Epiphany
Вчера снизошло. House - это Mary Sue. Или Marty или Gary или как там. Но суть ясна.
Он даже немножко упал с пъедестала. Хм, "немножко упал"? She shot you - She did a bit, still.
Anyway.
Все знают, какими качествами должен обладать мэрисьюистический персонаж.
Смотрим.
Хаус - супер-умный и всегда saves the day в последний момент
Хаус - супер-крутой, делает, что хочет, и все ему сходит с рук
Хаус - супер-нахальный, говорит, что хочет, и все ему сходит с рук
Хаус - супер-смешной, и остальные совершенно не в состоянии его противостоять. Что меня уже давно удивляет, это почему на все его реально смешные шутки никто не реагирует почеловечески, т.е. нечеловеческим ржачем, а вместо этого just stare blankly
- играет на пианино и гитаре
- говорит на English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Yiddish, French, Japanese, and Mandarin
Кроме того, на странице про Дэвида Шора написано, что He therefore conceived of a hero similar to the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes—although many who know him well have suggested the character also bears resemblances to himself.
В таком вот аксепте.
Даже жалко.
прим. пер. - жалко было ровно один день, потому что на следующий вернулось восхищение. Когда аффтар - такой, то почему бы и не Мэри Сью. Ну то есть да, пара-тройка излишне мэрисьюистичных моментов остается, но в общем и целом, когда персонаж служит выразителем таких идей и рупором таких афоризмов, то плевать и на мэрисьюизм. Типичный случай перевешивания плюсов.
Едем дальше.
House M. D. - отсмотрен третий сезон
<...>К тому же сложно проглядеть тот факт, что Хаус таки действительно ее [Cameron] поцеловал. What was that all about? Я так думаю, что просто он не откажется от того, что само идет в руки. Как с той девчонкой-малолеткой. Она с ним флиртует, и он даже не подумал ее заткнуть, а наоборот глазки ей строил. Но вообще, конечно, всю вторую половину сезона ему упорно навязывали Cuddy. Тут очень пригодился Wilson. Слишком редко в сериалах отображается невеселая ситуасьон двух друзей falling for the same person, и хотя здесь большого драматизьму нагнетать не стали, но факт остается фактом. Они оба были бы не против. И причем Хаус со своей стороны будет стараться Wilson'а оттеснить, чтобы не посягал. Cuddy он рассматривает как "свою", это явно. И totally brilliant, что оказывается у них уже был one-night stand. Таким образом резко объяснились все его инсинуации в ее адрес. А еще - он ведь пришел к ней домой тогда именно в надежде, что ему под шумок перепадет секса. Короче, хоть мне этот пэринг и не нравится, грядущее явно свалится не с потолка.
House M. D. - отсмотрено пол пятого сезона
Cuddy/House - UST is always better than, shall we say, RST. But the good thing is, it wasn't resolved all the way through. We always knew House had the hots for her - and by now we've figured out what his type is, so we buy he might actually be into her. And we buy that Cuddy would have the hots for House. That thing with the 'You'd make a great mom'? SO not what he's thinking. It's his clumsy attempt at being like everyone else, at consoling her. Fell though so he went another way )) And hey, a Whedon-worthy moment at the end of Let Them Eat Cake.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Русские на Мариенплатц
Автора не помню. Наш сценарист, который "Интердевочку" написал.
Книга якобы по реальным событиям. Но не знаю, не знаю. Очень уж все флаффно и хэппи-эндно. Всем сестрам по серьгам, все богатые и счастливые. Как бы выяснить?
Как написано - мдаааа. Надеюсь, сценарии ему лучше удаются. ("Интердевочку" не смотрела) В использовании несчастного немецкого - никакой consistency, то русскими буквами, то немецкими. И ладно бы, по логике вещей, когда русские по немецки - то русским же алфавитом, а то ж даже когда немцы по немецки! А самое возмутительное (и самое настрожавающее), что немцы по немецки - с ошибками. Да и вообще, куда смотрят редакторы? Они разве не для таких глюков существуют? А господин заслуженный сценарист - ему наплевать на правдоподобие текста?
Короче, скучно стало довольно быстро, в процессе всё росло недоверие, а в конце осталось чувство легкого раздражения.
Что приятно, это что почти все упомянутые названия - родные или знакомые, приятно читать, as if it somehow validates my own experiences here.
Книга якобы по реальным событиям. Но не знаю, не знаю. Очень уж все флаффно и хэппи-эндно. Всем сестрам по серьгам, все богатые и счастливые. Как бы выяснить?
