This article is out of my usual topics. I just was inspired by a new fashion in the world of series of recent few years especially which provide some kind of idea, which can be described with this short slogan - "Brain is a new sexy".
You probably may say, that it`s not the brain games which make the series interesting, but a story about a definite hero with unusual habbits and character traits, and the only thing people pay attention to is how other people can stand them. They also say, that series and films titled with a name (of the main character especially) are more sucessful then the others. And it`s true, I don`t deny. But I`m sure that watching the series you tried to find out what the hero was talking about, once or twice at last. That`s what I really appreciate.
So, here`re my thoughts about:
1. House M.D.
2. Doctor Who
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. Lie to me
5. White Collar
6. Suits
7. Eureka
I promissed to myself that I wouldn`t take classic detective stories, as I did`t have enough familiarity with such series as "Poirot", "Marple", "Murder She Wrote", I`ve just seen several episodes, but I can advice them to you. What about Sherlock Holmes, I`ve already written about him below.
1. HOUSE M.D.
The series is perhaps the famoust in the world. No, it definitely is! I`m glad that things like that are so popular...
The image of Dr. Gregory House, played by Hugh Laurie, is so attractive, and the most fascinating thing is that naturally the character with behavior like that doesn`t expect to be appreciated! The same thing is with Sherlock, that`s why people often compare them.
That`s not true that such series makes your mood go down - most people isn`t interested with these medecine stuff at all. Actually, I know a girl, who is, but I don`t think she`s going to be for a lot time:) (She`s watched 3 seasons by now.) But if you`re interested, you may learn a lot knew about your body... ok, may be about rare diseases:) But the main idea the story provides is "People, look after yourself! Don`t eat a garbage and don`t surround yourself with garbage! Everything effects you and every little thing can cause huge problems. Make the people around you (but firstly the doctors) know everything that bothers your body (don`t lie!)... And don`t worry: one in a million can get such a rare disease living as a normal person:)"
In spite of whatever you may say, House M.D. didn`t got worse, as other series did. RIP, by the way.
That`s a pity we didn`t manage to buy tickets for your concert, Hugh Laurie, I really enjoyed your album!
2. DOCTOR WHO
The character is a bit more pleasant, than House and Sherlock, people like him and are waiting the blue box in their apartment. So do I:)
Being not a responsible fan of the series, I still can`t find a free time to watch the classic Doctor Who, that lasted since 1963 to 1969. 26 seasons..!!! That means something, I guess. Lots of people grew up on the series and some of them made a new adapted 21st century`s version for us. I realy adore them, because every episode is a example of boundless imagination and action, that makes you feel thrilled, shoked sometimes, but the main is that it makes you think and dream. I do belive that many children were captured by it and since then they have been paying more attention to what`s happening in the world around them. The same situation always happens with books about Sherlock Holmes, when inspired readers become some kind of sleuths, examining people in the metro, buses and streets trying to guess what they do to earn for a living or other personal stuff like that. I`m completely sure that they became more interested in Physics, Science and things like that. What about me, my chain of interests is this: Doctor Who - Sherlock - Benedict Cumberbatch - Hawking + The Big Bang Theory = now I`m reading "The Grand Design", trying to understand what Steven meant:) That was a long way, yeah!
3. THE BIG BANG THEORY
This is my favorite picture of the cast. Everybody is so sweet:)
Hm, what can I say here? At first I`ve heared a lot about the series and that`s only why I thought it was completely stupid:) When I watched several episodes, I... I can`t say I fell in love, I just watched it all and then rewatched from the first to the last episode. and continue watching. The quantity of subjects the characters mention is wide and deep - from theoretical physics to relationships. Absolutely everyone can find something interesting for them. I`m sure it was made to be international - just look at the heroes they`ve chosen: jews, indians, americans - all live together having friendships or relationships with pretty (or not so pretty) girls and boys with a bit strange habbits and hobbies. That really means the world has little boundaries left.
Also series and comics fans will find a plenty of links. Due to BBT I watched Star Track and Firefly. The first was quite... annoying, but the second was a real pleasure! RIP, Firefly.
4. LIE TO ME
The series wasn`t really successful in Russia, but anyway some people bought books of Paul Ekman
with Tim Roth on the cover. I downloaded and read it:) In fact I didn`t even try to practise to recognise lying, but I found the book rather interesting, especially while reading about the process of verification in government bodies, if I can say so. Perfect for those who is interested in psychology.
5. WHITE COLLAR
Do you want an unerthly handsome guy persuade you that art is a great thing? Watch "White Collar":)
I think the series is about a lot of things: how to make money in dishonest ways, how to loose your head completely due to love, how to return a trust of your friend after you`ve had offended him many times... The series is a long line, but every episode has its "detective" story that effects it. The main character is a swindler specializing on falsify documents and art works, who at last was captured by an FBI agent, who had been looking for him for many years. That`s why conversations will be about paintings, coins, loan securities, history, means of spying and so on. Love lines are included: which series is without them?
6. SUITS
That`s one of many series I came across watching our Russian The First Channel. You know, mostly there`s a complete rubbish shown, but at night something good manage to get there.
The series is about scince of law. I mean, it`s about how to evade laws and that there`s always a way to evade them. That`s probably the least useful science for you, of course (if you`re not a lawer), but there is an important idea - high education is not a lot and quite usually not enough. One of the main character is a guy with a photographic memory and huge talent for dealing with documents. He didn`t graduate The University of Harvard, but managed to get a job wich only Harvard graduated could get legally. Later it`s found out that many of those Harvard graduated boys didn`t cost as much as he did. That`s not just a fairy tale - my dad is an example. ... Ha, I don`t mean he is Harvard graduated:) - he just founded and leads his own company without any high education. I`m very proud of him.
7. EUREKA
"Eurika" is one of the projects that tries to make the science popular. It`s a science fiction series, that I found very interesting as soon as I watched an episode by chance. It doesn`t show you common spaceships, aliens and so on. It tries to impress you with everything that looks strange and alien at first but can be explained by science. Actually, I`m not quite sure what is real there and what isn`t... Anyway, the characters get into such rediculous and funny situations, that you can`t stop laughing and stay untill you find out how they manage to find a solution to the problem. Those scientists are inquisitive, hardworking, but clumsy and arrogant sometimes so there`s a lot of different accidents may happen in their secret laboratories:)
Wish you to spend your time watching series more usefull then before! Thank you for visiting.
