Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1) (1.1)

[HonoluluLulu]

I always loved the original theme and opening sequence. There is something magical about it that sinks me into that lost time and place yet brings it alive again, hopelessly nostalgic, yet timeless. I am not sure how to explain it, but it makes those early episodes feel different.

[Nikita70]

It’s shoddy but that’s Mill Creek for ya. I’m just happy they included subtitles, something they did not do for the Blu-ray releases of Miami Vice and Rockford Files, if they had I would own those too.

[ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan)]

Revisited this one last night. The Blu-ray looks great. As mentioned elsewhere, he is wearing the Chronosport without numbers on the dial. I wonder when they switched to the Chronosport with numbers, and why.
I also really wish Millcreek had kept the original opening credits with the original theme.

What do you mean about original theme? You're saying the Mill Creek Blu-Rays are using the Mike Post theme for the pilot episode? If so that's really shoddy. That's something you expect to see on TV in reruns, not on an official Blu-Ray release.

To add, the original jazzy theme wasn’t just from the pilot. A shortened version was used in the first eight or so episodes, following the revving Ferrari.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JumPsCbB7rQ

I always enjoyed the original theme in the pilot, particularly because the credits very creatively included the croix motif in the visuals.

Yep the original version by Ian Freebairn-Smith was used in the first 11 episodes, the last being "The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club". Starting with "Thicker Than Blood" we got the new Post/Carpenter version.

I agree the croix motif looked really cool in the pilot intro.

[charybdis1966]

To add, the original jazzy theme wasn’t just from the pilot. A shortened version was used in the first eight or so episodes, following the revving Ferrari.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JumPsCbB7rQ

I always enjoyed the original theme in the pilot, particularly because the credits very creatively included the croix motif in the visuals.

Me too, I always thought the original Ian Freebairn-Smith theme was cool and funky. If it was up to me (which it clearly isn't) I would prefer they used that for the opening then the Mike Post theme for the end credits.

[MaiTaiMan]

I recently acquired the UK Fabulous Films Blu-ray set of “Magnum”. Loving it so far! I do have one question (that I’m sure has been answered in years/posts past that I haven’t seen)…but, I know the Pilot originally aired as a 2hr pilot and/or TV movie, then was split into 2 parts later for syndicated reruns.

However, my question is…did the Pilot originally air with the title “Don’t Eat the Snow In Hawaii”, or was that the title created later for the edited, 2-part syndicated version (and the Pilot originally aired as just “Magnum p.i.”)? Miami Vice had the same thing a few years later…its Pilot originally aired as a TV movie called just “Miami Vice”…but several years later when it was split into 2 parts for syndication, they created the title “Brother’s Keeper” for it.

Now that title is acknowledged as the title for the Pilot, even with it being restored to its original 2hr format on some (but possibly not all) home video sets. Is it somewhat the same story for the Pilot of “Magnum”…or was the “Snow” title always used?