Pathology the movie

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Oh good lord... well, it doesn't look like a particularly good movie, so perhaps it will do poorly at the box office. Maybe "there's no such thing as bad publicity" will ring true?

BH
 
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Oh man! It's going to be awesome... look at the cast...
It's got that Milo guy from Heroes, Q, Alyssa Milano...

CSI effect? Fuggadaboutit! Match season could be heating up this year... :p
 
WAS that john de lancie?

Q ?
 
LMAO, I would not have believed that without seeing it.

Did I see Yaah in some of those clips?? Mindy...is that you?
 
Stoooooopid.

But it is probably more exciting than a movie about trying to track down special stains.
 
I just hope it flops and no one sees it. I don't want it to be another "Outbreak". I went to grad school to do infectious disease research, and for years, when I told people I did ID research they would almost always say, "Ohhh, have you seen Outbreak!??!" :p

So the last thing I want to have to answer is a bunch of questions about "Ohhhh is Pathology really like that movie?!!?"

Heh, did anyone ever see the classic movie about being stuck on the wait list for med school, "Getting In" ? They used to rerun it on Comedy Central sometimes. So bad it's humorous...

BH
 
At least they won't call us DOUG (From Scrubs) anymore.
 
I hope Captain Picard, Captain Janeway, and the Borg make a cameo.
 
It is NOW trailing in theatres. Prior to Resident Evil...sandwiched between 30 Nights, a big budget vampire horror and Total Strangers, a movie about a pyscho group of hippies who wear masks and slaughter people to answer their doorbell....This is seriously messed up.

Prepare for PR fallout.

I can see it now, the movie is a huge hit because frankly it will pull in the TV medical drama crowd AND the teen horror demographics. People will call me refusing to the pay their bill because they suspect Im going on a slaughter rampage ala American Pyscho at night...wonderful. And I just invested 20K in a marketing plan.
 
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Admiral Adama said:
At least they won't call us DOUG (From Scrubs) anymore.
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Lol, that guy is the best character on the whole damned show.

Plus, did anyone notice the comments that were posted below the clip? I mean, wow; not only is the movie a real winner, but it's getting some real positive feedback from the viewers. That is, if the viewers consist of porn spammers. Unfortunately, if I copied and pasted the comments, I'd almost certainly be banned.
 
deschutes said:
You would.

;)

Are you THE Meatwad from years ago?
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Actually, I was waiting for someone to ask me. No, actually I'm not. Long story short, my old username was deemed inappropriate and highly offensive, so I was told I needed to pick a new name. All the other choices were just as offensive, but Meatwad was allowed. Lee told me he deleted the old Meatwad's account; poor bastard. Guess he hasn't been active for a long time, and he ended up losing his sweet username now.

And can't we send MGM something nasty in the mail... preferably something DEAD?
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Good idea. After this movie comes out, though, I think there will be plenty of dead bodies around MGM. Mostly the bodies of this movie's producers. Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
 
Meatwad said:
Good idea. After this movie comes out, though, I think there will be plenty of dead bodies around MGM. Mostly the bodies of this movie's producers. Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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Aye. Or we could deny them any lab tests from now till eternity... Arrrr!
 
We need LADoc to pull some strings in California and get us some backing to film a competing documentary about "The Real Pathology"... No? Maybe petition Discovery channel to rerun episodes of Dr. G on a more regular basis?

Maybe an IMAX film about Pathology? :)

BH
 
I cannot wait to see this movie! woopee!

Mindy
 
Mindy said:
I cannot wait to see this movie! woopee!

Mindy
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I second that! It looks like an interesting movie...which is exactly what it is...a movie! I understand everyone's hesitations about it though.
 
Count me in! Move over Lobster Man From Mars, pathologists now have their very own campy flick!

Mindy
 
The movie seems lame...maybe there's hot passionate morgue sex to spice it up...who knows.

I'm still waiting for somebody to write a "House of God" type of book for pathology to leak out all of pathology's dirty little secrets...
 
Has anyone else seen the trailer for this nonsense?
 
It looks like it already was released on Feb 8th. I haven't heard about it in awhile so it must have bombed. Too bad. It could have added to our cachet if it broke 100,000,000.

Here is the synopsis

Dr. Ted Gray (Milo Ventimiglia) graduates at the top of his class at Harvard Medical School, which allows him to join one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs. Extremely talented and accomplished himself, Ted is quickly invited into a camaraderie with the programs most elite group of interns. Teds good fortune turns to danger, though, as he in introduced to his new friends deadly game, who can commit the perfect murder. Their pawn before he realizes he has even joined the game, Ted must out think this new friends to avoid becoming their next victim.
 
