An alternative perspective

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EDIT: This is a post for people to talk about WHY THEY WILL STILL WATCH. This isn't for people to reinterate sexism, why CBS sucks, etc. Please keep that in consideration!

I want to try something, and I'm sure it might not go over well. Mods...use your powers if you feel it right. But I think we need this here.

There are some of us, while sad AJ is leaving, who aren't going to stop watching the show. We may have thought some of the protests went too far. We may be excited for the change in team chemistry. Basically, we're gonna give it a shot.

We're also afraid that however calm and articulate we are, we'll be seen as flamers or we'll be flamed. I thought this could be the post for those of us who need to get this off our chests. Need to vent in another direction.

Feel free to be anon. I'd urge nobody to slam other fans, just talk about what they hope for season 6, why they aren't going to stop watching, etc. I don't want ANYONE ON ANY SIDE to feel insulted.

Whadda ya think?

EDIT: This is a 'Why I will watch' thread, not yet another place for people to state 'why they won't watch.'

Comments

[scoob2222.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I think, honestly, with the amount of money CM costs with the fact that they are always in a new location it is amazing they kept a full cast for this long. As sad as I am for AJ, even though JJ wasn't really a favorite of mine, the truth is that she had six years of solid, well-paying work in Hollywood. Right now that is amazing. The show has to do what it has to do to stay on the air, and deciding to stop watching is just going to put everyone else out of work.

[madlori.livejournal.com]

They're not in any more new locations than any other show, really. Pretty much everybody films inside the TMZ. I don't think CM has gone outside LA on location more than a couple of times.

[scoob2222.livejournal.com]

Yes, but they have to create new sets every week and they have an entire guest cast pretty much every week. Whereas something like CSI has just the lab, and then a crime scene, CM has several locations in every episode, evne if they aren't actually at the location.

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The show has only filmed outside of LA with the main cast twice (according to some interiew Shemar did this spring...hell if I can remember). The alaska ep was filmed in Frazier Park up near Porterville, and the crossover ep...half that was filmed in San Francisco.

Even the season 2 ep in idaho was shot in LA, lost of spliced footage, which actually isn't cheap either.