[mythtv-users] "Generational" TV, was: OT: 3D TV

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Jan 13 18:09:43 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:40:08AM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 January 2010 08:26:15 am ryan patterson wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 12 January 2010 06:07:28 pm David Brodbeck wrote:
> > > Today's shows seem to like to focus on the worst elements of our
> > > society, witness the popularity of the multiple CSI type shows.
> > 
> > A TV series which features underpaid public servants tirelessly
> > hunting down and successfully arresting violent criminals week after
> > week focuses on "the worst elements of our society"?  Really!  What
> > would you say about The Sopranos?  (a show that focuses on gangster
> > criminals).
> 
> The CSI "franchise" is an example of the blatant copycat-ism of Hollywood 
> today, and the "star" is the crime itself, the show(s) give the impression 
> that all crimes are solved, by tireless professionals, which is nowhere near 
> true, and often gives a totally unrealistic idea of the capabilities and 
> duties of law enforcement.
> 
> The Sopranos focused more on the family relations than on the crimes, though I 
> didn't like that show much either.
> 
> I have asked several law enforcement people what crime/police show is the most 
> realistic, the universal answer: Barney Miller, and I don't think that answer 
> was tongue-in-cheek at all.

    Based on my own conversations with lawyers and such, the 80's seems to be
the decade when television "jumped the shark" in this regard and lost all touch
with reality. Anything past that might as well have witches and dragons in it.


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