[geeks] TV/book rant was:Chrighton

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From: Michael-John Turner <mj at mjturner.net>
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> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 07:44:52AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > Which is why I and my kids like CSI. Good science fiction, fast moving,
> > intersting shots, not too heavy on the plot or charcter development.
> 
> I do enjoy CSI:Las Vegas and CSI:NY, but Miami is often abysmal. I stopped
> watching a few months ago when an episode featured a plotline involving a
> woman being murdered while working as a high class prostitute for a heroin
> dealer whose family were being held captive by terrorists. The drug dealer
> was funding the terrorists' activities, lest they harm his family.
> 
> It ended bizarrely with David Caruso's character using a rocket launcher to
> blow up a terrorist-driven truck filled with explosives (or gasoline, I
> forget) as it sped towards a power station. The entire plotline (along
> with a sub-plot involving a police informant) occurred in one 45 minute
> episode!
> 
> Contrived, to say the least (and you can imagine the multitude of plot
> holes).

 Certainly was, he used a sniper rifle.  Are you sure you were watching the same show? :)
Actually it is a great show for searching for mistakes.  I love where they get holographic monitors and other stuff that doesn't exist yet.

Bob