Rant number 226
My wife has a penchant for CSI. She really likes it.
The whole grizzly death, husky voice, working out the impossibly complex murder method - it's cool you know. And in liking it, my wife is far from alone.
CSI is popular. Its glitzy, glamourous and people love it!
And when something becomes popular, it makes a lot of money for the people who make it.
And when a lot of money is being made by something, theres only one thing to do: duplicate the success.
Which is where all of the bloody copy cats have come from. The iterations i can think of off the top of my head are:
CSI (Las Vegas)
CSI Miami
CSI New York
NCIS
Law and Order
Law and Order Special Victims Unit
Law and Order Criminal Intent
Is there really any need for all of that? I'm not so sure.
I just don't understand the need for so many shows that are so similar. Why not have one show with all the best story lines and characters, instead of spreading things out so thinly?
The whole thing just removes from the integrity of the main program - allowing it to get a little bit 'soapy' (not in terms of cleansing soap bubbles but in terms of shitty soap operas.)
It's not just about CSI of course, theres loads of programs with clones. Look at how many grizzled detective shows there are! These super high tech crime scene investigation shows are definitely the worst though!
Just for the record, the only one worth watching is the one with Grissom.
Rant over.
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