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post #1 of 40
7/5/09 at 7:45pm
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In the 90s the Police Procedural (Law & Order, Homicide, NYPD Blue) rained supreme. Then early in the decade came all the flash and glitz of CSI. And now the new wave is here, hipsters that can just look at a suspect or crime scene and "know" the answers-- Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, The Listener, Lie to Me.

This TV is all junk. I stick with the show I started watching when I was in Grade 5, Law & Order. SVU is trash and Criminal Intent is boring. But the one show that has stayed true is still my favorite.

Why are people so attracted to all this junk? Someone must be watching it because there is more and more it every season it seems.
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post #2 of 40
7/5/09 at 7:56pm
I liked lie to me. Thought it was a very interesting concept and based on how the mind really works! It got repetitive though. I dont watch it anymore. I find the rest of the newer shows boring. I can still watch CSI every now and then.
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post #3 of 40
7/5/09 at 7:57pm
Oh and I never liked any of those 90s shows. Incredibly boring.
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post #4 of 40
7/5/09 at 7:58pm
Regular Law & Order is supreme. The spinoffs are creepy imo. I dont want to know about kiddy rapists and other perverts. Too taboo for my liking.
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post #5 of 40
7/5/09 at 8:00pm
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I liked lie to me. Thought it was a very interesting concept and based on how the mind really works! It got repetitive though. I dont watch it anymore. I find the rest of the newer shows boring. I can still watch CSI every now and then.

It's stupid. How he uses the example of the white skinhead's flinch as an indication. You can sit there and talk to me all day and I will never flinch from a word. You can even throw punches and I wont flinch.
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post #6 of 40
7/5/09 at 8:08pm
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Originally Posted by LVoer View Post
In the 90s the Police Procedural (Law & Order, Homicide, NYPD Blue) rained supreme. Then early in the decade came all the flash and glitz of CSI. And now the new wave is here, hipsters that can just look at a suspect or crime scene and "know" the answers-- Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, The Listener, Lie to Me. This TV is all junk. I stick with the show I started watching when I was in Grade 5, Law & Order. SVU is trash and Criminal Intent is boring. But the one show that has stayed true is still my favorite. Why are people so attracted to all this junk? Someone must be watching it because there is more and more it every season it seems.
Way back in the 70s, they discovered that you could make hour-long dramas about only three things: cops, lawyers, and doctors. I have never, not once, been able to follow an episode of Law & Order:CI from start to finish. I guess I'm just not smart enough, CSI: Miami is the lowest form of pulp entertainment, but is redeemed by its art direction. Criminal Minds is just insulting. Homicide is one of the greatese TV shows of all time, and shall not be mentioned alongside any of these other pieces of crap.
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post #7 of 40
7/5/09 at 8:12pm
I hate shows about cops, lawyers, and doctors (House excepted, and that's only cuz Hugh Laurie is awesome. The show itself sucks.). I guess I'm not a real American.
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post #8 of 40
7/5/09 at 8:17pm
The glut of Medical dramas is even worse. L&O is great, CI has gotten better, SVU is stale. Homicide had some crossover eps with L&O as well. CSI started out good and quickly turned to soft lighted crap, followed by its unwatchable spin-offs.
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post #9 of 40
7/5/09 at 9:36pm
People still watch regular TV?
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post #10 of 40
7/5/09 at 9:40pm
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People still watch regular TV?

Not everyone is as obsessed with porn as you.
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post #11 of 40
7/5/09 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by LVoer View Post
In the 90s the Police Procedural (Law & Order, Homicide, NYPD Blue) rained supreme. Then early in the decade came all the flash and glitz of CSI. And now the new wave is here, hipsters that can just look at a suspect or crime scene and "know" the answers-- Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, The Listener, Lie to Me.

This TV is all junk. I stick with the show I started watching when I was in Grade 5, Law & Order. SVU is trash and Criminal Intent is boring. But the one show that has stayed true is still my favorite.

Why are people so attracted to all this junk? Someone must be watching it because there is more and more it every season it seems.

+1000000000000000000000000000
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post #12 of 40
7/5/09 at 11:35pm
I never really enjoyed the things in Law & Order's vein to begin with, but this new wave is simply intolerable. I can't wait until the fad ends and there is something with some originality on TV.
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post #13 of 40
7/5/09 at 11:42pm
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Homicide is one of the greatese TV shows of all time, and shall not be mentioned alongside any of these other pieces of crap.

+1
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post #14 of 40
7/6/09 at 12:33am
Everything after The Wire has been subpar
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post #15 of 40
7/6/09 at 1:02pm
I still think Miami Vice was the best (and the most stylish) cop show ever...
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