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Jerry Bruckheimer TV

  • 20-03-2004 12:40pm
    #1
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭


    Whatever you think about his movies...(they rock!!) i honestly think the guy makes top quality tv shows

    CSI: Las Vegas and Miami and soon New York

    Cold Case and Without A Trace, all great shows in my book.


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  • #2
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    He's certainly got a good knack lately, hasn't he? I imagine the networks are falling over themselves to get his program on their station.

    I think the success of these shows relies on a few simple concepts:
    1) Some flashiness - CSI has the fancy whizz-bang reconstructions, Cold Case has the snazzy flashbacks, and Without A Trace does something similiar.
    2) Simple characters - There isn't really too much to any of the cast. They all generally gel well together and any viewer can readily get to know them from watching a few episodes.
    3) Single stories - You can watch it one week, miss it for four, return and have missed nothing all that important. Unlike say in the telefantasy genre, there's little week-to-week continuity (even Grissom's hearing loss this season is a pretty mild plot element when it does feature).

    Add to that some decent storylines themselves and you've got a winning formula. Be interesting to see what angle the guy takes next.


  • #3
    TCamen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,255 ✭✭✭TCamen


    The formula definitely works for the shows, though I don't really like the cast of CSI: Miami, so I don't watch that one.
    I love the fancy gloss the shows have, it sets them apart from the more traditional crime shows out there. I couldn't be bothered with the Law & Order shows really, they're so set in their old-school ways. Don't like Criminal Intent at all, and SVU is too icky!
    Without A Trace has had a few arcs incorporated into the standalone plots, but never anything too heavy for casual viewers. Enrique Murciano from Without A Trace is hot :D
    The retro soundtrack in Cold Case is usually quite good too ;)


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