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Are The Powers That Be Close To Casting Petersen's CSI Replacement??

geez by blackhole4140	Aug 6th, 2008 10:02:50 AM
That's an upgrade.
Spo? Dour?? by TheJake	Aug 6th, 2008 10:03:44 AM
WTF? Am I missing something here?
Same genetic profile as a serial kiler? by lex romero	Aug 6th, 2008 10:06:33 AM
Wtf? What does that even mean? He has a twin who's a serial killer? Someone want to explain?
Serial Killer by enderandrew	Aug 6th, 2008 10:08:56 AM
I've long said the show should end with Grissom turning into a killer. You spend years trying to get in the head of a killer, and at some point you have to empathize a bit. Mix in that he would be about to out-smart and out-CSI any CSI, mixed with his love interest Sara (presuming she came back for the end) having to investigate the man she's sleeping with, etc. It seems like the perfect end for the series.
Or they could just cancel the show by Big Jim	Aug 6th, 2008 10:10:16 AM
I've always liked CSI but I haven't much enjoyed the Peterson-lite episodes. Anyone catch that two-parter that revolved around Warwick Brown's character and the dead stripper. Second part was mediocre but the first part was the worst hour of television I have seen in years. Just a terrible episode. Much like the one from a season or two ago that was all about Jim Brass. Really, who was clamoring for a Jim Brass-centric episode?
"Fishburne's character sounds like it could by fun/interesting" by newc0253	Aug 6th, 2008 10:19:55 AM
no, Fishburne's character sounds like a lame version of Dexter. Fishburne's better than this drivel.
No Liev Schreiber? by chrth	Aug 6th, 2008 10:20:41 AM
Although since I have no idea what happened with that storyline, it's possible that character is dead or in jail or something.
Larry Fishburne, actor emeritus by Mullah Omar	Aug 6th, 2008 10:22:13 AM
The guy has done so much good work for so long that I guess it makes sense to take an easy TV gig and let the cash roll in. This should be like a sabbatical for him before he eventually moves into old-guy roles in films.
Here's why he is being courted by ArcadianDS	Aug 6th, 2008 10:25:28 AM
he is actually the same exact actor as Peterson, only black. His line delivery, his near-monotone monologues and rants: same as Peterson's. It would allow the show to continue to follow the same formula despite losing its leading character.
Agreed on some of the 'non-Peterson' shows by ArcadianDS	Aug 6th, 2008 10:29:41 AM
but others have been good. I liked the Jim Brass episodes. A good character actor in a good role. He's 'old school Vegas police' but doesnt play it bold and brave - he's just a guy nearing retirement who wants to keep streets clean and duck bullets. The drama around him shooting another cop was among the best television ever. What a GREAT ending that storyline had, as well. One of the best episodes of the series. And I'll miss the Warwick character - he brought a lot of funk to the show that would otherwise be a starchy cop drama about people in lab coats. I've missed a few seasons now (busy busy) but understand he's off to prison for killing a crime boss or something? anyway, Fisburne sounds like to me like they're trying to replace both Warwick AND Peterson at the same time. I'll tell you what shows were horribly bad - the stupid Tarantino 2-parter about the CIS kidnapped in a glass coffin underground. That was lame TV.
Why is Peterson Leaving? by Cory849	Aug 6th, 2008 10:31:59 AM
That sucks. What would be better would be Fishburn replacing that great syphilitic douchebag of a ginger kid preening around on CSI:Miami.
Liev Schreiber's Keppler chracter was killed off. by jimmy rabbitte	Aug 6th, 2008 10:40:13 AM
His storyline was a very good one though.
I have a better idea... by lord_zedd	Aug 6th, 2008 10:49:30 AM
Bring in Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish as two new team members! It'll stretch out the lifespan of the series for another ten years! Really! Trust me on this one guys!
What about Snake? by Booster Gold Lives	Aug 6th, 2008 10:59:21 AM
Didn't TV Guide say Kurt Russell was on the short list, along with Fishburne and John Malkovich? I was hoping for Russell. Might have gotten me to watch regularly again.
ArcadianDS by xsi kal	Aug 6th, 2008 11:09:41 AM
I'm pretty sure the Brass-centric episode Big Jim is referring to is the one where he went to LA to find his daughter, which was a mediocre episode at best. Incidentally, Warwick is dead, not in jail. He was accused of killing a crime boss, was absolved of blame by the CSI team, and then was killed by a relatively high-up character in the show who was apparently in cahoots with organizaed crime.
ArcadianDS by AdmiralNeck	Aug 6th, 2008 11:17:02 AM
You're not wrong about that Brass two-parter. Better than most crime movies of the past few years. Best episode ever (and there are a lot to choose from) was Monster in the Box, with the team accidentally serving up a cop to the Miniature Killer, and Harry Groener (The Mayor!) being kinda sleazy and yet ultimately innocent. Cannot wait for some Morpheus in my CSI.
Fishburne by fassbinder79	Aug 6th, 2008 11:23:07 AM
The problem with this character is it sounds too much like what they did with Liev. Why can't Fishburne just be a good cop? They have to make him a serial killer too?
"He'll play a new character" by smackfu	Aug 6th, 2008 11:26:40 AM
I agree with this decision, it's probably easier to make him a new character than explain why Gil Grisson is suddenly a big black man.
C'mon Fish, play it as Ike Turner by samurai sark	Aug 6th, 2008 11:36:01 AM
"In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang. "
enderandrew by bigbadbua	Aug 6th, 2008 11:36:19 AM
I've thought the same thing about the finale and/or the final season. Grissom should be a killer and the team should have to catch him and see if they can outwit the master. And on another note, this sounds like black Dexter.
New Character by The Funketeer	Aug 6th, 2008 11:48:02 AM
Damn, you all beat me to the punch. Grissom as a killer is a stupid idea. You should punch yourself in the face for even thinking it.
Blexter? by Luscious.868	Aug 6th, 2008 11:57:08 AM
This is nothing more than tame, and thus lame, procederal version of Dexter. If you want to see what CIS would look like if Gill was a serial killer check out Dexter. Not the lame editied version they showed on CBS but go and rent the actual Showtime version on DVD and watch 3 episodes. You'll get hooked and do a marathon then rent Season 2 and repeat just like i did.
Pee Wee's CSI by LedgeRat	Aug 6th, 2008 12:04:43 PM
I think Fishburne should just wher his Cowboy Curtis outfit and hire Jambi and Chairy to work in the lab...Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho
RE: Same genetic profile as a serial kiler? by photoboy	Aug 6th, 2008 12:08:28 PM
I think they mean he has XYY chromosome syndrome (http://tinyurl.com/2pfx7c), except of course it's a myth that XYY is proof of deviant or dangerous behaviour. Still, it could be an interesting approach...
Schieber rocked by ciroslive	Aug 6th, 2008 12:14:05 PM
Bring him back. I don't care he died
CSI is television for morons by Pongo	Aug 6th, 2008 12:15:51 PM
There, I said it. You all know it's true. Why this show is so popular is absolutely beyond comprehension.
He doesnt have that hollyweird hair for the part... by wowsah156	Aug 6th, 2008 12:18:45 PM
CSI is all about big freakish hair . Fishburne would need to go an afro.
TV is where is the money is by snowpuff	Aug 6th, 2008 12:26:35 PM

