I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]


brenda m - Apr 17, 2009 8:29:14 am PDT #2868 of 11831
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

No, it's not. This should be Natter fodder.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 11:58:14 am PDT #2869 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Well, we could propose a TV Horror thread.

RUNS WAY AWAY


Java cat - Apr 17, 2009 4:32:08 pm PDT #2870 of 11831
Not javachik

You couldn't pay me to watch Harper's Island (I scare easily) but I'd think it is a procedural, since the point is to figure out, eventually, who dun it. At least that's what it looks like from the ads on teevee.

to give an idea as to which 3-5 shows are likely to be dominant in that thread at that time

so, Bones, House...

Bones, House, All the CSIs, Criminal Intent (is that a L&O?), all the L&Os, Medium, Life, um....


Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 4:46:06 pm PDT #2871 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Just saw the most recent Bones and YAY Stephen Fry. And so much else - Sweets in death metal dress for instance. My one beef - if Gordon was in a glam band, would there have even been spandex? I thought that was an 80s invention, and no matter what music you were making, there really was no "Glam" in the 80s.


§ ita § - Apr 17, 2009 4:48:28 pm PDT #2872 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There's no one on Harper's Island trying to figure it out, really--I don't think it fits the traditional procedural format.

there really was no "Glam" in the 80s.

Gary Glitter wasn't Glam?


Kristen - Apr 17, 2009 4:55:20 pm PDT #2873 of 11831

Dude. Ziggy Stardust.

ETA: Also,

no matter what music you were making, there really was no "Glam" in the 80s.

If we're focusing solely on the 80s, let us look at Freddie Mercury...


Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 4:58:15 pm PDT #2874 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Dude. Ziggy Stardust.

Right. But was that spandex? I thought it was lycra back in the day.

ETA I went to Wikipedia, and Lycra IS spandex. Invented in 1959. So, yeah, that was the stuff back in the day. Learn something new every day.


Kristen - Apr 17, 2009 5:00:28 pm PDT #2875 of 11831

Lycra is simply a brand name of spandex.


Morgana - Apr 17, 2009 5:21:27 pm PDT #2876 of 11831
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

Bones, House, All the CSIs, Criminal Intent (is that a L&O?), all the L&Os, Medium, Life, um....

Isn't Life said to be just about cancelled?


Juliebird - Apr 17, 2009 5:23:25 pm PDT #2877 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Isn't Life said to be just about cancelled?

Hush, you.