So on top of the Jason Alexander as midget Colonel Sanders wannabe FAIL, now Criminal Minds has decided its victims are paritally responsible for their pre-meditated murders
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"The Birds" -- shivers. I literally can't watch that movie (I have and have always had a deep, deep unexplainable phobia of birds).
I've never watched Criminal Minds. I've tried a couple of times, but could never get into it. The only CSI I've found myself enjoying a few episodes of was the NY one -- Gary Sinese probably helps with that.
I've recently gotten into CSI: NY because it follows Criminal Minds (a show I cannot for the life of me figure out why I watch as often as it annoys me). I like that the Crime Scene techs are detectives, which explains why they are allowed to interrogate suspects (unlike CSI: LV, which allows it because its just good fun apparently) and carry guns. Plus, it has that Greek lady on it playing a Greek lady. Also, I just like shows set in NYC.
Never seen Criminal Minds so I can't really relate much to that specific show, but I empathize in general principle with "I hate it when my crime procedurals lecture me". I know they have to feed to the lowest common denominator but...oh wait, that's what television is all about. *sigh*
And The Birds? One of my favorites; I was obsessed with Hitchcock movies as a girl, and I watched this one whenever I could. Creepy and scary and paranoia-making brilliance. *is jealous of your watching*
I think it hit me the first time when I was watching an episode of CSI and Doc Robbins was standing over the body of a dead old lady who caused an accident because she was stoned. Why was she smoking pot? Because of her glaucoma. So, of course, when Catherine says, "She was smoking pot to alleviate the pain from her glaucoma," because CBS can't be seen as condoning pot smoking, Doc Robbins has to chime in with, "Which is pointless because everyone knows the prescribed analgesics work just as well."
No, they don't. And many times they cost more than some Jane. And if an old lady wants to get stoned because she is in holy fucking pain from hell in her eyeballs, LET HER BE. I realized at that moment CSI does that shit all the time, throws in little lectury tidbits that are completely unnecessary to the plot and are geared to simply "educate" the public about proper behavior.
You are so right, shows do this all the time. I don't think I even realized it until I started watching British drama shows more often, where such nonsense is noticeably absent. We are simply inured to it, I guess, but when I DO notice how obvious it is I get really annoyed. Because, for ghods sakes, I'm a grown up. grrrr. argh.
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I've never watched Criminal Minds. I've tried a couple of times, but could never get into it. The only CSI I've found myself enjoying a few episodes of was the NY one -- Gary Sinese probably helps with that.
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And The Birds? One of my favorites; I was obsessed with Hitchcock movies as a girl, and I watched this one whenever I could. Creepy and scary and paranoia-making brilliance. *is jealous of your watching*
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No, they don't. And many times they cost more than some Jane. And if an old lady wants to get stoned because she is in holy fucking pain from hell in her eyeballs, LET HER BE. I realized at that moment CSI does that shit all the time, throws in little lectury tidbits that are completely unnecessary to the plot and are geared to simply "educate" the public about proper behavior.
Grrr. Argh.
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