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Is Official!! Larry Fishburne Takes Over As New Star Of CSI!!

FIRST!!!... and who cares. by TheBLIGHT	Aug 18th, 2008 04:13:35 PM
Nuff said bout this show.
Ain't It Timely News by ByTor	Aug 18th, 2008 04:14:57 PM
Way to be scooped by Yahoo, which had the story hours ago...
"An autopsy shows he took red pill. by RaveX	Aug 18th, 2008 04:16:15 PM
And then followed the white rabbit."
I will take a look. by mrfan	Aug 18th, 2008 04:17:21 PM
Better than most of the stuff on tv.
aint it puffy black guys by ArcadianDS	Aug 18th, 2008 04:17:47 PM
As long as he wears angle length crocodile jackets, Im sure he'll fit right in.
Great Actor by NudeandAroused	Aug 18th, 2008 04:20:17 PM
I very enjoy Fishbourne in anything he does. One of the better actors around today. This is a step up for 'CSI." Worthy of watching.
Great Actor by NudeandAroused	Aug 18th, 2008 04:20:19 PM
I very enjoy Fishbourne in anything he does. One of the better actors around today. This is a step up for 'CSI." Worthy of watching.
its true because i heard it twice by ArcadianDS	Aug 18th, 2008 04:31:11 PM
amirite?
Maybe this will make CSI watchable by ebonic_plague	Aug 18th, 2008 04:39:33 PM
Probably not.
smart i guess by mrbong	Aug 18th, 2008 04:41:43 PM
good luck to Larry and the show. i never really liked CSI, but the ratings it gets kind of tell the story. at least they are not slumming it and have got a Grade A actor to carry on with the show.
But wheres by BrightEyes	Aug 18th, 2008 04:43:17 PM
John Stamos?
Now they need to cast Hugo Weaving as a villian for a story arc. by Pixelsmack	Aug 18th, 2008 04:47:10 PM
"You hear that Mr. Grissom? That's the sound of inevitability. Your...retirement."
No one can be told what CSI is, you must act in it yourself... by FuckMichaelBay	Aug 18th, 2008 04:50:34 PM

Fuck CSI by Wrecks	Aug 18th, 2008 04:53:45 PM
seriously weakass.
Nice by Cobbio	Aug 18th, 2008 05:01:45 PM
I actually think this is a great move. Laurence Fishburne is a super actor when given good material, and CSI will provide places for him to go. I'm not the biggest "CSI" fan in the world, but since reruns of it have run on Spike, I've come to appreciate its milieu. The scripts and production values are always of high quality, and a few episodes actually deal with really scary shit. The nature of sadism and masochism is talked about, even. How often do you get that on other prime time shows? I hope they give Laurence some good stuff to sink his teeth into, and I'll definitely tune in.
I don't really dig shows about... by Banzai Rootskibango	Aug 18th, 2008 05:14:22 PM
...police procedural, forensic science, hospital drama or Courtroom cases...so I pretty much only watch Lost, Heroes and The Office. I've heard that 24 is fantastic though...I'm gonna wait till the series ends and then just buy the whole series.
Who the fuck by Magnum Opus	Aug 18th, 2008 05:14:50 PM
is Larry Fishburne? Never heard of him. Is he related to Lawrence?
Uninteresting choice by JuanSanchez	Aug 18th, 2008 05:31:10 PM
When was the last time Fishburne was even moderately interesting in anything? He's not a bad choice, just a letdown. Think how cool Keaton could have been.
Lawrence Should Reprise His Role as Cowboy Curtis by Alice Cooper Stalker	Aug 18th, 2008 05:35:49 PM
I love Lawrence as Cowboy Curtis on Pee-Wee's Playhouse. My kids love him too. Lately, Pee Wee has been talking about getting the playhouse gang back together for a movie. Paul Reuben has implied that Lawrence has been reluctant to commit.
