Criminal Minds Analysis: Profile The Show

[ReidFan]

I've given up giving in to my OCD when I see "Locker" instead of "Loker" and "Mauve" instead of Maeve. Pretty sure it's effin' autocorrect's dirty hands doing that to people. I know I see those a lot on Facebook and I don't do a spelling/grammar check on my own FB posts, so it's likely it's people's devices autocorrecting (autodestruct as it's not so fondly known as in my house, especially when it wants to correct peoples' names --FYI it IS Reid not READ you stupid device!!--in a fanfic) people's posts.

42 minutes ago, Old Dog said:

I live near the village of Cheddar! I can get him the best Cheddar in the world! Quite happy to fly 5,300 miles to give it to him. And the cheese.

LOL.....

:::saves seat on other side of me for OleDoggie:::

[autumnmountains]

1 minute ago, ReidFan said:

I've given up giving in to my OCD when I see "Locker" instead of "Loker" and "Mauve" instead of Maeve. Pretty sure it's effin' autocorrect's dirty hands doing that to people. I know I see those a lot on Facebook and I don't do a spelling/grammar check on my own FB posts, so it's likely it's people's devices autocorrecting (autodestruct as it's not so fondly known as in my house, especially when it wants to correct peoples' names --FYI it IS Reid not READ you stupid device!!--in a fanfic) people's posts.

Thank you. It's indeed that. 

[ReidFan]

sometimes I hate autocorrect so much.

"No, I most certainly did NOT mean 'ducking' you stupid device!

[Willowy]

... said everyone ever. That has to be the worst and most prevalent example! I've finally trained my phone to the correct word, after about an entire year. xD

[Bookish Jen]

1 hour ago, ReidFan said:

he would love that. We'll put it on the to-do list when we visit!  :-)

This is another place in Wisconsin. And for some odd reason I bet Matthew would totally want to visit this place (and laugh himself silly).

[ReidFan]

15 minutes ago, Franky said:

... said everyone ever. That has to be the worst and most prevalent example! I've finally trained my phone to the correct word, after about an entire year. xD

yeah, as a fanfic writer, I find it endlessly frustrating that Word continues to 'fix' stuff like unsub, victimology and the people's names and nicknames which ARE CORRECT you stupid word processing program!!! Not to mention the crabbiness that ensues when Word wants to fix my spelling of realise, labour, theatre etc. I am NOT American, you stupid word processing program! Leave me alone! *ahem* 15 stories and a year later and it STILL wants to correct Hotch to hitch. *sigh* 

[secnarf]

24 minutes ago, ReidFan said:

yeah, as a fanfic writer, I find it endlessly frustrating that Word continues to 'fix' stuff like unsub, victimology and the people's names and nicknames which ARE CORRECT you stupid word processing program!!! Not to mention the crabbiness that ensues when Word wants to fix my spelling of realise, labour, theatre etc. I am NOT American, you stupid word processing program! Leave me alone! *ahem* 15 stories and a year later and it STILL wants to correct Hotch to hitch. *sigh* 

This is off-topic, but you can actively "teach" Word these things - when you see it underlined in red, just right click and there is usually an option to "add" the word. And you can turn off auto-correct too, if you'd prefer (I believe you can do this on phones as well).

[Droogie]

2 hours ago, Bookish Jen said:

Okay, back on topic; we're getting a bit off course.

Like a lot of you here, I think one of the worst aspects of CM is the torture porn and violence, especially when it comes to my favorite character, Spencer. We've seen this man shot, tortured, beaten up and held hostage. But at least there is some parity with all of this. Pretty much every member of the BAU has been shot, tortured, beaten up or held hostage-or a combo platter of all four. Shudder.

However, have anyone seen the level of condescension and "good natured" bullying Spencer has received pretty much since the beginning of his tenure with the BAU aimed at the other BAU team members? I think not. Early on he had to wear that ridiculous b-day hat on his 24th birthday. And let's not forget Derek being a complete dick to Spencer after Spencer failed his gun qualifications in LDSK, so rude and unprofessional.

