Miami shock

I’m sitting here reeling from the shock that CSI: Miami has been voted as the most popular TV programme worldwide, narrowly squeezing ahead of Lost and Desperate Housewives!

“CSI: Miami – pah!”, he splutters into his coffee cup, muttering obscenities… How could the world prefer the dubious charms of David Caruso’s Horatio Caine over William Petersen’s laconic and learned Gil Grissom.

OK, so “Miami” has a bit of sun, but the characters are far less engaging and interesting. Clearly, I’m a huge CSI: Las Vegas fan and for good reason. It has great characters, with subtle and believable development over time – not the ridiculous plot strands that have cropped up in CSI: NY, for example.

In Petersen, the show has a frontman of unimpeachable quality, who really cannot be bettered. The support cast is quite phenomenal, particularly Jorja Fox as Sara Sydal and Eric Szmanda as Greg.

And in case, there’s any doubt as to why the original is better than its Florida offshoot, let this be the last word: Beard beats Ginga everytime!

Happy Saturday

I’m sitting here enjoying the perfect Saturday…

I’m listening to Jonathan Ross on Radio 2, with a beautiful cup of steaming hot black coffee (decaff from the Monmouth Coffee House) and watching my beautiful daughter sitting in her chair, smiling and laughing

I worked from home yesterday, so it almost feels like a long weekend, even though I did actually work.

The sun is out and it’s such a great temperature – OK, not so great at night, but I’ll always prefer to be warm than cold.

So what have I been up to this past week? Not a great deal of note, really. We watched a superb movie on DVD the other night – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. It stars Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer and was extremely enjoyable. It plays with the whole fourth wall concept and doesn’t take itself too seriously. It also credits the audience with a bit of intelligence, which is sadly lacking in movies.

So what’s it about? Well, the basic plot is Robert Downey Jr is a thief, who becomes an actor, who then turns into a pseudo-private detective, teaming up with proper PI Val Kilmer. There’s also a woman involved (Michelle Monaghan) and a ridiculously convoluted plot, but it made me howl with laughter and is definitely worth renting…

I’ve also just heard the new track from The Dears – great stuff. I’m a big fan, although Ceri always complains , because it’s too depressing.

Anyway, I’d better get on with my great weekend!