Forensic shows?

[NewYork214]

Anyone know any good shows based mostly around forensics that actually sticks close to the truth. no crazy future gadgets or anything lol.

CSI any good? never seen it because i always watched Law and Order but thinking about checkin it out.

[andyman1970]

CSI is a great show. I prefer the original that takes place in Las Vegas because I like the characters, especially Capt. Jim Brass the head of Homicide. I really wish they would get this out on Blu-ray. Check it out on Thursdays at 9 pm EST 8 CST on CBS or look for it on Spike in the afternoon.

[NewYork214]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

CSI is a great show. I prefer the original that takes place in Las Vegas because I like the characters, especially Capt. Jim Brass the head of Homicide. I really wish they would get this out on Blu-ray. Check it out on Thursdays at 9 pm EST 8 CST on CBS or look for it on Spike in the afternoon.

thanks. ill check it out tomorrow. i didnt know if it makes up a bunch of forensic facts or not and i sorta had this law and order loyalty for some reason lol. same way i am with electronics and sony lol.

[ShelbyGT500]

CSI in Las Vegas is good, CSI NY is pretty good but can get a little out there with there tech. CSI Miami is just ridiculous with it's tech. Out of the three Miami is the most non believable.

I would check out CSI: Las Vegas it is definitely the best out of the three.

[NewYork214]

Originally Posted by ShelbyGT500

CSI in Las Vegas is good, CSI NY is pretty good but can get a little out there with there tech. CSI Miami is just ridiculous with it's tech. Out of the three Miami is the most non believable.

I would check out CSI: Las Vegas it is definitely the best out of the three.

thanks that helps alot i was gonna go with NY because im from there (well long island but the show is probably NYC). but ill check out Vegas instead.

[andyman1970]

I think as far as how the team gathers evidence and the tools they use is pretty accurate for the most part, but they do have to bend the time table as for how long results and thing get back since they only have an hour for the show. Hope you enjoy it. I am hooked.

[PreciseDisarray]

Originally Posted by NewYork214

thanks. ill check it out tomorrow. i didnt know if it makes up a bunch of forensic facts or not and i sorta had this law and order loyalty for some reason lol. same way i am with electronics and sony lol.

haha, I too hadn't checked out forensic shows outside of Law and Order- a long time loyalty.

Same thing for Sony, which I will happily continue with!

[NewYork214]

Originally Posted by PreciseDisarray

haha, I too hadn't checked out forensic shows outside of Law and Order- a long time loyalty.

Same thing for Sony, which I will happily continue with!

yeah its sorta annoying for me. no clue why i do it though. ill probably still watch law and order over CSI but i wont turn off CSI right away anymore lol

[toef]

I'm going to loosely bend the rules here with my suggestions:

Bones -- an alternative to CSI; neither show might be particularly realistic, but you have to make some sacrifices to make for better TV (DNA tests take minutes according to the show, but take days in real life; the forensic scientists might go out to crime scenes on the show, even though in real life they'd just work in a lab, etc).

Forensic Files -- a series on Court TV about real cases, and how forensic scientists helped solve them; very interesting, especially if you care more about the actual forensic science and less about the drama of a TV show

Dexter -- this one may be a bit of a stretch, because the show is about a serial killer who kills bad people, but his day job is that of a forensic scientist (technically a blood splatter analyst), so there you go; the show just finished it's 3rd season -- the first two are available on DVD, the 3rd will probably be released in Aug/Sept, just before season 4 begins

[redandpewter55]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

CSI is a great show. I prefer the original that takes place in Las Vegas because I like the characters, especially Capt. Jim Brass the head of Homicide. I really wish they would get this out on Blu-ray. Check it out on Thursdays at 9 pm EST 8 CST on CBS or look for it on Spike in the afternoon.

As soon as they put CSI out on Blu, I'll be buying it. My favorite show on TV.

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by redandpewter55

As soon as they put CSI out on Blu, I'll be buying it. My favorite show on TV.

Ditto!! +1000

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by NewYork214

Anyone know any good shows based mostly around forensics that actually sticks close to the truth. no crazy future gadgets or anything lol.

CSI any good? never seen it because i always watched Law and Order but thinking about checkin it out.

def. worth checking out. too bad Grissom is leaving, he's the best part of the whole show. pretty sad he's leaving.

but def. check out the original CSI that is based in Las Vegas. the whole cast is great, Grissom is just the man though. William Peterson is a great actor.

[zor]

Originally Posted by NewYork214

Anyone know any good shows based mostly around forensics that actually sticks close to the truth. no crazy future gadgets or anything lol.