And let's not forget how Derek and Rossi mocked Spencer during his absence, complete with Spencer-like hand gestures.

I'm also not a fan of terms like "kid" (aimed at a man well into his thirties), "pretty boy" or "pretty Ricky." I don't even like calling him Spence, but maybe it's because JJ calls him that.

And I can't forget when Spencer and Garcia went to a Comic Con like convention and when faced with Kevin and his date, Garcia just had to blurt out that she could never be sexually attracted to Spencer.

 

I agree times infinity with every single thing except I do like "Pretty Boy," not gonna lie. 

[Bookish Jen]

1 minute ago, Droogie said:

I agree times infinity with every single thing except I do like "Pretty Boy," not gonna lie. 

Well, he is very, very pretty, prettier than me (#ratbastard). But boy, he ain't. Spencer is a man! In fact, he is the man!

[ReidFan]

I'm kinda partial to Pretty Boy myself. As it came from Morgan, who's OLDER than him and referred to himself as Baby Boy, he's just acknowledging that #ratbastard is prettier than just about anyone. I don't take that particular nickname as a derogatory remark at all.

Also like Spence, but that should be his significant other calling him that, not his coworkers. Especially since they're all referring to each other by their last names.

18 minutes ago, secnarf said:

This is off-topic, but you can actively "teach" Word these things - when you see it underlined in red, just right click and there is usually an option to "add" the word. And you can turn off auto-correct too, if you'd prefer (I believe you can do this on phones as well).

oh I know. But I do appreciate autocorrect fixing my flying capitals (If I had to correct all the SPencers myself, I'd be doing that all day) and my reversed letters (t e h  for the all time etc). For some reason, it will just not learn Hotch although I have asked it too several times. I'm on a Macbook with a trackpad, wtf is 'right click'?

[secnarf]

16 minutes ago, ReidFan said:

I'm kinda partial to Pretty Boy myself. As it came from Morgan, who's OLDER than him and referred to himself as Baby Boy, he's just acknowledging that #ratbastard is prettier than just about anyone. I don't take that particular nickname as a derogatory remark at all.

Also like Spence, but that should be his significant other calling him that, not his coworkers. Especially since they're all referring to each other by their last names.

oh I know. But I do appreciate autocorrect fixing my flying capitals (If I had to correct all the SPencers myself, I'd be doing that all day) and my reversed letters (t e h  for the all time etc). For some reason, it will just not learn Hotch although I have asked it too several times. I'm on a Macbook with a trackpad, wtf is 'right click'?

Right click is whatever you make it (there are a few options available to you). On my Macbook, I have made it a two-fingered tap on the trackpad. Just go to System Preferences --> Trackpad.

[ReidFan]

I love how you knew what wtf was without needing clarification! *high five* :)

[normasm]

55 minutes ago, ReidFan said:

I'm on a Macbook with a trackpad, wtf is 'right click'?

http://www.ehow.com/how_6542_click-mac.html

It's probably one of the things you do all the time, like select or command click, or control click. 

[Mysteyman]

Since Matthew is the topic right now, I would like to say that i am a fan of "True Genius"

Great Episode, one of my absolute favorites.

[ReidFan]

*sigh* I keep forgetting that one. Everytime someone asks about 'favourite' episodes etc, I easily remember Revelations, Conflicted, Elephant's Memory, etc etc but I always forget True Genius, and you're right, it's a great one. Guy that plays the unsub 'Caleb' is freakin' fantastic too.

[normasm]

It took me a while to be able to watch that one, because the actor-who-plays-Caleb's face kept intruding mentally on my enjoyment of the beauty that is MGG. Sometimes that happens in my poor little brain. For instance, I can watch Benedict Cumberbatch do Sherlock, and for days, his "face" is in my subconscious, about 1.25 levels down. It bubbles to the surface at any moment. His voice is like that, too, it hangs in my poor brain for days. Help me...

