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Criminal Minds SUCKS.
2009-12-13, 12:07 PM #1
Warning: Rant

Recently my parents have become obsessed with this show. They both love it, they both sit down every night to watch it, they've even taken over the Netflix queue to order ever damn season of it. So eventually, I became curious. I sat down to watch an episode and about 5 minutes in, I realized "wow, this show is a steaming pile of horse jizz." but...I gave it another chance, nope- still terrible.

The actors all play cardboard cutouts of OTHER cardboard cutouts from failed crime shows. Shemar Moore has the acting ability of one of Keanu Reeves sperm, he also loves to say the word "unsub" about 900 times per episode. I can't hear Joe Mantegna speak without hearing Fat Tony. He also reads his lines as if they are on a cardboard slate 4 inches from his face. Thomas Gibson wants to be David Caruso so bad it hurts. His eyebrows are always placed in "BUSINESS TIME" mode and he reads his lines as if he's always walking out of a time machine and landing into a brand new world. Matthew Gray Gubler is the second worst part of the show. He's like a skinny, more annoying Jim Carrey. He always has something life-threateningly important to say, and usually every episode ends with Thomas Gibson having a logical FBI explanation for everything and then Gubler steps in and goes "actually... [INTELLECTUAL BULL****]" and solves the show.

The worst part of the show has to be Kirsten Vangsness. This blob of a woman dresses like Mimi from the Drew Carey show and acts like the 'fat girl that knows shes fat but doesnt car shes fat because shes so artistic and original" Pretty much she's the typical Tech-Girl on the show who can, without ever having to use a mouse, type about 3 letters on a keyboard and find out where any criminal is, their life history, and when they s*** in the morning.

**** this show.

/end rant
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2009-12-13, 12:26 PM #2
Most of the crap on public TV these days is just as bad as this trash. Add all CSIs, Law and Orders, Numb3rs, Cold Case... pretty much everything on public TV is utter garbage. With TV you really have to look for the hidden gems.
2009-12-13, 12:54 PM #3
Originally posted by SAJN:
He's like a skinny, more annoying Jim Carrey.

SavageX is in Criminal Minds?

:ninja:
nope.
2009-12-13, 1:02 PM #4
Originally posted by Connection Problem:
Most of the crap on public TV these days is just as bad as this trash. Add all CSIs, Law and Orders, Numb3rs, Cold Case... pretty much everything on public TV is utter garbage. With TV you really have to look for the hidden gems.


Don't be hatin' on Numb3rs :( If you take out all the computer hacking bits, it's not half bad.
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2009-12-13, 1:04 PM #5
Ahh Numb3rs... you used to be so good. It jumped the shark somewhere in between CSI-style "zoom and enhance" starting to be used, and when they decided to make it into a semi-sci-fi show (human cloning, artificial intelligence, LIPC weaponry, etc.)

Also solving the D.B. Cooper case was pretty far out there.
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2009-12-13, 1:18 PM #6
You can't make a list of awful crime procedurals without NCIS.
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2009-12-13, 1:40 PM #7
I liked Numb3rs. I also like old old Law and Order.
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2009-12-13, 5:19 PM #8
the show was better when mandy patinkin was in it.
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2009-12-13, 5:46 PM #9
Law and Order SVU isn't bad. It's about as procedural as anything, but it's entertaining and well done. Really good camera work too.

In reality, as much as I hate to say it, House is about as boring and predictable as it gets these days. That show has really failed to hold my attention the last few seasons.
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2009-12-13, 6:03 PM #10
Really the only bad Law and Order is Criminal Intent, but it's bad enough for all three of them.
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2009-12-13, 6:22 PM #11
Burn Notice. Not realistic, but funny as hell.
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2009-12-13, 6:29 PM #12
There's a reason the characters are all paper thin: The show is focused on the serial killers.