The release date has been pushed back to the summer

PATHOLOGY - MGM Pictures, Inc.
Release Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008
Directed by: Marc Schoelermann
Starring: Alyssa Milano Michael Weston Johnny Whitworth
Genre: Drama

http://www.spill.com/docs/upcoming-releases/


pathstudent said:
It looks like it already was released on Feb 8th. I haven't heard about it in awhile so it must have bombed. Too bad. It could have added to our cachet if it broke 100,000,000.

Here is the synopsis

Dr. Ted Gray (Milo Ventimiglia) graduates at the top of his class at Harvard Medical School, which allows him to join one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs. Extremely talented and accomplished himself, Ted is quickly invited into a camaraderie with the programs most elite group of interns. Teds good fortune turns to danger, though, as he in introduced to his new friends deadly game, who can commit the perfect murder. Their pawn before he realizes he has even joined the game, Ted must out think this new friends to avoid becoming their next victim.
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A-ha! I was wondering what happened to this movie. I have to see it, no matter how crappy, with my Path and non-Path friends. And then I will murder them and make it look like and accident.
 
a friend says it made pathology seem "totally HOT" . . . right before i'm entering the damn match this fall . . . great timing hollywood, bastards.
 
Arctic Char said:
a friend says it made pathology seem "totally HOT" . . . right before i'm entering the damn match this fall . . . great timing hollywood, bastards.
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I hope to hell you are joking. This field will never be plastics. You will match somewhere.
 
DarksideAllstar said:
I hope to hell you are joking. This field will never be plastics. You will match somewhere.
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thanks for the confidence. i was joking, half/half . . . lord, just give me a good program at a good university in a small town with access to mountains and/or rivers . . . then i'll be a happy camper ;)

i'm an MS3 . . . you gotta sympathize at least a little. i think my anxiety has more to do with the fact that i am just so excited to get out of med school and start residency and begin path training, something that truly excites me, and less to do with worries of whether or not i will match.
 
Arctic Char said:
thanks for the confidence. i was joking, half/half . . . lord, just give me a good program at a good university in a small town with access to mountains and/or rivers . . . then i'll be a happy camper ;)

i'm an MS3 . . . you gotta sympathize at least a little. i think my anxiety has more to do with the fact that i am just so excited to get out of med school and start residency and begin path training, something that truly excites me, and less to do with worries of whether or not i will match.
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Being not that far removed from third year, I definitely empathize with you. Just realize that with the exception of maybe 4 or 5 "top-tier" programs, all honors and AOA status will not play a huge role in the application process (of course, they don't really hurt to have them either), whereas in other fields (read: derm, plastics, rad-onc) you almost have to have these on your CV to be seriously considered.
 
I couldn't stop laughing... we are going to go see it as a program this summer. Watched the trailer with a couple of attendings and they couldn't stop laughing either. If anyone really does see this movie and asks if pathology is really like that I'm going to tell them it was as if they followed me around with a camera. Seriously for those of you worried about what a movie will do to the perception of pathology, how much worse can it be anyway? IM isn't like scrubs, emergency medicine isn't like ER, I already have to explain to my family EVERY TIME I'M HOME that I don't (*^()(*&*(^ work on dead people all *&^% day. At least after this movie maybe some of my family will think I'm more like Dexter and less like Poindexter.
 
Giovoni said:
I couldn't stop laughing... we are going to go see it as a program this summer. Watched the trailer with a couple of attendings and they couldn't stop laughing either. If anyone really does see this movie and asks if pathology is really like that I'm going to tell them it was as if they followed me around with a camera. Seriously for those of you worried about what a movie will do to the perception of pathology, how much worse can it be anyway? IM isn't like scrubs, emergency medicine isn't like ER, I already have to explain to my family EVERY TIME I'M HOME that I don't (*^()(*&*(^ work on dead people all *&^% day. At least after this movie maybe some of my family will think I'm more like Dexter and less like Poindexter.
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dexter is so HOT :laugh:
 
caffeinegirl said:
The release date has been pushed back to the summer

PATHOLOGY - MGM Pictures, Inc.
Release Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008
Directed by: Marc Schoelermann
Starring: Alyssa Milano Michael Weston Johnny Whitworth
Genre: Drama

http://www.spill.com/docs/upcoming-releases/
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They have pushed the release back again and again, it makes me wonder if it will ever actually be released into theaters or if it'll wind up going straight to DVD. Wonder if they had to wait for the writers strike to end to try to work on some serious rewrites.

BH
 
docbiohazard said:
They have pushed the release back again and again, it makes me wonder if it will ever actually be released into theaters or if it'll wind up going straight to DVD. Wonder if they had to wait for the writers strike to end to try to work on some serious rewrites.

BH
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I hear they might try to get Micheal Bay to help with rewrites....

"And then this giant CGI tumor bursts into the room, and the pathologist fires rockets at it *KaaaFOOSH*"
 
djmd said:
I hear they might try to get Micheal Bay to help with rewrites....

