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Bruckheimerama!! CBS' Third CSI And The WB's Stillborn FEARLESS!!
Holy criminal intent!! America can’t get enough forensic intrigue!!
The trades reported Friday morning that a third weekly hour of “CSI” – this one set in New York City – will on Saturday be announced for CBS’ fall schedule.
Meanwhile, Bruckheimer’s “Fearless,” with Rachael Leigh Cook, is now deader than Elvis. The WB announced it as a fall series back in May, then a bit later as a midseason series, then this week as a series that will never appear on the WB. For the record, it was the best Bruckheimer-produced drama pilot I’ve ever seen.
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Meanwhile, Bruckheimer’s “Fearless,” with Rachael Leigh Cook, is now deader than Elvis. The WB announced it as a fall series back in May, then a bit later as a midseason series, then this week as a series that will never appear on the WB. For the record, it was the best Bruckheimer-produced drama pilot I’ve ever seen.
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wow cbs a cop/forensics show set in NY???/ that is the best idea i have ever heard how come no one ever though about that before, how innovative! gezz why didnt they stick to New Orleans that would have been better. So next fall we will have 3 CSI's and 4 Law and Orders GREAT!
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Watch tonight's thrilling episode in which our hero, Agamennon Horatio Bladon, uses sciece to uncover a "grizzly" murder. Agemennon: "By god, this man was not eaten by any bear. If we use science we can see that this corpse is surrounded by dead raped deer meaning that the killer was none other Harry Knowles" Harry: "And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meedling scientists and you talking dog"
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She gets no respect, no respect at all. As bad as this show might be, it certainly can't be as dull as Tru Calling. Still, Josie and the Pussycats will always hold a special place in my heart.
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Well, not really, but it does deserve more credit than it's given, at the very least for having the longest sustained running gag in film history. And Rachael Leigh Cook braless in a tight little top.
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the movie is fun and if you happen to like that type of music, the 'Josie' soundtrack is one of my favorites
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Cop shows sucks ass. Speaking of asses, how many will be on display in this new "drama?"
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Oh well........at least it's not yet another reality show.
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Hence it was destined to be shitcaned before it had a chance to succeed.
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Why not New Orleans? Hawaii? London? Seattle? Chicago? San Antonio? Enough with cop shows in NY!
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CSI : Harlem... LaRandy did it
CSI : Clue...Cnl Mustard did it
CSI : Dictionary... Zebra did it
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I watched both the Fearless pilot and the Tru Calling pilot on the same night, and Fearless made Tru Calling look like art. I'm not just being cynical, I hated both shows, but Fearless reached an entirely new level of suck...
"I was born... without the gene... for fear!"
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I actually saw the Fearless Pilot, and I still have a copy on my computer. The show wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either. Now that it won't see the light of day ever I feel special as having seen it.
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but did it test better than Road Trip and Old School? I DOUBT IT! ... btw, technically, CSI isn't a cop show, well because they each only have like one or two cops on it. I do wish they had chosen a different setting for the new CSI, New Orleans actually would've been a good choice, but could it have competed with Wiggum: PI?
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Jan 17, 2004 2:42:17 PM CST
WB execs read the Fearless talkbacks and realized a character th
by sexybeast
Without Fear a person would die at a very young age. Fear is what keeps people alive. If you don't fear pain or pain you're suicidal. -
Just dont let Ed Oniell be in it.
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Can the networks come up with something original please? Let us take a chance with something that doesn't have to do with forensics or police. Also, Fearless was awful...maybe another actress could have pulled it off but Rachel Leigh Cook looked uncomfortable and the pilot was boring. Wonderfalls was great though, hope everyone tunes in to it...
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Jan 17, 2004 3:21:17 PM CST
No question: New York makes the most sense in terms of tone & at
by commando cody
Truth is, with this new show the producers would now be able to play up 3 distinct locations and establish 3 different moods for each of the shows -- which is what I'm sure they're going for, to give them each an identity. First they'll have the original CSI set in Vegas so they can play up the seedy world that lurks beneath an ultra-glittery locale, where neon lights flash 24-hours and night SEEMS like day (in other words, they'll focus on the whole "sin city" atmosphere)... on the flip side visually and thematically, they'll have CSI: MIAMI to be the "bright and sunny show" that will now be able to focus more on people looking beautiful on the beach, and the show can play up a "crime in the tropics" atmosphere... which means the one thing missing really IS a true "urban crime" CSI show. Something really big city-oriented that crosses CSI science with the feel of NYPD. So since that's the atmosphere you want, you really only have a few major cities to pick from. And truth be told, out of all the U.S. metropolitan cities you could use, New York still gives you the best location. Large city, sprawling and well-known landscape, iconic sites (UN, Statue of Liberty, etc.) that you can film against... so, yeah, seems to me if you want an "urban CSI" it seems to me NY's the obvious choice. So long as they keep the plots and crimes interesting, and don't lose the edge they've established, I'll be there. I love these shows. Count me in for show #3...
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Yes New York is the obvious choice. I wish television networks would stop makeing the obvious choice.
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Shot of ppl walking down Bourbon St behind a brass band a throwing beads for no apparent reason: CHECK. A 5 minute walk from downtown to a fanboat in the Bayou, CHECK. Someone dropping a little french lingo into a conversation, CHECK. Crime, CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK.......we got plenty of that down here.
