Aug 17, 2005 10:30 PM
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(Updated Aug 17, 2005 10:39 PM)
Someone read too many Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot books. Someone watched one too many detective flicks. Someone then went back to their drawing boards and wrote a television serial known as C.I.D
That someone then ganged up with a bunch of people who went on to select some really serious looking humanoids to play the part of a bunch of detectives / cops / whatevers who:
Never smile or joke or laugh...
Walk around like androids
Walk synchronised. If there are four of them, they will walk together, equi-distant.
Brandish a pistol 24 hours a day.
Stick the pistol right in front of their pants. They must be wearing bullet proof underwear... or else... if that pistol ever went off... they'd be getting a free sex change...
Find clues that are so visible that even a blind man can find it.
Make appearances as C.I.Ds in other serials like Messy... er.. Jassi JKK.
Shoot and get shot at.
Ask inane questions in the name of deduction.
Follow the ''Idiots Guide to Deduction without Seduction'' (James Bond didnt read this)
Get it done... wokay? (borrowed from the Timesjobs.com ad)
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Lets sum the show up with a little rhyme:
the CID boss looks quite gruff
the CID dudes huff and puff
they walk around like clockwork mouse
searching for clues in a house
investigating scenes of crime
making sure criminals do time (er not my friend criminal... king... sorry man :P)
they find clues and decipher them
it might be bandage, or some phlegm (yuckkk)
the show moves on at a pretty good pace
with action scattered all over the place
in the end they always solve the case
sometimes with or without a chase
the CID boss and his brawny cronies
uncover the truth and also phonies
flex their muscles, wield their guns
synchronized walk and synchronized runs (not the runs that you get in the loo)
What do I think about this show?
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I think its cool. And here's why:
You dont have to wait a lifetime to know what happens.
You dont have to worry about missing an episode.
You dont have to shed tears watching extreme melodrama.
There are no morals to be learnt from the stories. No immorals either.
You just sit and watch and dont waste energy wondering what happens. Something will happen, and you just watch it.
Detectives are always cool, Karam Chand included (anyone got a gaajar?)
There is no seventh reason.
Finally
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Just like a C.I.D episode, this review is also over. You dont have to wait 10 years to finish reading this. Since I loathe those never-ending serials, I'll give this one a four star.
~finis~
