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beelikejI watched CSI today (Toe Tags). Last season I would first watch the previous episode again to get in the mood, but in preparation for the -drumroll- second CSI-slash marathon of 2006 I will not be rewatching the ones I've seen already so I don't spoil myself too much;) But to go sit in the attic for only 45 minutes feels like a waste of space and opportunity, so after CSI I tried the first three episodes of House MD...
Now I'm not gonna comment on CSI, other than to say the guys looked good in the few seconds they were allowed to work on a case, but I think 'CSI' now stands for 'Catherine's Scene Investigation'. Sorry Sillie, you're not getting anything else out of me;-p. Patience is a virtue and I am a bitch:)
So... House MD. First of all: know that I love Hugh Laurie to bits and pieces. I've adored him with Stephen Fry since many years ago and watched them in everything they were in together (from 'A Bit Of Fry and Laurie' to the 'BlackAdder'-series) I even have a collection of ancient stuff from before they hit it big. Yeah, love them both. So I will never ever diss either of them. Just so you know.
But House MD is American and that kind of sort of sums up the problem I'm having with it (and I say this with love).
Why does every single show that is produced in the US of A, always ends up being too fucking sentimental. Why are they always infected with some kind of 'learning experience'? From the enthousiasm on my flist I expected more, but House MD turned out to be another promising idea that fell into the predictable soap-opera-trap.
Why can't Gregory just be a grumpy bastard, he has to have a reason for it? What's with the -almost- crying on the sportsfield at the end of episode 2? A troubled past, a realisation of being human? I don't want that.
It's like the cop in Crash: he was perfectly human to me until we had to have some kind of understanding for his behaviour because he cared about people after all. What the fuck? Why can't it just be accepted that assholes exist?
Some people are annoying, some people are annoyed. Life and feelings don't always have to be explained. There doesn't have to be a deeper meaning behind people's actions, other than they don't use the potentially empathic part of their brain. Let the man be a jerk, I love him for it.
But it's a pleasure seeing Hugh Laurie in a different role than the nice upperclas Englishman I've grown up with. So I haven't given up yet and will probably try one or two more episodes before I make my final decision, but so far it's not looking too good.
Hope that made sense and no offence intended, but feel free to kick my ass if you need a better explanation or if you are offended. I don't aim to please, but I live to learn.
Now I'm not gonna comment on CSI, other than to say the guys looked good in the few seconds they were allowed to work on a case, but I think 'CSI' now stands for 'Catherine's Scene Investigation'. Sorry Sillie, you're not getting anything else out of me;-p. Patience is a virtue and I am a bitch:)
So... House MD. First of all: know that I love Hugh Laurie to bits and pieces. I've adored him with Stephen Fry since many years ago and watched them in everything they were in together (from 'A Bit Of Fry and Laurie' to the 'BlackAdder'-series) I even have a collection of ancient stuff from before they hit it big. Yeah, love them both. So I will never ever diss either of them. Just so you know.
But House MD is American and that kind of sort of sums up the problem I'm having with it (and I say this with love).
Why does every single show that is produced in the US of A, always ends up being too fucking sentimental. Why are they always infected with some kind of 'learning experience'? From the enthousiasm on my flist I expected more, but House MD turned out to be another promising idea that fell into the predictable soap-opera-trap.
Why can't Gregory just be a grumpy bastard, he has to have a reason for it? What's with the -almost- crying on the sportsfield at the end of episode 2? A troubled past, a realisation of being human? I don't want that.
It's like the cop in Crash: he was perfectly human to me until we had to have some kind of understanding for his behaviour because he cared about people after all. What the fuck? Why can't it just be accepted that assholes exist?
Some people are annoying, some people are annoyed. Life and feelings don't always have to be explained. There doesn't have to be a deeper meaning behind people's actions, other than they don't use the potentially empathic part of their brain. Let the man be a jerk, I love him for it.
But it's a pleasure seeing Hugh Laurie in a different role than the nice upperclas Englishman I've grown up with. So I haven't given up yet and will probably try one or two more episodes before I make my final decision, but so far it's not looking too good.
Hope that made sense and no offence intended, but feel free to kick my ass if you need a better explanation or if you are offended. I don't aim to please, but I live to learn.