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  1. Aspect Analysis – House M.D.: Rethinking Cameron@dlstudios1010d

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    When I finally watched House a while back and gave it a review, one of the things I was most critical of was Cameron. Like many viewers it seemed, I found her a bit too preachy and hypocritical to be able to get behind. I ended up re-watching some of the earlier episodes again recently, and I think now that was kind of the point. Past the first season I think she overstayed her welcome, at least for fulfilling this role, but that first season I think she is actually what kept the show from feeling preachy.

    On one end of the extreme, you have a house, an element that entirely disregards the order of everything around him to achieve his end. While he is often shown to be right, this is the way the show uses House to justify his disregard for the rules, there is his team as well as Cuddy that holds back his insanity from killing everyone.

    On the other extreme, you have Cameron. While House disregards the rules blatantly, Cameron clings to them as her justification. It doesn't take long to start to piece together Cameron often uses her moral hangups more as an excuse for not acting or simply feeling morally sound rather than being that way. To a degree, this is exactly why people hate her, but I think it serves to highlight something House M.D. was always trying to do, showcase things are complicated. Pretty much everything is grey. Were House himself the only extreme being shown, I think the show would have risked feeling like it was getting a bit too preachy. And if the only other extreme you had was from the administrative end of a hospital, I think it would start to feel hollow. Especially since Cuddy herself puts a lot of faith and trust in House, more than what you would expect from a stereotypical bureaucracy. The very premise of House kind of kills that as an option.

    So yeah, at least for the first season, I appreciate the presence of Cameron a lot more than I did on the first watch. The very thing that seems to turn people off of her helps to give the show a kind of grounding it wouldn't otherwise have had.

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  2. House (2004) Seasons 1-5: A good show that hung around too long.@dlstudios1196d

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    Show Summary

    House came out during a time when you were getting a lot of hospital-themed soap operas. Doctor Greggory House is the hospital's best doctor, though he only takes on patients with the most bizarre ailments that no one else can figure out. Lacking any kind of social graces and an addiction to vicodin stemming from his bad leg, he solves cases with a handpicked team.

    Hugh Laurie Carries The Show Even At Its Worst

    Make no mistake, this show is as good as it is largely because of Hugh Laurie as House. He is incredibly charming, the character has a quick wit, and he is constantly making me laugh. Not every episode is good, and that holds the longer the show goes on, but even at its worst I get at least a couple of laughs out of House every episode.

    I'm not saying the rest of the cast isn't good, some great characters bounce well off of House. But after watching five seasons, I can honestly say that only a couple of them are going to leave a lasting impression on me.

    There are a lot of great episodes dealing with House's addiction to painkillers, his struggles with dealing with normal people, and many other things that help keep him from feeling above it all despite being the smartest guy in the room. I also like that you never get the impression he could handle all this on his own, having a team to back him is essential to his functioning.

    Hit and Miss with the Side Cast

    Some characters are really good, Foreman being a prime example. He is there to act as a counterbalance to House's eccentricities. Foreman helps keep House grounded, as well as being antagonistic enough to regularly stop House from crossing the line (Not always, but he helps). This role is handled in later seasons by Taub, a former Plastic Surgeon who joins the Houses team.

    But then you have characters like Cuddy, who are fairly boring, and Thirteen (I honestly don't remember what her actual name was, House just calls her Thirteen). Throw in any character in which House seems to have some kind of romantic interest, honestly, the only thing engaging there is House himself, the interest herself is largely interchangeable.

    Apparently everything is possibly Lupus

    Every medical problem his team tries to diagnose comes with someone suggesting Lupus. Apparently, the symptoms of Lupus are so far-reaching these guys would throw it out as a diagnosis for a head cold. And it's never Lupus. At first, I got a kick out of it when, in Season 4, a random Janitor House was bouncing questions off of suggested Lupus, and House replied 'It's never Lupus'. That said, all they did was switch out Lupus for another bad-sounding disease. They realized something stupid they were doing, acknowledged it, and just opted to do nothing about it.

    After A Couple Seasons, it's extremely Repetitive

    There is a reason viewership started dropping after the third season. The formula for the show was stale, every case is handled and resolved in pretty much the same pattern, with few exceptions. You did get some things to keep it fresher, like the new team under House, and I think it was a good idea executed well. I liked that you had someone like Taub who filled in for Foremens role without ever feeling like a copy.