See, doing TV used to be slumming it by terry1978	Aug 6th, 2008 12:30:12 PM
Nowadays even the most prominent A-list, stick up their ass indie film types are doing shtick on primetime.
xsi kal, you are correct, that is the Brass episode by Big Jim	Aug 6th, 2008 12:39:24 PM
I meant. I did enjoy the one where he shot the cop. But that one involved most everyone else on the show. The daughter one had him and Warwick, and I think that's it for the regulars. I get that they want a break now and again, but all at the same time? What keeps bringing me back to CSI is the fun, tongue-in-cheek episodes. Like the one they did last season with Hodges' boardgame where the scenarios had his colleagues being killed by a murderer in the lab. Also really enjoyed the wedding one with different perspectives. The show doesn't take itself all that seriously which is why I hated the Warwick dead stripper episode. It was way too heavy-handed and felt like it belonged more as a CSI Miami episode. Now there's a show that takes itself much too seriously, which is why I stopped watching somewhere in season 3.
Profile of a serial killer by deadnotsleeping	Aug 6th, 2008 12:40:18 PM
makes more sense if you leave off the genetics part. Maybe someone goofed.
no to kurt russell by Mr_X	Aug 6th, 2008 12:42:24 PM
every grusome murder scene he'd be laughing
@ Smackfu by Belvis	Aug 6th, 2008 12:46:51 PM
"I agree with this decision, it's probably easier to make him a new character than explain why Gil Grisson is suddenly a big black man." is without a doubt one of the funniest things I have ever read in a talk back. I literally laughed out loud.
OOHers by Purgatori	Aug 6th, 2008 12:50:12 PM
This sounds good. And will fill the sorely needed token spot of course. If he does start slaughtering people they'll have to call him the Cowboy Curtis Killer.
I like that idea of making Grissom a killer by spectrebeeyatch	Aug 6th, 2008 01:04:30 PM
That would be an awsome twist and could actually make the show interesting again.
BAH! by VictorVonDoom	Aug 6th, 2008 01:08:55 PM
DOOM knows the only way to court Fishburne is to do so heavily!
Hire Robert Patrick and call him Dr Doggett by A-COD	Aug 6th, 2008 01:20:52 PM
Or get the guys that replaced Bo and Luke on the Dukes of Hazzard. Or let a great show die with some dignity.
So why is Peterson leaving? by Bass Ackwards	Aug 6th, 2008 01:23:44 PM
I haven't seen the show in a few years, though I do actually enjoy it whenever I check it out. Its nice to have a good, quality procedural on whenever I'm in the mood for some filler. But Peterson really is the guy who makes this show worth watching (never even bothered with the spinoffs), what's the deal?
The only way to end the show by Dmann	Aug 6th, 2008 01:25:14 PM
Is to make Grissom finally have to admit that he was once the star investigator in the Behavioral Sciences Unit at Quantico, after being carved up by a particularly dangerous serial killer, he left the unit, spending his time fishing on a boat with his lovely wife and son. Later, he was drawn back in when a new killer was stalking families, only to have his own family taken hostage by the madman. He saved them, but the strain on the marriage was too much, his wife left him with his son, and when the killer who carved him eventually escaped, he went into witness protection, changing his name from Will Graham to Gil Grissom, the first names even sound similar enough that he could react to them with the hearing loss he incurred in his climactic fight with Francis Dolarhyde, the Red Dragon killer. The only way to end the show is to have Brian Cox show up as Hannibal fuckin Lecter and gut him once and for all.
Is the African American man of authority by skimn	Aug 6th, 2008 01:52:31 PM
becoming a cliche? Like the police captain of old. This sounds like Dennis Haysbert's role in The Unit.
Merrick.... by BYOBkenobi	Aug 6th, 2008 02:31:10 PM
Again....you have to interject your fucking commentary on subjects you know nothing about. Why do you always get to report on the shit you don't know anything about? Or is it that you simply don't know shit about shit? Either way, you are firmly cementing yourself as the "contributor" at AICN who is quite simply, the most undewhelming key poker.
Wait a minute Wait a minute... by johnnyangel	Aug 6th, 2008 03:20:39 PM
The could say that Liev Schreiber's Keppler character had a twin brother who had amnesia and forgot that he had a twin brother who got killed off but now he remembered after being hit in the head again so ... or has this already been done?
Or cast . . . uh . . . Seth Rogen . . . and make it a comedy. by kabong	Aug 6th, 2008 03:31:06 PM
TV and movie industry morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brains half-eaten by the HI Vi, that's your problem.
You know there's no God... by sapno_krei	Aug 6th, 2008 03:35:44 PM
...when Petersen leaves, but Caruso stays.
John Malkovich by Roffstafarian	Aug 6th, 2008 03:38:45 PM
Wasn't there a rumor that Malkatraz was also meant to be on the show? Coulda sworn I heard that somewhere......
uhm Dexter? by Damien Chowder	Aug 6th, 2008 03:39:14 PM

