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samusaran253 · 10-04-2011, 05:51

I'm about to start watching the pilot (first episode) of the first season of that. Is it any good? I really love Jurassic Park, and it was created by the same guy who created Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) so I imagine it should be good. Discuss.

tightropetom · 10-04-2011, 07:18

LOL - 90s show! :-) Ok, I know it started in the 90s but it was still running until 2009!!! :-) The way you described it, you'd think nobody would know of it!

Seriously though, very good show. Defo worth watching

samusaran253 · 10-04-2011, 23:12

I surprisingly like the show, it's really good and hasn't aged all that bad for being 17 years old. And it has the best opening TV theme ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ATwnLDgfs

**Basq** · 10-04-2011, 23:14

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I'm about to start watching the pilot (first episode) of the first season of that. Is it any good? I really love Jurassic Park, and it was created by the same guy who created Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) so I imagine it should be good. Discuss.

If there's one thing ER needed, it was more dinosaurs!

Rasmus · 26-04-2011, 19:04

Haha, yep a lot of people watched this 90's series!

Hardly a retro show. I still call Grey's Anatomy 'ER' by accident. A hospital show where the staff drop like spies.

**rebel girl 15** · 28-04-2011, 12:57

very good show! Loved it when it was on - George Clooney was the draw for a lot of people! Some great storylines in it as well

Some of the staff did drop off like spies alright - and might reappear in a few episodes. I don't think it had ages much at all either!

Dull and Boring · 06-05-2011, 14:17

Great show, wasn't as good in the later years though

Elmo · 03-06-2011, 15:31

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Great show, wasn't as good in the later years though

Unfortunately having to compete with Grey's Anatomy the storylines became more and more soap like

Julianne Margulies can be seen in The Good Wife.

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I still call Grey's Anatomy 'ER' by accident.

Blasphemy

RIP Michael Crichton 23/10/1942 - 04/11/08

SarahBeep! · 11-06-2011, 21:35

Best medical drama EVER!!

The Black Oil · 02-07-2011, 12:27

Although this show has obvious positive qualities, I don't really understand some of the super high praise it gets. Some of its writing seems incredibly convenient and a bit silly. Spoiler: We have Dr. Ross screwing up, effectively losing his job, when what do we have a few minutes later? A crash involving bus load of school kids, he's told not to go, does anyway and ends up in a car crash with Jeanie. Now maybe it was simply a launchpad to further some of her storyline, but... Then we have the episode where Benton visits a redneck backwater, saves the day, of course. I think they'd get away with this if it was another type of show, not even a procedural...I don't know. This is supposed to be high calibre drama and these type of antics seem to happen a fair bit in the show.

Elmo · 02-07-2011, 15:42

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Originally Posted by The Black Oil

Although this show has obvious positive qualities, I don't really understand some of the super high praise it gets. Some of its writing seems incredibly convenient and a bit silly. Spoiler: We have Dr. Ross screwing up, effectively losing his job, when what do we have a few minutes later? A crash involving bus load of school kids, he's told not to go, does anyway and ends up in a car crash with Jeanie. Now maybe it was simply a launchpad to further some of her storyline, but... Then we have the episode where Benton visits a redneck backwater, saves the day, of course. I think they'd get away with this if it was another type of show, not even a procedural...I don't know. This is supposed to be high calibre drama and these type of antics seem to happen a fair bit in the show.

Your always going to have bad episodes from time to time in even the best TV dramas. ER was more constant then most, if you want to pick you can. The series had 20 to 25 episodes each year for 15 seasons.

Romeo and Juliet, wasn't it convenient that the monk sent to Romeo with a message from Juliet ends up in quarantine? Just saying.

The Black Oil · 10-07-2011, 18:42

Understood, however, I've noticed this is a bit of a pattern rather than being confined to occasional substandard episodes, particularly in the first couple of years when the show is supposedly at its strongest.

Elmo · 11-07-2011, 10:12

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Understood, however, I've noticed this is a bit of a pattern rather than being confined to occasional substandard episodes, particularly in the first couple of years when the show is supposedly at its strongest.

I would say it was strong from season 3 to 9 or there abouts. I think you also have to remember that what they did in 1994 was groundbreaking and would prob at this stage be considered tame.

Which new medical dramas are you basing your criticism on????

The Black Oil · 11-07-2011, 12:35

First show to make us of the walk and talk style? It's mainly the train of coincidences things like I've alluded to above or Spoiler: Greene and Corday going out to get coffee and witnessing a car accident outside the hospital, another episode the building loses power, Benton finds Reese and later we see him working in trauma room with Reese on his back. Maybe I'm being picky, but I find some of these antics a little silly/gimmicky, as a viewer I find that they undermine things a bit for me.

