Or, what happened to the orange one?
It’s first and foremost a set of neatly assembled visual clichés… From the dramatic opening sweeps across the wetlands of Florida to the garish primary colours of yellow and green that soak through your tv set… you can be in no doubt that you’re watching CSI Miami.
The only other show to use yellow as such a brutally effective signature is of course the Simpsons. Sadly, the Simpson’s characters even in a bad series have more depth and realism than the weird fake world of CSI in Miami
Horatio Cane, the human sunglasses rest that David Caruso has become is a mumbling collection of nonsensical aphorisms that have no relation to the plot or the crime they investigate. And really, how many times does a man need to take off / put on sunglasses? It’s prop comedy at its lowest point…
The cliché’s do not remain at a visual level. As time goes on, unfortunately each episode begins to resemble one of those children’s jigsaw puzzle that consist of 6 to 8 pieces. The only twist is that there will be a twist. The only handicap is that we don’t get to see the picture on the box until the end.
It used to engage as a show, in face the other CSI’s seem to get the real writers, they have a bit of grit of mystery, of investigating, as it were, if that’s not old fashioned.
But for CSI Miami – nowadays it’s like every episode is written and directed by McG. Harsh, I know, but true.
The technology swishes past, everything is either garish orange or vibrant green and nothing of any emotional or intellectual significance happens. It is purely empty TV calories.
The worst part? It is, or was until recently the second most watched TV show in the world. The most watched? The original CSI.
Eiuch! Bleaugh! CSI Miami. Brrrr.
CSI (Las Vegas) is the original and the best even that has now lost something since the departure of Gil Grissam.
Lawerence Fishbourne added a little glam flair at the beginning of the season but now it feels like he just turns up for each episode, puts in his agreed hour of face time and scarpers.
I’ve never been able to stomach Caruso’s show and I had heard a rumour that William Petterson (Gil) had threatened a number of times to leave the show if the procuders didn’t end the franchises of NY and Miami - I guess he meant it.
I hate CSI Miami it’s so bad…I think it is starting to join the SO-bad-it’s-kinda-good category and people are watching it just for the very cheesy one liners and clichés. I’m not one of them though.
Really enjoyed this post, especially “Horatio Cane, the human sunglasses rest that David Caruso has become” which made me snort a bit, lol
I thought CSI Miami was the most watched programme for a long time.
I still love it for all it’s cheesiness. I love that bright yellow lighting. Living in this celtic climate I always find joy in sunny light on televsion, the sort that I never see in real life.
I love Horatio’s cheesiness. I think they master it well, and in particular something that is unthinkable on television nowadays, Horatio is never shown to physical touch anyone, so that recently when he kissed his son’s mother on the head, you felt it as something very special.
It’s a show made for short viewing but it can still hold onto viewers for longer. I’ve watched at least 50-90% of each season. That’s longer than I lasted with Lost, Heroes and even West Wing. It’s the consitency that does it. It doesn’t promise greatness and fail to deliver after Season 2. It just keeps giving what it says on the tin.