CSI: Miami 4.09 "Urban Hellraisers" [rerun, 2007-01-25]
Why doesn't Delko call as soon as he's behind cover?
Oh, it's Vice City. ::sighs:: I hate the idea that playing videogames like this makes kids wanna go out and do it for real. The close mirroring to the game seemed particularly over-the-top to me. I was a bit more sold on it later with the idea that they were playing the game in meatspace competitively, but... of course I'm biased in that there's no way my fantasy/reality distinction or my ethics would ever blur enough to make me so blase about killing like that.
Hee, IMDb top-of-the-page user comment says "Worst episode EVER!" (though out of 18 votes it gets a 6.1/10).
The basic plot of a game? Totally not "proprietary." (And tv.com points out that there would be strategy guides -- online if not published.)
Delko: Have you seen Peter Elliott?
Wolfe: Is that the federal guy with the salt-and-pepper hair? Yeah he poked his head in, wanted to get to the Questionable Documents lab.
Delko: And you sent him to the Fingerprints instead, right?
Wolfe: Yeah, of course.
As soon as he said "17 thousand guys" I hoped one of the gamers would turn out to be a woman.
As soon as Peter pulled Calleigh down I called he was gonna die.
Is that fear in the eyes of the kid when Horatio's holding a gun over him?
Horatio: "Your call."
I was hoping for "Game over."
Eric holding the gun ungloved? (Though I guess it's not like they need to tie the gun to the kid with trace evidence.)
kid: "That hurts!"
Horatio: "Real bullets are funny like that, Michael."
70hrs...
See, that part I buy.
You're ok with distributing machine guns to minors mr. photographer punk? Oy. Though it's not necessarily bad writing, just me shaking my head at what humanity is capable of.
Oh, it's Vice City. ::sighs:: I hate the idea that playing videogames like this makes kids wanna go out and do it for real. The close mirroring to the game seemed particularly over-the-top to me. I was a bit more sold on it later with the idea that they were playing the game in meatspace competitively, but... of course I'm biased in that there's no way my fantasy/reality distinction or my ethics would ever blur enough to make me so blase about killing like that.
Hee, IMDb top-of-the-page user comment says "Worst episode EVER!" (though out of 18 votes it gets a 6.1/10).
The basic plot of a game? Totally not "proprietary." (And tv.com points out that there would be strategy guides -- online if not published.)
Delko: Have you seen Peter Elliott?
Wolfe: Is that the federal guy with the salt-and-pepper hair? Yeah he poked his head in, wanted to get to the Questionable Documents lab.
Delko: And you sent him to the Fingerprints instead, right?
Wolfe: Yeah, of course.
As soon as he said "17 thousand guys" I hoped one of the gamers would turn out to be a woman.
As soon as Peter pulled Calleigh down I called he was gonna die.
Is that fear in the eyes of the kid when Horatio's holding a gun over him?
Horatio: "Your call."
I was hoping for "Game over."
Eric holding the gun ungloved? (Though I guess it's not like they need to tie the gun to the kid with trace evidence.)
kid: "That hurts!"
Horatio: "Real bullets are funny like that, Michael."
70hrs...
See, that part I buy.
You're ok with distributing machine guns to minors mr. photographer punk? Oy. Though it's not necessarily bad writing, just me shaking my head at what humanity is capable of.