New series: "The Chicago Code"

Completely aquiver with anticipation.

http://www.fox.com/chicagocode/about/

No mention of who's going to play the mayor.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 7, 2011 at 9:54am

I'd love to see an AUTHENTIC Logan Square Metra station!  One that went all the way to Madison ;)

 

And I always drink Miller High-Life when I stand under the L tracks hanging out and stripping out stolen bikes.


H3N3 said:

Well, I may try to tune in at least for the fun of IDing location scenes.

My reaction was to the description of the characters and premise . . .it looks like another warped west coast/Hollywood idea of what Chicago is like. Which, under some circumstances can be kind of fun if taken far enough to the bizarro . . . does anyone remember the Kevin Bacon movie Stir of Echoes?  It was fun in that way . . . they did some cool things like create a beautiful, completely authentic looking "Logan Square Metra Station", and lots of Chicago bungalow facing; and every shot showing what Chicagoans do in their leisure time had them standing around underneath El tracks drinking Old Style from a keg in the street :-)

Permalink Reply by Moc Artsy on February 7, 2011 at 11:17am

Reader review:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-code-fox-jennifer-beal...

 

Evidently, del Valle has been elected Mayor.

Permalink Reply by Vondo on February 7, 2011 at 3:35pm
Hey not for nothing but there was a good shot of bike lane signage in the show...
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 7, 2011 at 4:45pm

We watched it.  They used a decent variety of real neighborhood locations.  They paid attention to getting a lot of look and feel details right. 

 

Scott thought that the feel of it did justice to the city and police work here.  Some aspects of the plot were a bit of a stretch.  I admit that I don't exactly expect absolute realism in TV plots - it's too rare.  We thought it was a reasonably good pilot episode - not perfect, but it has potential.

Permalink Reply by Joel on February 7, 2011 at 5:08pm

Eh, no one wants realism in tv.  Reality is boring.

 

Doctors: check blood pressure and diagnose STDs all day

Police: fill out paperwork at the precinct, go talk to people after the crime was committed, fill out more paperwork for insurance purposes

Scientists: sit in a lab pipetting liquid and then wait 3 days for results.

Lawyers: hours and hours of reading and writing, maybe followed by a few minutes in court.

 

Who would watch that?



Anne Alt said:

We watched it.  They used a decent variety of real neighborhood locations.  They paid attention to getting a lot of look and feel details right. 

 

Scott thought that the feel of it did justice to the city and police work here.  Some aspects of the plot were a bit of a stretch.  I admit that I don't exactly expect absolute realism in TV plots - it's too rare.  We thought it was a reasonably good pilot episode - not perfect, but it has potential.

Permalink Reply by S on February 7, 2011 at 5:44pm

Not to mention that when someone in the ER does code, they end up dying most of the time.

For the scientists, I'd say they spend a lot of time staring at a computer screen and typing.

Don't forget the forsenic/picture guy blowing up a video frame or picture to get a big blocky image that could be anyone.  Too bad enhance doesn't work so well in real life.

 

Joel said:

Eh, no one wants realism in tv.  Reality is boring.

 

Doctors: check blood pressure and diagnose STDs all day

Permalink Reply by travesty on February 7, 2011 at 5:55pm
I prefer some reality, nurses check blood pressure in many cases that I am aware of.
This is a 3 minute TED talk from Derek Sivers about "reality" in a way.

 

S said:

Not to mention that when someone in the ER does code, they end up dying most of the time.

Permalink Reply by Vilda on February 7, 2011 at 7:01pm
Good show ;-)
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 8, 2011 at 3:32am

Enjoyed it.  Will put on TiVo season pass.

I thought for sure that one house was going to be a meth lab.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 8, 2011 at 4:38am
Scott has often commented that police work is 95% boredom, and 5% too much excitement.  Lots and lots of boring paperwork.

Joel said:

Eh, no one wants realism in tv.  Reality is boring.

 

Doctors: check blood pressure and diagnose STDs all day

Police: fill out paperwork at the precinct, go talk to people after the crime was committed, fill out more paperwork for insurance purposes

Scientists: sit in a lab pipetting liquid and then wait 3 days for results.

Lawyers: hours and hours of reading and writing, maybe followed by a few minutes in court.

 

Who would watch that?



Anne Alt said:

We watched it.  They used a decent variety of real neighborhood locations.  They paid attention to getting a lot of look and feel details right. 

 

Scott thought that the feel of it did justice to the city and police work here.  Some aspects of the plot were a bit of a stretch.  I admit that I don't exactly expect absolute realism in TV plots - it's too rare.  We thought it was a reasonably good pilot episode - not perfect, but it has potential.

Permalink Reply by Holly on February 8, 2011 at 5:02am
What did you think of the accents, particularly Superintendent?
Permalink Reply by Sol on February 8, 2011 at 5:37am
If devalle was elected mayor, we know it is hollywood fantasy.

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