I really hope AICN will cover DEXTER season 3 by David Cloverfield	Aug 6th, 2008 03:50:22 PM
It's easily the best show on television. And I'm not talking geeky stuff (god knows I love Venture Bros and Supernatural, but Dexter is something people - normal people will talk for years) But as in scripted television. You just can't beat Dexter. It's not even fair to other shows. That said, I would watch a CSI crossover.
Really like the show... by mrfan	Aug 6th, 2008 04:21:07 PM
but maybe they should consider winding it down.
AICN will not cover Dexter season 3 by smackfu	Aug 6th, 2008 04:39:40 PM
Because for some inexplicable reason they put a guy who avoids critically acclaimed series in favor of reality shows in charge of coaxial coverage.
Russell YES...Fishburne...uhh NO THANKS by Quartermass-87	Aug 6th, 2008 04:44:14 PM
Yeah I read about Kurt Russell maybe getting the CSI gig somewhere, but alas its not to be. Too bad that woulda been so cool...fuckin Snake CSI yeah...lol. Anyway CSI is almost done...and it has been really bad the last few years too...dull and cases that are silly and the whole miniature model killer...umm yeah ok...seen it before in countless horror flicks. Oh well if I want top notch crime tv I will stick with my old Homicide:Life on the Streets dvds....now that was good shit.
Love Fishburn by frongbak	Aug 6th, 2008 05:26:42 PM
He should stay away for CSI while it's circling the drain. You're better than this Cowboy Curtis!!!!!
"You're better than this Cowboy Curtis!!!!!" by Mullah Omar	Aug 6th, 2008 06:20:12 PM
This type of shit is why I read Talkbacks.
Wasn't this Petersen's character in MANHUNTER? by palimpsest	Aug 6th, 2008 06:52:17 PM
I'm just saying, is all...
To Live and Die in L.A. by dr sauch	Aug 6th, 2008 07:15:49 PM
Petersen is a fucking maniac in that movie.
Good pension for Fishburn. by lostbat	Aug 6th, 2008 07:24:16 PM
He didnt do anything decent in this Millenium. What was that last cool thing he did 10 years ago? eeeeeeeehhhh Matrix? Take the Job Fish!! I will watch! Love CSI Vegas. CSI New York is ok. CSI Miami sucks, but really!!!
So if he did act on his murderous impulses by deanbarry	Aug 6th, 2008 07:35:19 PM
Would he offer his victems the red pill or the blue pill??
Replace David Caruso with Jimmy Smits...Oh wait, by Green Arrow	Aug 6th, 2008 07:41:17 PM

