes Werewolves

 Vampire Diaries confirmed that there will be werewolves in season 2 through the character of Tyler Lockwood. I've read the first few books, and the only thing I liked about them was that they were the only books that didn't go down the vampires = werewolves, don't get me wrong, I love the werewolves in True Blood (not so much in Twilight) but it would be nice to watch something that wasn't so predictable.

Still no John Winchester Return :(

I'm not the only one that want's Jeffery Dean Morgan to return to Supernatural, every flashback episode I hold out a high hope that he will reappear, but due to his busy film career it's unlikely to happen. Exciting news however is that episode four of season six (I can't wait to see how they can explain Sam's escape from Hell) is directed by Dean Winchester himself, Jensen Ackles.

Microwave fingers explained

One thing I have questioned in True Blood is the purple power of Sookie's hands that appeared in Season 2, and again in a recent airing from season 3.  Anna Paquin has confirmed that this super power will be explained later on in the season.

And the sad news? Still no sign of Moonlight returning :( But at least we have Hawaii Five-0 in September.




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Top 5 Sci-Fi Hunks

With Comic Con fast approaching, here's a top 5 for your enjoyment, this week the top 5 Sci-fi hunks. I'm leaving the lst five open to your suggestions:

5. Lex Luther aka Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) - most people will go for the obvious choice of Clark Kent (Tom Welling), and although I think Tom plays a brilliant Clark Kent, I find Michael's Lex slighty more appealing.

4. John Winchester aka Jeffery Dean Morgan (Supernatural) - most people will know Jeffery for his brilliant Denny Duquette in Grey's Anatomy but my friend and I first spotted him in Supernatural playing Sam & Dean's father. I'm still waiting for the day when he comes back from the dead, Grey's Anatomy style! Anyone else think he looks a bit like Robert Downey Jnr?

3. Dean Winchester aka Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) - I was first alerted to Jensen in Smallville playing Lana Lang's boyfriend Jason Teague. As Dean he plays a burget loving demon chaser with a love for the ladies.

2. Eric Northman aka Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood)- I'll admit although I'm a sucker (see what I did there!) for long hair I didn't find Vampire Eric that appealing, until I saw those mighty arms and then the hair was (thank god) cut. Now move over Vampire Bill cos Eric is in town!

1. Mick St. John aka Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight)- I'm sure many of you will agree that Alex deserves to be the top of this chart. Although Moonlight was a short lived TV show, Alex captured the hearts of many female sci-fi fans and was the most exciting vampire to hit our screens since Angel.

So who do you think should be added to this list?



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Alex O'Loughlin is coming back

I know I'm British and shouldn't really say this, but I love American TV shows. Of course we produce great shows too but every September see's a whole new line up of TV shows across the pond. One of these shows, which I'm confident will get pick up for a full season (and hopefully make it's make over here) is the remake of Hawaii Five-0. This remake stars Alex O'Loughlin, the Australian actor who has a mass global following (including myself), but to the masses has been genuinely unknown until his recent role starring alongside Jennifer Lopez in The Back Up Plan (see below yummy pic).


O'Loughlin first won fans playing Vampire detective Mick St John in the brilliant Moonlight. If you haven't seen Moonlight you must, sadly it was cancelled short of a full season, but only months before the Twilight craze started...if only they kept it up. Anyway, many like myself still hold out hope that it will get renewed (The CW network are playing it to fill the void of the Vampire Diaries this summer), but at the moment O'Loughlin is tied up in Hawaii Five-O.


After the fail of O'Loughlin's previous show Three Rivers, a medical drama set around a transplant hospital (Don't even bother watching this unless you just want to see Alex), I've been keeping everything crossed for Hawaii Five-0 show since it's announcement late last year, and from the sneak peek (below) I've just seen, I am expecting great things. Luckily CBS know a grea thing when they see it, and they have be trying to find a successful show for O'Loughlin. This could finally be the successful show Alex O'Loughlin needs.