    But you can redress something all you like, once you've become accustomed to the flow of the show the tension dies out. Seasons four onward just didn't change things up enough to keep me as invested in the medical portion of the show. And the side cast, with a couple of exceptions, just didn't offer enough to make up for that.

    A Handful of Episodes with some unique spins

    Even the fourth and fifth seasons managed to invest in me when they did some of the more interesting things. One episode, for example, is told largely through the eyes of a man who can't speak. He can't move much and can only blink, but he can hear. The formula of the show remains the same, but the change here was enough to keep things interesting. Even in later seasons, episodes like this are worthwhile to watch.

    A Good Show that overstayed it's welcome

    Sometimes a show is dragged out because it's popular, and House is a key example of this. They ran out of ideas for interesting cases, something they couldn't drop from the show because it was such a core component of it. It's not even that the show got bad, it's just that there wasn't enough to warrant the length.

    I recommend the first three seasons, and only continue watching if you are devoted at that point.

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  3. Anteprima - Nella Mente di Un Serialfiller - Dr. House@serialfiller1539d

    Come di consueto oggi vi porto dentro una nuova Anteprima di un articolo che fra qualche giorno o settimana vedrete Nella Mente di un SerialFiller, il mio blog interamente incentrato sul mondo delle serie tv e di cui, da qualche mese, ho deciso di regalarvi costantemente, in anticipo su quello che pubblicherò, gran parte dei post che vedrete su www.serialfiller.org.

    Uno dei più celebri personaggi del mondo della tv. Tutti lo avete un pochettino odiato. Tutti lo avete un pochettino amato. Non ci credete? Leggete la recensione per ricordarvi che...

    Dr.House è uno di quegli show che tutti conosciamo e di cui, inevitatibilmente conosciamo il protagonista. Era il novembre 2004 quando Fox mandò in onda il pilot ideato da Paul Attanasio e David Shore. Il medical drama più famoso di tutti i tempi (E.R. e Grey's Anatomy permettendo) avrebbe concluso la sua corsa 8 anni dopo, esattamente il 21 maggio 2012.

    Non sarà una recensione ma un tributo, una chiacchierata con me stesso sul lascito di una serie, si generalista ma molto importante per la serialità contemporanea tutta.

    Gregory House era un dottore, un medico capace, competente, esperto ma soprattutto un uomo complicato, burbero, arrogante, vanitoso e presentuoso. Si aggirava all'interno del Princeton Plainsboro, nel New Jersey, col suo immancabile bastone. La zoppia era solo una delle sue caratteristiche peculiari, quello che lo contraddistingueva, però era il suo carattere, non racchiudibile nelle categorie classiche ne tantomeno etichettabile solo attraverso quegli aggettivi di cui sopra. Il Dr. House ha aperto le porte, nella tv generalista, ad un nuovo stile, ad un nuovo modo di raccontare la medicina e la vita, non più attraverso un eroe classico ma attraverso un vero e proprio antieroe capace di fare cose egregie. Gregory House era, infatti, un uomo imperfetto, colmo di dolore (fisico ed interiore), antipatico, pieno di sè, verbalmente anticonvenzionale, anticonformista di natura, intrattabile. Il Dr. House, però, era anche un medico quasi infallibile, capace di individuare le malattie più strane ed indiagnosticabili e capace, quasi sempre, di rintracciare una cura per i pazienti più disparati. I suoi modi, dunque, erano tollerabili? Il fine giustificava i mezzi? Chiedetelo ai suoi collaboratori "seriali", mi verrebbe da dire. Cosa avrebbero risposto i vari Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Chase (Jesse Spencer), Eric (Omar Epps), Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) e Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), di fronte a questa domanda? La sua costante ossessione verso la diagnosi finale, verso l'analisi del problema, verso il famigerato "lupus", era davvero più importante della forma? Quanto ci si può spingere oltre prima di fermarsi e diventare un uomo "normale", dalle maniere "normali", dalle abitudini "normali". E soprattutto, cosa significa "normale"? Normali ma profondissimi erano le chiacchierate filosofiche con Wilson. Normali ma appassionanti le storie di amore ed amicizia con Cuddy. Non normali ma rinfocolanti erano i rapporti con il suo staff. Non normali ma appassionanti e superlative le interazioni che aveva con i propri pazienti.

