TV Drama's I think right now are in their heyday. There is a lot of really good stuff on the tube right now. A lot of it has to do with the cable channels but I can not think of a time when there has been so many solid choices on TV.
Most times lately I would prefer watching an episode of a good solid TV show like 24 or The Shield or a great one like Deadwood or The Wire than 75 percent of the crap coming out at the movies.
Just MY opinion of course.
Oh by the way. I happen to like CSI and this year has especially been good.
I agree that the crappy tv dramas are no worse than the crappy movies... it's just that the tv drama department along with the "competitive reality" shows widely do not do it for me... more so than any specific genre of movies coming out right now i can think of.
When I read your first sentence, I thought, "Really? Better than the mid-90s?" Then, on reading more, I realized that you have cable, and I don't. Big difference.
I don't hate CSI; I just find it rather mediocre. To be honest, though, I don't think I have caught it this season, only earlier, so perhaps I should try again.
I think almost all TV drama is laughably bad. CSI is no exception. And since most of the weaknesses (imo) of shows like this are in the writing, I don't think even Tarantino directing would give the show a good episode.
The article mentions that QT also contributed the original story for the episode. I've no idea if he will actually write the script or not.
I think there are some excellent television dramas on the air right now, depending on your definition of drama. Certainly Lost, 24, Alias, NYPD Blue (revitalized this final season), and, especially, Gilmore Girls are worth a watch now and then...
I've seen pieces of all those. I suspect there's something deep within all TV dramas that rubs me the wrong way, with the notable and singular exception of Six Feet Under.
i completely agree with you... i get rubbed the same way by all television dramas, specially anything to do with cops or law as i have proffessed before... and I agree the writing is definitly the main reason, the other being that they are all exactly the same and just remakes and repeats of each other...
... and although a tarantino written and directed episode of any show has it's appeal, considering that tarantino is a huge fan of such garbage as CSI, I have to assume it will just be more of the same and all my interest in watching it has disappeared.
there is a difference between loving junk and not having it hurt your work, it's when you start working with the junk to create the junk that there's a problem.
i'd love to hear what junk QT has been working with his entire career... cause i haven't seen it... csi is junk, and i don't care who the director/writer is, if he loved csi in the first place he could make csi into nothing but junk... if that director/writer hated csi, he may change things up a bit and actually make a watchable episode, but given that QT loves csi, i'm pretty certain it will still be junk, hence why i will not plan on watching it. And your right, we don't know that he is going to create junk, but given the above evidence, I myself am certain enough not to be excited about it.
Really? You don't even like 24? Well, I guess you'd have to watch a whole season to get the full effect, which you're probably (understandably) reluctant to do.
TV Drama's I think right now are in their heyday. There is a lot of really good stuff on the tube right now. A lot of it has to do with the cable channels but I can not think of a time when there has been so many solid choices on TV.
Most times lately I would prefer watching an episode of a good solid TV show like 24 or The Shield or a great one like Deadwood or The Wire than 75 percent of the crap coming out at the movies.
Just MY opinion of course.
Oh by the way. I happen to like CSI and this year has especially been good.
I agree that the crappy tv dramas are no worse than the crappy movies... it's just that the tv drama department along with the "competitive reality" shows widely do not do it for me... more so than any specific genre of movies coming out right now i can think of.
When I read your first sentence, I thought, "Really? Better than the mid-90s?" Then, on reading more, I realized that you have cable, and I don't. Big difference.
I don't hate CSI; I just find it rather mediocre. To be honest, though, I don't think I have caught it this season, only earlier, so perhaps I should try again.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I think almost all TV drama is laughably bad. CSI is no exception. And since most of the weaknesses (imo) of shows like this are in the writing, I don't think even Tarantino directing would give the show a good episode.
The article mentions that QT also contributed the original story for the episode. I've no idea if he will actually write the script or not.
I think there are some excellent television dramas on the air right now, depending on your definition of drama. Certainly Lost, 24, Alias, NYPD Blue (revitalized this final season), and, especially, Gilmore Girls are worth a watch now and then...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I've seen pieces of all those. I suspect there's something deep within all TV dramas that rubs me the wrong way, with the notable and singular exception of Six Feet Under.
i completely agree with you... i get rubbed the same way by all television dramas, specially anything to do with cops or law as i have proffessed before... and I agree the writing is definitly the main reason, the other being that they are all exactly the same and just remakes and repeats of each other...
... and although a tarantino written and directed episode of any show has it's appeal, considering that tarantino is a huge fan of such garbage as CSI, I have to assume it will just be more of the same and all my interest in watching it has disappeared.
Gee, at least 60% of everything QT loves is junk. IMHO, it hasn't hurt his work yet. He seems to see gold in the garbage and improve upon it.
As for everything on television being a rehash, we shall have to disagree...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
there is a difference between loving junk and not having it hurt your work, it's when you start working with the junk to create the junk that there's a problem.
Interesting, but hasn't QT "worked with junk" his entire career?
As to creating junk, do we know he is going to do that here?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
i'd love to hear what junk QT has been working with his entire career... cause i haven't seen it... csi is junk, and i don't care who the director/writer is, if he loved csi in the first place he could make csi into nothing but junk... if that director/writer hated csi, he may change things up a bit and actually make a watchable episode, but given that QT loves csi, i'm pretty certain it will still be junk, hence why i will not plan on watching it. And your right, we don't know that he is going to create junk, but given the above evidence, I myself am certain enough not to be excited about it.
You sound excited.
Really? You don't even like 24? Well, I guess you'd have to watch a whole season to get the full effect, which you're probably (understandably) reluctant to do.
...a show I notoriously dislike. To each his or her own!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs