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LL
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| | Subject: The "House" medical drama Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:28 pm | |
| Is a 21st century update of the Holmes character. The series creators freely admit it, and have fun sprinkling Holmesian clues throughout the show. (His apartment is #221, etc.) Lots of clever wordplay hints, too, such as "House" being a synonym of a homonym for "Homes." Kind of cool, huh?  |
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adauria
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:13 am | |
| Funny, I love SH but don't watch House. My wife watches House but has never read SH. I'll have to point that out to her and maybe she'll give it a read... unlikely though...
-Andrew |
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:56 am | |
| That makes such total and satisfying sense once you point it out! The narcotics addiction, the foil named Dr. W___son...
They also both really nail down that sense of "I'm not arrogant; I'm just always right." I love Holmes, and he's the "good guy" in the stories, but he never struck me as all that likeable.
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jhuggett
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:52 am | |
| I never watched the show before, thinking it was more of a "chick" show but I will have to check it out now.
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:49 am | |
| I like the SH/House comparison, well done ol' boy. I also see it, but the tormented genius end is over played in my opinon, in one of the Law and Order franchises (I can't tell them apart anymore).
On a slight sidenote, in the preferance to a novel, Savage Detectives by a Mexican author Roberto Bolańo, they explain the appeal of detectives as literary devices. People that exist seemingly only to seek the truth, just a modern day version of people going on a quest for the Holy Grail, their existence becomes the search. |
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Aaron
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:56 am | |
| I own all four seasons of House on DVD. Me and the wife love having House marathons. |
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Irene Adler
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:51 pm | |
| | jhuggett wrote: | | I never watched the show before, thinking it was more of a "chick" show but I will have to check it out now. |
It is very much a chick show, but still has some highly redeeming qualities. I've seen the first four seasons and have grown fond of the plot line. If nothing else it is extremely witty and the SH references are fun to watch for. |
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Aaron
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:47 pm | |
| Watching House right now. |
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Danish_Pipe_Guy
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:22 pm | |
| The funniest thing for me is that I watched the entire first season before I knew that Hugh Laurie actually speaks with a think english accent! Afterwards I started watching Blackadder and was even more impressed w/ Laurie's acting! Then he sang on Saturday Night Live and I was floored once again! This guy can truly do it all. One of the most talented entertainers in the business for sure! |
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:54 pm | |
| The writers get carried away sometimes.A couple of weeks ago there was a lesbian doctor who climbed into a patients bed[another woman] and clamped on to her.I was watching with my wife and I let out a roar of laughter at such a scene.Then I wondered outloud why no nurses crawled into my bed last time I was hospitalized.  Winslow  |
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Irene Adler
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:44 pm | |
| | Winslow wrote: | Then I wondered outloud why no nurses crawled into my bed last time
I was hospitalized. |
Because you're not a girl.  |
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Irene Adler
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:14 am | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:17 pm | |
| | Irene Adler wrote: | This makes me happy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pwLzSBdBc |
Ok, That was cool!
Speaking from a Guy position (Well mine anyway)- I love House. The SH references are so enlightening.....Holmes hated to be bothered with the trival crimes, and each episode, someone has to bend over backwards to show House how unique a case is before he'll even consider getting involved.
Both Played music.
The obvious narcotic references
Seems there is really only one Woman for either.
Neither were bothered much with sparing peoples feelings
So many parallels! Thanks for bringing this to my attention! |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: The "House" medical drama Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:56 pm | |
| I started checking out House after reading the earlier posts on this thread and I must say I like it. House is such an a**h*** of which I can relate. The only other show I watch with any regularity is 24. |
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They recently blanched at the Holmes volumes in my home library while looking for something to read