EPT[TV] House - Season 8 - Page 14
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On February 17 2012 13:23 Bairemuth wrote: I don't really think the show has gone downhill much. Most shows that use the formulatic approach simply feel worn out after like 4-5 seasons, there are few exceptions. It's extermely difficult to stay fresh and to continue to be original after 100 episodes. I think this is why House went for all new characters halfway through the series to try and keep it fresh. However it was definitely a risk that didn't quite pay off because it alienated fans because their favorite characters saw significantly less screen time. The freshness factor is exactly why people think the special episodes like when House is in rehab or in jail are so great. I agree, though, they are great, and the writing is probably at a higher level, but it's easier to write something fresh when you aren't constrained to the exact same formula. While the overal formula hasn't changed, there's been a huge shift in balance: the first three seasons focussed a lot more on the diseases and less on House and his relations with the rest of the hospital. This gave the show its second breath but after season six House was pretty much completely fleshed out as a character, making his relationship with Cuddy incredibly predictable (it was bound to end up a train wreck). Hell, after the finales of seasons four to six, the one of season seven felt incredibly underwhelming. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
I think this is why House went for all new characters halfway through the series to try and keep it fresh. . I think the new cast members have more to do with actor's salaries and the cost to produce the show. Laurie is the highest paid actor on TV, and Wilson is such a popular character he isn't going anywhere. I'm pretty sure that both Cameron and Cuddy were cut because they wanted raises and the show just decided they weren't worth it. | ||
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Taku
Canada2036 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + lmao@how he just whipped it out right there in the middle of the restaurant | ||
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KNICK
Germany248 Posts
On February 29 2012 02:17 Taku wrote: New house was hilarious, and with character development! + Show Spoiler + lmao@how he just whipped it out right there in the middle of the restaurant I literally did a spit take when I saw Billy Connolly in the latest episode. He's one of my favorite comedians by far, and I think he did a great job with his guest appearance. Also, his accent is awesome as hell. | ||
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antelope591
Canada820 Posts
On February 17 2012 13:23 Bairemuth wrote: I don't really think the show has gone downhill much. Most shows that use the formulatic approach simply feel worn out after like 4-5 seasons, there are few exceptions. It's extermely difficult to stay fresh and to continue to be original after 100 episodes. I think this is why House went for all new characters halfway through the series to try and keep it fresh. However it was definitely a risk that didn't quite pay off because it alienated fans because their favorite characters saw significantly less screen time. The freshness factor is exactly why people think the special episodes like when House is in rehab or in jail are so great. I agree, though, they are great, and the writing is probably at a higher level, but it's easier to write something fresh when you aren't constrained to the exact same formula. I agree...people say the show fell off etc. but I think I still think its pretty solid. After all its basically a procedural show in its 8th fkn season and it still provides nice entertainment. Most shows can't get past a few seasons before becoming totally unwatchable. The fact that its been around so long and I still try to catch every episode I can speaks for itself. | ||
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Bairemuth
United States404 Posts
On February 23 2012 15:50 maartendq wrote: While the overal formula hasn't changed, there's been a huge shift in balance: the first three seasons focussed a lot more on the diseases and less on House and his relations with the rest of the hospital. This gave the show its second breath but after season six House was pretty much completely fleshed out as a character, making his relationship with Cuddy incredibly predictable (it was bound to end up a train wreck). Hell, after the finales of seasons four to six, the one of season seven felt incredibly underwhelming. House can always undergo new evolutions and changes if the writers are strong enough to make it believable. However, House's character development has never been a weakness to the show, in my opinion. My issue is the formulatic nature of the show which causes extreme predictability, and ultimately, staleness. Every episode is basically the same...the sequence of an episode is as follows: Have a patient with some ridiculously puzzling health issue; gather the team to come up with possible treatments based on various clues; pick the treatment that offers the most diagnostic benefit; administer the treatment whilst likely breaking rules; treatment is intitially successful, then utterly fails; break into patient's house to find important clues; use clues gathered from failed treatment and patient's house to establish new treatments; have treatments fail and develop new ones until 5/6ths of the episode is complete; House admits defeat, the patient nears death or has an incurable disease; House has some unrelated conversation with a random person when something completely random clicks and then House comes up with the Golden Treatment that cures the patient 95% of the time. All the while, House plays games with his co-workers, especially Wilson. The best episodes are when House has to face his shortcommings and make hard decisions (often choosing the easy rather than the right). On February 23 2012 17:46 Defacer wrote: I think the new cast members have more to do with actor's salaries and the cost to produce the show. Laurie is the highest paid actor on TV, and Wilson is such a popular character he isn't going anywhere. I'm pretty sure that both Cameron and Cuddy were cut because they wanted raises and the show just decided they weren't worth it. For Cuddy, I think you are right, but I was talking about halfway through the series (season 4). They introduced new leads, but kept around the old leads in supporting roles. If it was truly about salaries at this point, then I think the old leads would have been stripped completely, but they were not. Also, they eventually came back to full time anyways, so I doubt it had anything to do with salary. As for Cameron, well they wrote her off in season 6, so again, didn't really apply to my statement. | ||
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Bairemuth
United States404 Posts
On February 29 2012 02:17 Taku wrote: New house was hilarious, and with character development! + Show Spoiler + lmao@how he just whipped it out right there in the middle of the restaurant Didn't get to see new episode...it was replaced by a Nascar race. Ah well, guess I will watch online. | ||
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OminouS
Sweden1343 Posts
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lundell100
Sweden232 Posts
On February 29 2012 10:12 OminouS wrote: Did E14 really air? Yep! Episode 14 | ||
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OminouS
Sweden1343 Posts
Huh, well there you go. I was confused, air date is 19 Mars on epguides.com where I usually chek out air dates on tv shows. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On February 29 2012 10:30 OminouS wrote: Huh, well there you go. I was confused, air date is 19 Mars on epguides.com where I usually chek out air dates on tv shows. The Daytona500 aired in US due to a delay so we didnt get to see it on the planned air date. | ||
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lundell100
Sweden232 Posts
On February 29 2012 10:30 OminouS wrote: Huh, well there you go. I was confused, air date is 19 Mars on epguides.com where I usually chek out air dates on tv shows. Okay that's weird.. I usually just check watchseries.eu to see if any new shows are out, I don't even use my TV.  | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45922 Posts
Thank you for this :D It didn't air where I live x.x Dr. Adams in a bunny costume. Oh goooodddddd... | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On February 29 2012 11:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Thank you for this :D It didn't air where I live x.x Dr. Adams in a bunny costume. Oh goooodddddd... incase anyone didnt get it, chase and adams were roger rabbit and jessica rabbit, making house the bumbling detective from the film. | ||
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
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necrosed
Brazil885 Posts
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lundell100
Sweden232 Posts
On February 29 2012 11:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Thank you for this :D It didn't air where I live x.x Dr. Adams in a bunny costume. Oh goooodddddd... Np bro, http://watchseries.eu/ is amazing, they have everything | ||
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YoungModerN
Brazil389 Posts
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