Buster keaton? by Leafy McPlantsalot	Aug 18th, 2008 05:36:50 PM
I don't see how that could have worked at all
Caruso vs. Fishburne by Anakin Whoopass	Aug 18th, 2008 05:57:10 PM
The battle of best sunglasses and one-liners is joined.
Didn't see that coming.. by Ironmuskrat	Aug 18th, 2008 06:01:31 PM
Seems like CBS is playing it safe with this choice, he is a good actor and has that special quality that you need for a CSI show. He can deliver a line of techo-babble or pseudo religious bullshit in a monotone voice that is convincing and believable. I really don't see Lawrence bringing anything new to the CSI franchise. I actually enjoyed the first few seasons of CSI and only started losing interest in the show when William Petersen started take longer breaks from the show and began to take a backseat to his less talented costars.
Die CSI, Die!! by skani	Aug 18th, 2008 06:08:19 PM
I gave up on CSI after the third season. I really enjoyed the first two, but buy the end of three, it was just getting old. Worst of all is the completely over-the-top exposition-speak: "I don't know who did it yet, but by resequencing all available DNA transfers through my spikrotechtrometer, we'll reconfigure the alleles and create a composite interpolation that will allow our algorithms to rule out our possible suspects." Thanks for cluing the audience in. Fishbourne is a fine actor, but he has to be thinking pay day here, because this show has jumped the shark, done another lap, and is now approaching for a second jump.
Fishburne is too good for CSI by zooch	Aug 18th, 2008 06:16:35 PM
Larry Fishburne gotta eat?? He's was great in the Matrix and criminally under used in the sequels. Does nobody want to hire LF anymore? CSI is like a dead end job for actors.
i can't get no satisfaction! by Prossor	Aug 18th, 2008 06:18:33 PM
hopefully he'll dance that tune ONCE more!
my response was... by Lobanhaki	Aug 18th, 2008 06:24:35 PM
Ooooh. Interesting choice.
I hate this show by Charlie_Allnut	Aug 18th, 2008 06:47:54 PM
That is all.
I think the upcoming season is the 10th... by REDD	Aug 18th, 2008 07:07:01 PM
but the 9th season was only 3 or 4 episodes, so does it even count as a season?
I believe you meant to write "It's Official!!" by tonagan	Aug 18th, 2008 07:07:28 PM
Or "It Is Official!!", if you want to be more formal.
Should've been by DukeStKing	Aug 18th, 2008 07:10:53 PM
Malkovich.
Enlighten me by skani	Aug 18th, 2008 07:12:29 PM
So, how bad does it get after season 3? A relative who still watched it as of a few years ago was telling me that they were starting to get into personal relationship among the CSI team and stuff. Bleh. Plus, David "I'm-scrawny-and-a-goon-but-li sten-to-my-tough-voice-and-bow -before-my-piercing-stare" Caruso added some extra ridiculosity to whole the franchise.
Fishburne is great, but, ........ by LeftFoot	Aug 18th, 2008 08:15:47 PM
Fishburne is great, I was hoping Gary Sinise would 'transfer over'. CSI New York is, by far, the weakest of the 3 CSIs. But, Sinise is the best lead of the three. David Caruso is irritating. His character has to be the center. Caruso's idea of serious acting is to talk slow and take himself very seriouosly. Gary Sinise standing still without moving has more acting force than Horation & Grissom combined.
Hugo Weaving in a guest spot . . . by SkidMarkedUndies	Aug 18th, 2008 08:38:17 PM
IS A BRILLIANT IDEA!!! CALL CBS IMMEDIATELY!!!
It's really unfortunate because he's black by Inconvenient	Aug 18th, 2008 08:59:39 PM
www.plannedbrotherhood.com
"You have to BELIEVVVEEE in the DNA evidence, Neo!" by TallBoy66	Aug 18th, 2008 09:06:04 PM
Man, Morpheus is gonna fuck up some poor sucker's shit just because he forgot to wash his hands and ditch the murder weapon.
