So, is it just me, or does House have more technobabble than any scifi show ever did?And the way they always debate their personal lives/loves behind the observation window of the MRI room reminds me of nothing so much as the character interaction talk in the transporter room on Next Gen.
Seriously, though, I see everything through a genre-lens these days, whether it's watching Mad Men's overt sexism, workplace alcoholics, and chain smoking as some bizarre alternative history or other planet (the past is another planet after all), or Burn Notice as good James Bond. Seems like the geek impulse is universal.
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Should add that while I always knew he was modeled on Sherlock Holmes, I didn't realize his apartment was number 221B until recently!
I *love* this show. And yes, whilst I don't think you could technically call it a genre show, there's certainly something about the way it's written that appeals to a genre audience.
George
Sometimes his character is so twisted I don't see how anyone came up with it.
It took me awhile to get over all the comedic roles -- Blackadder, Jeeves, etc -- I'd seen him do for UK television, and accept him in this role.
Robert
Not me. I spent enough time studying theatre in London to know how wonderful so many great British actors can be at changing everything about themselves when they don a character. Though I admit to a hiccup in following Jack Davenport from Ultraviolet to Coupling.
True. Brit actors also seem not to think twice about bouncing between film, television, and stage work, and doing good work in all three.
Robert
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