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Only good if it stars Wiggum P.I. and the Skinnyboy
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OTHER than some standard shots that Vektr08 pointed out -- namely, people walking down Bourbon Street in yet another parade or perhaps an episode centering on Mardi Gras -- I can't see why New Orleans in any possible way could compete with a city like New York as a series backdrop, especially since NY is clearly so much larger, is far more diverse, is an economic, political and social hub for the country, and is filled with far more famous landmarks to use as backdrop settings -- not to mention the series could venture out into the side boroughs or even across the river to Jersey, and get more mileage. Speaking AS a New Yorker, picking it WAS the obvious choice by the producers. After all, how could they not go with the coolest city in the country? :)
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Yeah this one would have been sweet, problem is they would have shot it in Vancouver which looks nothing like Seattle, but for some reason looks exactly like Metropolis?!?!. That and all the crimes would end up with the same resolution: "Sir, it wasn't murder, its just with 6 hours of daylight every day and rain for nine months out of the year he had to kill himself...." God I love this town!
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The lead CSI has to go surfing everytime he gets frustrated with a case. Plus it could play host to more faded guest stars than your average episode of The Love Boat.
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In this incarnation it doesn't even matter what city it's set it. In fact, as a unique twist the city goes unnamed for the entire run of the show until the series finale. The team is composed of Einstein-level brainiacs who are armed with advanced scientific forensics gear that no real town budget could ever actually afford, but what the hey, the lab looks cool as shit on TV and that's all that counts. The result: every week the case is solved by the opening credits -- at which point our lead hero says "Well, since we're done, I'm hitting the free lunch buffet over at the strip club." The rest of the episode is him watching hot women gyrate and strip in eye-popping outfits, which seques to him getting lap dances from girls who moonlight as hookers on the side, but give it up to him for free because the crime he solved in the opening credits involved yet another girl missing from that very same club. So feeling that they owe him a reward, he gets to take a new stripper home each week. Hot sex insues where no kink is off limits. Fade out...followed by a coming attraction to next week's micro mini-crime and all-new stripper. Now that shit will get ratings!
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Jan 18, 2004 4:43:19 AM CST
Commando Cody, Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to sub
by regicidal_maniac
I would certainly be interested in watching your CSI show. (On a side note I have seen the old King of the Rocketmen serial and own the amazing comic adaptation. Very cool.)
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New Orleans could have been interesting... I've read that the New Orleans police force has a reputation for being very corrupt. That would have created an interesting dynamic for the show, but probably wouldn't be enough to sustain the show past the first season.
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The reason New Orlean's police force was so corrupt is that it once was the lowest paid police force (per cop) in the entire U.S. That'd be interesting. Also, New Orleans is a nice bled of Spanish, French (cajun), Black, Caribbean (as a result of the first two cultures) and of course all the stupid ass tourists. CSI: Miami has covered a lot of swamp deaths already but the city has had tons of interesting crime. Plus, they have people that speak in hilarious accents (not cajun but a odd mix of New York and the south). New York is just too covered already. I'd rather see a Chicago, Memphis/Nashville, St. Louis, Houston, San Antonio, Toronto (it'd be cheap), or fucking Mayberry ("Andy, this poor bitch choked on her own vomit".)
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That's the show I want to star in. Why does true stardom elude poor Rachael ? She is ungodly hot, and capable of at least being a serviceable actress (just lose the emotionless stare, Rach. I think if she is ever going to make it big, she needs to take risks ... like playing the Rachel Miner role in the next Larry Clarke kiddie porn epic. Any role, really, as long as it involved long graphic anal scenes and lingering camera shots of her incredible rack.
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William Petersen was very upset when CSI: Miami was created.
I have to wonder if Caruso and Petersen will bear public grudges against this upstart.
Except for Paul Guilfoyle's nicely laconic character, I don't care for the original CSI cast.
I think Caruso has far better range and intensity than Petersen, whose best work was 18 years ago in To Live and Die in LA, and Manhunter. -
The rythym of the show doesn't feel right...tried watching it. Seems stiff and, well, CBSy. Can't understand how this show is so popular.
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and every case would have been a gunshot wound. People aren't smart enough to fool the cops, and the cops aren't smart enough to catch the people trying to fool them. But it is tv so you never know. Although we did have that serial killer running around for a while. This place rules.
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"I can't see why New Orleans in any possible way could compete with a city like New York as a series backdrop" I hate quoting people, but you've obviously never been here. There's so much more to the city than Bourbon Street, and it has just as rich and lengthly a history as New York does. And how many times have we seen the fricken Empire State building, and other NY landmarks?? Honestly. The cops are pretty corrupt here though. Just take one of our past governor's elections . . . we had to pick between a blatant crook, and a former grand wizzard of the KKK. 'nough said.
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Nanook is harpooned by his brother, who then tries to blame it on a fur seal.
Special Guest Appearance by Balto. -
They could do an episode on the gunfight I witnessed last year. Just driving down the street one night minding my own biz when I hear *pop* *pop* *pop* *pop*. I thought my tire went flat or soemthing.......I look up and a block away I see gun flashes from 3 spots....said OH SHIT and turned down a one way street before I became a statistic. Anyway, drug related of course. 3 guys with AK-47's and shotguns jumped 2 guys. yeah, good times.
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Jan 20, 2004 1:08:14 AM CST
i read an interview a while back with anthony zuiker (creator of
by the dude abides
he wanted to use 'teenage wasteland' as the theme song. i think this sounds like the best idea. they could do some sherlock holmes homages, maybe even do some stuff with mi6 and scotland yard.
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Does no one remember the fate of ABC having WW2Be a Millionaire. Reality TV and too many CSI and Law and Orders will cause brain bleed. Must sleep now.
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Dude gets whacked with a golf club. But was it a Big Bertha?
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they should move to a foreign country. that'd spice things up.
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