Comments | jim_lane: Writer's Block: Bedside Manners

jim_lane

Writer's Block: Bedside Manners

Nov 19, 2008 00:14

tv shows, writer's block, medical dramas

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dhlawrence November 19 2008, 05:43:14 UTC

And there were a lot of dials that told him something, but we're not quite sure what ;)

I'd probably want to be at the 4077th M*A*S*H. Once you're there, you've got a 97% chance of survival. Can't get much better than that!

torakiyoshi November 19 2008, 05:47:20 UTC

Yeah, the hard part is getting there. And I'm not sure I want BJ or Hawkeye operating on me, even with such good odds.

Houlihan, maybe... Rrrrar!

-=TK

jim_ghote November 19 2008, 05:54:51 UTC

Unless you got Frank as your surgeon!

dhlawrence November 19 2008, 06:08:36 UTC

To Frank's credit, he never lost a patient on-screen. There were references to dead patients, and he gave up on one once and nearly lost another, but never actually had one die on the table (in the TV series at least).

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guitar_stitch November 19 2008, 12:36:52 UTC

Oh God.... I agree with the above posters about the MASH unit... If not, then I would love to go to the hospital that Dr. House works for just for the comedy value (if there is any in sickness)

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jim_lane November 19 2008, 23:20:13 UTC

Yeah...but--- You also have a bit of "them" with you, peering out through your eyes for the rest of your life, which could be a VERY long time, depending on what "improvements" they made (some of them hidden).

(Funny thing, this is a popular little "gotcha" sci-fi writers incorporate into stories where characters are "helped"---or "tinkered with"---by superior intelligences. My novel, "Redeeming Factors", hinted at this with a few characters, although I think most readers missed it. *evil grin!*)

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jim_lane November 20 2008, 00:56:08 UTC

Ah, but it can also be quite "creepy", and if you only suspect but don't really know--- BRRrrr... }>-p