[ReidFan]

relax with me, Normasm..'the actor that plays Caleb' can't be that  great, or we'd at least know/remember his name.   :)

[normasm]

I wasn't saying he was great, i was saying his toothy grin and nasal delivery were intruding on my streaming Reid vibe....

[ReidFan]

and his runny nose, in the last scene, don't forget the runny nose! O:-)

[ReidFan]

here's a screen grab for you, to get your streaming Reid vibe back :)

[normasm]

Ummmmmm...... streaming Reid vibe-bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[ReidFan]

Lol, I just realised that I managed to capture his tongue in this screen capture. Honest! a complete coincidence!  (I'll have to toss that jpg into the folder full of "Matthew/Spencer tongue/lips" I already have on the harddrive.

I need help.

[Droogie]

3 hours ago, ReidFan said:

and his runny nose, in the last scene, don't forget the runny nose! O:-)

A runny nose can be a powerful thing!  Remember "Revelations."

3 hours ago, ReidFan said:

here's a screen grab for you, to get your streaming Reid vibe back :)

I love that he simply cannot keep his tongue in his mouth.

 

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2 hours ago, ReidFan said:

I need help.

We all do.

[SSAHotchner]

On 8/10/2016 at 2:32 PM, Bookish Jen said:

This is an actual place in Wisconsin, south of Milwaukee.

I've been past this place. Didn't stop, though. 

[Mysteyman]

Cheese Castle?

I LOVE CHEESE!

some undercover investigation is required to find out what this place is about ::::;:;}

[Bookish Jen]

On ‎8‎/‎15‎/‎2016 at 0:48 PM, ReidFan said:

here's a screen grab for you, to get your streaming Reid vibe back :)

Hmm, looks like he's dreaming about my baked goods.

[ReidFan]

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 Droogie said "I love that he simply cannot keep his tongue in his mouth."

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[Bookish Jen]

10 minutes ago, ReidFan said:

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He looks like he just opened up my box filled to the brim with sugar mint cookies and the extra large brick of cheddar Old Dog was generous to provide and he can't wait to try both.

Delicious!

[ReidFan]

2/2  (it wouldn't let me load them one after the other :(  )

[Droogie]

1 hour ago, ReidFan said:

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ROFL.  Yes, it's definitely a "thing" with him.

i once read he said he compulsively checks the corners of his mouth for toothpaste, once even stopping filming because he was convinced it was there.

[ReidFan]

i was thinking more he was looking for my lipstick O:-) .........but I don't wear it

[Droogie]

Heh.

[Bookish Jen]

2 hours ago, ReidFan said:

2/2  (it wouldn't let me load them one after the other :(  )

The bottom right pic looks like he's looking to the heavens with utter gratefulness after getting a taste of my sugar mint cookies and Old Doggie's cheddar.

1 hour ago, Droogie said:

ROFL.  Yes, it's definitely a "thing" with him.

i once read he said he compulsively checks the corners of his mouth for toothpaste, once even stopping filming because he was convinced it was there.

Or Neosporin.

Edited August 20, 2016 by Bookish Jen

[Willowy]

He had a little piece of chapped lip once when he was sitting on the couch in Hotch's office after Emily died. That scene where he's so cute and says "If we can't keep each other safe, what's the point in doing any of this?" 

I'll bet it drove him nuts, once he saw. 

[ReidFan]

HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHA   OMGG Booky, too funny. and topical. in more ways than one. 

[thewhiteowl]

Reid has is own thread, just so you know. 

[ReidFan]

sorry...GUILTY.... but in my defense.... I don't know about other posters, but I find the quote and other stuff like that functions here really difficult to navigate, and I have NO idea how I'd move a reply to a post here to a different thread altogether.