Basing the criticism on? Certainly not comparing it to House as they're different shows, happy to criticise it, particularly nowadays.

Elmo · 11-07-2011, 15:27

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First show to make us of the walk and talk style? It's mainly the train of coincidences things like I've alluded to above or Spoiler: Greene and Corday going out to get coffee and witnessing a car accident outside the hospital, another episode the building loses power, Benton finds Reese and later we see him working in trauma room with Reese on his back. Maybe I'm being picky, but I find some of these antics a little silly/gimmicky, as a viewer I find that they undermine things a bit for me.

Basing the criticism on? Certainly not comparing it to House as they're different shows, happy to criticise it, particularly nowadays.

Well take a look at casualty set up. Character drives car, is drinking coffee and talking on phone. Truck has turn over up ahead. Character spills coffee, swiffers but regains control and then trys to pick up coffee, handset falls also now looking for hand sets, oh look truck, breaks and now further injures. Casualty and Holby City are particularly bad at their set ups.

House is different but is basically CSI in a hospital, it was original for about 10 episode then it began to become contrived.

Yes there are contrived plots in ER, one criticism is that they always need a big explosive plots involving nurses or doctors at least once a season.

10-04-2011, 05:51	#1
samusaran253 Banned Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 19 Adverts \| Friends	Anyone ever watch the 90s TV series "ER"? I'm about to start watching the pilot (first episode) of the first season of that. Is it any good? I really love Jurassic Park, and it was created by the same guy who created Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) so I imagine it should be good. Discuss.

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10-04-2011, 07:18	#2
tightropetom Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 229 Adverts \| Friends	LOL - 90s show! :-) Ok, I know it started in the 90s but it was still running until 2009!!! :-) The way you described it, you'd think nobody would know of it! Seriously though, very good show. Defo worth watching

10-04-2011, 23:12	#3
samusaran253 Banned Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 19 Adverts \| Friends	I surprisingly like the show, it's really good and hasn't aged all that bad for being 17 years old. And it has the best opening TV theme ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ATwnLDgfs

26-04-2011, 19:04	#5
Rasmus Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,660 Adverts \| Friends	Haha, yep a lot of people watched this 90's series! Hardly a retro show. I still call Grey's Anatomy 'ER' by accident. A hospital show where the staff drop like spies.

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rebel girl 15 El President! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cork Posts: 12,682 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Cork County, GAA, UCC	very good show! Loved it when it was on - George Clooney was the draw for a lot of people! Some great storylines in it as well Some of the staff did drop off like spies alright - and might reappear in a few episodes. I don't think it had ages much at all either!

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Dull and Boring Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Home (the streets) Posts: 5,045 Adverts \| Friends	Great show, wasn't as good in the later years though

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SarahBeep! Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Limerick...more's the pity Posts: 5,373 Adverts \| Friends	Best medical drama EVER!!

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The Black Oil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,743 Adverts \| Friends	Although this show has obvious positive qualities, I don't really understand some of the super high praise it gets. Some of its writing seems incredibly convenient and a bit silly. Spoiler: We have Dr. Ross screwing up, effectively losing his job, when what do we have a few minutes later? A crash involving bus load of school kids, he's told not to go, does anyway and ends up in a car crash with Jeanie. Now maybe it was simply a launchpad to further some of her storyline, but... Then we have the episode where Benton visits a redneck backwater, saves the day, of course. I think they'd get away with this if it was another type of show, not even a procedural...I don't know. This is supposed to be high calibre drama and these type of antics seem to happen a fair bit in the show.

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The Black Oil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,743 Adverts \| Friends	Understood, however, I've noticed this is a bit of a pattern rather than being confined to occasional substandard episodes, particularly in the first couple of years when the show is supposedly at its strongest.

11-07-2011, 12:35	#14
The Black Oil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,743 Adverts \| Friends	First show to make us of the walk and talk style? It's mainly the train of coincidences things like I've alluded to above or Spoiler: Greene and Corday going out to get coffee and witnessing a car accident outside the hospital, another episode the building loses power, Benton finds Reese and later we see him working in trauma room with Reese on his back. Maybe I'm being picky, but I find some of these antics a little silly/gimmicky, as a viewer I find that they undermine things a bit for me. Basing the criticism on? Certainly not comparing it to House as they're different shows, happy to criticise it, particularly nowadays.