Perception, Eric McCormack's newest TNT effort, starts next week and seems closer to "The Mentalist" and "NUMB3RS" than "Lie to Me." McCormack's character is a neuroscientist, but doesn't appear to based on any specific individual.
David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Unforgettable' returning as a summer series (remove question mark) On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:49 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > I signed up for a season pass for this >> show, and watched the first handful of episodes, realized it really was not >> really designed for someone like me... > >Isn't this usually the case for people in a given field? No matter how >sincere producers are about listening to technical advisers, dramatic >effects will trump realism every time. > Partly yes, which is why I do not particularly dump on the show, which I think was in the middle of the field of the typical CBS-procedural. But partly I just mean that the show did not really even intend itself to be based on the actual psychological science of memory. The phenomenon they base the show on has been described in the literature (infrequently), but beyond the basic existence of the phenomenon the show was not really in any self-conscious way tying itself to the psychology of memory. This is in contrast with another recent procedural that did intentionally tie itself to psychological science - Lie To Me. I found that show both more entertaining, and more infuriating, than Unforgettable. More entertaining because it was just a little more daring and unconventional (and better written and acted); infuriating because that show was based on two real psychologists and their very well known research program, and the show blithely stormed through any inconvenience in the facts to make their dramatic points. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
