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[Romstar]

Its funny you mention CSI. I absolutely love the show, and a great deal of it is "technically" accurate, but.......

The problem with it is that the world moves much more slowly in real life. People don't uderstand that DNA tests can take a long time, or that there is a back log in the lab, or any number of things that can delay getting results.

Sometimes there isn't anything new that those tests show you and you are still looking the old fashioned way.

CSI is great, but it can make your job a lot harder because people get an inaccurate view of how it really works.

I agree with the keeping up appearances though, its common enough in the banking industry, and in many others for that matter.

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[ldnlksmth]

I'm also a bit of a CSI nut. I have some good friends in the forensics field, and I get what my wife calls 'they're doing it wrong' syndrome. Like the time in New York when they analyzed the Kwikset deadbolt with the Schlage key, and the fact that 'exsanguination' is not the official term (hypovolemic shock is the cause) and that paramedics can't actually pronounce death, and that shutter buttons on camera phones break, but that doesn't mean they take a series of pictures...


I"m a little out of breath now. A lot o their stuff is cool, but there's so much BS. I keep getting 'gentle' reminders that it's just a TV show.

[Romstar]

Yeah, story telling is the primary drive and concessions must be made. I am often reminded of the differences in the ways we do things as compared to our American counterparts.

What I find funny is that for years the FBI has been shipping MAC computers to the RCMP for forensic purposes. I don't know if anything has changed there, but they just didn't have anyone that knew MAC well enough to do a digital forensic analysis. That was funny to me.

You want a great show that frequently throws "reality" out the window and gets away with it? Check out "House".

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[ldnlksmth]

I can't watch House, or any 'medical' drama for that matter. I'm a volunteer medic, and I know too much about how things ACTUALLY work, I spend far too much time yelling at the TV about how things "should" be done.

My exception to that is Grey's Anatomy, because they don't bother actually doing anything 'medical' on the show, just show the human interaction around it. They're completely unprofessional for Doctors, but it's funny so I relax my larynx on that one.

[Romstar]

I'm addicted to Grey's Anatomy actually. Its sad but true. I have seen every episode, I even have the Season 1&2 sound track. The Christmas tree this year is going to have some Grey's DVDs under it. Oh lord I am weak! Weak I tell you!

And I love the show! Its basically a very well done weekly soap opera and I can't get enough of it.

Actually, I am not sure who is worse, the wife or me. We're both pretty nuts about the show.

Medically speaking, they are actually pretty good. Like any show, they do take some liberties, but all in all, it does a good job of being convincing without putting too much into it.

I don't generally yell at House, but I do love the way the show plays with things so liberally. You would think that hospital had no staff, the doctors are always doing their own tests and everything.

It actually suffers from its original plot outline. It was supposed to be a CSI type show where the culprit every week was a new germ or disease or something. They monkeyed with it a bit, and got House.

Story wise, its great, but leave the medical books in the other room, or you will go batty.

Romstar