Is Official!! Larry Fishburne needs work by Orionsangels	Aug 18th, 2008 09:34:43 PM
Is Official!! Larry Fishburne gotta eat
Everyone got liposuction prior to filming of The Matrix by GrandMuffTarkin	Aug 18th, 2008 09:44:50 PM
It's true. That's why Curtis got fat between 1 and 2. Too much Tasty Wheat, evidently.
First Gary Sinese now Lawrence Fishburne by TVguy4566	Aug 18th, 2008 09:53:34 PM
CSI is where good movie actors go to have their careers die.
Cowboy Curtis GOTTA EAT by Mr Spork	Aug 18th, 2008 09:58:07 PM
apparently
I know the staff changes kinda worked for L&O... by Goatweed	Aug 18th, 2008 10:00:03 PM
but it seems like a LOT of change is happening WAY too fast on this show. Jorja last season in the beginning, Gary at the end of it and now Bill halfway through this one. I love Larry but Bill's fingerprints are all over that show (literally). Without him i think much of the feel will be lost and it will gravitate towards Miami and NY levels of crap-dom.
I stopped watching a few years ago ... by DennisMM	Aug 18th, 2008 10:31:18 PM
and didn't really understand why. Then I saw an episode on Spike while I was in hospital. The episode was probably from season five, maybe four even, and every single member of the CSI unit was running around in black. Even Grissom, who was always a blue shirt and khaki windbreakerj sort, was wearing a very dark shirt and a red-on-black plaid jacket with such dark red it was difficult to see from across the room. "CSI" was never supposed to be cool. That was the whole point. Nick and Warrick and Catherine may have tried to be cool, but the nature of the job and the things we had to watch they do blocked coolness. Grissom and Sara didn't try to be cool. But somewhere along the line, not long after "Miami" came along, I guess the powers that be decided cool was the rule. Farewell, Petersen. I will watch "Manhunter" in your honor, several times. "Now it's just you and me, sport."
arrgh! by DennisMM	Aug 18th, 2008 10:33:12 PM
... things we had to watch THEM do ... Harry, would it kill you to hire dockfalken back so you can create an edit function?
yeah i'm dennis. although... by Orionsangels	Aug 18th, 2008 10:39:16 PM
the problem with an edit system in talkback. is talkbackers will go back and edit their post and deny what they said
True, true by DennisMM	Aug 18th, 2008 10:44:22 PM
And there is no honor here.
CSI: Rise of another dept. by Diagnostic	Aug 18th, 2008 10:51:10 PM
yawn.
CSI: Atlantis by dioxholster	Aug 18th, 2008 10:59:21 PM
you know its happening, dont deny the possibility.
actually ur wrong...DennisMM by dioxholster	Aug 18th, 2008 11:23:00 PM
CSI worked hard presenting the cool factor, they sort of mocked the idea that science and stuff like that is for nerdy weird types, but on CSI they dress in cool fashion, good-looking, even an ex-stripper, can they be anymore blunt about it? of course maimi upped the ante
Cool.... by travis-dane	Aug 18th, 2008 11:55:52 PM
Morpheus will kick their asses....
Cowboy Curtis CSI by Napoleon Park	Aug 19th, 2008 12:40:18 AM
CSI NY is the only one I watch regularly. Melina Kanakaredes is hot.
Isn't Goldblum part of this too? by Uncle Stan	Aug 19th, 2008 01:17:02 AM

Goldblum is on Law & Order: CI next season by borisF	Aug 19th, 2008 02:21:26 AM
And I am not watching any procedurals. Why do I know this? Why????????
You know this by ... by Shan	Aug 19th, 2008 02:47:03 AM
... omosis probably. Information about 'popuplar' culture is in the virtual atmosphere (internet/TV/etc) thicker than a Beijing fog ...
