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one of the best shows ever, i love it, what do people on ns think?

i think that hugh laurie is brilliant but the show itself is horribly written and acted (outside of laurie).

I saw one or two episodes while at friends houses. Kinda interesting, kinda funny, but not enough to make me go out and get a TV.

i think that hugh laurie is brilliant but the show itself is horribly written and acted (outside of laurie).

Really? You must have insanely high standards. Although I will admit that the storyline is the same almost every single time.

season 5 preview - http://youtube.com/watch?v=9MUp3PmNa6c

Really? You must have insanely high standards. Although I will admit that the storyline is the same almost every single time.

well if its insane to think that no black doctor is going to let anyone say racist things to him or that no doctor anywhere is going to commit burglary, or that in modern hospitals the nurses and techs run all the tests so that the doctors can do doctor work, yeah i guess im nutz.

I like it, Dr. House is awesome.

basically the only thing I watch on TV

well if its insane to think that no black doctor is going to let anyone say racist things to him or that no doctor anywhere is going to commit burglary, or that in modern hospitals the nurses and techs run all the tests so that the doctors can do doctor work, yeah i guess im nutz.
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I love Hugh Laurie and his role, though. Love. Enough to watch the show.
And I don't actually find the rest of the acting bad, either.

well if its insane to think that no black doctor is going to let anyone say racist things to him or that no doctor anywhere is going to commit burglary, or that in modern hospitals the nurses and techs run all the tests so that the doctors can do doctor work, yeah i guess im nutz.

Foreman is constantly having outbursts against racism in the series, I don't know where you are getting this "no black doctor is going to let..." from. And when does anyone commit burglary?

And when does anyone commit burglary?

there's parts where foreman breaks into homes (but with keys)

Summary of a House episode:

Patient comes in with problem.
House acts like a dick to everyone.
Problem gets misdiagnosed several times.
Problem gets discovered as some extremely obscure or unlikely or rare disease or condition.
Problem solved.

Summary of a House episode:

Patient comes in with problem.
House acts like a dick to everyone.
Problem gets misdiagnosed several times.
Problem gets discovered as some extremely obscure or unlikely or rare disease or condition.
Problem solved.

Yea, but any TV shows can be broken down like that. Take L&O.

A crime is committed
They Investigate crime
Go down several wrong leads
Find the perp
Lawyers prepare for court
Court is held
Jury delivers decision

Just because it does follow a formula doesn't mean it's not entertaining.

I watched the first season or so then got bored of them magically finding a cure for every idiot who walks in with the rinse and repeat side stories

course I would watch if they started using these super detective skills to say travel the galaxy in search of the cure to piss shivers or fighting the joker

i think that hugh laurie is brilliant but the show itself is horribly written and acted (outside of laurie).

There is no show outside of Hugh Laurie. The other characters are only there to create situations in which he can demonstrate his brilliance.

Another Scrubs ripoff
It scares me
and the main char has almost the same name as my brother

3 strikes

I watched the show ... once. It did nothing for me. My daughter, however, thinks Hugh Laurie is revolving sex on wheels.

Its a brilliant show, and I love the humor.

Another Scrubs ripoff

What? House is a Scrubs ripoff like Scrubs is an ER ripoff.

Foreman is constantly having outbursts against racism in the series, I don't know where you are getting this "no black doctor is going to let..." from. And when does anyone commit burglary?

when you break into someone's house, rifle through their things and remove stuff, that is burglary.

i think that hugh laurie is brilliant but the show itself is horribly written and acted (outside of laurie).

even laurie gets old because the scripts stink on ice

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I love Hugh Laurie and his role, though. Love. Enough to watch the show.
And I don't actually find the rest of the acting bad, either.

the rest of the acting SUCKS. omar epps is OK but i find all the other doctors completely unbelievable as doctors. they try to sell the stupid lines and the stupid things that they do but... well maybe NO actor is good enough to make those things believable.

hugh laurie is amazing though. he does make his lines and the insane things they have him do work. he is brilliant.

even laurie gets old because the scripts stink on ice
they are going to have to do SOMETHING to make the scripts work better. now that every possible diagnosis has been done and there are only so many more odd illnesses to be found in obscure medical journals, its going to be hard to have the medical mystery carry the show.

they are going to have to do SOMETHING to make the scripts work better. now that every possible diagnosis has been done and there are only so many more odd illnesses to be found in obscure medical journals, its going to be hard to have the medical mystery carry the show.

ok, laurie goes to get his PhD in applied physics, and works at CERN solving physics mysteries...

ok, laurie goes to get his PhD in applied physics, and works at CERN solving physics mysteries...

until the show finishes its run and the last episode has the world destroyed by a black hole?