(And yes, it's bad. But it's better written than any of the other procedurals, at least in the later seasons)
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2009-12-13, 7:19 PM #13
There hasn't been a good drama show on TV since Duchovny left The X Files.
2009-12-13, 7:29 PM #14
I just watched the season finales of Dexter and Californication. Both brilliant. ****ing brilliant.
>>untie shoes
2009-12-13, 8:01 PM #15
I watched Criminal Minds for the first time the other night, and actually enjoyed it. The killers can be delightfully twisted. On the other hand, I was on duty and extremely bored, so I would probably have been entertained by pretty much anything.
2009-12-13, 8:50 PM #16
CANT WAIT FOR CHUCK
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2009-12-13, 8:57 PM #17
they seem to be trying really hard to cancel it...

chuck that is...
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2009-12-13, 9:36 PM #18
my aunt went to the wrap party last night for Chuck. i was highly jealous.
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2009-12-13, 10:45 PM #19
Originally posted by Outlaw Torn:
Burn Notice. Not realistic, but funny as hell.


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favorite drama show right now.
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2009-12-14, 12:41 PM #20
Other than some Jackass episodes, I think MTV is nothing but a steaming pile of fecal matter. Do you remember when they used to play nothing but good old Music Video's? This why I mostly view Documentaries.
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2009-12-14, 12:58 PM #21
Stargate had some nice detectivey episodes.
2009-12-15, 12:51 AM #22
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
There hasn't been a good drama show on TV since Duchovny left The X Files.


There's this channel called Home Box Office, I hear they have some pretty good shows every now and then.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2009-12-15, 12:56 AM #23
I'm enjoying Fringe as my X-Files replacement. It's shibby.
2009-12-15, 5:34 AM #24
Vapid Procedure + Banal Archetypes = Wide Audience of Appeal = $$$
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2011-06-18, 3:12 PM #25
May i just say that you sir have absolutely NO life if you're choosing to spend your time aimlessly ranting about a show you don't even like. After reading your rant it is evident that you are just an ignorant ******* who hasn't seen enough of the show to even say anything about it. You're obviously too simple minded to understand the importance and uniqueness of the characters.
Not only does the show demonstrate love, friendship and family but in my opinion it is also the best ****ing crime show out there. But i actually feel bad for you, nothing can be done about your utter stupidity, you're obviously just an unsub yourself. Go **** yourself you illiterate douche bag.

Bye.
2011-06-18, 4:26 PM #26
Wow... That guy really likes Criminal Minds!:hist101:
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2011-06-18, 4:40 PM #27
Hey that's pretty original of the show to be demonstrating love, friendship and family. I'm not sure those themes are covered enough on TV. That's also good that you think it's the best crime show, I'd agree stuff like The Shield or Wire have nothing on Criminal Minds. Also this thread is pretty old, maybe jedikirby got smarter and is an avid Criminal Minds devotee these days.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2011-06-18, 4:43 PM #28
I don't mind Criminal Minds. There's some neat stuff on there, and the episode with James Vanderbeek really illustrated to me how good an actor he can be.

-That said, you know what they should bring back? Law and Order. They had finally hit on a good combo again with Lupo and Bernard, and then they go and cancel the show right at the end of its 20th season. Such a shame.
2011-06-18, 5:11 PM #29
Disregarding the rest of the thread (I do not watch television)... somebody was obviously bugged about the OP enough to register (or sock-puppet) on a desperately obscure JK forum, solely to make a retaliatory post.
I'm baffled, the way /tg/ baffled me when they started a crossboards campaign to get Pepsi to fund cancer research.
Does this individual spend its days hunting out anti-procedural rhetoric? :P
2011-06-18, 6:20 PM #30
My theory was that they were googling around for Criminal Minds and found this... from a year and a half ago.

People don't really have a compunction against posting on older forum threads when they just google something it seems
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2011-06-18, 6:49 PM #31
I saw this thread and worried that sajn was back.
>>untie shoes
2011-06-19, 12:37 AM #32
Originally posted by genk:
My theory was that they were googling around for Criminal Minds and found this... from a year and a half ago.

People don't really have a compunction against posting on older forum threads when they just google something it seems


Turns out this thread is the second result on Google for "Criminal Minds sucks." I guess he just got a hard-on for defending Criminal Minds against naysayers and decided to hit the first message board he could find.
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2011-06-19, 5:35 AM #33
Oh ****, I didn't even notice the date. Not something you usually look for.

-Amusing fact: This thread was posted during my most recent extended absence.
2011-06-19, 12:09 PM #34
I'm so amused my pants are on fire.
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2011-06-19, 11:51 PM #35
I'm amazed that Google only has 5 pages of hits for those exact words. O_O;
2011-06-20, 7:32 AM #36
This is awesome

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