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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: an example how t.v. shows are so dumbed down |
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surely the writers of HOUSE finished first -year university or remember high school anatomy class lesson to know that the right side of the body is controlled by the left side of the brain and visa versa.
i tried to watch an episode of HOUSE today because it comes recommended, yet they decide to examine what he can see and do with his right side: test right eye and right hand in order to see if the right side of his brain is totally damaged?
stupid...
either they know nothing about medicine and the show is full of mumbo jumbo that many viewers think is based on real science
or else they dumb it down to the point where they cant bother to say one extra line about which side of the brian controls which side of the body
intelligent books require selection, intelligent films are becoming rare and intelligent t.v. shows are almost nonextistent
(not even a rant, a dismissive commentary) |
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Pligganease
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't need to look any further than any show that comes on MTV or Fox. |
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VanIslander
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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yet some think that House is an "intelligent" show
perhaps they think the medicine is based on real science?
is it on Fox? I've never seen that network but it sounds representative of television in general |
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theatrelily
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have noticed that often on tv or in movies when they are talking about the right side of something, it's actually the left that they show but I think that's because it appears as the right side to the viewers watching.
Could that be the reason? |
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VanIslander
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| theatrelily wrote: |
| I have noticed that often on tv or in movies when they are talking about the right side of something, it's actually the left that they show but I think that's because it appears as the right side to the viewers watching. |
you watch a lot of t.v.? |
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Qinella
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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The lack of hard, scientific data in pop culture entertainment is truly a travesty. Even comic strips are not immune. Behold:
You know what Gary Larson, you idiot? Polar bears live on the opposite side of the world from penguins! |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:58 am Post subject: Re: an example how t.v. shows are so dumbed down |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
surely the writers of HOUSE finished first -year university or remember high school anatomy class lesson to know that the right side of the body is controlled by the left side of the brain and visa versa.
i tried to watch an episode of HOUSE today because it comes recommended, yet they decide to examine what he can see and do with his right side: test right eye and right hand in order to see if the right side of his brain is totally damaged?
stupid...
either they know nothing about medicine and the show is full of mumbo jumbo that many viewers think is based on real science
or else they dumb it down to the point where they cant bother to say one extra line about which side of the brian controls which side of the body
intelligent books require selection, intelligent films are becoming rare and intelligent t.v. shows are almost nonextistent
(not even a rant, a dismissive commentary) |
Which episode was it? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: Re: an example how t.v. shows are so dumbed down |
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| Which episode was it? |
The one on this very second. Turn to OCN. Was on this morning as well as now.
Medical dramas are said to infuse actual medicine into the shows but suspending disbelief is difficult when the most basic of medical info is misrepresented. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Switch over to MacGyver on CNTV instead
Far better researchers on that show.
Today is voodoo special 
They've sealed him in a coffin....
They're riding in a truck...
He's eating some leaf...
He's got some rope through a knot in the wood...
He's tied it inside the coffin...
Cool. He's busted out. Now whack those henchmen with the shovel!
Brilliant.
No idea what the leaf was for. Oh here we go... |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| ED209 wrote: |
| Switch over to MacGyver on CNTV instead |
MacGyver is on? the guy from decades ago who makes anything out of anything? havent watched that since junior high. flashback!
but these days the t.v. is on only as background when i'm checking messages and writing emails, about 30-60 minutes a day
there's simply nothing i like/can stomach to watch
(until LOST returns, but then i'll wait a year and watch back episodes on a rainy morning) |
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Boodleheimer
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Broad generalizations are often made in popular psychology about certain function (eg. logic, creativity) being lateralised, that is, located in the right or left side of the brain. These ideas need to be treated carefully because the popular lateralizations are often distributed across both sides.[1] However, there is some division of mental processing. Researchers have been investigating to what extent areas of the brain are specialized for certain functions. If a specific region of the brain is injured or destroyed, their functions can sometimes be recovered by neighboring brain regions - even opposite hemispheres. This depends more on the age and the damage occurred than anything else.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_brain |
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genezorm
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: |
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dude, do you really need to give an example
who doesnt know us tv is garbage |
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Ginormousaurus
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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"Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"
It seems that this show is so dumbed down in order to make people at home feel smart. One question I saw was "Which country shares the longest border with the USA?" I beleive the contestant got it wrong. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: Re: an example how t.v. shows are so dumbed down |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| dogshed wrote: |
| Which episode was it? |
The one on this very second. Turn to OCN. Was on this morning as well as now.
Medical dramas are said to infuse actual medicine into the shows but suspending disbelief is difficult when the most basic of medical info is misrepresented. |
That doesn't help me find it on my harddrive. Maybe you don't know the season and episode number, but you could say something like: The one where he removes the testicles from the model with AIS. |
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Gamecock
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Ummm...I believe I just watched the episode you're referring to. It seems you didn't watch the entire episode to see the context, but rather watched an isolated scene and flew off the handle about how much more intelligent you are than the doctors who are paid to advise and check the scripts for the show...
The episode was about an adult musical savant who was in an accident when he was 6 and suffered severe brain trauma. In VERY simple terms, to compensate for the damage, his brain had essentially rewired itself in ways so that it functioned in ways the normal brain does not...thus an uncanny and unexplainable musical gift in an adult who is a functional 4 year old. This was discussed AT LENGTH in the episode. But I guess you were too busy praising yourself to hear it. (Season 3, episode 15, by the way)
House IS a very intelligent show. In fact, I would venture to say that prime time television has become MORE, not less intelligent over the last 5 years or so with the introduction of shows like CSI, Law and Order, and House. Is it still fiction? Yes. Is it intelligent? Yes. |
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