By the way,chris...when I say the guy uses his HEAD...urm...that'll be the HEAD at the TOP of the human anatomy! I'm just sayin'...

miami is lost for me since csi: miami (which i hate) - i keep seeing that redhead guy, horacio, everytime someone mentions miami, goddamnit.
besides - violence IS the key in movies/tv series there's nothing better than fresh blood...

i'm with you 100% - petersen ftw

the very same

I'm surprised there's a second season...when a show like that appears in Australia, it's generally a sign that it's already been cancelled in the States. Like Jericho or Cashmere Mafia.

season 2 = not new show!

The main guy is a pretty crap actor even for a cable network, not a bad show I agree it is very entertaining but the acting is godawful. Having Bruce Campbell in it fixes everything.

CSI and most of all the Miami version has done more to f*ck up the criminal justice system than provide entertainment. Since its portrayed as "real kind of stuff" juries, cops, courts and so on assume this fantasy tech is real. I believe there is an article out there that described it as "CSI Syndrome" with both sides of the courtroom becoming frustrated trying to explain that nano second profiling, dead on conclusive evidence laying all over the scene and the ability to zero in on a single out of place fiber in a mansion covered in shag just does not happen.

Why does sunk feel strongly about this? Because my job is in the video surveillance industry. I have had to explain to both local law (several times) and even the mighty F.B.I. that no amount of hardware/software/blackmagic can increase the resolution of a frame X pixels is X pixels. if a car is far away you cannot magically zoom in for a license plate number and hair folical count on the driver.

well, CSI Miami is also very ... ehr ... interesting from the point of view of the principle of dubio pro reo, which – correct me if I am wrong! – is also there in the american legal system.

Seriously guys, a show is plain nazi if you have the main character that is supposed to be some sort of unbiased scientist who is seriously pissed every time evidence comes up that speaks against his prime suspect ... he shouldn't really be: "Ok, this time you were lucky that this piece of most likely fabricated evidence came up. But rest assured we'll be all over your ass soon again!" but "Ok, this evidence speaks against you being the culprit – so we'll be back hunting. Sorry to have bothered you."

I mean... that is just plain sick from my point of view. I won't go into how lawyers are depicted in the series (I'll just point out to you that in CSI Miami a lawyer is only seen with a proven guilty person, insinuating that lawyers work only for felons and don't protect the interest of 'normal' people also) or the way minorities and certain social classes are stigmatized all over. I am aware that you need to work with a certain amount of steretyping in the popular media but not every hispanic person that lives in Florida has ties to some criminal organization or the Cuban government. Also what CSI Miami suggests strongly to its public is that a person has no right whatsoever to privacy – if someone is not willing to give your DNA sample or whatnot in the series he or she is instantly suspicious or even guilty ... I won't touch onthe the illicit methods of collecting evidence either that are used troughout the plotline (very much in tune with "We'll nail your ass, no matter how good a lawyer you have or how many evidence speaks against you as the culprit) which in real life could never be used in court... and are highly difficult to ethically defend –

So, yeah, CSI Miami is crap. Almost nazi crap!

sunk, you are the tweakmaster.

*bow*

hahhaahhahahaahahahahahhahahahahhhahhhahahahah

Biff said...I'm disappointed- he's not staring off one shoulder into the distant horizon.

Wow I failed to notice that :(

Biff said...I'm disappointed- he's not staring off one shoulder into the distant horizon.

... and no shaft of sunlight reflecting off a shiny building in the background, countering the red of his hair...

sunk said...np man it wasn't meant to be a joke

well in that case I'll chase some of my german shepherd dogs after you –

nay, that's a golden retriever with a boner bone in its mouth –

I would love to see William Shatner on CSI Miami.

The Wire...was an EXCELLENT SHOW. I shall misss it.

Back on the subject, sorry, I'm really looking forward to the second season. I know it's not perfect but I love it. It's cheesy etc. but it's fun and light hearted and doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest most of the time.

And yes, William Shatner in anything these days adds an interesting dimension.

i love bruce campbell. and the chick on that show is HAWT!!! it kind of reminds me of mcguyver in a way with the dialog.

yeah. she could use a sandwich or 2. probably be like rolling around on a sack of bones.

Gabrielle Anwar has had 3 kids, she looks amazing. She has very long, lean build. She also was the tango partner in Scent of a Woman.

Wow, she's had kids? Never would have known.