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

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Jan 13 21:42:10 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:22:24AM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 January 2010 11:09:43 am jedi wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> Some older stuff was a tad off too, Perry Mason had nothing to do with actual 
> courtroom scenes. Surprises are very rare in this age of pre-trial discovery 

    The general premise is a bit sensationalized but the mechanics and technical
details hit the mark very well. This would be in stark contrast to the sort of
circus you might see on LA Law or Matlock. Forget about Law & Order and CSI.

    Fiction with some basis in reality versus Dungeons and Dragons.

> and plea bargains, but every PM episode seemed to have an "Ah-Ha" moment.
> 
> I have to laugh at Judge Judy, it is not a trial, it is an agreed upon binding 
> arbitration, and both sides wind up getting paid by the producers.
> 
> TV shows seem to happen in phases, we had the "Western" phase, followed by the 
> "Detective" phase, now the "CSI" phase.
> 
> But none of it is reality. Angie Dickensen's show might have been titled 
> "Police Actress".
> 
> Then there was Magnum, who would have had to be independently wealthy to put 
> that many hours on a Hughes 500D.
> 
> But we're getting even more OT than we were.
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