Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

[justTripn]

I've gotten the heads up from my coworkers that the next CSI episode involved a Star Trek Convention. YIKES. Remember the episode with the "Furries"? I wonder if they will capture the excitement and camaraderie of a Con, or try to make us look ridiculous.

[Aquarius]

Well, as much as I like CSI (okay, LOVE it), I suspect they're going for the cheap and easy angle of making us look like freaks. I'll be disappointe, but not surprised if that happens.

[justTripn]

Well it's going to involve a murder. How much do you want to bet the weapon will be a Bat'leth?

Ann

[Aquarius]

^ No kidding! Either that or pistol whipped with a replica phaser!

[Linda]

What cable channel will it be on and what day will it be on? I don't watch TV much but I know that several channels carry CSI.

[justTripn]

It's on today, but I have to pack for the Texas Star Party. I'm not sure I'll get to see it either. I may have to watch it on the network website when I get back. Which network? CBS?

[Aquarius]

CBS is right. 9pm Eastern time.

[JadziaKathryn]

SPOILER!!!:

Okay, now we've got Trekkies - oh, sorry, I mean Questers - who get riled up enough over a reboot to kill. Ironic since the reboot movie is coming out soon...

"Cheap angle of making us look like freaks," anyone?

But I do like that Wendy is into it, because it's nice to see a female sci-fi fan who's pretty normal.

ETA:

SPOILER!!!:

They just had to make the crazy ones live with their mother, didn't they?

[justTripn]

The fanatical nerds living with their mother aside, it was GREAT!

I loved the CSI worker, transposing his situation into an Astro Quest story.

In the CSI show EVERYONE was a little bit of a Astro Quest fan. Well the proportions were correct. 95% of people have a at least a superficial knowlege/affection for the show. 5% are a little fanatical. 5% are oblivious.

I thought it was pretty well done. Also the fans spanned all socioeconomic groups and included 2 CSI workers. Not too bad.

And I was so sure that guy was killed by a bat'leth.

[Aquarius]

ETA:

SPOILER!!!:

They just had to make the crazy ones live with their mother, didn't they?

Note that they were upstairs, and not in their parents' basement!!!

Yup. I knew it would be chock full of cheap shots to make us look crazy. Still, I liked the stuff between Wendy and Hodges.

[TPoptarts]

Gah why don't they post the torrent already!! I wanna see it

[Distracted]

It was actually a lot less derogatory than I thought it would be.

SPOILER!!!:

And the murderer wasn't even a scifi fan. I also loved how they managed to make all kinds of Star Trek references and even recognizably quote specific TOS episodes without ever mentioning Star Trek once. For a minute there I expected the Laurence Fishburne character to hold up the guy's stomach contents and say "They're green".

[JadziaKathryn]

SPOILER!!!:

"He's dead, Jim." I was just pleased that the murderer wasn't a crazed fan irate over the loopy reboot.

Besides, if we're talking crazed fans, I'd just like to point out that B&B are not only still alive, they're still in the industry, and and so...

I loved how they kept imagining themselves into scenes! (Well, mostly Hodges.)

[Linda]

Well, I missed it. Being tired after work, then doing some gardening, then spending time with my elderly pet rabbit, and catering to my husbands sore knee problem...I forgot to try to watch it! Bad Star Trek fan. Bad. Bad.

But I have been enjoying all of your comments and that the CSI episode did not geek us too badly.

[JadziaKathryn]

No worries. Watch it here And this is the totally legal version, BTW, with commercials. It's streaming, not downloading, and it's actually through CBS.