best police/crime show

verminator_x · 07-09-2005, 09:29 PM

my top 5 is

1.nypd blue
2.miami vice
3.the shield
4.law and order
5.twin peaks

*damnhooligan* · 07-10-2005, 01:34 AM

Old school Briscoe/Greene/McCoy/Carmichael Law and Order. Man, those were the days.

Monk comes in as a close second, because Tony Shalhoub is the pure essence of awesomeness.

*Anarky* · 07-10-2005, 09:26 AM

In no particular order.

CSI: I don't know what makes me watch the shows whenever they're on TV, but I always feel greatly entertained by Gil, Horatio and their teams.
Monk: I started watching that show recently, because I thought that his ... uhm... let's call it "odd behaviour", would bother me. It would, if I was watching more than one episode in a row, but one episode a week is perfect. But sometimes, the cases are too easy to solve (guy in the fat-suit for example)
Jonathan Creek; This series follows a guy who invents tricks for magicians. But in his freetime (of which he seems to have a lot) he solves mysterious crimes. And the way he does it, is just amazing. Oh, and the show is quite funny.
Law and Order: Criminal Intent: The only Law and Order-show which has a good dub. The others are just terrible. Oh yeah, and they called SVU "Law and order: New York". Anyways, so I watch Bobby Goren and Eames solving crimes every week.
NCIS: Take CSI, substract a little of that forensic talk and add more wit, et voilà, you get NCIS. Oh, and there's Abby...

*Brodie* · 07-10-2005, 09:47 AM

21 Jump Street.

*That Matt Guy* · 07-10-2005, 10:37 AM

Cops, damn it!

*Anarchistguy* · 07-10-2005, 11:00 AM

Anyone remember "Police Squad?"

*damnhooligan* · 07-10-2005, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Anarky

In no particular order.[*]CSI: I don't know what makes me watch the shows whenever they're on TV, but I always feel greatly entertained by Gil, Horatio and their teams.

Do you get the dubbed version? Because an un-dubbed Horatio Caine is one of the more painful characters on TV to watch. Un-dubbed, he comes off as a self-important, portentously smarmy git. He broods, he draws his lines out, he saves the day, he singlehandedly apprehends suspects and I'm pretty sure he can fly and bite through steel cables with his bare teeth.

I can't watch that show anymore because of him and my growing detest for his his bloated Mary-Sueism.

*Anarky* · 07-10-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by damnhooligan

Do you get the dubbed version? Because an un-dubbed Horatio Caine is one of the more painful characters on TV to watch. Un-dubbed, he comes off as a self-important, portentously smarmy git. He broods, he draws his lines out, he saves the day, he singlehandedly apprehends suspects and I'm pretty sure he can fly and bite through steel cables with his bare teeth.

I can't watch that show anymore because of him and my growing detest for his his bloated Mary-Sueism.

What on earth is Mary-Sueism? (Here we go again, DH is teaching me English.

)

Anyways, we get the dubbed version, and Horatio isn't that bad in German. They got a rather good dub for him. He still saves the day on his own (of course), but it doesn't seem so omnipotent.

I have seen some episodes in English and he really does have a sort of "I am God"-thing going on.

And the whole series really does focus too much on him. I mean, I don't even know Speed's name, Delko's first name and who all those sidecharacters are.

*damnhooligan* · 07-10-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Anarky

What on earth is Mary-Sueism? (Here we go again, DH is teaching me English.

)

A Mary Sue (named after a character in a Star Trek fanfiction back in the 70s) is a character that's so supremely awesome, that all others pale in comparison to him/her. They save the day. They know the answer to all questions and people hang on their every word. They are usually stunningly beautiful. They are everything the author wishes they could be and more. Its mostly a term that's used in regards to fanfiction, but its being used elsewhere these days.

CSI: NY though. If you've not seen that, be sure to watch it if/when it gets there. Gary Sinise (who plays the head CSI in the show) is a shifty-eyed son of a bitch and I love him for it.

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damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	Old school Briscoe/Greene/McCoy/Carmichael Law and Order. Man, those were the days. Monk comes in as a close second, because Tony Shalhoub is the pure essence of awesomeness. __________________

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Anarky Outlaw Hero Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tannhauser Gate Posts: 4,867	In no particular order. CSI: I don't know what makes me watch the shows whenever they're on TV, but I always feel greatly entertained by Gil, Horatio and their teams. Monk: I started watching that show recently, because I thought that his ... uhm... let's call it "odd behaviour", would bother me. It would, if I was watching more than one episode in a row, but one episode a week is perfect. But sometimes, the cases are too easy to solve (guy in the fat-suit for example) Jonathan Creek; This series follows a guy who invents tricks for magicians. But in his freetime (of which he seems to have a lot) he solves mysterious crimes. And the way he does it, is just amazing. Oh, and the show is quite funny. Law and Order: Criminal Intent: The only Law and Order-show which has a good dub. The others are just terrible. Oh yeah, and they called SVU "Law and order: New York". Anyways, so I watch Bobby Goren and Eames solving crimes every week. NCIS: Take CSI, substract a little of that forensic talk and add more wit, et voilà, you get NCIS. Oh, and there's Abby... __________________ Because it's... I dunno... brutal.

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