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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine
I've heard seriously good things about The Wire from friends, it's definitely on the list! Agreeing with you on the NCIS front, though that said, at least their computer technology is sliiightly more believable than the usual "hmm, zoom in that really pixellated CCTV camera and sharpen the image so that that one pixel becomes a face!" method, their image sharpening software makes a nod towards how obscenely dodgy a science it is at the moment...
The character relationships are so excellently built though, it's the same with Criminal Minds, you stop caring about what they're actually trying to do in any one particular episode and rather pay attention to how each character reacts and grows as a result of the experience. I've only got as far as season 7 (about half way through now) and I've noticed what you mean. Pity really, but I guess it's only to be expected.  |
I do enjoy
NCIS's attempts at adding small realistic details, for example whenever they head out and have to pull their Sig's out of their desk, when you work plainclothes you do have to remember to take your gun with you. I actually just read a book called
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets which had a small aside about a detective who forgot his gun and had to investigate a body in one of the worst areas of town. As far as
Criminal Minds goes, I haven't really given it much of a chance because criminal profiling doesn't really interest me all that much. Serial killers only make up a small percentage of all the murders committed yearly, however when it comes to books, movies, and TV shows about them, they probably make up 98% of the focus. I find the thought of a 15-year old drug dealer murdering a junkie who has a $10 debt to be far more disturbing than any MO any serial killer has ever had, mostly because my scenario is far more believable. Still like I said, I haven't really seen the show so I won't knock on it too much, I'm sure it's quite a good show if it's lasted as long as it has with the ratings it gets.