CSI Miami

[davesnow]

Saw a quick preview of the season opener of CSI Miami last night and there were two shots of what looked like a Union Pacific loco. So I'm assuming there are trains in this episode. Might be worth checking out. New season starts Sunday night.

Cheers,

Dave

 

[slabay]

Not sure what the UP would be doing in CSX Miami:hehe: (or FEC Miami) unless it was long-straying (as far from home as possible) foreign power. Gold Coast RR Museum is out there but it has been quite some time since I've been there, so I don't remember if they have anything out there in UP paint.....

What the heck, might be interesting to watch anyhow.

---Scott

 

[BNSF650]

They film the show out in CA,

 

[mattm]

Not sure what the UP would be doing in CSX Miami:hehe: (or FEC Miami) unless it was long-straying (as far from home as possible) foreign power.
---Scott

Not sure what you're doing, thinking Hollywood knows the meaning of the word 'realism.':hehe:

If you've seen the movie 'Oyster Farmer', you would be under the impression that it is possible to follow the rail line from Wondabyne to Hawkesbury River on foot.

If you do that, even if you don't get flattened by a train, it's a long swim across the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn.

Anyway, my point is, Hollywood and realism go together like a square peg in a round hole.

Matt.

 

[SD45T-2]

Only a few select people can turn that square hole round but, they are dead or doing something else.

 

[slabay]

They film the show out in CA,

I honestly never watched it. I only assumed that it was actually filmed in Miami because Miami does have a pretty big television production business.

I grew up in Miami back in the days of Miami Vice, so naturally, as our "hometown" show, it was one of the most popular shows among me and my friends. And it was the same situation: Crockett & Tubbs are driving on SR836 by the airport, round a curve and cross the Julia Tuttle Causeway (which takes them out to Miami Beach), then next thing you know, they are on Key Biscayne or in the Everglades. Also, as detectives for the City of Miami PD, they investigated crimes in Miami Beach, unincorporated Dade County, Broward County, or wherever the winds may take them. So I am well aware of Hollywood's realism.

 

[JCitron]

Not sure what you're doing, thinking Hollywood knows the meaning of the word 'realism.':hehe:

If you've seen the movie 'Oyster Farmer', you would be under the impression that it is possible to follow the rail line from Wondabyne to Hawkesbury River.

If you do that, even if you don't get flattened by a train, it's a long swim across the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn.

Anyway, my point is, Hollywood and realism go together like a square peg in a round hole.

Matt.

Matt,

The way Hollywood spreads things around is really something. We have a few movies off and on up here in the New England area, and I love how the actors can get from downtown Boston, during rush hour, to the outskirts without getting stuck for hours like the rest of us. And how they quickly get from Cape Ann to Cape Cod in a few minutes as well. Even without traffic, that trip would still take at least 2 hours because of the round about way the roads are.

John

 

[slabay]

Matt,

The way Hollywood spreads things around is really something. We have a few movies off and on up here in the New England area, and I love how the actors can get from downtown Boston, during rush hour, to the outskirts without getting stuck for hours like the rest of us. And how they quickly get from Cape Ann to Cape Cod in a few minutes as well. Even without traffic, that trip would still take at least 2 hours because of the round about way the roads are.

John

LOL, having images of Crockett and Tubbs in the Ferrari in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 836 just looking at each other, fuming about the traffic. Of course, the hour long show would be completely consumed by them trying to get from point A to point B.:hehe:

---Scott

 

[JCitron]

LOL, having images of Crockett and Tubbs in the Ferrari in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 836 just looking at each other, fuming about the traffic. Of course, the hour long show would be completely consumed by them trying to get from point A to point B.:hehe:

---Scott

Very true. This is why Hollywood is very much like a giant model railroad. They can selectively compress scenes to cut out the in between boring sections and basically cut to the chase. This very much the same thing we can do virtually if we wish, or usually do in a physical model railroad. In the latter case, it has to be done because there's no way anyone could afford or fit even a 10-mile model railroad in their home, let alone operate one of that size.

John

 

[kkopchynski]

Last week I watched the Folkston Funnel Cam and I saw UP engines heading north out of Florida.

Best regards,
Kevin

 

[SergeantC]

I honestly never watched it. I only assumed that it was actually filmed in Miami because Miami does have a pretty big television production business.

I grew up in Miami back in the days of Miami Vice, so naturally, as our "hometown" show, it was one of the most popular shows among me and my friends. And it was the same situation: Crockett & Tubbs are driving on SR836 by the airport, round a curve and cross the Julia Tuttle Causeway (which takes them out to Miami Beach), then next thing you know, they are on Key Biscayne or in the Everglades. Also, as detectives for the City of Miami PD, they investigated crimes in Miami Beach, unincorporated Dade County, Broward County, or wherever the winds may take them. So I am well aware of Hollywood's realism.

I thought they were supposed to be with the Miami-Dade Police. Am I wrong?

 

[JohnnyC1]

Many of the scenes in CSI Miami are shot in and around Long Beach California. UP & BNSF have a large presence in that area because of the ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles.
John

 

[slabay]

I thought they were supposed to be with the Miami-Dade Police. Am I wrong?

Now that you mention it, they might have been, since it has been so long since I watched it. I moved out of Miami in 1993 (best move I EVER made in my entire life!!), and since then, they have changed from "Metropolitan Dade County, Florida" to Miami-Dade County. At the time of Vice, there was a Miami PD and a Metro-Dade PD. MDPD performed the duties of the sheriff (civil service, subpoenas, warrants, etc.) in addition to law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of the county. Miami PD was the actual city of Miami only. Now I'll have to watch an episode on Hulu to see, but I think you're right in that they created their own fictional department.

---Scott