Those “graphic medical imagery” scenes, including the depiction of a birth in Episode 11, “are integral to the show’s portrayal of the raw emotional toll that such work has on those who commit their lives to the medical profession,” the cabler said.
That answers my first question after reading this headline. I’ve watched a lot of medical shows over the years and I was surprised by this one. I applaud the decision to air The Pitt as is.
I like intense shows but can’t handle medical shows because I cannot handle looking at surgery scenes or anything involving cutting someone open and seeing their insides. I can barely handle cutting chicken bones.
I really wanted to like Dr. Death but they had pretty extensive scenes showing the extent of his malpractice and I couldn’t do it. If The Pitt has more drama and less surgical stuff, I’ll give it a shot.
It’s eye surgery that gets me. I don’t think The Pitt has that (but it might), but I know several medical shows do. Everything else is just “meat” and I can handle it but eye stuff is always too much.
(And The Pitt birth scene is also a shock, but mostly just because so many shows handwaved it. If I remember correctly the Seth Rogan film Knocked Up also gives you a visual. But in X years of film and TV that’s it.)
Let me tell you, seeing your own insides is a completely different experience than seeing them on TV (my big vertical abdominal scar started opening up after one surgery)
Not every show needs to be for everyone. I appreciate at least that these guys are doing something different and risky. There are dozens of medical shows that are purely drama. I don’t think we need another.
You can already watch it, the show has been on HBO (and thus the seven seas) for months now. The show is REALLY good.
Probably a combination of both practical effects and CG. For some reason we have this warped notion that CG is bad, and filmmakers like to lie and say they didn’t use CG when they did. Pretty much EVERYTHING uses some amount of CG these days.
No lie. Good CGI is utterly indistinguishable from the real, been that way for years. The Walking Dead was great at it and even silly shows like Ugly Betty used it. Ugly Betty ended 15-years ago!
That answers my first question after reading this headline. I’ve watched a lot of medical shows over the years and I was surprised by this one. I applaud the decision to air The Pitt as is.
I like intense shows but can’t handle medical shows because I cannot handle looking at surgery scenes or anything involving cutting someone open and seeing their insides. I can barely handle cutting chicken bones.
I really wanted to like Dr. Death but they had pretty extensive scenes showing the extent of his malpractice and I couldn’t do it. If The Pitt has more drama and less surgical stuff, I’ll give it a shot.
It’s eye surgery that gets me. I don’t think The Pitt has that (but it might), but I know several medical shows do. Everything else is just “meat” and I can handle it but eye stuff is always too much.
(And The Pitt birth scene is also a shock, but mostly just because so many shows handwaved it. If I remember correctly the Seth Rogan film Knocked Up also gives you a visual. But in X years of film and TV that’s it.)
Let me tell you, seeing your own insides is a completely different experience than seeing them on TV (my big vertical abdominal scar started opening up after one surgery)
Not every show needs to be for everyone. I appreciate at least that these guys are doing something different and risky. There are dozens of medical shows that are purely drama. I don’t think we need another.
I wonder if it’ll be CG or practical effects.
You can already watch it, the show has been on HBO (and thus the seven seas) for months now. The show is REALLY good.
Probably a combination of both practical effects and CG. For some reason we have this warped notion that CG is bad, and filmmakers like to lie and say they didn’t use CG when they did. Pretty much EVERYTHING uses some amount of CG these days.
No lie. Good CGI is utterly indistinguishable from the real, been that way for years. The Walking Dead was great at it and even silly shows like Ugly Betty used it. Ugly Betty ended 15-years ago!