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Snorting his way across the USA
It's time again. No sound, not always the full episodes, imperfect observations based on partial information. I think the lack of of audible cues accentuates the flaws present in these shows. The USA channel blew it big time. I got up at 4:50 a.m. so I could take my place at the Precor AMT in the gym and 5:00 a.m. One station was tuned to the news (damn the weather girl is so f**** doable) and the other to NCIS Los Angeles. But... there was a problem. It was already in progress. It was halfway over! WTF?? They STARTED AN HOUR SHOW ON THE HALF HOUR! So basically, you get half a NCIS Los Angeles, and half of a CSI Special Victims Unit.
NCIS Los Angeles
Okay. Here's the premise. Some Navy or Marine service member gets knocked off, and the investigative team springs in to action. The team consists of a short, wrinkled little old lady that looks as if she might have retired as one of Santa's elves, a random slew of dysfunctional thirty and forty some men and women, and LL Cool J. LL Cool J. They just have to work an '80's rapper in there and by the way he's their token black man.
They have this stupid looking, futuristic situation room that resembles the helm of the Starship Enterprise (except for the tractor beam) which can tap in to any video feed in the world, including @SixPapaCharlie 's Go Pro (you should check out the stuff he doesn't post to Youtube) and they appear to be the outfit that the NSA runs to when they need to borrow a server or some technical knowledge. Yet, they run around with flip cell phones.
Their missions range from routine murder investigations, to bizarre covert operations in Russia, to field duty in Afghanistan. WTF? What's the detective chick (A lieutenant I believe) doing humping an AK outside of Kandahar under a pile of bed sheets? This latest episode found our bad guy to be a cocaine smuggler that hid the smack in paint on a carrier and the whole crew got some and went bezerk, and by the way the little old lady who does not even come close to the 5' 2" minimum height requirement has... wings, and showed up on the ship in a Hornet, never mind that she could have been George Bush Sr's instructor pilot. Oh, and then there's LL Cool J.
CSI Special Victim's Unit
What makes some victims special and some not? The whole premise of the show, which is set in NYC, is that women and little girls get violated and terminated and they are out to find and prosecute the perv. It isn't like, way out there in a reaching sense like the previous show, but the violent moral turpitude is gratuitous, like they cater to men that like to spank themselves to those scenes, and angry women that enjoy getting more angry. The cast is an old bald guy, weird looking dude named Munch (hey I can read lips), some average looking detective dude, Marissa Hargitay (GOD I'd like to do some role playing with her and Flo from Progressive), and Ice T. Ice T. They have to compete with NCIS LA by putting ANOTHER '80's rapper in there, and by the way he's their token black man.
And um, yeah, it's just your typical assault/murder mystery with your typical dysfunctional team drama and personal tensions all tied together by some loose plot which ultimately makes some social statement at the end. And then there's Ice T.
You know what would be a nice touch? If maybe, do it in outtakes if you have to, but how can you put a famous rapper in a show and not have him throw down some rhymes? I mean, just sayin'. Goin' back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali...
i don't think so.
NCIS Los Angeles
Okay. Here's the premise. Some Navy or Marine service member gets knocked off, and the investigative team springs in to action. The team consists of a short, wrinkled little old lady that looks as if she might have retired as one of Santa's elves, a random slew of dysfunctional thirty and forty some men and women, and LL Cool J. LL Cool J. They just have to work an '80's rapper in there and by the way he's their token black man.
They have this stupid looking, futuristic situation room that resembles the helm of the Starship Enterprise (except for the tractor beam) which can tap in to any video feed in the world, including @SixPapaCharlie 's Go Pro (you should check out the stuff he doesn't post to Youtube) and they appear to be the outfit that the NSA runs to when they need to borrow a server or some technical knowledge. Yet, they run around with flip cell phones.
Their missions range from routine murder investigations, to bizarre covert operations in Russia, to field duty in Afghanistan. WTF? What's the detective chick (A lieutenant I believe) doing humping an AK outside of Kandahar under a pile of bed sheets? This latest episode found our bad guy to be a cocaine smuggler that hid the smack in paint on a carrier and the whole crew got some and went bezerk, and by the way the little old lady who does not even come close to the 5' 2" minimum height requirement has... wings, and showed up on the ship in a Hornet, never mind that she could have been George Bush Sr's instructor pilot. Oh, and then there's LL Cool J.
CSI Special Victim's Unit
What makes some victims special and some not? The whole premise of the show, which is set in NYC, is that women and little girls get violated and terminated and they are out to find and prosecute the perv. It isn't like, way out there in a reaching sense like the previous show, but the violent moral turpitude is gratuitous, like they cater to men that like to spank themselves to those scenes, and angry women that enjoy getting more angry. The cast is an old bald guy, weird looking dude named Munch (hey I can read lips), some average looking detective dude, Marissa Hargitay (GOD I'd like to do some role playing with her and Flo from Progressive), and Ice T. Ice T. They have to compete with NCIS LA by putting ANOTHER '80's rapper in there, and by the way he's their token black man.
And um, yeah, it's just your typical assault/murder mystery with your typical dysfunctional team drama and personal tensions all tied together by some loose plot which ultimately makes some social statement at the end. And then there's Ice T.
You know what would be a nice touch? If maybe, do it in outtakes if you have to, but how can you put a famous rapper in a show and not have him throw down some rhymes? I mean, just sayin'. Goin' back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali...
i don't think so.
