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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That's gotta be Dragnet. Yeah, it is Dragnet, from the episode The Big High. They weren't too subtle, were they.
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No man Shakespeare is totally mediocre, just writing crap for the masses, I mean have you even seen Titus Andronicus?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. Oh man, Adam-12 brings back some memories along with CHiPS and Emergency! Would CHiPs fit your challenge? It's been far too long to remember if there was any cynicism in it, but I recall it being a pretty tame show full of do-gooders. In elementary school I proudly carried around big metal lunchboxes with scenes from each of those shows on them. I think the Emergency! lunchbox had a scene of the guys using the jaws of life or something to pry a kid's head out of a wrought iron fence! Here's something I've always wondered but have been too lazy to investigate - throughout TV history, has there been more police, medical, or law room dramas and by what margin? Anyone have an idea?
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Sep 18, 2015 19:18
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. Would Walker Texas Ranger or In the Heat of the Night qualify?
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Sep 18, 2015 19:20
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pahuyuth posted:Oh man, Adam-12 brings back some memories along with CHiPS and Emergency! Would CHiPs fit your challenge? It's been far too long to remember if there was any cynicism in it, but I recall it being a pretty tame show full of do-gooders. In elementary school I proudly carried around big metal lunchboxes with scenes from each of those shows on them. I think the Emergency! lunchbox had a scene of the guys using the jaws of life or something to pry a kid's head out of a wrought iron fence! CHiPs seems really post MASH with the kind of flippant professionals characterization. But yeah, probably. I guess I'm so used to the Law and Order style of smartass cops who think it's OK to ignore due process because they're in the right. To answer your second question, if private detectives count as law enforcement there's no question it's cops. Parachute posted:Would Walker Texas Ranger or In the Heat of the Night qualify? In The Heat Of The Night is a pull. I guess the righteousness of the whole affair was kind of the point right?
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nate fisher posted:The original Dragnet series. Just the facts! Yea but Dragnet glorified cops acting like assholes.
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Sep 18, 2015 20:02
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pahuyuth posted:Here's something I've always wondered but have been too lazy to investigate - throughout TV history, has there been more police, medical, or law room dramas and by what margin? Anyone have an idea? Excluding daytime programming, I'd guess "police" by a fair margin.
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[quote="pahuyuth" post="450387535"] Oh man, Adam-12 brings back some memories along with CHiPS and Emergency! Would CHiPs fit your challenge? It's been far too long to remember if there was any cynicism in it, but I recall it being a pretty tame show full of do-gooders. In elementary school I proudly carried around big metal lunchboxes with scenes from each of those shows on them. I think the Emergency! lunchbox had a scene of the guys using the jaws of life or something to pry a kid's head out of a wrought iron fence! "10ccs ringer's lactate!" Severed arm...10ccs Ringer's Lactate. Facial burns...10ccs Ringers Lactate. Dog bite, 10ccs Ringers Lactate. Big splinter, 10 ccs Ringer Lactate. "Be bah bur baa bahn bee!", SIX obnoxious noises! This is gonna be a good episode.""
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Sep 18, 2015 20:21
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david_a posted:You can't mention The Twilight Zone without The Outer Limits. For the longest time I thought it was the same show! From what little I've seen of Outer Limits it seems to be a bit more explicitly sci-fi than Zone, which occasionally is more pure fantasy. It's on Hulu I think. Other good ones were Science Fiction Theater (1950s created by Ivan Tors of Flipper fame) and Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected which is loving incredible. Sadly neither are on streaming that I could find.
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Sep 18, 2015 20:32
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Tales of the Unexpected is on Youtube here and there, and it's loving great.
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Sep 18, 2015 20:33
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Tales of the Unexpected is on Youtube here and there, and it's loving great. Oh man. This is excellent news. It also reminded me that Hammer House of Horror is a thing. Think it only had 13 episodes but they were alot of fun.
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Sep 18, 2015 20:48
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miami vice was more or less a straight cop show. sometimes. it was also awesome and well worth a watch on netflix.
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Sep 18, 2015 21:43
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Yeah, it is Dragnet, from the episode The Big High. They weren't too subtle, were they. "Marijuana is the fuse, LSD is the bomb!"
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Sep 18, 2015 21:53
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. The 87th Precinct, but hardly anyone's seen that one. (Also not streaming anywhere.)
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. Do they have to be protagonists? Because otherwise you could do a lot of crime focused movies, like Wolf of Wall Street or Lord of War (e: I guess this one does have him leave Nic Cage out in the middle of nowhere for two days).
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Sep 19, 2015 00:11
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. I was beaten to Dragnet, but how about Barney Miller or Highway Patrol?
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Sep 19, 2015 00:44
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Emergency! seems to just be entirely about representing rescue procedure as realistically as possible. The characters are as bland and dedicated to doing their jobs as any you'd find in a training film. 60s people were apparently very entertained by seeing CPR and people being put onto gurneys.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it. Really? No one's thought of Cop Rock? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLm5Sn1cMyQ I have family members who are cops, they say it's 100% accurate.
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Sep 19, 2015 00:53
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Jack Gladney posted:Emergency! seems to just be entirely about representing rescue procedure as realistically as possible. The characters are as bland and dedicated to doing their jobs as any you'd find in a training film. 60s people were apparently very entertained by seeing CPR and people being put onto gurneys. 70s and yes we were.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:46
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I really liked Rescue 911.SaintFu posted:The 87th Precinct, but hardly anyone's seen that one. (Also not streaming anywhere.) Based on the Ed McBain series? I'm skeptical.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:49
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a good challenge: name a cop show where the cops just do their jobs, and not in a sarcastic, cynical or obviously illegal way. I got Adam-12 and that's it.
