Shows Like House, CSI, Numb3rs, The Mentalist etc. And Public Perception Of Science

[The Dagda]

Personally, I reckon The Big Bang Theory is an awesome show! Sure, it may do nothing to help the image of physicists to the public eye, but they make it quite clear that the characters they are portrayed aren't any ordinary physicists, they are exceptional ones, so perhaps justifying the exaggerations.

And its always satisfying to see equations in the background or details in the script that are actually correct! A Professor from UCLA provides them.

Meh when you have the best comedy in the world, you get a little choosy. Me it's just more formulaic pap from the American comedy institute, which apparently seem to write every comedy. It's actually nice to see something that is off the wall occasionally, but it's a rarity as comedy in the US seems to have gone all mass produced, it's a fact that good comedy generally comes from the comedians and writers, not one or another alone exclusively, take Black Adder, written by a stand up and a comedy writer. In the US even when it's good it's painfully derivative these days. How about some off the wall stuff? Please no more young people living together **** it's been done!

 

[moe darklight]

It's impossible to like House, that's the point.

Am I the only one who actually finds House likable?

 

[The Dagda]

Am I the only one who actually finds House likable?

Actually secretly I admire him immensely because I mirror so much of his personality traits. If I had the guts or the job to act like he did I probably would be more like him.

 

[baywax]

So Monique... sorry I kind of side tracked your post... I've met with and worked with David Duchovny and he's actually very nice. His voice is as soft spoken as his character and he's casual and more involved with small things like his dog (at the time) than anything else.

The whole sex addiction claim seems to be a promotional ploy to put him back on the Hollywood map. Then again that's coming from me. But, generally, all round, very cool dude who's actually interested in science and the implications of science in society, in general.

Vancouver is a nice place to visit. There are the 2010 Olympic Winter Games to come and see too, if you need a good excuse! Some of the most recent X-Files Movie locations were shot where the downhill and other events will be taking place in 2010. Let's not talk about Jillian.