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posted by [personal profile] everybodyliesmd at 10:05am on 15/04/2009
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From NJ.com:

The massive old Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is "open" for business again, and its top doctor may be Hugh Laurie, star of TV's "House."

Crews from the popular Fox TV show spent today re-making the abandoned state hospital in Parsippany into the fictional Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital. They are expected to shoot some background scenes for next year's episodes of the popular series Wednesday morning.

Officials from Universal Studios were tight-lipped about their plans at Greystone and whether any stars of the show might be on hand today. They said the set would be closed to the public. Police also said the road leading to the hospital would be temporarily closed.

Steve Gorelick, executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, also had little to say about the show's filming today.

"They told us they really don't want any publicity about what they are doing," said Gorelick. "We have to honor that."

Greystone opened in 1876 as a state-of-the-art mental health facility. It eventually turned into a massive, nearly half-million-square-foot ruin. Only the center portion of the old hospital, which housed the administration, remained open in recent years. It was abandoned last year when a new Greystone opened nearby.

Just what to do with the spooky old structure is being pondered by historians, local and county officials and the state Treasury Department, which now holds the title to the building.

"House" is a medical drama, whose hero -- Laurie -- is billed as an "irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients." The Emmy-winning drama celebrated its 100th episode on Feb. 2.

Greystone had a previous encounter with celluloid fame in the mid-1990s when Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio came there for three days to film "Marvin's Room."
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posted by [identity profile] everybodyliesmd.livejournal.com at 02:32pm on 15/04/2009
Yes, it is. Especially in light of the previous spoilers from DS and KJ that the first few episodes of next season will be very different than their usual PPTH format.
 
posted by [identity profile] sjoes.livejournal.com at 02:39pm on 15/04/2009
Sorry about deleting my post. Intended to post a link to Flickr with info and pictures on the old Greystone Park lunatic asylum (great term as it's not PC) but the link was HUGE and I can't figure out how to shorten links on LJ.
Anyhoo, great semi-gothic building. Like the way they're going if that's the way they're going.
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posted by [identity profile] everybodyliesmd.livejournal.com at 03:38pm on 15/04/2009
To shorten links go to www.tinyurl.com and paste the long url into the box. Tinyurl will make a nice short one for you that will fit nicely into your LJ posts.

Can you repost the link when you get a tinyurl?
 
posted by [identity profile] sjoes.livejournal.com at 04:07pm on 15/04/2009
Cheers for that!
Found new sets:
http://tinyurl.com/djq2l4
http://tinyurl.com/dhnmtd
and this one http://tinyurl.com/csq5fv
General info (very cool!)
http://tinyurl.com/co8yua
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posted by [identity profile] everybodyliesmd.livejournal.com at 05:44pm on 15/04/2009
Cool links, thanks! Some of the pictures are incredible.
 
posted by [identity profile] californiaquail.livejournal.com at 10:30pm on 15/04/2009
Yeah I saw that. I hope it's for House and not Wilson's brother.

Because that would be awesome.
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posted by [identity profile] everybodyliesmd.livejournal.com at 02:49am on 16/04/2009
I can't imagine that they would go through the trouble for Wilson's brother (and I can't imagine that storyline being *that* big). We've been told that House is going to suffer some sort of breakdown and TPTB have said that the first few eps of season 6 are going to break from the usual format, so to me it makes sense that he is going to be the one in the psychiatric hospital.

Besides, I just saw a picture of Hugh at JFK Airport in NY. I'm thinking he's there to shoot some location scenes.

Looking forward to seeing what they do with this!
 
posted by [identity profile] californiaquail.livejournal.com at 02:52am on 16/04/2009
Any amount of time they take to show House actually being affected by all the shit he's endured will be awesome. Anything during which the other characters are made to see he's a human being and not made of stone would be awesome.

If they try to make it like he had brain damage or something and that he's not actually depressed or upset, I can't say I won't be disappointed.
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posted by [identity profile] everybodyliesmd.livejournal.com at 02:16pm on 16/04/2009
Any amount of time they take to show House actually being affected by all the shit he's endured will be awesome. Anything during which the other characters are made to see he's a human being and not made of stone would be awesome.

Couldn't agree more. I don't want this to be some sort of delayed reaction to the DBS. I want it to be an emotional reaction to the deaths and disappointments he's suffered this season. I want to see him break (is that bad?) and I want to see how it affects the people around him. (And I can't wait to see Hugh act the shit out of it!!)

Ideally, I'd love to see him really lose it and tell the people around him that he does have feelings and that he does care and that it's not just about solving the puzzle. I'd love to see him scream in frustration at the number of times his pain has been dismissed and his choices of pain management have been criticized by his friends. I want him to confront Cuddy and Wilson and tell them all the things he should have said when they were treating him like a mentally deficient five year-old. I desperately want him to tell Wilson just how much it hurt when he told him they were never friends and walked away. I also would love to see him talk about his father and the abuse he suffered as a child. As you said, I want everyone around him to see him the way we get to see him - as a human being.

If they try to make it like he had brain damage or something and that he's not actually depressed or upset, I can't say I won't be disappointed.

I will be disappointed as well. I will still thoroughly enjoy watching Hugh no matter what happens because I'm 100% positive that he will do an amazing job with whatever they give him.

I am so anxious to see how this turns out!

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