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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:20 PM Original message |
Poll question: Most accurate depiction of a law enforcement officer in the movies or TV is ... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. other |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. None of the above. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Fair enough, but you can still pick the one that is the MOST accurate. n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. in that list? NONE. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Good point. But I didn't ask for "typical" or "cop". |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. and again, NONE of them is accurate - they are stereotypes. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. MOST accurate. If none of the choices fit your criteria, you can pick "Other". n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. No, because that list is larded with stereotypes. Characters, created by writers. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. So, your choice is "Other"? n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. As I stated: Other. None of the above. NT |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yes you did, I missed it. My apologies. n/t |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Thank you,MADem----they are individuals, and usually |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Fair enough, but you can still pick the one that is the MOST accurate. n/t |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I did-Lennie Briscoe. God I miss him. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. May I ask why you picked him? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. He was an old-timer with an attitude. I'm an old-timer with an |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Me too. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Oooh,I'm jealous of your Mom. He was quite a performer. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. other |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. LOL! n/t |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lennie Briscoe. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hill Street Blues |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. I believe you're thinking of Charles Haid, playing "Andy Renko" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Renko |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Capt. Louis Renault |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. LOL! I wasn't sure how far back to go, otherwise I would have included Javert! n/t |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Clint Eastwood (hasn't he played a cop as well as a detective?) n/t |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Andy Sipowicz from NYPD Blues. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Any cop in "The Wire" the best cop show EV-AH! n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. 1/2 Barney Fife, 1/2 Vic Mackey |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Lt. Mike Stone and Inspector Steve Keller from Streets of San Francisco |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. OMG! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. If you live in the San Francisco area and get KOFY TV20, you can see.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I'm in Los Angeles... |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. It was really cool how everything was filmed on location. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. None of the above... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. LOL! n/t |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Inspector Cleauseau. Peter Sellers |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. "The New Centurions" (1972). . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:00 PM Original message |
i have to agree |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's been said Jack Webb produced a very accurate cop show |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. He spent *A LOT* of time working with actual LAPD cops and detectives. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. the two Cops in the movie 'Crash' - Matt Dillon's & Ryan Phillippe's characters |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Weird, I thought that movie reeked of formula. TNAFT. n/t |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. i can only speak for me |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I live in LA too. n/t |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. they must have been hanging on me then |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Malloy, or maybe Reed. Or maybe DiGiorgio from the "Dirty Harry" movies. (NT) |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ed McDunnough. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Joe Don Baker in MITCHELL |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Barney Fife |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Roscoe P Coltrane |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. Anybody watched Southland last season? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yes, him too! |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Bobby Goren - if he gets your case, you might as well confess |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. TJ Hooker! |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. which only reminds me of Angie Dickinson when you mention TJ |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. "as played...respectfully..."?, None of the Above. nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Did I mix them up? Did Gless play "Lacey" and Daly play "Cagney"? n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I think you were looking for 'respectively' nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. D'OH!! Yes, I was!! LOL! n/t |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. You forgot Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Oh yeah? n/t |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. Mike Logan of Law and Order..... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Interesting observation and welcome to DU! |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. Belker |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. Reed and Malloy, Jon and Ponch |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I didn't say "stereotype," I asked which is the most accurate depiction. n/t |
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