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Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:20 pm
by 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.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:36 pm
by 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.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:17 pm
by justTripn
Well it's going to involve a murder. How much do you want to bet the weapon will be a Bat'leth?

Ann

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:23 pm
by Aquarius
^ No kidding! Either that or pistol whipped with a replica phaser!

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:52 pm
by 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.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:12 pm
by 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? :dunno:

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:25 pm
by Aquarius
CBS is right. 9pm Eastern time.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:22 am
by 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?

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:07 am
by 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.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:08 am
by Aquarius
JadziaKathryn wrote: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!!! :lol:

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.

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:11 am
by TPoptarts
Gah why don't they post the torrent already!! I wanna see it :(

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:36 am
by Distracted
It was actually a lot less derogatory than I thought it would be.
SPOILER!!!:
And the murderer wasn't even a scifi fan. :D 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". :lol:

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:57 am
by JadziaKathryn
SPOILER!!!:
"He's dead, Jim." :lol: 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.)


Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:19 pm
by 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! :shock: :evilmonkey: Bad Star Trek fan. Bad. Bad. :vulcan: :thumbsdown:

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

Re: Next CSI will involve a Star Trek Convention

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:29 pm
by 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.