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CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto
Tycoon Guy was one of many to write "Looks like another 20 million viewers will be fed the 'video games promote violence' story tonight. Today's CSI: Miami episode will feature a group of kids who are inspired to go on a city-wide crime spree by a game that looks suspiciously like Grand Theft Auto. From the description: 'Delko witnesses a bank robbery and the CSIs soon discover that the culprits are playing out the action from the videogame 'Urban Hellraisers' on the streets of Miami. As they score points for each crime committed, the CSIs must discover what consists of getting to the next level in the game in order to stop the culprits before they strike again.'"
Will it include a Jack Thompson kind of lawer?
Every time I read something like this, it makes me want to carjack someone's Infernus, back up over them with it, then go on a huge hooker shooting spree.
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Somebody needs to go start killing people, and say that he was inspired by gruesome scenes in CSI. Right back at them.
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Couldn't the CSIs just check the walkthrough?
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That sounds like a great episode.
In fact, I'm going to create a video game where you are a forensic pathologist, and you have to travel around a city trying to track down a gang of teenagers who are acting out scenes inspired by the latest episode of CSI... you must figure out what the crazy wrapup / plot twist will be in order to stop them. I bet the video game would be a hell of a lot more interesting than their show- and probably about equally gory.
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A popular television series is using a plotline based upon bad information to enhance its ratings during sweeps month? Tell me it isn't true. Next thing you know, they won't be throwing their main characters into bikinis and making them kiss!
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As they score points for each crime committed, the CSIs must discover what consists of getting to the next level in the game in order to stop the culprits before they strike again.
Simple...just put a big sign over a warehouse that says 'Pay-n-Spray', fill the warehouse with cops, and wait. ^_^
Seriously, though, I will be watching this episode tonight, even though I usually avoid CSI: Miami like the plague (I would rather perform an appendectomy on myself with a rusty grapefruit spoon than sit through David Caruso gibbering and capering onscreen for an hour). After all, we have to be familiar withh the propaganda if we're going to fight it effectively, no?
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Will the episode be sponsored by a producer of hot coffee?
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flunked out, so they need to take it out on someone... Last thing i want to do for 6 hrs is a pixel hunt to find some guys pubic hairs. If i want a pixel hunt i'll go back and play myst.
Knowing CSI, I doubt that they're going to devote much airtime into exploring the social and moral issues surrounding the debate.
Knowing CSI, I think that they'll devote more time exploring the intricacies involved in the "reverse algorithmic" required to make that 320x200 security camera zoom in 3000x with perfect clarity.
If nothing else, CSI is good for scaring criminals into thinking that this kind of technology actually exists.
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...they've been watching too much CSI.
Yes, Law & Order did an episode on video game violence last year as well. Who cares? Does anyone really get their political beliefs from TV shows?
I'm guessing you're not an American.
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Of course, silly me, this is one of them "videogames", so it must look like old PSX and sound like an Atari2600.
I wonder if the guys doing carjacking,killing,whoring and stealing in the 80s can sue for plagerism?
Yeah video games invented violence, greed and lawlessness, now can we move on?
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Yeah, I think viewers will start laughing when Jack Thompson shows up in soft focus with a sort of glow and informs the CSI group that violent video games make kids into violent killers. Then he dons his armor and runs out to find the kids and take them down himself. The show ends with Thompson embarking on a quest to take down the video game industry by himself. The show will be banned due to uncontrollable laughter of Monty Python's deadly joke proportions.
The entire episode is spent using forensic evidence to track down the killer criminals, and the episode ends in a carjacking followed by an almighty car chase involving 20 police cars and the criminals.
Unfortunately, just before the police are about the catch the crooks, they drive down an alley and pass through a floating police badge, costing $500, and the police promptly forget about them, causing a massive 20 car police pile up followed by period explosions for 5 minutes in which 500 police and innocent bystanders are killed.
However, the criminals later are found standing aimlessly outside a local hospital after a misguided attempt at a stunt jump landed their car in the river, which was unfortunate as they were unable to swim.
And life goes on in Vice Cit.... Miami.
Personally I will love CSI if they have the kids yelling GIVEUSATANK or NOPOLICEPLEASE when I'M HORATIO AND I'M ALWAYS MAD/David Caruso start coming after them. Hey, it'd even set up a crappy cliche line for him to say.
I don't think the writers will be that awesome though. Tis a shame.
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"Okay but can you hurry up a bit, we have about 60 seconds until some plot event happens that will render the suspect uncatchable."
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They should make a CSI episode about a killer who commits crimes based on stuff that he's seen from watching CSI.
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What is wrong with a grown guy dressing in a custom to hug little children and tell them that he loves them. Micheal Jackson does that all the time, only wearing a different type of custom, and the jury said it was ok.
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we just did it.
kids these days just don't have the same innovation/imagination/motivation
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I disagree, when ever I watch "Barney & Friends", I get urges for murder and heinous crimes, especially to anything pink or resembles a dinosaur.
I find it hilarious that parent post is modded 'Insightful'.
I can just picture some mod sitting and reading over that post, stroking his beard, saying to himself... 'by jove, that guy's right, Barney DOES make me feel that way!' (*clicks Insightful*) 'Hmm, I'd better go see if my diplomatic immunity papers cover that...'
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In the past the CSI team has allowed some people to be guest directors and producers on thier show. Quinton Tarantino being one of them. I woner how much money Jack Thompson paid CBS for more air time on the network. Apparently, I think he just figured out that the demographic he was trying to sell his message to does not watch 60 Minutes. Then again, the only CSI that CSI fans really watch is the original CSI in Las Vegas.
CSI: Miami just doesn't live up to its name. You would watch Miami Vice without scenes of the babes of South Beach in it, so why would we want to watch CSI: Miami without the babes?
If anything, Jerry Brockheimer should just rename the show to what it really is: CSI: West Palm Beach. Every week they would go after kids with a copy of 2 Live Crew in their CD collection. It would make sense being that Thompson is a pisant Miami Florida attorney trying to start a moral panic over video games despite that he lives in the part of this country with the zip code with most sexual predators! (33311 is not to far away from 33146.)
Here's something I can't believe. You guys at the University of Miami Florida, Do you realize who lives across the street on US 1? That's right! Thompson! Why haven't you TP'd this guy's office? At least as a good frat prank. Go over there and give that bigheaded nimrod some real trouble.
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[Camera flies in over Miami, pans past some T&A, settles on a bank, crime happens, screen flashes to post-crime investigation scene]
SUPPORTING CAST: Blah blah blah VIDEO GAMES blah blah.
HORATIO: Well now [puts on sunglasses, stares into distance] it looks like the game just turned deadly!
[roll intro]
~ I can't believe it's not science stuff happens ~
[Horatio locks up criminal]
HORATIO: Well now [puts on sunglasses, stares into distance] I guess it's game over!
[roll credits]
I bow down to your superior logic :-)
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