House MD Tribute
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rabid1stVery soon, I'm going to have something pithy to say about the House MD series finale. But for now, I decided to post this vid to explain why, if you have never watched House...or gave up on watching...maybe this would be a good time to cozy up to a DVD box set or eight and enjoy one of the most memorable characters ever portrayed on TV.
It is by my absolute favorite House MD vidder...http://www.youtube.com/user/NCISmelanie
You've seen her work embedded here many times.
And if you are still feeling the fallout from the finale...you might appreciate this House/Wilson schmoop fest from the early years, too. It certainly almost inspired fic for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CLYK2_HgdU
It is by my absolute favorite House MD vidder...http://www.youtube.com/user/NCISmelanie
You've seen her work embedded here many times.
And if you are still feeling the fallout from the finale...you might appreciate this House/Wilson schmoop fest from the early years, too. It certainly almost inspired fic for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CLYK2_HgdU
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Date: 2012-05-24 08:35 am (UTC)I like this one a lot, too.
Sure, Internet Is For Porn has been done a trillion times, but it just fits the old House so well, and I think it's wonderful how such a well cut vid has been made from just a single episode.
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Date: 2012-05-24 04:20 pm (UTC)I absolutely loved this final season, though I didn't think that the writing was that riveting at a number of points. I think that was because they firmly believed they couldn't change House and they had to keep upping the ante on how anti-social and outrageous he was. Once they knew they were at the end game, I think the writers handled it very well.
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Date: 2012-05-24 05:04 pm (UTC)I think the season as a whole had a lot of good bits. I wasn't partidularly impressed with the end, though. Can't say what I would have preferred, except for my conviction that getting rid of that damned leg needs to happen.
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Date: 2012-05-24 06:02 pm (UTC)I guess I just find it's floundering at this point. I'm more disappointed about the cliff-hanger than excited.
And this I was sure something significant was going to happen with Chase - he's turned out to be the most interesting character in my opinion - from gratuitously pretty, and pretty boring, over a whole slew of developments that have actually been going somewhere. Of course something new could be in store for him next season, but just finishing off with quitting, again, didn't do him justice in my opinion.
Make me think that you have not, yet, seen the SERIES finale. It does end with Chase doing something significant...and also...there is no cliffhanger.
It seems you are talking about the episode that was two episodes back...the one that ended with Chase quitting.
Also, there is no NEXT season...as House has ended.
Assuming now that you haven't seen the finale...
Date: 2012-05-24 06:03 pm (UTC)Re: Assuming now that you haven't seen the finale...
Date: 2012-05-24 06:10 pm (UTC)I have seen ep 21, but not the finale. I have no idea why I was convinced that was the last one. Off to watch. Make sense, it does.
Re: Assuming now that you haven't seen the finale...
Date: 2012-05-25 02:53 am (UTC)Aha.... Watched now. You're right. And yes, I even also kinda knew that this was the last season, but then I saw e21 and thought 'Okay. That cannot be the end.' Huh.
I liked that a lot - even without losing the leg. I didn't think the leg itself was the problem, but it was the only convincing sign of change I could imagine. I didn't see what actually happened coming, and it worked. So yay! Also yay for Chase. And for Wilson's mustache. I guess it's debatable whether the end was plausible, and whether it's really possible to can one's entire self and only keep the good part, but this story, it works for me.
Re: Assuming now that you haven't seen the finale...
Date: 2012-05-25 03:05 am (UTC)I would also point out that his delusions took the various fan POVs that have always been part of the fandom...that is "House is fine as he is...he's in pain." Or "House is the way he is because of the pain." Or "House should just find a good woman to love him....Cuddy, Cameron, Stacy, OTC." Or..."House can't change because nobody ever changes...or because the show would be over." And put all of those ideas to rest one by one...ending...with my best case scenario...he can change for Wilson.
People don't change is a complete lie. Addicts change all the time...when they find a reason to move beyond their pain or when they find another coping mechanism. It isn't the love of another that changes you, though, it is your love FOR another...or for something. What changes House is the realization that there is more to him than the medicine or Wilson or the puzzles or the sorry excuse for a human he's always represented himself to be. He wanted to be there for Wilson, to be that sort of person, more than he wanted to do anything else...so he changed.
Left off the link...sorry
Date: 2012-05-25 03:05 am (UTC)http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/house-md-series-finale-review-everybody-dies/
Re: Left off the link...sorry
Date: 2012-05-26 05:54 am (UTC)I agree with some of that review... Pretty much the parts that you also reference, I think.
House needed to change convincingly. He was his own worst enemy. Wilson was the one he'd finally change for. The way it came about, literally killing his old self, was convincing and not really expected. And yes, the homage to Sherlock Holmes was neat. As obvious as it was, I hadn't made that connection. I was also very happy about where the side characters ended up - it needed to be all about House (and Wilson), and any need for closure I had for other characters was met satisfactorily.
But I don't see his conversations with dead people as quite that brilliant. It's true that this twist has been used in various versions throughout the show, to really great effect, and to me, this one just didn't make many brilliant points. The only new about it was that it actually brought about a change, and that made sense because of Wilson, but I don't see what was so special about the talks themselves. Maybe I just don't get it - me and analysis, not so much. Maybe it's because the way the reviewer describes the characters just doesn't fit with my view of them at all. That may well be for personal reasons - again, I'm not very good at interpreting characters objectively.
One thing, however; the applause at bringing Cameron back at the final moment because the writers realized they did her wrong. Whether or not I agree with her character's role on the show, if that choice is really correctly interpreted, I think that is a really creepy and arrogant move to make by the writers. I kinda wish I'd never read that particular part...
Re: Left off the link...sorry
Date: 2012-05-26 06:13 am (UTC)As a fan I missed her, but she was in the retrospective that Hugh Laurie did which aired right before the episode in the states. And she is mentioned in the finale, too.
My take on the characters talking to House was just that they represented alternative views on his character that the writers may have discussed in the room while writing the episode...and that certainly have been discussed by the fandom. They are the positions of the fandom on how the series should end...1) House can just go on forever solving puzzles, there's nothing wrong with him hating humanity...2) House could marry someone and have kids and find happiness...3)House could just die of a drug overdose...4) House could accept that people don't change and he's fine with who he is...ala Cameron...and that he deserves a reward for all his pain and suffering. And finally, that House is smart enough to survive, but like most addicts can't change while in the same circumstances. That is the truth of things, so I was doubly glad they went that way.
Re: Left off the link...sorry
Date: 2012-05-26 06:37 am (UTC)Re Cuddy, I also missed her - like you say, it made sense she wouldn't be there for real, but she could have been one of the hallucinations. Then, perhaps that relationship was too complex to represent just one view. I've become more fond of Cuddy since she disappeared - I always liked her as a character, but always thought of House/Cuddy as disastrous. So I was so disappointed when they hooked up that I stopped watching for a long while. Then, of course, I picked up that the disaster actually happened, and appreciated her even more.
Re: Left off the link...sorry
Date: 2012-05-26 07:06 am (UTC)Wilson and House just complimented one another, and once upon a time, I could see how Cuddy might have worked with him. But the reality of it was a hot mess and I was glad to see her go...though I still have some fond memories of her character. I think there was some bad blood at the end and so not much chance of the actress returning...but they did ask her to come back for it.
About Chase...
Date: 2012-05-24 06:05 pm (UTC)That was a cute vid
Date: 2012-05-24 04:23 pm (UTC)Re: That was a cute vid
Date: 2012-05-24 05:05 pm (UTC)