Any "Law & Order" viewers/fans here?
Just curious. I've only recently started watching it, then soon discovered (remember, I'm Captain Oblivious) that there are two other "Law & Order" offshoot programs as well ("Criminal Intent" and "Special Victims Unit").
I've been watching all three for just under a year now (and catching re-runs of the original series on one of those cable channels every now and then).
I like how these shows work. I dig the writing, the acting, the tone, etc. It's kinda like a cool mixture of "NYPD Blue" (the gritty New York setting and "vibe") and "CSI" because it often (particularly the "SVU" show) gets into forensics and lab work.
I think Vincent D'onfrio (I don't think that's the exact spelling) is great on the "Criminal Intent" show. He's just quirky and odd enough to be watchable.
And the woman on "SVU"? Well...
Plus, any show featuring Ice-T and Richard Belzer as cops and partners is just going to be good.
Anyone else watch any (or all) of these shows?
Favorite characters, episodes? Any cool background info a newcomer like me might appreciate or enjoy knowing?
The one thing I do like is that often an episode will seem to be written that sorta parallels a real-life case.
Oh, and Sam what's-his-name (the older guy who is a lawyer) is great.
I've been watching all three for just under a year now (and catching re-runs of the original series on one of those cable channels every now and then).
I like how these shows work. I dig the writing, the acting, the tone, etc. It's kinda like a cool mixture of "NYPD Blue" (the gritty New York setting and "vibe") and "CSI" because it often (particularly the "SVU" show) gets into forensics and lab work.
I think Vincent D'onfrio (I don't think that's the exact spelling) is great on the "Criminal Intent" show. He's just quirky and odd enough to be watchable.
And the woman on "SVU"? Well...
Plus, any show featuring Ice-T and Richard Belzer as cops and partners is just going to be good.
Anyone else watch any (or all) of these shows?
Favorite characters, episodes? Any cool background info a newcomer like me might appreciate or enjoy knowing?
The one thing I do like is that often an episode will seem to be written that sorta parallels a real-life case.
Oh, and Sam what's-his-name (the older guy who is a lawyer) is great.
Comments
The names (just in case someone asks you on the street):
Mariska Hargitay (woman on SVU)
Vincent D'Onofrio
Sam Waterston
in any case, i don't like Law and Order anymore. i just feel like the trial phase has just become Jack shouting and people and badgering them into whatever he wants. it's just stupid tangents and crap he pulls. can't stand it.
guess i really stopped watching after they switched the D.A.
Jack's a jackass.
I used to watch the orignal L&O series four times a day thanks to syndication.
But I can't say that I've watched it once since Angie Harmon left. It was bad enough when Crossing Jordan babe got killed.
In fact I stopped watching ER after they split open Lucy's rib cage on national television.
Oh how I long for the good old days...
Originally posted by alcimedes
i like SVU now much better than the rest. i liked the original Law and Order during the first series of cops they had. then they changed those up, and i still liked it through the next cops. shit, i can't remember a damn thing right now.
in any case, i don't like Law and Order anymore. i just feel like the trial phase has just become Jack shouting and people and badgering them into whatever he wants. it's just stupid tangents and crap he pulls. can't stand it.
guess i really stopped watching after they switched the D.A.
Jack's a jackass.
Jack never loses any more, and it's never close. Do like the cops though, just went it goes to trial is when I turn it off, if I watch at all.
Like all good shows that have been on for something like a decade, Law and Order is well past its heyday. Was a good show though.
Still, if I want to watch the glowing box for non-sports telecasts then reruns of Homicide: LOTS own my world.
Originally posted by ColanderOfDeath
The blonde chick is hot but she can't act. Nevertheless, in spite of that flaw I'd bang her.
Like all good shows that have been on for something like a decade, Law and Order is well past its heyday. Was a good show though.
Still, if I want to watch the glowing box for non-sports telecasts then reruns of Homicide: LOTS own my world.
Don't know if I agree with the "past its heyday" argument when it's consistently a top-rated show and has spun off like four other shows. The cast just bugs me.
No Jill Hennesey?
No Cary Lowell-Gere?
No Angie Harmon?
Fred-Freaking-Thompson?
Just a bad cast this time out.
The good thing is that it's an ensemble show that doesn't need Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Barney, Wilma, Lucy and Desi.
Just some hot babes that could act and a DA who was never in The Hunt for Red October is all I want.
Exceptions for everyone in that movie but Fred Thompson of course.
Even Gates McFadden could be a strong, good DA. Yeah she was the first Catherine Ryan.
And Wesley Crusher's MoM!!!
EDIT: Sam Waterston, and Jerry Orbach still rule!
Who cares about The Great Gatsby (sam), Dirty Dancing (jerry), and those Sam Waterston for the History Channel spots?
And S. Epatha Merkerson is great too.
I miss Benjamin Bratt and Chris Noth. aka Mr. Big Shot Talisa Soto (Licence to Kill BOND GIRL!) Marrying-Man and Mr. Big (sex and the city).
On to bigger and better things I suppse.
Just some hot babes that could act and a DA who was never in The Hunt for Red October is all I want.
Exceptions for everyone in that movie but Fred Thompson of course.
Methinks Shawn is mixing politics with his boob tube habits.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Methinks Shawn is mixing politics with his boob tube habits.
"I'll take THE RAPISTS for 200, Alex!"
(calling torifile)
We KNOW why you don't like him, Shawn. It's okay.
If Ted Kennedy ever goes into acting, we know he'll get massive props from you.
Originally posted by pscates
I've always liked ol' Fred. One of those actors (like Gary Sinise or Bill Paxton, maybe) that never seems like he's "acting". Just talking and being himself. That's the impression I've always gotten.
We KNOW why you don't like him, Shawn. It's okay.
If Ted Kennedy ever goes into acting, we know he'll get massive props from you.
Or J.lo!
My girlfriend's best friend (who is also my ex from high school) is the show's costume designer and her man is their accountant. She works on films and such too, (Royal Tannenbaums and Woddy Allen's new film, for example), but Law & Order is her steady job.
I joke to her that it seems like those costumes would be all dreary and boring, but she really likes to do the criminals and underworld characters. I guess sometimes the show is set in drug spots or clubs and that's when she can get creative.
But I don't watch that stuff anymore. It's too...dramatic.