I couldn't agree more with you on House. I dunno how people are at a mental institution but this just felt like every movie I had already seen. The patients were horribly clichéd. And House sees a person asking "Where is he going???" with a bit more emphasis on the words than one would usually have, and he labels him with paranoia? Seriously, is that supposed to show off his super attentive diagnostics skills? If that was all it took, everybody and their mother could diagnose *eyeroll*
And what a completely unnessesary arch with the doctor boss' dad dying. Oh god, we've SEEN House be compassionate before, we've SEEN him throw truths in the face of people, and most times it's because it's what they need, but now all of a sudden it's just wrong?
And I generally just don't like who House has become these past seasons, this harsh, unrelenting aggressive brute, and if he's not that, he's sentimental and weak and either in love, in heat, or intoxicated by whatever. Come on >_<
And I could go on and on. And I still love House/Wilson so I'm going to watch it just for that. I'm like you, though, I love season one and two dearly, and can still get completely caught up in it when they're on tv. Damn, the writing was so different and so good.
but now all of a sudden it's just wrong? I know, that really bugged me as well. House used to have a reason for being a jerk. He lost some of it over the last few seasons, and yes, that needs to be dealt with, but not in the stereotypical way they dealt with it in Broken. There was just nothing surprising about that episode, which in itself was surprising. House, the show, was always about challenging standard medical conventions, and standard social conventions--and now, by not having done that in their asylum arc, they're basically negating everything they had their main character do in the first few seasons. What? That just makes no sense.
I know, I loved the first few seasons as well. They were subtler, and much less pretentious. House didn't have to be the complete anti-hero, which actually made him a better anti-hero, because it made his character more credible. Now, you just roll your eyes and dismiss him as an incorrigible jerk. :/
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've been saying for so long that House used to do things for a reason, but now, since s. 4 (and parts of s. 3 as well), he's just rude and insults people for no reason at all other than to be a jerk.
Yes, much much more subtle. Less is more. I really don't know how it's possible to so radically change a show, and change House, the way the writers have done. I loved the medical cases in the first two seasons. Now I don't even remember a single thing from season 5. I just saw Epic Fail and realized that I actually enjoyed watching the ducklings go about their business without House and his constant talking down to people. But he seems to return to the diagnostics department by next episode. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
And what a completely unnessesary arch with the doctor boss' dad dying. Oh god, we've SEEN House be compassionate before, we've SEEN him throw truths in the face of people, and most times it's because it's what they need, but now all of a sudden it's just wrong?
And I generally just don't like who House has become these past seasons, this harsh, unrelenting aggressive brute, and if he's not that, he's sentimental and weak and either in love, in heat, or intoxicated by whatever. Come on >_<
And I could go on and on. And I still love House/Wilson so I'm going to watch it just for that. I'm like you, though, I love season one and two dearly, and can still get completely caught up in it when they're on tv. Damn, the writing was so different and so good.
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I know, that really bugged me as well. House used to have a reason for being a jerk. He lost some of it over the last few seasons, and yes, that needs to be dealt with, but not in the stereotypical way they dealt with it in Broken. There was just nothing surprising about that episode, which in itself was surprising. House, the show, was always about challenging standard medical conventions, and standard social conventions--and now, by not having done that in their asylum arc, they're basically negating everything they had their main character do in the first few seasons. What? That just makes no sense.
I know, I loved the first few seasons as well. They were subtler, and much less pretentious. House didn't have to be the complete anti-hero, which actually made him a better anti-hero, because it made his character more credible. Now, you just roll your eyes and dismiss him as an incorrigible jerk. :/
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Yes, much much more subtle. Less is more. I really don't know how it's possible to so radically change a show, and change House, the way the writers have done. I loved the medical cases in the first two seasons. Now I don't even remember a single thing from season 5. I just saw Epic Fail and realized that I actually enjoyed watching the ducklings go about their business without House and his constant talking down to people. But he seems to return to the diagnostics department by next episode. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
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