I think the shine's off the love apple.

[katernater]

My thoughts on last night's episode aside (if I wanted to see two middle-aged people argue over buying a mattress, I'd follow my parents to Sears on a Saturday) I have to point out that it was nothing in comparison to the bus train wreck of a promo for next week's episode.

For reference.

What happened to the gender roles on this show? And when did House's character jump the rift from "forgivable old bastard" to "creepy old man"?:





And I'm not even one of those radical feminists out there spelling things with a "y" and shivving guys with scraps of underwire. But there are no female role models left on this show. Cameron has gone from being brunette and mostly uninteresting, to blonde and uninteresting and ineffective. Thirteen is bisexual and...I guess that's the only reason she's still around. Amber is House without the Adam's apple. And Cuddy -- Cuddy! -- who was to be my last bastion of XX-chromosome sticktoitiveness, has degenerated into nothing more than a pair of talking breasts. At this point, Wilson is the only girl around there who comes close to matching my cycle.

I know it's a ratings game. I know they've had a hard time of it since the writers strike. But those same writers were around for season one, when the show actually relied on intelligent details and plausible character arcs. House has become a parody of himself. House has become a parody of itself.

And, god love him, you know that Hugh Laurie is trying. He's still in there with the day-to-day, doing brilliant work, but you can tell he's souring on the whole thing. Hugh? I have a bit of advice: Jump out of the plane already. I'm putting on my parachute.



In other news: primary day! Hooray! I get to leave work early to vote!

Comments

[arriterre.livejournal.com]

I'm Blair. Nice to meet you.

I like Lisa Edelstein as a person, definitely. 'Bit of a crush on her. She does seem like a strong woman: I enjoyed seeing a strong woman in power on the television, because a lot of the time, they cast someone who's clearly a limp rag in a position where she shouldn't be. Lot of Hollywood serieses are like that.

Where did you play with Kate?

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

Very nice to meet you, too!

Ha, I can agree on that. Definitely a crush going on Lisa Edelstein, little something that I can't deny. I've also got serious respect for anyone that writes and performs in a musical, because doing something like that is far beyond my own capability. And yes, I liked that she was cast in a top position and actually holding her own instead of just being a pretty female face there for some political reason.

We met playing in Canon Wars a little over a year ago, and now we play in Area 42 as well as privately, because it's fun to explore ideas in that kind of enviroment. What about you?

[arriterre.livejournal.com]

Kate and I have been playing together what, like, two years? Man, I can't even remember.

First there came Vicodin: http://community.livejournal.com/vicodin_rpg

Then the Differential: http://community.livejournal.com/thedifferential

And now we play privately in Sick Set Sail: http://community.livejournal.com/sicksetsail/

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

Two years! That's fantastic. It's great to have that kind of longevity with a roleplay partner.

Those look like some great games. I think I heard of Vicodin awhile back, and I think I'll look through some of the threads. I love reading other roleplay logs.

What do you think, want to be LJ friends? Bit spontaneous, I know, but I think it could be fun.

[swordcanes.livejournal.com]

(It's still Blair, I'm just logged in to my House.)

I'd love to. Already friended you. I'm the same: I like reading other logs. Any logs that you can recommend me as your favourites? And who do you play?

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

Friended you back! And yes, definitely some that rank up there in my favorites. Everything is friends locked in Kate's and my character journals, though, because of that whole LiveJournal content fiasco awhile back. I'll find some that are public for you, though, without a doubt and I'll see about getting you some of my favorites. We explored the past at Michigan between House and Cuddy and it was one of my favorite things.

I play Cuddy. :) I'm sure I'm not up to par with Kate, but I have a great time and her House is fantastic.