I watch it, Not for the story but for the witty commentary delivered by Hugh Laurie, Its funny and entertaining which is more than I can say for most shows on television nowadays

Another Scrubs ripoff
It scares me
and the main char has almost the same name as my brother

3 strikes

How is House, a drama, a ripoff of Scrubs, a comedy?

one of the best shows ever, i love it, what do people on ns think?

Well, it's not Firefly (but then, what is), but it's better than practically anything else.

So... it's okay.

(In other words, it's not that good that I'd actually watch it on TV - because I almost never watch anything on TV - but my wife has two seasons of it on DVD, and I don't mind it).

Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie (and the 3 original team members) are great, but the new guys aren't great actors, and really aren't that interesting. The show's going a little downhill.

until the show finishes its run and the last episode has the world destroyed by a black hole?

or he has to figure out how to neutralize a strangelet before it nibbles the Earth into oblivion...

I remember that one episode where House is having a fantasy and Cuddy does like a five minute striptease on primetime telly.

And next day there were five of those clips on the "best of" section at youtube.

What? House is a Scrubs ripoff like Scrubs is an ER ripoff.

"nuh uh" says Sparkelle "it has been years since ER ended and the idea to make a comedy doctor show was bree-yant. The idea for house was to shift the main character on scrubs from JD to Dr.Cox, keeping his personality the same and get gid of the humour and replace it with blood and nasty things"

"nuh uh" says Sparkelle "it has been years since ER ended and the idea to make a comedy doctor show was bree-yant. The idea for house was to shift the main character on scrubs from JD to Dr.Cox, keeping his personality the same and get gid of the humour and replace it with blood and nasty things"
pssst

ER hasnt ended. i saw an ad the other day saying that THIS would be ER's final season.

i think that hugh laurie is brilliant but the show itself is horribly written and acted (outside of laurie).Well, i'd diddle Cameron. How about the one where he's hallucinating snipping her blouse open?

I remember that one episode where House is having a fantasy and Cuddy does like a five minute striptease on primetime telly.

And next day there were five of those clips on the "best of" section at youtube.Awfuckyeah. That *was* awesome.
She's one of the most photogenic women i've *ever* seen. Check her out:
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Lupus, etc..

Well, i'd diddle Cameron. How about the one where he's hallucinating snipping her blouse open?
why would *I* enjoy that episode?

ok, laurie goes to get his PhD in applied physics, and works at CERN solving physics mysteries...!
ShutupshutupSHUT!UP!
Have the sense to use the spoiler function!
*scolds*

Awfuckyeah. That *was* awesome.
She's one of the most photogenic women i've *ever* seen. Check her out:
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yeah. too bad looking good isnt the same as being a good actress.

why would *I* enjoy that episode?
I don't know you well enough to get into that.
Well, that part didn't have so much dialogue as setting. Good setting at that.
Maybe you're not into brunettes-turned-blondes? :confused:

I like House, I must admit, but the show is so concretely formed around House that, if he left, there would be no show, even though they'd probably try to keep it going.

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Have the sense to use the spoiler function!
*scolds*
when did we get THAT?

yeah. too bad looking good isnt the same as being a good actress.
Maybe i didn't read *all* this particular thread, but i'm starting to feel like the time someone was pissed off at me for quoting Dane Cook, and they kept telling me i was going to go to hell (for that specifically) .... odd since i thought the first time in *months* about that only this morning.
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Lupus, etc.. ... /thread

Maybe i didn't read *all* this particular thread, but i'm starting to feel like the time someone was pissed off at me for quoting Dane Cook, and they kept telling me i was going to go to hell (for that specifically) .... odd since i thought the first time in *months* about that only this morning.
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and im feeling lost at sea?

Well, it's not Firefly (but then, what is):(
Verily, you wound me.

when did we get THAT?Mail order. Bribed a mod. You know .... *rubs nose*

and im feeling lost at sea?Well, the follow-up was that the particular poster was pissed that Dane got so much attention for his act, when much of it was supplemented by lesser-known actors' work and material. I didn't know it at the time although i had heard about Carlos Mencia's debacle.
This kinda feels like it, further even that i've *never* seen you so apparently dead-set against ANYTHING here. Ever. Just seems curious to me is all.

Well, the follow-up was that the particular poster was pissed that Dane got so much attention for his act, when much of it was supplemented by lesser-known actors' work and material. I didn't know it at the time although i had heard about Carlos Mencia's debacle.
This kinda feels like it, further even that i've *never* seen you so apparently dead-set against ANYTHING here. Ever. Just seems curious to me is all.

what am i dead set against? house not sucking?

it annoys me that the jewel that is hugh laurie is stuck in the brass setting of house md.

what am i dead set against? house not sucking? In so many words, i guess.

it annoys me that the jewel that is hugh laurie is stuck in the brass setting of house md.He could go back to his duet days.

was it the speed of my posting? i was playing with the "quick reply" window and noticing how it was like being in a chat window instead of a forum thread.

