Oh, ita, that reminds me -- about the Guardian. I don't really remember, but your whitefont in Natter sounds right to me.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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]
Jesse - Jul 29, 2009 4:52:50 am PDT #3410 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2009 8:09:25 am PDT #3411 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse, what a bleak show! Our heroes beat people up, get killed, have people killed in front of them, do drugs, have Down's Syndrome babies, get fired, gaybashed, fire each other...
Man. And only three years.
Jesse - Jul 29, 2009 9:23:56 am PDT #3412 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good times.
erin_obscure - Aug 01, 2009 2:05:42 pm PDT #3413 of 11831
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I watched the pilot of _southland_ last night, followed by _flashpoint_. Can't help wondering if there's been an increase in cop-related shows lately or if i just didn't notice them until i became one of those dispatch voices in the background?
Ok, loved Southland. Will now have to find the rest of the season online to watch it. Have been enjoying flashpoint for a few weeks....but seriously, a SWAT team heading out on a burg call before patrol officers? No f'ing way. It wasn't even a hostage situation. No SWAT team would be anywhere near that call until there was an actual confirmed hostage situation or an ofcr put out an amber alert in the kidnapped infant. Sheesh.
dcp - Aug 01, 2009 2:16:59 pm PDT #3414 of 11831
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
erin, did you catch any of The Unusuals? The dispatch voice in the background had some of the funniest lines in the show.
erin_obscure - Aug 01, 2009 3:22:26 pm PDT #3415 of 11831
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I LOVED that show. We would sit at work an bemoan how we aren't allowed to put any "personality" into our dispatches.
shrift - Aug 01, 2009 3:32:55 pm PDT #3416 of 11831
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
but seriously, a SWAT team heading out on a burg call before patrol officers? No f'ing way.
Well, it does take place in the magical land of Canadia and was modeled after Toronto's Emergency Task Force. Not that I'm disagreeing with you on the no f'ing way.
erin_obscure - Aug 01, 2009 3:40:14 pm PDT #3417 of 11831
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
good point, i never noticed what country it was supposed to be in. I guess in that magical land swat teams just cruise around listening to scanners and looking for ways to get into trouble. It's just hysterical because around here you need approval from a sgt in order to call out the big spendy resources (of course, getting approval from a sgt usually entails the primary ofcr on a big hot call saying "make the call" and a monitoring sgt immediately saying "ok", but approval does have to be given.)
brenda m - Aug 01, 2009 3:47:05 pm PDT #3418 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
I guess in that magical land swat teams just cruise around listening to scanners and looking for ways to get into trouble.
Well, without all the guns and crime and stuff they've got a lot more time on their hands.
Burrell - Aug 01, 2009 4:33:36 pm PDT #3419 of 11831
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am surprised to find that Warehouse 13 is growing on me. It's basically fluff and I only watch it because it comes on after Eureka, but am enjoying it nonetheless. Makes me think I'd watch a lot more tv if I had it on during the evening.