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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
A slightly negative look at the series NCIS and similar shows
The series was fun to watch at first but then it became too silly at times. When Abby runs in shouting "Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs" is an example. It happens just too many times. Also that she has to be sort of bribed with some soft dink and Gibbs pecking her on the cheek now and then. Do professional people ever really act like that? One wonders.
Anthony D. is so arrogant and all the immature things he does makes the show less and less enjoyable. I know that it is the people who write the scripts that are to blame so maybe somebody should have a talk with them. Tell them to grow up and write series that are more real and not just to create dramatic plots.
Another thing one unfortunately sees in almost all such series is that when the so called good guys are about to apprehend a bad guy they shout his or her name from a distance. This gives the crook a running start. Of course this allows the TV team to film a chase that can be exciting to watch if not for the heads up that the good guys gave the crook. If this happens in real life then one can wonder how many innocent bystanders get hurt just because somebody could not keep his/her mouth shut. I would think that waiting till one is just next to the person they wish to capture would be a lot safer.
Come on people the show could be really good if somebody checked with real law enforcement agencies about how they handle some of the stories that appear in the series. This is, along with the other NCIS shows, a mediocre TV series.
Dogfights (2005)
A so so documentary. A real waste of time.
Just started watching the documentary "Dogfights" and the first one I saw was about the Thunderbolt against the FW-190. I must say that I have to agree with the majority of the other reviews that based on the one program I have seen it is totally biased towards the American pilots and planes. The Americans who did take part in the war certainly sacrificed a lot and deserve all the praise they get. It's unfortunately some of the so called historians and documentaries that put it all out of whack with their inability to see beyond their nose. Besides that I have never understood why some film companies have to scale down the picture size when recounting something in the past. In this documentary the actual black and white pictures were framed by some sort of background. It does nothing to enhance the viewing experience and is a bit of an irritation. The worst part of the program and which was a real disappointed was the pilot who tried to describe the dogfight while flying. The noise of the engine just made the whole thing worse. Well this is one series that I am not going to watch.