Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" - The Firearms Forum

Will_G · 07-09-2009, 12:59 PM

This is sort of an experiment on my part--because I am curious as to how these two Miami-themed television shows come across. Which of these characters on CSI: Miami and Burn Notice do you find most appealing? Horatio Caine or Michael Westen? Fiona Glenanne or Calleigh Duquesne?

Not exactly earth-shaking questions, I know...

islenos · 07-09-2009, 01:02 PM

IRA Bomber Fiona all the way!!

Will_G · 07-09-2009, 02:22 PM

I personally agree with you 100%!!!!

21bravo · 07-09-2009, 02:30 PM

well will... i do watch both shows. my votes were for Micheal Weston (because i think the Horatio Cain character is an idiot...his "whitty comments" are just plain stupid.. and the sunglasses?? why must they be taken off for him to say anything??) for the female.... it was i tie but i voted for calliegh.. because i think shes prettier, and me bein a southern boy i just love those southern belles (she was voted in the 20 sexiest southern women...

) now if i were goin for my combat engineer side.... it'd have to be fiona hands down! so if'n it'd be possible.. when you see them, send them BOTH my way

one for eack arm "ladies, please... theres enough of me for both of you...

"

TranterUK · 07-09-2009, 02:31 PM

Have to have a say here. I have tried watching it, best I have managed is half way through. The recent series premier, where H got shot I only got to the first ads, 25% through before the simplistic plot became clear and I became bored. What is it with the writers? They had an opportunity to write a really good episode and threw it away.

Well acted, always a laugh when H takes off the shades and turns side on to talk to someone, terrible writers.

Freightman · 07-09-2009, 02:41 PM

At least there is a lot mor entertaning gun blow ups and just plan funny in Burn Notice, I am no actor but CSI Miami is some of the worst acting I have seen since Hannsel and Grettle in the third grade.

Pistolenschutze · 07-09-2009, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

I have tried watching it, best I have managed is half way through.

Were I you, I would probably watch reruns of Benny Hill too, Tranter.

bcj1755 · 07-09-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Were I you, I would probably watch reruns of Benny Hill too, Tranter.

Benny Hill was the man!!!

40CalJoe · 07-09-2009, 06:20 PM

Burn Notice all the way. Never miss it.

RonRdRcr · 07-09-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Freightman

I am no actor but CSI Miami is some of the worst acting I have seen since Hannsel and Grettle in the third grade.

Exactly, I can't stand that show. Burn Notice on the otherhand is a favorite in my home.

Ron

fmacsin1 · 07-09-2009, 07:51 PM

It's Burn Notice for me. I got tired of CSI: Miami as the actors seem to be as bored as I am. Maybe some new blood? (No pun intended!) I think after a show has started and run successfully a few years, the writers seem to rest on their laurels a bit and the plots seem to thin out.

Will_G · 07-09-2009, 10:10 PM

I just want to thank all of you for your great answers so far. My wife and I have been laughing over some of those lines (Hansel and Gretel in the third grade?) and have truly enjoyed all of your replies.

Will

berto64 · 07-10-2009, 06:49 AM

Don't watch them. Sorry.

jondar · 07-10-2009, 07:33 AM

I didn't vote because I don't know who any of the named characters are. I start watching CSI, the beginnings really get your attention, then after about five minutes everything levels off, the actors start mumbling their lines and I switch channels. I think I only watched 100% of one episode because there was nothing else on.

Referring to the comment on Benny Hill above, I concur. I think the only good thing to come out of the U.K. since Churchill was Benny Hill. JMHO.

carver · 07-10-2009, 08:28 AM

Didn't vote, don't watch either show! What does that say about me?

I tried to watch CSI Miami when it first came out, but the charter of Horatio Caine just turned me off. Can't imagine a greater idiot ever as the star of a show (not the man personally, his charter)! Have never watched Burn Notice, and don't intend to.

45nut · 07-10-2009, 11:30 AM

Burn Notice for me. I have no idea if real spies act like this, but it's entertaining! Some of the gizmos are great and if it really worked it would be fantastic.

