First of all, I want to say I agree wholeheartedly with
jtd94 and
Snowkitty. Yes, everyone's entitled to their opinion and not everyone hs to like all the characters or ships. But there's soo much gratuitous hate on Sara, it's sickening. She has flaws, but so does everybody on CSI, and everybody on real life for that matter. There's absolutely no reason why a CSI:Movie should include everyone but Sara. She was an integral part of the show, both by herself as a scientist and person and as one half of the GSR. And yes, there are lots of ways of bringing her back. And it's not that "people" are hard on Sara, it's "some people", actually, a "rather small number of people" who are hard on Sara (again, gratuitously). And judging by ratings behaviour, Sara (and GSR) either helped them or at least didn't hurt them.
What did GSR fans win? : A happy ending.
What possible plotlines do you think could work for the movie? Do you think it should be one case or have different members working on multiple cases? Do you guys think there's any way that they can include Warrick, maybe through flashbacks or such?
Well, I think it's quite difficult to include Warrick (at least in person) because, duh. It's sad, but GD brought it on himself (although maybe a cameo would be nice). They could do something with Ellie, though. As for Lady Heather, her story was already told and done with, so I see no need fr her appearance - unless she comes back as a full-on villain. Not because I hate her, but because I think she'd kick ass as a villain. You know what I would love? Dr. Lurie's return.
IMHO, it should be one case. One big, big "all hands on deck", "someone's gonna blow Vegas up" case. I have a fetish with the "CSI gone bad" idea, it would be an interesting scenario to see them conducting an investigation where no one can trust each other or where they're all connected to the investigation in some way, or where the villain is a former CSI who knows every trick about hiding evidence and stuff.
Which brings me to my other (related) fetish, which is "Grissom's Dark Side" idea. I know it's kinda clichè, but maybe he could have a double personality or something like that. And.... here goes something that grosses me out as the GSR fan I am (and will probably rejoice non-GSR fans) but would be interesting from a purely cinematic point of view: the idea of the revelation that Grissom is, indeed, Sara's father (don't throw stones at me! just a cinematic idea!). On the other hand, I see Nick as too goody-goody and not having any meaty storylines lately, so he could be the one to have a dark side (without necesarily being a villain) - or Greg. Catherine? No. But she could shine as the strong boss.
In short, it must be an ensemble movie, as noir as it can get, really packed with action, forensics and mental chess, and a very very surprising ending - like,
Sixth Sense surprising. So surprising that the most commited fans won't see that coming.
CSI already has a cinematic quality that can very well be translated to the big screen. Even more with the apropriate storyline and handling, it can become a success on its own.
