Just started watching this show (surprising, considering the amount of TV I watch...), and I have to say it's pretty entertaining, if a bit frustrating at times. Hugh Laurie is eminently watchable. Of course, it goes without saying that the medical diagnoses are dubious at best - but what's the fun in letting it go without saying?!? Here's an interesting blog about House's medical mistakes, written by a real doctor:
Originally posted by PBE6 Just started watching this show (surprising, considering the amount of TV I watch...), and I have to say it's pretty entertaining, if a bit frustrating at times. Hugh Laurie is eminently watchable. Of course, it goes without saying that the medical diagnoses are dubious at best - but what's the fun in letting it go without saying?!? Here's an interesting blo ...[text shortened]... 's medical mistakes, written by a real doctor:
http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.html
It's one of the few shows I watch. You know we're making progress when they start creating TV characters who are atheists. Bones and House. The atheist dynamic duo. Plus Real Time With Bill Maher. And he's even a real person.
The medical diagnoses are irrelevant. Nobody watches the show for medical tips. It's just a framework for Laurie to inhabit.
Originally posted by coquette You do know that House is really a Holmes derivative, right? Check all the parallels.
Yeah, I've heard that before. House is Holmes, Wilson is Watson, etc. They're diagnosing illnesses instead of solving crimes. That's why I say the whole medical thing is irrelevant, because the show would work just as well with House as a homicide detective (a la Colombo) as it would with him as a doctor.
Is it just me or is Hugh Laurie's American accent rather unimpressive. It always sounds to me like he's a Brit putting on an accent, which he is, but it seems obtrusive to me, when it shouldn't be.
Originally posted by FMF Is it just me or is Hugh Laurie's American accent rather unimpressive. It always sounds to me like he's a Brit putting on an accent, which he is, but it seems obtrusive to me, when it shouldn't be.
Originally posted by FMF Is it just me or is Hugh Laurie's American accent rather unimpressive. It always sounds to me like he's a Brit putting on an accent, which he is, but it seems obtrusive to me, when it shouldn't be.
Originally posted by PBE6 If that were all it is, it wouldn't be a hit show.
that's all it is to me. It just seems like they have a list of rare ailments and each episode they just pick a different one. It's basically the same episode each week just with different faces and names of the patient.
Originally posted by uzless that's all it is to me. It just seems like they have a list of rare ailments and each episode they just pick a different one. It's basically the same episode each week just with different faces and names of the patient.
The ailment is a MacGuffin. The real joy in watching House is in the acting (especially Hugh Laurie) and the writing. The characters grow from season to season, behaving differently based on moral choices they've had to make in the past (Foreman is probably the best example), a nice switch from most other mystery/procedural shows. I also like the fact that House insults people. Besides being funny, the beauty of having an intelligent character who isn't afraid to insult people is that touchier subjects can be broached in a less threatening way.
Originally posted by PBE6 The ailment is a MacGuffin. The real joy in watching House is in the acting (especially Hugh Laurie) and the writing. The characters grow from season to season, behaving differently based on moral choices they've had to make in the past (Foreman is probably the best example), a nice switch from most other mystery/procedural shows. I also like the fact that H ...[text shortened]... t afraid to insult people is that touchier subjects can be broached in a less threatening way.
guess I'm old school.. Don't find insulting people (who aren't your friends) funny
House M.D.
17 Nov '09 18:36
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