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Sep 19, 2015 03:10
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I realize fully that my question is name a cop show with the most bland characterization imaginable.
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Sep 19, 2015 03:28
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Carl Winslow always did his job correctly and by the book.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Other good ones were Science Fiction Theater (1950s created by Ivan Tors of Flipper fame) and Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected which is loving incredible. Sadly neither are on streaming that I could find. Oh man, I was a huge fan of Roald Dahl's short fiction he wrote before he started doing kids books, and now I learn there's a TV show? I am so on board.
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Sep 19, 2015 04:23
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I think you could argue that Reno 911 is one of the more realistic cop shows that has ever existed. Recommendation content: Surviving Desire, Hal Hartley's debut, as well as his Girl From Monday and a bunch of shorts, are up on that there Fandor service.
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precision posted:I think you could argue that Reno 911 is one of the more realistic cop shows that has ever existed. Yep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYnGLOJ1X4k
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Glamorama26 posted:Carl Winslow always did his job correctly and by the book. Until he shot a kid.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Until he shot a kid. They need to combine both universes and reveal the kid he shot was actually Steve Urkel.
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I don't know if this one has been mentioned before but I just watched Time Lapse and it was surprisingly OK. Wasnt expecting anything going in. The summary is three friends stumble across a device which takes photos 24 hours in the future. They use it for personal gain but then things start to unravel. Check it out if you like messing with time thriller type movies.
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Yeah, seconding Time Lapse as an OK not-too-serious thriller/time mystery movie. It's a little contrived but worth a watch. My biggest complaint was that the main characters were a little too stereotypical and you can kinda expect how things will progress. It has more of a stylized stage play vibe rather than a stark realism of films like Primer.
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Sep 19, 2015 13:59
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Also just finished Byzantium and was very impressed. I've seen it pop up a few times but just glossed over it. The description doesn't do it justice. It's a Neil Jordan vampire film following a two women. Neil Jordan also directed Interview With The Vampire, Butcher Boy and The Crying Game. The film is stunning visually and is brilliantly characterised. Of the three films I watched tonight this was my favorite. Kill Me Three Times was so so. Simon Pegg was good though.
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fliptophead posted:I don't know if this one has been mentioned before but I just watched Time Lapse and it was surprisingly OK. Wasnt expecting anything going in. The summary is three friends stumble across a device which takes photos 24 hours in the future. They use it for personal gain but then things start to unravel. Check it out if you like messing with time thriller type movies. I meant to recommend this earlier, it's pretty great, it's definitely kind of a "less insanely complicated Primer" feel. Really good and the ending actually surprised me.
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fliptophead posted:Also just finished Byzantium and was very impressed. I've seen it pop up a few times but just glossed over it. The description doesn't do it justice. It's a Neil Jordan vampire film following a two women. Neil Jordan also directed Interview With The Vampire, Butcher Boy and The Crying Game. The film is stunning visually and is brilliantly characterised. Of the three films I watched tonight this was my favorite. Kill Me Three Times was so so. Simon Pegg was good though. Don't leave out The Company of Wolves.
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Fido was a relatively entertaining zombie comedy. The hook is that it takes place in an alternate reality 1950s where zombies have been domesticated as servants. I was hoping it would do a lot more exploring around whether zombies are still people (like some of Romero's movies) but it honestly squanders this despite strongly hinting it's going to go there. I didn't pick up on any major messages about slavery/classism or anything either, despite the setting basically begging for it. No colored zombies either, although that's probably due to being a Canadian movie  The highlight is the nauseating 1950s aesthetic with those aquamarine land-barges, bold colored houses, housewife dresses, etc. It's worth a watch if you're in the mood for a more lighthearted zombie film but it doesn't leave much of a mark.
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david_a posted:Fido was a relatively entertaining zombie comedy. The hook is that it takes place in an alternate reality 1950s where zombies have been domesticated as servants. I was hoping it would do a lot more exploring around whether zombies are still people (like some of Romero's movies) but it honestly squanders this despite strongly hinting it's going to go there. I didn't pick up on any major messages about slavery/classism or anything either, despite the setting basically begging for it. No colored zombies either, although that's probably due to being a Canadian movie I love Fido. It explored some interesting angles that would probably come up in a post-Zombie apocalypse world (i.e. nursing homes having to be placed in prisons, children being taught from a young age to shoot). It's basically an hour and a half episode of Lassie, which seems like a one note joke, but it never got old for me.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:I love Fido. It explored some interesting angles that would probably come up in a post-Zombie apocalypse world (i.e. nursing homes having to be placed in prisons, children being taught from a young age to shoot).
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fliptophead posted:I don't know if this one has been mentioned before but I just watched Time Lapse and it was surprisingly OK. Wasnt expecting anything going in. The summary is three friends stumble across a device which takes photos 24 hours in the future. They use it for personal gain but then things start to unravel. Check it out if you like messing with time thriller type movies. Time Lapse made me feel like writers are a little hard up for new ideas for time-fuckery movies, but it was so-so.
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Dylan Baker is great in Fido. I wish he had more roles.
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Lycus posted:Time Lapse made me feel like writers are a little hard up for new ideas for time-fuckery movies, but it was so-so. What I liked about it was the single set piece - they never showed outside the complex. Like was mentioned, it felt like it was meant for the stage, but for me this wasn't a bad thing.
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