View Poll Results: Which characters do you find most appealing (best acted) on CSI:Miami or Burn Notice?
Horatio Caine	8	32.00%
Michael Westen	12	48.00%
Fiona Glenanne	6	24.00%
Calleigh Duquesne	6	24.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

07-09-2009, 12:59 PM	#1
Will_G Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 35	Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" This is sort of an experiment on my part--because I am curious as to how these two Miami-themed television shows come across. Which of these characters on CSI: Miami and Burn Notice do you find most appealing? Horatio Caine or Michael Westen? Fiona Glenanne or Calleigh Duquesne? Not exactly earth-shaking questions, I know... -->

07-09-2009, 01:02 PM	#2
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" IRA Bomber Fiona all the way!! __________________

07-09-2009, 02:22 PM	#3
Will_G Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 35	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" I personally agree with you 100%!!!!

07-09-2009, 02:30 PM	#4
21bravo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: wilkes county, nc Posts: 790	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" well will... i do watch both shows. my votes were for Micheal Weston (because i think the Horatio Cain character is an idiot...his "whitty comments" are just plain stupid.. and the sunglasses?? why must they be taken off for him to say anything??) for the female.... it was i tie but i voted for calliegh.. because i think shes prettier, and me bein a southern boy i just love those southern belles (she was voted in the 20 sexiest southern women...) now if i were goin for my combat engineer side.... it'd have to be fiona hands down! so if'n it'd be possible.. when you see them, send them BOTH my way one for eack arm "ladies, please... theres enough of me for both of you..." __________________ "BIG MOMMA BRAVO" If everything seems to be going well, you obviously do not know what the hell is going on --"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime." - Thomas Jefferson

07-09-2009, 02:31 PM	#5
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" Have to have a say here. I have tried watching it, best I have managed is half way through. The recent series premier, where H got shot I only got to the first ads, 25% through before the simplistic plot became clear and I became bored. What is it with the writers? They had an opportunity to write a really good episode and threw it away. Well acted, always a laugh when H takes off the shades and turns side on to talk to someone, terrible writers. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way! Last edited by TranterUK; 07-09-2009 at 02:33 PM..

07-09-2009, 02:41 PM	#6
Freightman Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" At least there is a lot mor entertaning gun blow ups and just plan funny in Burn Notice, I am no actor but CSI Miami is some of the worst acting I have seen since Hannsel and Grettle in the third grade.

07-09-2009, 06:20 PM	#9
40CalJoe V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In the middle Posts: 421	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" Burn Notice all the way. Never miss it. __________________ *I will give hussein obama exactly the same respect liberals gave George W Bush: NONE.*

07-09-2009, 07:51 PM	#11
fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" It's Burn Notice for me. I got tired of CSI: Miami as the actors seem to be as bored as I am. Maybe some new blood? (No pun intended!) I think after a show has started and run successfully a few years, the writers seem to rest on their laurels a bit and the plots seem to thin out.

07-09-2009, 10:10 PM	#12
Will_G Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 35	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" I just want to thank all of you for your great answers so far. My wife and I have been laughing over some of those lines (Hansel and Gretel in the third grade?) and have truly enjoyed all of your replies. Will

07-10-2009, 06:49 AM	#13
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,388	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" Don't watch them. Sorry. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

07-10-2009, 07:33 AM	#14
jondar V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 458	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" I didn't vote because I don't know who any of the named characters are. I start watching CSI, the beginnings really get your attention, then after about five minutes everything levels off, the actors start mumbling their lines and I switch channels. I think I only watched 100% of one episode because there was nothing else on. Referring to the comment on Benny Hill above, I concur. I think the only good thing to come out of the U.K. since Churchill was Benny Hill. JMHO.

07-10-2009, 08:28 AM	#15
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" Didn't vote, don't watch either show! What does that say about me? I tried to watch CSI Miami when it first came out, but the charter of Horatio Caine just turned me off. Can't imagine a greater idiot ever as the star of a show (not the man personally, his charter)! Have never watched Burn Notice, and don't intend to. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

07-10-2009, 11:30 AM	#16
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,428	Re: Poll about "CSI: Miami" vs. "Burn Notice" Burn Notice for me. I have no idea if real spies act like this, but it's entertaining! Some of the gizmos are great and if it really worked it would be fantastic. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*