[geeks] TV/book rant was: Crichton

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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Nadine Miller <velociraptor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John Francini wrote:
>
>> Couple of things...
>>
>> Whether praising or trashing, can we at least spell his name right --
>> CRICHTON -- I've seen several incorrect spellings over the course of this
>> thread and it's variants.
>>
>> Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion..
>>
>
> Sorry about that, I was too lazy to google...partially because I think he's
> a bit of a hack as far as Sci-Fi goes.  It sucks that he's made so much cash
> when so many better writers have languished in obscurity.
>
>> Unfortunately, while I agree that CSI is definitely Science-Fiction, it
>> has the drawback of being set in the *present* -- this causes the credulous
>> to believe that this is What We're Capable Of Now.  If it were set 50 or 100
>> years in the future, it'd be far easier for this same group to realize that
>> this is future tech, not current tech.
>>
>> But if you go out and talk to any number of ordinary Americans who watch
>> the CSI:* family, you'll find that a large percentage of them think that
>> this is what happens in police work today -- and they'd be very wrong.
>>
>
> What I find interesting is the divergence between the 3 shows.  Miami must
> be on some future space station version of Miami, while Las Vegas is still
> pretty much down-to-earth on the credibility/reality scale. CSI:NY seems to
> fall in between (other than the over-loading of weird plot devices).
>
> Perhaps it's due to people thinking Vegas is more nitty-gritty (mob
> connection past) and Miami having a larger than life romantic picture in
> people's minds.
>
> =Nadine=
>
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Or that the Miami writers are loaded from all the local contraband.
Even Paul McCartney's first solo album (the one with the bowl of cherries?)
sounds good when you are loaded!