Как написано - мдаааа. Надеюсь, сценарии ему лучше удаются. ("Интердевочку" не смотрела) В использовании несчастного немецкого - никакой consistency, то русскими буквами, то немецкими. И ладно бы, по логике вещей, когда русские по немецки - то русским же алфавитом, а то ж даже когда немцы по немецки! А самое возмутительное (и самое настрожавающее), что немцы по немецки - с ошибками. Да и вообще, куда смотрят редакторы? Они разве не для таких глюков существуют? А господин заслуженный сценарист - ему наплевать на правдоподобие текста?
Короче, скучно стало довольно быстро, в процессе всё росло недоверие, а в конце осталось чувство легкого раздражения.
Что приятно, это что почти все упомянутые названия - родные или знакомые, приятно читать, as if it somehow validates my own experiences here.
Monday, 20 April 2009
Marley and I
На семнадцатой минуте было в первый и единственный раз смешно.
На 28-й поняла, что это - реинкарнация "Бетховена".
На 35-й стало скучно до чертиков.
Энистон играет неплохо, Wilson - похуже. Режиссура не понравилась.
Дальше смотреть не буду, фиг ли время тратить.
На 28-й поняла, что это - реинкарнация "Бетховена".
На 35-й стало скучно до чертиков.
Энистон играет неплохо, Wilson - похуже. Режиссура не понравилась.
Дальше смотреть не буду, фиг ли время тратить.
Monday, 6 April 2009
Friends With Money
Pfff. Нудноватое, pointless кино, позиционирующее себя как меланхолично-лиричное размышление об отношениях людей в браке и одиночестве, которое совершенно не отменяется наличием кольца на пальце. Никто не вызывает ни малейшей симпатии, тут согласна с Томатами, которые хотя и дали хороший рейтинг, все-таки admit, что кино - на редкость uninvoving и герои "don't stay with you for very long once you've gone home". В чем не согласна с Томатами - так это с этим самым высоким рейтингом и заявлениями, что оно, кино, смешнее, чем Sex and The City. Я вас умоляю! А единственная интересная сюжетная замутка - про то, как Энистон названивает своему бывшему stalker-like - так и остается не то что unresolved, но даже и undeveloped. И вообще главная героиня просто emanates self-loathing и отсутствие желания как-либо улучшить собственную жизнь. И ладно self-loathing - это как раз approapriately dark and depressive for a boring movie like that, но вот эта вечная серость и ожидание чуда (которое, блин, даже случается примерно за 2 минуты до конца) только раздражают. Кино не раздражает только потому, что все ждешь, что что-то начнет происходить, к чему-то же все это ведет (или хотя бы что-то объяснится) - а когда приводит оно лишь к замызганному прынцу с незаслуженными миллионами, вот тогда-то и наступает главное разочарование.
Название в сочетании с Энистон в главной роли заставляет задуматься - а не намякивает ли нам автор на что-то? Но нет, мне кажется, она выше всего этого :)
Название в сочетании с Энистон в главной роли заставляет задуматься - а не намякивает ли нам автор на что-то? Но нет, мне кажется, она выше всего этого :)
Friday, 3 April 2009
Adaptation
Can't say I liked it. Can't say I disliked it. It's a trippy experience which drones on a bit too long for my taste. Впечатление оставляет на уровне - типа "ну и ну...", эмоций же нет никаких. Сценаристские потуги, self-reflecting и даже self-begetting - это да. Кейдж - бееее и так, а тут еще и в двух экземплярах.
Friday, 27 March 2009
House M. D. - 4.10 It's A Wonderful Lie
Ого. Есть еще порох в пороховницах! Такой эпизодище забацали! Причем абсолютно без претензий, но какие тирады от Хауса! На 2 темы эпизода (wow, эпизод сразу с двумя отличными темами!) Не могу не.
About Christmas
Dr. Kutner, who told you that it would be a good idea to put up superficial representations of a hypocritical season celebrating a mythical figure?
The notion of picking one time of the year to be decent to other people is obscene, because it’s actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year.
Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person and nothing pisses off a person more than being shoved in the wrong pigeon hole.
About Lying
HOUSE: White lies?
JANE: What are those?
HOUSE: Those are lies we tell to make other people feel better.
JANE: I don’t lie.
HOUSE: Rationalizations?
JANE: What are those?
HOUSE: Those are lies we tell to make ourselves feel better.
JANE: No, we don’t-
HOUSE: [cuts her off] Lies of omission?
HOUSE: It’s child abuse.
WILSON: Honesty?
HOUSE: There’s a reason that everybody lies. It works. It what allows society to function, it’s what separates man from beast.
WILSON: Oh, I thought that was our thumbs.
HOUSE: You wanna know every place your mom’s thumb has been?
WILSON: I’m sorry I missed rehearsal. Am I taking the “truth is good” side? Don’t you usually take that side?
