codamedia

batsbrew
WHAT DID I MISS?

In CSI Miami just a bunch of over acting and general shots of half naked women on the beach. Hmmm - After visiting Miami I'd say that's a pretty fair representation

Of all 3 shows, Miami seems by far the least realistic, and gets worst in later seasons - not only do they do everything (first respondents, basic police work, firemen work, crime scene investigation per se, processing of evidence regardless of the skills required, detective work, interrogation of suspects, etc) but the main character takes a turn for the worst by the end of the series and does things which would at the very least cost him his badge almost every episode. He also seems to have unlimited funds when it comes to helping out rescues and people who made bad choices in their life...
 
Not to mention that they investigate and solve every crime in one work day. I think the ratings were dropping and they threw everything in.
 
Vegas is better. The guy in charge is a nerd, not an action hero, and very procedure oriented. I'm afraid things will change in later seasons, though.
 
 

Rain

batsbrew

jamesg1213

batsbrew
i've never watched csi.
 
 
 

I have.

WHAT DID I MISS?

They caught the bad guy.

 
there is always another bad guy.

It's funny how TV is now full of shows that really amount to nothing more than a glorified Pac Man game...

soens
It's funny how TV is now full of shows that really amount to nothing more than a glorified Pac Man game...

That's what TV is for. The problem is that most people binge on TV and forget books and music and arts and sport and all the rest. TV is like desert.

Yes, but how many times can you reinvent Pac Man? So many shows share the same plot, story line, and even the same lines and commercials . They're 100% predictable.
 
btw, Pac Man was probably the most famous and revenue producing video game of it's time... which apparently hasn't ended yet!

craigb

paulo

craigb
Not into streaming content Paulo? 

Apparently if one has to explain one's joke, it isn't funny...............
 
Taxi for Paulo........

Gosh, that's EXACTLY what I was just thinking! 

Only one problem......I've mislaid my wallet - you couldn't lend me some cash for the fare could you ? Oh no, silly me...look who I'm asking......

batsbrew

jamesg1213

batsbrew
i've never watched csi.
 
 
 

I have.

WHAT DID I MISS?

They can get pretty formulaic, but the two-part Vegas one directed by Tarantino is pretty good. Stokes gets buried alive in a perspex coffin, and Grissom has to figure out where he is before he dies. Entymology...

If you've watched Forensic Files before, there's not much left to surprise you in CSI. They base their stories on existing cases and the science that allowed to solve those particular cases most of the time.

Of course with a little bit of free license here and there. I'm always AMAZED when they want to "zoom" in on a tiny spot of a blurry photo and "clean" it up to reveal high rez detail... like for a license plate or a face. Pure sci-fi.
You can't get something from nothing.
 
Also amazing is how fast DNA results come back. In real life it can take months.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then there's Judge Judy!

You know, in January I received yet another subpoena as a witness for that burglary case dating from May 2013. They caught those guys on the spot, and yet, almost 2 years, it goes on and on and on.
 
So it does indeed fascinate me to see a violent crime investigated and solved, the suspect apprehended, with all the evidence processed and laid out, and the preliminary hearing done all w/in one work shift. :P
 
Wouldn't it be nice...