"And then this giant CGI tumor bursts into the room, and the pathologist fires rockets at it *KaaaFOOSH*"
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Or the patented Jerry Bruckheimer 360-degree camera sweep around the main characters as they get out of their car following some sort of car chase / explosion fest...

BH
 
At USCAP Dr Fletcher's talk referenced a poll (in the UK, but probably similar here) about asking the general public "what do pathologists do?" I think 60-70% or so said "autopsies" or related tasks, only 9% said "diagnose cancer" (and it was a "choose all options that apply" poll). So far in my career I think I have told upwards of 400 people what pathologists actually do, I have now recruited my wife, parents, and sister into the effort, as well as a couple of non medical friends although they are much less reliable. Spread the word! This movie will not help.
 
yaah said:
At USCAP Dr Fletcher's talk referenced a poll (in the UK, but probably similar here) about asking the general public "what do pathologists do?" I think 60-70% or so said "autopsies" or related tasks, only 9% said "diagnose cancer" (and it was a "choose all options that apply" poll). So far in my career I think I have told upwards of 400 people what pathologists actually do, I have now recruited my wife, parents, and sister into the effort, as well as a couple of non medical friends although they are much less reliable. Spread the word! This movie will not help.
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My wife (Is not the issue here dude. Perhaps some day she will learn to live on her allowance, which is ample...) is an internal medicine resident; she devised the best response I have ever heard to the "what do pathologists do" question. I told my wife's 80 year old grandmother in my 4th year of medical school that I was going to be a pathologist. She was of course confused and asked if I was still going to be a doctor as a pathologist. I explained to her that I would; I just wouldn't be seeing patients all day. My wife stepped in and told her grandmother, "whenever your doctor tells you that he is sending something to the lab or will be running some tests, he is sending that specimen to a pathologist, who runs the tests and tells your doctor the results so that you can be treated accordingly."

To this day when people ask exactly what I do, I give the same response. All patients have had the experience of their doctor telling them that results of "insert test here" won't be ready for a few days. I think it actually makes people feel better to know that the "lab" is not just some black box that spits out results. People seem more reassured having met one of the people who actually runs the tests they are always waiting on.

Unfortunately, when I told my wife's other grandmother that I was going to be a pathologist, she immediately exclaimed that she could not wait to tell her friends at bingo that I was going to be just like Quincy M.E.
 
Ziehl-Nielsen said:
My wife (Is not the issue here dude. Perhaps some day she will learn to live on her allowance, which is ample...) is an internal medicine resident; she devised the best response I have ever heard to the "what do pathologists do" question. I told my wife's 80 year old grandmother in my 4th year of medical school that I was going to be a pathologist. She was of course confused and asked if I was still going to be a doctor as a pathologist. I explained to her that I would; I just wouldn't be seeing patients all day. My wife stepped in and told her grandmother, "whenever your doctor tells you that he is sending something to the lab or will be running some tests, he is sending that specimen to a pathologist, who runs the tests and tells your doctor the results so that you can be treated accordingly."

To this day when people ask exactly what I do, I give the same response. All patients have had the experience of their doctor telling them that results of "insert test here" won't be ready for a few days. I think it actually makes people feel better to know that the "lab" is not just some black box that spits out results. People seem more reassured having met one of the people who actually runs the tests they are always waiting on.

Unfortunately, when I told my wife's other grandmother that I was going to be a pathologist, she immediately exclaimed that she could not wait to tell her friends at bingo that I was going to be just like Quincy M.E.
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smart woman. as my signature proclaims, you don't truly understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

p.s. god i love big lebowski quotes . . .
 
When I interviewed at Penn, the PD took me along to an FNA... the patient was kind of confused when he introduced himself and said "I thought pathologists just did autopsies..." and he replied "It's funny, although that's what we're most known for, its also something most of us do the least... and this is what I do..." or something to that effect. It sounded a lot better when he said it... basic point - yeah, people know us for that, but that's really not what most of us do...

Still think this movie is going to be bad...

BH
 
yaah said:
At USCAP Dr Fletcher's talk referenced a poll (in the UK, but probably similar here) about asking the general public "what do pathologists do?"
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I'm looking forward to seeing that documentary filmed at BWH that he mentioned.

Of course, since I STILL don't own a TV, I guess I'm counting on the unlikely event that someone puts it on YouTube...
 
You know, in the movie The Fugitive (Harrison Ford version), isn't it his friend the pathologist that helps him out by determining the surgical specimens are rigged?

Perhaps the best pathologist in a movie in recent memory...

BH
 
Yeah, but it's also his friend the pathologist who tries to frame him and kill him! Of course, since he doesn't do autopsies people probably think he's a surgeon.
 
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