HOUSE: Lies are a tool, they can be used either for good… No wait, I got a better one. Lies are like children. Hard work, but they’re worth it. Because the future depends on them.
HOUSE: I saw something amazing.
[Wilson looks at him, intrigued.]
HOUSE: Pure truth. She told her mother that she was dying. Stripped her of all hope.
WILSON: That sounds… horrible.
HOUSE: It’s like watching some… bizarre astronomical event that you know you’re never going to see again.
WILSON: [unconvinced] You tell people the cold hard truth all the time. You get off on it.
HOUSE: Because I don’t care. She cared. She did it anyway. [frowns for a second] She did it because she cared.
WILSON: [nods sarcastically] The angels of Christmas have finally given House a present he can appreciate.
HOUSE: Oh, don’t ruin it. Don’t pin this on Christ, he’s got enough nails in him.
Random Quote
KUTNER: Who’s that from?
HOUSE: Santa, obviously. ‘Cause you know I worship him. [pauses and frowns] No wait, I mean Satan. I always get them confused.
И куча других классных шуток, ото всех. Long story short, эпизод - супер, смотрится на одном дыхании и оставляет желание пересмотреть.
About Christmas
Dr. Kutner, who told you that it would be a good idea to put up superficial representations of a hypocritical season celebrating a mythical figure?
The notion of picking one time of the year to be decent to other people is obscene, because it’s actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year.
Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person and nothing pisses off a person more than being shoved in the wrong pigeon hole.
About Lying
HOUSE: White lies?
JANE: What are those?
HOUSE: Those are lies we tell to make other people feel better.
JANE: I don’t lie.
HOUSE: Rationalizations?
JANE: What are those?
HOUSE: Those are lies we tell to make ourselves feel better.
JANE: No, we don’t-
HOUSE: [cuts her off] Lies of omission?
HOUSE: It’s child abuse.
WILSON: Honesty?
HOUSE: There’s a reason that everybody lies. It works. It what allows society to function, it’s what separates man from beast.
WILSON: Oh, I thought that was our thumbs.
HOUSE: You wanna know every place your mom’s thumb has been?
WILSON: I’m sorry I missed rehearsal. Am I taking the “truth is good” side? Don’t you usually take that side?
HOUSE: Lies are a tool, they can be used either for good… No wait, I got a better one. Lies are like children. Hard work, but they’re worth it. Because the future depends on them.
HOUSE: I saw something amazing.
[Wilson looks at him, intrigued.]
HOUSE: Pure truth. She told her mother that she was dying. Stripped her of all hope.
WILSON: That sounds… horrible.
HOUSE: It’s like watching some… bizarre astronomical event that you know you’re never going to see again.
WILSON: [unconvinced] You tell people the cold hard truth all the time. You get off on it.
HOUSE: Because I don’t care. She cared. She did it anyway. [frowns for a second] She did it because she cared.
WILSON: [nods sarcastically] The angels of Christmas have finally given House a present he can appreciate.
HOUSE: Oh, don’t ruin it. Don’t pin this on Christ, he’s got enough nails in him.
Random Quote
KUTNER: Who’s that from?
HOUSE: Santa, obviously. ‘Cause you know I worship him. [pauses and frowns] No wait, I mean Satan. I always get them confused.
И куча других классных шуток, ото всех. Long story short, эпизод - супер, смотрится на одном дыхании и оставляет желание пересмотреть.
House M. D. - 3.12 One Day, One Room
Wow. Это было сильно. А главное - это было только что (прим. пер. копи-пейст - великая весчь). Не надо списывать Шора со счетов. Мэри Сью или не Мэри Сью (прим. пер. - об этом позже), но чувак он правильный. И написал красивую, сильную коду к полусезонной "арке", которая по большому счету не блистала.
House feels uncomfortable talking about personal things for no good reason with a stranger. Even if the person says she needs it. He needs a reason. Everything is rational. When she asks him a question he keeps asking her what she wants to hear. Being irrational she refuses to play by his rules, and bulldozes him into playing by hers.
Some people don't have any problems "opening up". Now, having thought quite a bit about what exactly "opening up" involves, I've come to the conclusion that it basically means telling something about oneself or about one's past. Of course it matters what you say. It's not about your favourite colour or how you lost your virginity - well, yeah, unless that last part matters to you in some big way. Interestingly enough, different things matter to different people to different degrees. What one consideres some serious personal disclosure, for another is just your casual chatting. So, people like House are not prone to give away information about themselves freely, whereas she, the patient, demands it. He doesn't want to talk about "nothing" - has better things to do, doesn't want to talk about somehting that matters - would mean opening up. Tries to figure out what she wants to hear. Thinks he has more or less understood what she needs and practically steps over himself - because there's a reason for him to do it. He picks something that she would relate to - absence of control, helplessness. He mixes it up with a pointless lie to try and make it less significant for him, to make this sharing less real. It's only after they do connect through talk he's accustomed to more that he tells her the entire truth.
