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biff
Have you seen the ads for the new CBS show The Mentalist starring Simon Baker? It looks to be a rip-off of Psych! Granted, it is a more "High Class" show, but a rip-off all the same!
psychfan93
QUOTE (biff @ Jul 24 2008, 06:42 PM) *
Have you seen the ads for the new CBS show The Mentalist starring Simon Baker? It looks to be a rip-off of Psych! Granted, it is a more "High Class" show, but a rip-off all the same!


yea, we already have a thread going about it.....and i'm not happy about it...

new cbs show, who's ready to rant with me?
Archieve
How is this show a rip-off of Psych? Is the main character a fake psych too? I have satellite, no local channels for me, so I will not be able to check this show out.
biff
QUOTE (Archieve @ Jul 24 2008, 04:23 PM) *
How is this show a rip-off of Psych? Is the main character a fake psych too? I have satellite, no local channels for me, so I will not be able to check this show out.


Why yes, the main character (who does seem to dress better than Shawn) is a fake psychic also. You are lucky that you only have satellite and don't have to watch lame rip-offs.
Archieve
QUOTE (biff @ Jul 24 2008, 06:41 PM) *
Why yes, the main character (who does seem to dress better than Shawn) is a fake psychic also. You are lucky that you only have satellite and don't have to watch lame rip-offs.


Well, at least we have Psych. I am sure Mentalist will not be the only show that's similar to Psych.

I like your boxing cat. It's cute!
PAK31
I have not seen nor heard about it until reading about it here. My take is that most of the time there is always a "ripoff" created from a good thing and the better wins out. So I am not worried.
Shmooel_Cohen
I am not happy about it either, but it will definately not be better than Psych. Maybe if people hear about it on CBS they could watch psych, but I don't like the ripoff idea all together. One more thing to the Shawn wardrobe comment: It's a physical impossibility to dress better than Shawn
biff
QUOTE (Archieve @ Jul 24 2008, 05:12 PM) *
Well, at least we have Psych. I am sure Mentalist will not be the only show that's similar to Psych.

I like your boxing cat. It's cute!



Thank you! He is training for the new CKA (Cats Kicking Ass) fighting series on paw-per-mew. You may have seen him on the Discovery Channel's Show "DEADLIEST CATS"
biff
QUOTE (Shmooel_Cohen @ Jul 24 2008, 11:06 PM) *
I am not happy about it either, but it will definately not be better than Psych. Maybe if people hear about it on CBS they could watch psych, but I don't like the ripoff idea all together. One more thing to the Shawn wardrobe comment: It's a physical impossibility to dress better than Shawn


Well, for Santa Barbara, Shawn's wardrobe is a little weak. However, for Canada, where the show is actually filmed, his wardrope ROCKS! The Mentalist is filmed in New York, so you know the wardrope is high dollar!
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