He knows Kung-Fu. by Banditmania	Aug 6th, 2008 08:23:50 PM

Larry should play it as Easy Reader. by Uncle Stan	Aug 6th, 2008 09:28:19 PM

CSI CLEVELAND will rock! by Uncle Stan	Aug 6th, 2008 09:30:09 PM

Investigate Grissom's Death by cutter999999999	Aug 6th, 2008 09:38:19 PM
What would rock is if his last episode was one in which Grissom's fellow CSIs investigate his death. That would make some strong scenes in which Peterson is the vic. Can't wait for the scene in which they peel Grissom's skin off of his skull!!!!
its a sad day by the milf lover	Aug 6th, 2008 10:48:04 PM
when a guy like Lawrence Fishburne has to do a slowly dying show like CSI.. not that I care, so long as he's not replacing Mariska Hargitay on Law&Order:SVU.
cant change the fact that by Seth Cohen	Aug 7th, 2008 10:30:24 AM
CSI Blows Goats... i liked it for about 10 seconds until i realized that Batman himself doesnt even have access to all the crime solving tech they do in the show... fucking lame
Grissom will go out investigation Warrick's death by nicegoogly	Aug 7th, 2008 11:42:04 AM
I think they set this up as his swan song. One major character dies and he catches him. Realizes he is done with all this shit and goes to fuck Sarah on a regular basis. Fishburne provides the color balance that was disturbed by Gary Dourdan's exit. There are rumors that Dourdan's character could be alive, but I thought they were pretty clear about him getting shot the fuck up.
Finally, So tired of the Super Smart white man shows by ragermac	Aug 7th, 2008 02:03:07 PM
It is good to have at least one additional show where there is a super smart guy who knows it all. All SCIs have a super smart white guy who always has the answers. Aside from the Unit there is no show where there is a super smart black man running things. I say go for it.
Basset? by cooper2000	Aug 7th, 2008 02:54:25 PM
Why not get her to be on it too or maybe Fishburns wife...Gina Torres.
DIE, CSI, DIE! by Le Vicious Fishus	Aug 7th, 2008 04:25:56 PM
In all of your obscene incarnations...
RIP, Gil Grissom 2000-2008 by Chest_Rockwell78	Aug 7th, 2008 04:27:53 PM
I love CSI. One of the best shows on tv. Consistently good-to-great. Losing Peterson will be a big blow and may signal the downfall of one of my favorite shows, as most of the non-Grissom shows have been so-so at best. However, I loved the "Lab Rats" episode with Wallace Langham's character Hodges (he's been a highlight of the show the last several seasons). Even though I knew it was coming sooner than later, I dreaded the day that Peterson would leave the show. They could've done much worse than Fishburne and I think he'll actually be good. Just won't be the same without William Peterson.
hmmm by Kabukiman	Aug 9th, 2008 06:07:03 PM
The only thing I liked about "21" was that Fishburne was actually acting like someone other than Morpheus for the first time since the first Matrix. Having said that, are they trying to turn the show into Dexter?

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