Does anyone else think CSI is a stupid show?
827756
Not necessarily "stupid", a bit far fetched maybe. Remember it's just entertainment. I will tell you that the equipment and technology is really there but there aren't really any local law enforcement agencies (local) who can afford the funding to operate such a lab or staff it with the required geniuses to utilize the equipment. They just want the average Joe to think that's how it easy it is to get caught. DNA still takes several weeks to sample and confirm, with a n ample amount much less a drop or swab.
1100612
I agree with you.  It's boring.  I realize that there are tons of people who love it but I can't figure out why.  Does it drive you crazy that it is on TV all the time?
972258
NO YOUR NOT,I TRIED TO WATCH ONCE BUT JUST THOUGHT IT WAS POINTLESS AND STUPID.IT'S A WASTE OF TV AIRTIME WHEN WE COULD WATCH SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNNY.AND YOUR RIGHT ABOUT THAT DANCE,IT'S CRAP.
1108899
im right with you... i think its pretty dumb
573801
Someone has been watching MIB too much...\n\nI wouldn't say dumb...probably stupid is the better word. Panicky? Most people seem that way.
1068314
Yea, I am too!! It is really stupid! Then you can barely hear the show you are watching when it FINALLY comes back on!
183288
Everyone above is more or less correct - CSIs are actually the people that collect evidence from the scene itself.  They are generally not the people that do the fun experiments in the lab, as it takes a separate skill set to handle and analyse organic material than it does to collect that material without contamination and provide real-time analysis to law enforcement.\n\nThe most obvious difference between real CSIs and the ones you see on TV are that, first, they very rarely speak to suspects or 'do' a whole case; a blood spatter expert may very well just analyse one blood spatter after another, handing out reports stating that this spatter came from this angle, inflicted by an object with such-and-such mass...  a geneticist may extract and analyse DNA from several cases at once without any information as to what effect their results will have on a given case, etc.  \n\nThe most substantial difference between real life and TV, however, is the time factor.  In many parts of North America, the processing time for many lab results is extremely high.  Every week the CSI team barrels through another case; in reality, a single homicide could tie up a small staff for several years, and the suspects very, very rarely confess - a lab tech could spend two years working on a blunt-object murder, wait another three years for appeals to come to an end, and see a suspect whom they've never met locked up for five years while still proclaiming his innocence.  Not quite as fulfilling as TV would have us think.
857469
i dont watch disney channel but my lil sister does it seems real stupid and the shows are corny
699471
I do like cops however they are all old episodes.....I saw one the other day from like the 80's or something!  Get a new show please.
530254
hehehe...NO...obviously not.  It's one of the top rated shows this year.  I admit, I wasn't a fan at first, but I've warmed up to it.  I can't believe what McDreamy said to Meredith last night!  That made me sooo sad when he was like "this thing with us...we're done"  :(  \n\nBut one thing I cannot STAND about the show is all the whiney, mopey chick music they play on every show!!!!  That music is SOOOOOOOOO annoying...it makes me want to shoot my TV!!!
336559
Just watch the show... they do the same story three days in a row.  Even if you miss a few months like I did, you'll figure it out in a couple of days.  It's really the stupidest show ever, but yet I continue to watch.
511605
I sure hope not.... cheesy moustache or not, he's awsome...\n\ni was already left in tears when they killed off the only character I could handle watching in CSI: Miami!!!  \n\nRIP Speed!
192445
CSI is the only one I watch out of these.
864288
You mention getting ideas from books; I have a feeling that's probably rare. I know I'm stereotyping, but I think the average criminal doesn't spend too much time reading, esp. crime books.  I know occasionally I've seen crime shows where the "dumb" criminal has gotten caught because he researched his crime looking up how to commit the "perfect" crime on the internet, looking up websites on whatever way he planned to commit the murder. Efficient I guess, but then they are so busted!\n\nWatching a movie or TV maybe is more likely, although the CSI type shows tend to have two flaws that would discourage criminals I think. First of all, what would discourage me is that the criminal is always getting caught at the end; basically the premise of these shows are that criminals always leave some evidence that allows the investigators to catch the criminals and convict them which may or may not happen in real life of course....but you'd think would damper the enthusiasm of most watching them. Also, a lot of the shows I've noticed involve some kind of poison or drug; I guess maybe other people out there have more access to them or something, but in my world I just can't imagine going out there to try to purchase that or whatever. Those shows make it sound much more complicated than the average thug with a gun or whatever just doing a regular plain, old unimaginative crime. And then again, the CSI's always seem to catch the criminal who has poisoned or drugged the victim at the end of the show. So it seems a little unlikely to me. Plus, I think for me, those shows are really kind of just escapist fun; I hope most people wouldn't want to commit those kind of crimes! \n\nI'm thinking it's more likely people get ideas maybe from going to prison or from relatives that have gone to prison, that have actually committed crimes, but I could be wrong about that....
31805
its a tv show, but i dont watch it
1107775
No, Youre right it is pretty stupid.
192688
I agree...I've tried watching it and can't get over the stupidity of it.  The smartest character on the show is a toddler????  c'mon  he can't even wipe his own butt but can speak intelligently??????