    All'interno di un prodotto confezionato ad arte per un pubblico settimanale non molto esigente, Shore ed Attanasio sono riusciti ad inserire elementi di novità e di grande profondità, cambiando in qualche modo la percezione del pubblico rispetto a questo tipo di show. Dr. House ha fatto scuola. Innumerevoli sono stati i medical drama che si sono succeduti nel tentativo di emularlo (vero The Good Doctor?). Numerosi sono stati i fallimenti. Tanti gli attestati, indiretti o diretti, di stima e riconoscenza verso quello show che ha oggi quasi 20 anni di vita. Senza Hugh Laurie, però, nulla sarebbe stato uguale. Senza Gregory House, però, nulla sarebbe stato uguale. Hugh Laurie è Dr. House. Gregory House è Dr. House. Un po come Michael C.Hall è Dexter e James Gandolfini è The Sopranos. Sono attori/personaggi passati alla storia, sono attori che per sempre saranno "confusi" con i personaggi iconici che hanno interpretato in tv. e. Che quanto raccontato necessitasse, spesso, di una mega sospensione dell'incredulità è tutt'altra storia. Quello che storia è, invece, diventato è stato lui. Dr. Gregory House, primario del reparto di medicina diagnostica del Princeton Plainsboro, New Jersey.

    Sviluppo Personaggi: 8 Complessità: 6 Originalità: 9 Autorialità: 7,5 Cast: 8,5 Intensità: 7 Trama: 6 Coerenza: 6 Profondità: 8 Impatto sulla serialità contemporanea: 8 Componente Drama: 7 Componente Comedy: 4 Contenuti Violenti: 1 Contenuti Sessuali: 0 Comparto tecnico: 5 Regia: 5 Intrattenimento: 9 Coinvolgimento emotivo: 9 Opening: 9 Soundtrack: 5 Produzione: FOX Anno di uscita: 2004 Stagione di riferimento: 1-8

    Come sempre vi aspetto su www.serialfiller.org. Mi raccomando, se siete anche voi dei serialfiller iscrivetevi e passate parola in modo che questa piccola community diventi sempre più vasta! Vi aspetto anche sui social (telegram compreso) Grazie dell'attenzione!

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    ENG

    As usual today I bring you a new Preview of an article that in a few days or weeks you will see in the Mind of a SerialFiller, my blog entirely focused on the world of TV series and of which, for some months, I decided to give you constantly, in advance of what I will publish, most of the posts you will see on www.serialfiller.org.

    One of the most famous characters in the world of TV. You all hated him a little bit. You all loved him a little bit. Don't believe us? Read the review to remember that....

    Dr.House is one of those shows that we all know and of which, inevitably we know the protagonist. It was November 2004 when Fox aired the pilot created by Paul Attanasio and David Shore. The most famous medical drama of all time (E.R. and Grey's Anatomy permitting) would end its run 8 years later, exactly on May 21, 2012.

    This will not be a review but a tribute, a chat with myself about the legacy of a series, yes generalist but very important for the whole contemporary seriality.

    Gregory House was a doctor, a capable, competent, expert doctor, but above all a complicated, gruff, arrogant, vain and boastful man. He walked around inside Princeton Plainsboro, New Jersey, with his ever-present cane. The lameness was only one of his peculiar characteristics, what distinguished him, however, was his character, not enclosable in the classic categories nor labeled only through those adjectives mentioned above. Dr. House has opened the doors, in generalist TV, to a new style, a new way of telling medicine and life, no longer through a classic hero but through a real anti-hero capable of doing egregious things. Gregory House was, in fact, an imperfect man, full of pain (physical and inner), unpleasant, full of himself, verbally unconventional, non-conformist by nature, intractable. Dr. House, however, was also an almost infallible doctor, able to identify the strangest and most indiagnosable diseases and able, almost always, to find a cure for the most disparate patients. Were his ways, therefore, tolerable? Did the end justify the means? Ask his "serial" collaborators, I would say. What would the various Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Chase (Jesse Spencer), Eric (Omar Epps), Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) and Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) have said when confronted with this question? Was his constant obsession with the final diagnosis, with analyzing the problem, with the infamous "lupus," really more important than the form? How far could one go before stopping and becoming a "normal" man, of "normal" manners, of "normal" habits. And most importantly, what does "normal" mean? Normal but profound were the philosophical chats with Wilson. Normal but exciting were the stories of love and friendship with Cuddy. Not normal but refreshing were the relationships with his staff. Not normal but passionate and superlative were the interactions he had with his patients.