10th season by MonkeyManReturns	Aug 19th, 2008 03:12:50 AM
Um..you all hate the show...and yet its on its 10th season...which means it has fans...which means your opinion is in the minority..which means no-one gives a shit. It is a solid show - some good episodes some bad...it has spawned 2 other shows...I see nothing worng with it and so long as it doesn't have britney fuck-face-bad-mother-junkee-sl ut spears doing a cameo...all good with me! Seriously...it ticks the right boxes...you can dip in and out...whats wrong with that?
I've never seen CSI by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 19th, 2008 05:04:34 AM
am I missing out on something?
You are missing nothing by borisF	Aug 19th, 2008 05:38:18 AM
And you will have free time to watch something worth watching.
I call him 'Larry' by smackfu	Aug 19th, 2008 06:14:27 AM
because I don't know him at all and as such there are no reprecussions from addressing him in the familiar...
CSI: Grimsby by tomdolan04	Aug 19th, 2008 08:59:05 AM
You know you want it UK'ers
Lawrence Fishburne's complexion by skimn	Aug 19th, 2008 10:54:47 AM
in Hi Def!! Yipee!! Maybe Edward James Olmos and Robert Davi can guest star. BTW, the Goldblum comment earlier reminded me of Deep Cover, a pretty good flick, I recall.
shakes head by DennisMM	Aug 19th, 2008 11:09:09 AM
I watched from day one. Catherine, Nick and Warrick tried to be cool but regularly were exposed as geeks. Grissom didn't care that he was a geek, and Sara fell in with Grissom as the show progressed. The network "Miami"-d them hard once that program started. Watch seasons one and two and you'll see what I mean.
It's Official... by Kid Z	Aug 19th, 2008 11:39:03 AM
...Those fuckin' Matrix sequels were all-around career-killers. Except for Keanu. If Earth ever gets hit by a rougue comet... all that'll be left is cockroaches... and Keanu. Apparently being able to badly act has the side effect of indestructibility.
How about a Crusoe talk back? by ThrowMeTheIdol	Aug 19th, 2008 02:10:50 PM
As to Fishburne, eh I'm not a fan, he bores me a lot. But then to be honest so did Petersen so it's a good fit in that sense.
Name 1 thing better than seeing Kristen Bell in HD... by Pennsy	Aug 19th, 2008 05:18:57 PM
Kristen Bell on the big screen, as Veronica Mars. Mike Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly says a VM movie is back on the radar of Rob Thomas: http://tinyurl.com/6xfosd
CSI: Grimsby - fuck, yeah by palimpsest	Aug 19th, 2008 05:52:45 PM
Helicopter shots of the Dock Tower, baffling murders in Gullies and Nicoles...
Maybe he'll lure me back to the show after all these years. by Baked	Aug 19th, 2008 06:44:09 PM
Possibly.
Veronica Mars by skani	Aug 19th, 2008 07:18:43 PM
is some good stuff. That CSI forensics science-babble just does not cut it.
Michael Emerson by skani	Aug 19th, 2008 07:20:59 PM
Still dig Lost, but this guy and his Kevin-Spacey's-wild-eyed-littl e-brother schtick is getting old. Plus, what's up with him moving the entire Island with a manual crank. What the heck?
I might start watching this.. by Aeghast	Aug 19th, 2008 10:27:12 PM
..or not
As long as they do more Mini Killer stuff by tme2nsb	Aug 19th, 2008 11:10:44 PM
I don't care. The miniature killer arc was the best thing to come out of CSI.
CSI: Grimsby made me laugh by Big Jim	Aug 21st, 2008 12:43:37 PM
There's a Grimsby here in Canada - Smalltown on the southern side of Lake Ontario, between Hamilton & St Catharines. They could investigate things like "who stole buddy's Ti-Cats tickets" or "who broke into the winery" or "what caused the accident at the water park". A plethora of possibilities.
And Larry enters the fridge just prior to nuking by Stuntcock Mike	Aug 21st, 2008 01:15:56 PM

Big Jim by tomdolan04	Aug 22nd, 2008 04:02:19 AM
Seriously Grimsby Canada and Grimsby UK sound like they've been separated at birth.

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