CSI any good? never seen it because i always watched Law and Order but thinking about checkin it out.

Veronica Mars

[olds403]

Cold Case Files on A&E is a good fact based(non-drama) show.

[Septimus Prime]

If you like this kind of show, also check out Numb3rs. It has less to do with forensics and more to do with practical mathematics, though. NCIS is also a good show.

[Terjyn]

I don't think Numb3rs sticks close to the truth. Some of the principles are sound, but some seem so far out there.

Having said that, I still like the show.

[Mxr5150]

Originally Posted by NewYork214

Anyone know any good shows based mostly around forensics that actually sticks close to the truth. no crazy future gadgets or anything lol.

CSI any good? never seen it because i always watched Law and Order but thinking about checkin it out.

Honestly, that's why I avoid shows like CSIs. They are great shows, but most of the time the techniques they use to solve crimes don't exist in the real world. And, don't even get me started about the production, especially CSI: Miami, every thing is much too sexy. Almost every investigator looks like a cover model, just like real life right? And seriously, how many crimelabs are dimly lit like theirs? One would think they could use more lighting so they could actually see what they're looking at.

I prefer true crime shows like the shows on A&E being Cold Case Files, American Justice (who doesn't love Bill Curtis' narration?), First 48, and even Forensic Files on Court TV. You might like those as well.

Edit:

I just had an idea. Why don't they make a crime drama where a single case encapsulates an entire season? Each episode, they would learn a little more, or discover what they were finding out was leading them in the wrong direction. It could be something they writers could really take their time with and develop. I think that could be more realistic, and far more interesting. It would be less stress on the writers coming up with new murders every week. They've done quite a few cheesy ones in the recent past.

[kapitalisten]

Originally Posted by Mxr5150

Honestly, that's why I avoid shows like CSIs. They are great shows, but most of the time the techniques they use to solve crimes don't exist in the real world. And, don't even get me started about the production, especially CSI: Miami, every thing is much too sexy. Almost every investigator looks like a cover model, just like real life right? And seriously, how many crimelabs are dimly lit like theirs? One would think they could use more lighting so they could actually see what they're looking at.

I prefer true crime shows like the shows on A&E being Cold Case Files, American Justice (who doesn't love Bill Curtis' narration?), First 48, and even Forensic Files on Court TV. You might like those as well.

Edit:

I just had an idea. Why don't they make a crime drama where a single case encapsulates an entire season? Each episode, they would learn a little more, or discover what they were finding out was leading them in the wrong direction. It could be something they writers could really take their time with and develop. I think that could be more realistic, and far more interesting. It would be less stress on the writers coming up with new murders every week. They've done quite a few cheesy ones in the recent past.

Believe me, do not go down that route unless the script is very good. In denmark where I live, the national broadcaster, DR, did a crimeseries over 20 episodes, with each episode lasting 60 min (no commercial breaks) - it was called "Forbrydelsen" in danish, which translates to "The crime". That was later spoofed in a comedy show which called it "Forsinkelsen" ("The Delay"), which is actually a pretty good description, because it felt long in the tooth at the end. They basically just kept on throwing different forensic evidence into the script, so the suspect changed almost for each episode. It basically gets old in the end. The script has to be really, really good to carry one case over 20 episodes, and that was basically the show to prove why that is a good rule to follow. I am sure there will be people that disagree, but I felt that "Forbrydelsen" should have been edited to down to at maximum 10-15 episodes, with 10 episodes being the most appropriate.

[1Fish2FishRedFishBlu]

If you are after the REAL stuff check out the HBO Series "Autopsy" with Dr. Baden http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/interactive/

His latest episode included footage from OJ, JFK, Sid Vicous and the Russian Romanoff mystery. He shows real stuff and talks about the investigations. Looks like hes done 12 episodes for HBO so far over the years.

He is perhaps the top Forensic Scientist in the country and is often hired for most high level public cases.

[Blu_balls]

CSI Las Vegas is deffinately better than the other two but for me they're all enjoyable. Bones is also good, and I'm sure they all exagerate quite a bit....after all they are trying to keep it interesting and not just some guy/gal sitting in a lab all day testing DNA. Obviously it's not the total story in real life, but remember....this is a Blu ray site. We like watching movies, and last time I checked, movies weren't always true to life either.

I watch tv/movies to laugh and enjoy my time away the daily grind of life/work. If I wanted to see realistic stuff I'd watch CNN all day. (Because isn't everything in the news the truth anyway? )