    Within a product artfully packaged for an undemanding weekly audience, Shore and Attanasio managed to insert elements of novelty and great depth, somehow changing the public's perception of this type of show. Dr. House set the bar high. Countless have been the medical dramas that have followed in an attempt to emulate it (right The Good Doctor?). Numerous have been the failures. There have been many indirect or direct expressions of esteem and gratitude towards the show that is now almost 20 years old. Without Hugh Laurie, however, nothing would have been the same. Without Gregory House, however, nothing would have been the same. Hugh Laurie is Dr. House. Gregory House is Dr. House. Kind of like Michael C.Hall is Dexter and James Gandolfini is The Sopranos. They are actors/characters who have gone down in history, they are actors who will forever be "confused" with the iconic characters they played on TV. e. That what was told needed, often, a mega suspension of disbelief is another story altogether. What history has, instead, become is him. Dr. Gregory House, chief of the department of diagnostic medicine at Princeton Plainsboro, New Jersey.

    Character Development: 8 Complexity: 6 Originality: 9 Authorship: 7.5 Cast: 8.5 Intensity: 7 Plot: 6 Consistency: 6 Depth: 8 Impact on contemporary seriality: 8 Drama Component: 7 Comedy Component: 4 Violent Content: 1 Sexual Content: 0 Technical Comparison: 5 Direction: 5 Entertainment: 9 Emotional Engagement: 9 Opening: 9 Soundtrack: 5 Production: FOX Year of release: 2004 Reference Season: 1-8

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  4. Film Review: House (1985)@drax1610d

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    Film makers at times fear that they would forever be associated with specific kind of films, so they try doing something different. Producer Sean S. Cunningham and director Steve Miner – best known for their work on popular Friday the 13th series of horror films – did that in 1985 with their horror comedy House, a film successful enough to start film franchise of its own.

    Protagonist, played by William Katt, is Roger Cobb, author of popular horror novels. His beloved but eccentric aunt Elizabeth Hooper (played by Susan French) has recently committed suicide, leaving Roger her huge house. That was also location of mysterious disappearance of Roger’s son Jimmy, an event that led Roger to divorce his wife, television actress Sandy Sinclair (played by Kay Lenz). Although everyone expects him to sell the house, Roger Cobb decides to move in hoping to find the inspiration for his new book, which would be based on his own traumatic experiences during Vietnam War. Soon afterwards, Roger begins to experience all kinds of strange events in the house, ranging from bizarre visions, household appliances attacking him or various monsters that appear out of nowhere. He tries not only to survive but to actually make some sort of sense why it is happening and whether it has something to do with his wartime traumas.

    Made with relatively low budget, House represented departure from the slasher films like Friday the 13th, the most popular horror subgenre of the decade. Script by Ethan Wiley used more vintage plot of the haunted house, but also combined it with the still unhealed psychological wounds of Vietnam War, a theme very popular at the time thanks to films like Rambo 2. The most interesting straying from 1980s genre conventions is use of humour, which is the most effective in the first part of the film, when the protagonist often has to use all of his ingenuity and cover the effects of supernatural mayhem in order to convince police and neighbours of his sanity. William Katt plays his role very well, but he is overshadowed by supporting cast, most notably George Wendt in the role of his neighbour who tries to make some sort of sense of what is going on. Mary Stävin, former Swedish model, Miss World and former Bond Girl, has very interesting and effective role of protagonist’s sexy neighbour in the minor episode that brings interesting twist to the scenario. Unlike her, Kay Lenz is almost forgettable in the role of protagonist’s wife. House works until the second half, when the mystery is finally resolved and cause of protagonist’s troubles finally revealed. From that point on the film relies more on rather cheesy special effects than plot or humour. House ends just in time, before the that other flaws could have wrecked the film beyond repair. This way, it remains quite watchable and mostly entertaining horror comedy that could be recommended even to the audience that doesn’t care much for both genres.

    RATING: 5/10 (++)

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