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tommy:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 25, 2007, 06:58:27 pm ---Here's a sad dose of reality;  That show is so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- with regards to the science and everything they do.  I have my B.S. in Forensic Chemistry and it is not as "easy" and "simple" as they make it look.  In reality, the field is fairly straightforward and boring.  It's not a glamorous, dramatic, suspense filled career where each thing you do makes or breaks a case. 

The basics of what they talk about do hold some water, but if a real forensic lab followed the procedures they used nobody would ever be convicted.  The fact of the matter is, you still need to obtain the evidence as quickly as possible and as cleanly as possible.  You can't just go to a crimescene two days later, pick up a Frito that is laying on the ground and suddenly find out how the crime was comitted and by whom. 

The show is good for entertainment, but to say that you're able to learn something from it is like saying that you can be a solid lawyer because you watched the Law and Order series.   ;D

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What's so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about about it? They find small traces of evidence and use forensic technology and testing to find the person who left that trace behind, or the person most likely to have left it behind. Getting DNA from family and friends or people the person knows is just another way to test and to find a person who maybe would have committed a crime. I know this process is not done as quick as it seems on the show and many weeks/months/years go by and the show makes this stuff seem more interesting than it really is to the average person, but it still is interesting to me either way.

You can't just disregard what they say just because it's a TV show and say it's all fake when it's not.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 25, 2007, 06:58:27 pm ---Here's a sad dose of reality;  That show is so full of ---Cleveland steamer--- with regards to the science and everything they do.  I have my B.S. in Forensic Chemistry and it is not as "easy" and "simple" as they make it look.  In reality, the field is fairly straightforward and boring.  It's not a glamorous, dramatic, suspense filled career where each thing you do makes or breaks a case. 

The basics of what they talk about do hold some water, but if a real forensic lab followed the procedures they used nobody would ever be convicted.  The fact of the matter is, you still need to obtain the evidence as quickly as possible and as cleanly as possible.  You can't just go to a crimescene two days later, pick up a Frito that is laying on the ground and suddenly find out how the crime was comitted and by whom. 

The show is good for entertainment, but to say that you're able to learn something from it is like saying that you can be a solid lawyer because you watched the Law and Order series.   ;D

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Maybe I'm thinking of a different show, but doesn't Forensic Files show how they actually solved real cases, showing you the thought process and steps taken to solve each of these actual crimes?  It was several years ago when my friends and I would watch it, before fictional shows like C.S.I. came on the air.

tommy:
Yes, it's based off real cases and they show the real steps involved in solving those cases. They may make it all sound much more interesting and show some dramatizations as how they see the crime happening but it's still all real based stuff.

billf:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on December 26, 2007, 12:21:03 am ---
--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 25, 2007, 06:58:27 pm ---Here's a sad dose of reality;  That show is so full of ---Cleveland steamer--- with regards to the science and everything they do.  I have my B.S. in Forensic Chemistry and it is not as "easy" and "simple" as they make it look.  In reality, the field is fairly straightforward and boring.  It's not a glamorous, dramatic, suspense filled career where each thing you do makes or breaks a case. 

The basics of what they talk about do hold some water, but if a real forensic lab followed the procedures they used nobody would ever be convicted.  The fact of the matter is, you still need to obtain the evidence as quickly as possible and as cleanly as possible.  You can't just go to a crimescene two days later, pick up a Frito that is laying on the ground and suddenly find out how the crime was comitted and by whom. 

The show is good for entertainment, but to say that you're able to learn something from it is like saying that you can be a solid lawyer because you watched the Law and Order series.   ;D

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Maybe I'm thinking of a different show, but doesn't Forensic Files show how they actually solved real cases, showing you the thought process and steps taken to solve each of these actual crimes?  It was several years ago when my friends and I would watch it, before fictional shows like C.S.I. came on the air.

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From the Forensic Files website:
Forensic FilesŪ is a pioneer in the field of fact-based, high-tech, dramatic storytelling. This series of television programs delves into the world of forensic science, profiling intriguing crimes, accidents, and outbreaks of disease from around the world.

I personally can't stand any of the CSI brand shows.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: billf on December 26, 2007, 12:27:25 am ---I personally can't stand any of the CSI brand shows.

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Neither can I.

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