I was reading The Guardian today when I came across this:
TV Dinners
Jim Shelley
The Guardian, Friday August 8 2008
How to make ... CSI: Miami
1 Miami. The waters are awash with people zooming around in speedboats or on jetskis. "Just nipping out for a pint of miiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllk."
2 A model has been shot, usually by another model, invariably in slow motion, at a pool party attended - as luck would have it - by other models.
3 Amid the blondes, a solitary coppertop cop stands out: Detective Horatio Caine. For no reason other than it looks cool, he drops to his knees. "Looks like our suspect." (Puts shades on.) "Just became. A victim."
4 Cue Roger Daltrey and windmill air guitar. "Yeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
5 Horatio is hunched, wrinkled and weary - like a human turtle. Horatio habitually addresses everyone by name - even Frank, his partner (not that kind).
"Frank," he growls. "What. Is the time, Frank?"
Another homicide prompts another haiku. "Looks like our victim." (Puts shades on.) "Just became. A suspect."
6 The CSI lab is a cross between a Norman Foster wet dream and Nasa. Holograms of the victims' heads float around the room as laser beams shoot analysis of their bodily fluids on to the ceiling. So, not like The Bill at all.
7 Forensic science is the new high-class escort agency work. Every CSI is a gorgeous, glamorous model with Gucci shades, a permanent pout, artificially inflated chest and tight designer trousers. And that's just Jake and Eric. Unfortunately, the women have had so much plastic surgery they can't move their mouths enough to be trusted with any dialogue.
8 Still, you can never have enough shots of a chick on a gun range. Thus we have a new genre: police porn.
Jim Shelley is the TV critic of the Mirror
Now although I love CSI I was rolling about on the floor laughing my face off. CSI:Miami happens to be my favourite, and Horatio is just soooooo cool.
Got me wondering though who else on here likes CSI? Which one is your favourite CSI, CSI:Miami, or CSI:NewYork? And who is your favourite character and why?