[smoker]

I can't do that either ReidFan, I have seen some people can quote something on a different thread but I never found out the way :P

[thewhiteowl]

You don't have to move it, I can if I need to. Just say for example "answering you in Reid thread" or like that. 

[Bookish Jen]

Okay, finally getting back on topic.

We all know CM really fails when it comes to wigs and hair pieces. And I think one of the worst wigs is the one Reid sports in Profiling 101 when the BAU reflects on a past case from several years prior. The wig looks rather mulletish or mullet adjacent and just looks ridiculous placed on Reid's head. Seriously, that thing looked like something my cat horked up.

[Droogie]

That hair was a travesty.  They continued the trend with Aisha last season.  

Whoever is responsible for the hair on this show needs schooled.  Remember the rat's nest on Reid's head in The Forever People?

Incidentally, I always loved Hotch's hair.  He's so buttoned up and controlled, hair gelled within an inch of its life, but there was that rebellious little cowlick...  :::sniff:::

[Willowy]

Ellie. Ellie's wig. Good grief that poor child. 

[normasm]

It's funny, but I actually did it right with the kid from Mosley lane, before she was kidnapped, she had that horrible blond wig covered by the itchy hat, then when they kidnapped her, they supposedly dyed her hair, but it was the kid's real hair. 

[Bookish Jen]

On ‎8‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 6:35 PM, Franky said:

Ellie. Ellie's wig. Good grief that poor child. 

As if being kidnapped by Frank N. Furter with some really messed up teeth wasn't bad enough.

[SSAHotchner]

8 hours ago, Bookish Jen said:

As if being kidnapped by Frank N. Furter with some really messed up teeth wasn't bad enough.

Yeah, those teeth were a total gross out. As much as I have enjoyed Tim Curry in other things, I hate those 2 episodes of Criminal Minds. 

[ReidFan]

They're on my most hated --or worst if you like-- along with to hell and back and several others like season 11's Awake.

[JMO]

A lot of people don't seem to like those two sets of finales/ openers.  I didn't mind either of them. Was there something in particular that you didn't like?

[secnarf]

37 minutes ago, JMO said:

A lot of people don't seem to like those two sets of finales/ openers.  I didn't mind either of them. Was there something in particular that you didn't like?

Personally, I dislike To Hell/And Back because the plot consisted of two parts: the part that was essentially Robert Pickton, and the part that was ridiculous. Plus some overlap between the two.

I heard more than enough about Pickton on the news, including warnings like this one.  I don't need to hear about it in my fictional programming as well.

[Danielg342]

Morgan berating the Detroit detective by asking her "how many lives would it take for you to care" is one of my favourite scenes of all time. Plus, as an actress, I quite enjoyed Lily Kershaw...she elevated some pretty spotty writing, I think.

"Our Darkest Hour/The Longest Night", though...well, I think it's better than a lot of what passes for CM these days. I just found the Billy Flynn/Derek Morgan fight to be very underwhelming. I get the show wanted to make Flynn Morgan's "nemesis" but there was hardly anything about him that would scream "Morgan would pay extra attention to this guy". If Morgan's the team's muscle then he should have an adversary that could at least look like he could beat Morgan in a fight. Scraggly old Flynn doesn't cut it for me. Oh, and the scene where Morgan piled bullets into Flynn truly rang hollow, and was pretty cheap writing, I think.

I pretty much only enjoyed "Our Darkest Hour" until we got to the end and Eric Close's character decided he had to be stupid.

[ForeverAlone]

For all of its faults, "Our Darkest Hour" was probably the last finale that was somewhat decent (Until we got to "The Storm", since I liked it for the most part), but we didn't realize it until the execrable season finales of 6-10. And it should be noted that "Our Darkest Hour" was written by Erica (the first in the string of disappointing finales), and it was her best effort at one of those, but it was by far the worst finale in the first five seasons (again, no coincidence that it was written by Erica).