Is it my imagination, or is CSI really, really bad

[Wickerman]

I hate those flashbacks, moments of revelation, intuition, whatever. And why, when someone is pawing through a box to find something important like a murder tool, do they have to zoom in on the bottle label, then the list of active ingredients, then, for frama, the skull and crossbomes and hold?

Its just dumb. FIrst time I have had it on.

[muchacho]

1. it blows

put on Frontline.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Like most shows - it used to be better.

It's a little bit melodramatic now.

But, it's still fairly entertaining, and sometimes educational.

[patdem]

3. CSI is a PRETEND TV SHOW...CSI people DO NOT ARREST

and HOMOCIDE DETECTIVES do not investigate a CRIME SCENE...it is all PRETEND....get over it!!!

[Wickerman]

6. I understand TV is pretend, thanks

I was commenting on the quality of the show - as a pretend one.

[Skittles]

25. stop with the GET OVER IT

I HATE THAT CONDESCENDING SHIT.

[pruner]

27. I like the show overall but…

that's definitely something that bothers me about it.

they're not crime investigators… they're crime SCENE investigators… nothing more.

[XanaDUer]

4. Is that the crime-scene show

in Miami?

Oprah had the stars on today-for some reason it is the most popular show today.

I saw it a few times-and I love true crime/forensics stuff. It was okay, not too great.

[Wickerman]

8. I have a pretty solid understanding of crime labs and forensics in general

friends had warned me not to watch it. Oh well. Yeah, there is water, must be in Miami. This is popular, eh? And on oprah? wow, I do live in a cave.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Tonight's in Vegas - the original

Yeah, if you're an expert in this field, you'll have a hard time with this show.

But for me, I think the show's OK.

[Wickerman]

12. Certainly no expert

but have been around it for a number of years. Wasn't really trying to go with that end, can forgive technical stuff, just seemed overly dramatic. Which is better, Vega or Miami?

[GOPisEvil]

14. The original - Vegas

Although...Miami has Emily Procter (Ainsley Hayes on West Wing previously). :evilgrin:

[Wickerman]

17. ah, yes

that could make it worth tuning into!

[northzax]

34. of course Miami is also shot in ultra soft focus

to cover up the lead's rosacea...

[Wickerman]

35. Maybe they should do that with Bush*

he has quite a case going

[XanaDUer]

13. Don't feel bad

the channel just happened to be on Oprah. The lead actress from CSI came on as a guest, and that's when I learned about its popularity.

:) :) :) :)

[Wickerman]

15. Understand

thats how I wound up posting this ill=fated thread. I turned the TV one, its was there, watched a little, and then posed a poorly thought through question. Uh, I don't I have ever seen an Oprah episode either, so, who the hell am I to critique TV?

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. It's TV...lighten up.

[Wickerman]

22. Its a message board

relax

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. hehe

You're so right. :silly:
Duckie

[Atman]

5. Which CSI? Miami?

I made it through only a small handfull of these horrid shows. Everything is so completely over the top and contrived. And, yes, the acting is horrible, too. But when they started doing CSI's in different city, it reached a new high in lows.

[stanwyck]

7. Oh, stop. You sound like

Dan Quayle dissing The Simpsons. It's a TV show! Escapism. The actors are prettier and sexier than regular people. They wear better clothes. The stories are bizarre. And titillating. And I like it.

[Wickerman]

10. Now that is uncalled for

I might just alert you for comparing me to Danny-boy - that is one of the low-downest personal attacks I have seen on DU. Glad you enjoy. It tries hard to be bizarre. I'll give it that.

[Beaker]

30. a lot of the stories are take-offs of actual events-

and sometimes, reality can be fairly bizarre.

[aquart]

9. CSI is set in Las Vegas.

Tonight it seems to be dedicated to heat safety messages.

[Wickerman]

16. The end seemed kind of cool, I'll give it that

cool -oops, no pun intended. That would be a hellish suicide.

[bookworm65t]

18. the lighting is pretty bad

sure the show is escapism, but knowing that an actual crime lab would not be that dim is annoying and distracts from the show's entertainment value.


33 months gone/15 months to go until Shrub is gone!!

[JackSwift]

19. It utterly sucks, except for the

science. And the Las Vegas franchise has a lead character called Grissom. Grissom is one of the most interesting characters ever to be on TV. He is very detailed, low key and quirky in a realistic way. I'd bet it's based on a real person who the writers/producers know really well. The actor does a pretty good job with it.

[soothsayer]

26. Grissom is truly unlikeable (and therefore realistic, I agree), but

this season it seems like ALL the characters are trying to be unlikeable.

weird

I've tried to watch the show, but I think it's sooooo fakey and strange, I can't figure why it's a hit.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. I love that show.

I know it's fiction...but I like the gore...If I were more motivated, I would have went into Forensic Pathology.
Duckie

[Myra]

23. Thank you for coming out with this issue.

I've always thought it was a terrible show
with a hideous cast. Cannot understand its
popularity.

[Skittles]

24. IT STINKS

overly dramatic, bad acting, totally unbelievable. :puke:

[Beaker]

28. It's a FANTASTIC show.

tell me mister critic- what do you consider to be quality television programs.
Since you feel that CSI sucks so bad, it would certainly be interesting and enlightening to know in which directions your tastes run.

[Wickerman]

31. Not a critic, per se

happened to turn on the TV, decided to try to watch it and it, in my opinion, sucked. I knew it was highly rated, and I have heard a lot about it, so I thought I would go to my friends here at DU for some feedback. Whew, I got some. Hell, I even got compared to Dan Quayle - come on! I hope ya'll are as passionate next fall when we unseat the unelected pretender in the white house.

Since you asked, here are some shows I watch on occassion - I'll exclude PBS shows, which are a different animal:
ER - ups and downs over a long haul, but it moves fast
Law amd Order - because its on every friggin night, like an old friend
Simpsons - because
Futurama - I knew a set designer for the show
King of Hill - I lived in Texas and knew guys like BoomHauer (sp)
Good Morning Miami - Cuz the chick with short hair has incredible eyes
Letterman - George Bush* Joke that isn't
Conan - not as good as with Andy R., but I am half asleep by then anyway

[DrGonzoLives]

36. Jesus, talk about thin skin...

It's just a damn TV show, and an overacted one at that. Why is it so important to you that EVERYONE like what you do? Are you in desperate need of that kind of validation, or what?

[Beaker]

38. thin skin?

You sure seem to want to be able to read a lot about a person's psyche and their emotional state in just two sentences. Where in the world did you get the idea that it it "so important" to me that "EVERYONE" like what I do?
"Desperate need of that kind of validation"...???
You seem to be in desperate need of a bug-up-your-ass-ectomy.
If you're as gonzo a Dr. as you like to pretend, maybe you could even perform the procedure yourself.
I'd reccomend a hand mirror and a red-hot poker.

[Bertha Venation]

32. I watch it mainly for . . .

. . . Marg Helgenberger. O8)

[Kamika]

33. i USED to like it

But it just got so repetitive. I dont watch it anylonger.

I gave up on Miami after 1 season, miami was just silly

[TrogL]

37. It needs to be messier

Crime scenes are messy. Autopsies are messy. The people involved get messy.

People under stress behave badly, like criminals, victims, mourners.

My favourite show right now is MI-5 on BBC.

[Zuni]

39. It is not law and Order

L and O is a great show. CSI is often compared to it and it always comes up looking bad.