And then a different question is brought up, did he really help her? Well, that I'll have to agree with. Bottling stuff up does nothing for you. Release does, for some reason. But still, he questions convention and tries to look past it. He got her to *talk about it*, but being who he is he does not understand how talking can make it better (Doing things changes things. Not doing things... leaves things exactly as they were).
Good stuff. Great character work.
Additional goodies:
Chase doesn't only understand House better than the others, he's actually more like him than Foreman. Sure, both have been shown to be egoistic and cold. But Chase is always quicker to put the doubts away and start a productive discussion, he's been accused of not giving a damn about House or patients - and has in fact confirmed that he cares about his job and that he needs House to learn from, aaand he solved the one of the previous cases House-style, while having an unrelated conversation and while playing with House's toy of the day. And last but not least, what was his advice when House asked him about the "right" answer in this episode? Keep her asleep. Ain't that familiar, avoiding the talking part? Ah, Chase. Every passing episode I love you more.
The dying man needs someone to remember him to validate his life. Taken to the extreme, but true.
THE GEM OF THE EPISODE:
HOUSE: If you believe in eternity, then... life is irrelevant. Same way that a bug is irrelevant in comparison to the universe.
EVE: If you don't believe in eternity, then what you do here is irrelevant.
HOUSE: Your actions here are all that matters.
Ring any bells? But her answer is:
EVE: Then nothing matters. There's no ultimate consequences. I couldn't live with that.
That, people, is what I call weakness. Reeks of egocentrism, too.
THE RUNNER-UP for The Gem of The Episode
EVE: I'm gonna base this moment on who I'm stuck in a room with. It's what life is. It's a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with adds up to what our lives are.
House feels uncomfortable talking about personal things for no good reason with a stranger. Even if the person says she needs it. He needs a reason. Everything is rational. When she asks him a question he keeps asking her what she wants to hear. Being irrational she refuses to play by his rules, and bulldozes him into playing by hers.
Some people don't have any problems "opening up". Now, having thought quite a bit about what exactly "opening up" involves, I've come to the conclusion that it basically means telling something about oneself or about one's past. Of course it matters what you say. It's not about your favourite colour or how you lost your virginity - well, yeah, unless that last part matters to you in some big way. Interestingly enough, different things matter to different people to different degrees. What one consideres some serious personal disclosure, for another is just your casual chatting. So, people like House are not prone to give away information about themselves freely, whereas she, the patient, demands it. He doesn't want to talk about "nothing" - has better things to do, doesn't want to talk about somehting that matters - would mean opening up. Tries to figure out what she wants to hear. Thinks he has more or less understood what she needs and practically steps over himself - because there's a reason for him to do it. He picks something that she would relate to - absence of control, helplessness. He mixes it up with a pointless lie to try and make it less significant for him, to make this sharing less real. It's only after they do connect through talk he's accustomed to more that he tells her the entire truth.
And then a different question is brought up, did he really help her? Well, that I'll have to agree with. Bottling stuff up does nothing for you. Release does, for some reason. But still, he questions convention and tries to look past it. He got her to *talk about it*, but being who he is he does not understand how talking can make it better (Doing things changes things. Not doing things... leaves things exactly as they were).
Good stuff. Great character work.
Additional goodies:
Chase doesn't only understand House better than the others, he's actually more like him than Foreman. Sure, both have been shown to be egoistic and cold. But Chase is always quicker to put the doubts away and start a productive discussion, he's been accused of not giving a damn about House or patients - and has in fact confirmed that he cares about his job and that he needs House to learn from, aaand he solved the one of the previous cases House-style, while having an unrelated conversation and while playing with House's toy of the day. And last but not least, what was his advice when House asked him about the "right" answer in this episode? Keep her asleep. Ain't that familiar, avoiding the talking part? Ah, Chase. Every passing episode I love you more.
The dying man needs someone to remember him to validate his life. Taken to the extreme, but true.
THE GEM OF THE EPISODE:
HOUSE: If you believe in eternity, then... life is irrelevant. Same way that a bug is irrelevant in comparison to the universe.
EVE: If you don't believe in eternity, then what you do here is irrelevant.
HOUSE: Your actions here are all that matters.
Ring any bells? But her answer is:
EVE: Then nothing matters. There's no ultimate consequences. I couldn't live with that.
That, people, is what I call weakness. Reeks of egocentrism, too.
THE RUNNER-UP for The Gem of The Episode
EVE: I'm gonna base this moment on who I'm stuck in a room with. It's what life is. It's a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with adds up to what our lives are.
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