I do like House and I watch it from time to time but I do get tired of the repetitive story telling. That's why I don't watch much TV Anymore.

was it the speed of my posting? i was playing with the "quick reply" window and noticing how it was like being in a chat window instead of a forum thread.
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You mean to post this?
:confused:
Actually, i haven't used that function yet (*fear*)

I do like House and I watch it from time to time but I do get tired of the repetitive story telling. That's why I don't watch much TV Anymore.
That's why you should do what posters here do - convince the writers they know to go on strike, and take advantage of that to advance your own prescient scripts. *nods*

:(
Verily, you wound me.

And I got in an almost-reference to Bladrunner, too.

That's gotta be worth like... 200 points. Or 100, without the nurse.

My favorite thing about the show is they very often use real life diseases/conditions and treatments for them. Notably (Well, notable to me, since they are the only ones that effect me) was House's ketamine treatment at the beginning of one of the seasons that fixed his leg for a short while and the occasional mention of RSD/CRPS as possible conditions. Excessively rare, but it's nice hearing that at least someone else scourged the internet for a random disease (that I randomly have :D).

one of the best shows ever, i love it, what do people on ns think?

I get annoyed by the mistakes they make and do not like the perpetual dei ex machinis "diagnostics", but Hugh Laurie makes up for it.

Hugh Laurie as House is a god of brilliant snarky sexiness.

Also, I was completely baffled by the comment that the writing was bad until I read further and discovered that people meant the writing was unrealistic. Well, duh! It's a TV show. Improbably exciting things happen to improbably pretty people on TV shows, because no one really wants to watch middle-aged, overweight doctors sit around treating several dozen cases of strep throat. In other news, very few princes swear revenge on their uncles for killing their fathers by pouring poison in their ears, and those that do probably just kill their uncles instead of agonizing about it dramatically for days. Clearly, Hamlet has bad writing. http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Smilies%20and%20animated%20stuff/1129.gif

Hugh Laurie makes up for it.As in, his acting, his looks, or his fascinations with dwarves?

As in, his acting, his looks, or his fascinations with dwarves?

The sum total?

The sum total?Sure, that would do it.
Especially since he gave that little golden shower to Foreman.
And he was so quick to figure out the kid with the mp3 player in his rectum (yellowbird tattoo) ... but i do remember a complaint he had about people's sexual proclivities in one episode ...

The sum total?

Mon vieux, tu me connais mieux que prèsque tous les autres par ici, et tu ne m'as jamais donné l'occasion de le regretter. Sache que je t'apprécie. :)

As in, his acting, his looks, or his fascinations with dwarves?You know those blasted Kazad.

Mon vieux, tu me connais mieux que prèsque tous les autres par ici, et tu ne m'as jamais donné l'occasion de le regretter. Sache que je t'apprécie. :)

You talk purdy.


Oh, and merci. :)

It took me 2 whole seasons before I noticed Dr House and nitwit George from Blackadder are played by the same person.

*applauds Hugh Laurie for being able to play such different roles*

You talk purdy.

Shut me up!

Oh, and merci. :)

Tu n'as pas de quoi.

It took me 2 whole seasons before I noticed Dr House and nitwit George from Blackadder are played by the same person.

*applauds Hugh Laurie for being able to play such different roles*

The casting director (I think that is who it was) was initially unaware that Laurie is British, and stated that he was a "true American actor" following his audition

It took me 2 whole seasons before I noticed Dr House and nitwit George from Blackadder are played by the same person.

*applauds Hugh Laurie for being able to play such different roles*

And, as my younger brother pointed out last week, he's also the father in the Stuart Little movies.
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It's definitely my favourite show ever. I have all of the DVDs and write a lot of the technical entries for the House Wiki. I actually have a countdown on my Facebook profile to the day that the new season begins, and I refuse to do anything when House is on except watch House. I only watch three things on television -- House, Pushing Daisies and The Venture Bros -- and House is the one I absolutely obsess over.

The casting director (I think that is who it was) was initially unaware that Laurie is British, and stated that he was a "true American actor" following his audition

i was astounded the first time i saw him in an interview on TV and he had that ACCENT.

Shut me up!Amen to that.
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i was astounded the first time i saw him in an interview on TV and he had that ACCENT.

It still catches me off guard. He and cfrom her role in Fight Club. Both actors managed to get the American accent perfectly. Carter even said that "Cancer" is one of the hardest words to get right because of the number of small differences, yet both nail it.