The cane is broken? Could just be normal promo shoot. Or all symbolical. Signifies the end of an era for sure, also that the crutch is gone or he won't need it anymore. Maybe he is not gonna die, but finally gets his leg amputated?
Also maybe a more symbolical crutch? Wilson comes to mind, who he can lean on, but I am not willing to believe that THAT's what it means. Rather prefer the idea that the cane is crude symbol for House's struggles and the show in itself...
His hair looks kinda longish though, didn't he cut it after the first few episodes? Did they maybe take the shot a long time ago, just "in case" it was the last season?
I'm figuring it's just a symbol that the show is over, as the cane was a symbol of the show. Maybe he is not gonna die, but finally gets his leg amputated? That would be great! I wonder how many canes House the character has gone through over the past eight years.
This is a screen grab I made recently from some documentary trailer, I don't really remember what it was - but I think they said the canes are on display somewhere (??) (http://pics.livejournal.com/brindlewolf/pic/0008hder/)
Means they had many requisites, but look at the flaming cane. I know he had only one. But they have three or four props? :) Also, it doesn't show the whole canes (like the handles aren't visible)..
It's quite fascinating though... Maybe they'll mention them in that weird pre-finale thing.
Great catch with the hair. You're right, and they probably knew at the beginning that this may be the last season. For some reason all this image makes me think of is HL being relieved and sad that it's over. To me, this doesn't look like House.
I don't think this pic has anything to do with actual plot points of the finale. That said...maybe you're right!!! Maybe the news Wilson will deliver to House in tonights ep even has to do with a new opportunity to improve House's leg. I think this would disappoint me a tiny bit. Because it would mean, that my last hope for some kind of a storyline for Wilson would most likely be eliminated. Oh well. Can't wait for tonight/tomorrow morning! :)
I'm not going to put too much stock into promo images. They rarely wind up meaning anything, or if they do it's only in a very vague way. Like the clown make up? Or the one where the entire cast was on a bed, or posed like the Last Supper, or made to look like they were on vacation.
I kind of thought that too tbh, but nothing ever came of it in the show, and that's kind of the point here. It's fun to analyze the image, but it won't give us any clues about the last few episodes.
I don't believe there is any significance at all. It's a very generic image: broken cane = series end. This promo photo is obviously old as well, looks EXACTLY like the promo photos from the season 8 premiere. I'd even say it was the same photo shoot. (http://pics.livejournal.com/brindlewolf/pic/0008fy3w/) (http://pics.livejournal.com/brindlewolf/pic/0008g4r2/)
Means I was correct, they took it at the beginning, before he got the haircut, because they already expected it MIGHT be the last season. =) Thanks for the photographic evidence.
I'm so grateful that someone here has better eyes and memory than I do. That's what we have a comm, after all. Very comforting. Thank to you and tomodachikiss.
What I have always found interesting about the prison garb photo is that the letters have two meanings: DOC as in doctor DOC as in Department of Corrections
This is an older photo Photoshopped into the new image. There's the hair and the expression, pretty much exactly the same as the pre-season photos. Doesn't mean anything except they think this version of HL is more attractive than late-season HL. That's my guess. Nice concept, though.
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Date: 2012-04-23 02:27 pm (UTC)Also maybe a more symbolical crutch? Wilson comes to mind, who he can lean on, but I am not willing to believe that THAT's what it means. Rather prefer the idea that the cane is crude symbol for House's struggles and the show in itself...
His hair looks kinda longish though, didn't he cut it after the first few episodes? Did they maybe take the shot a long time ago, just "in case" it was the last season?
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Date: 2012-04-23 02:47 pm (UTC)Maybe he is not gonna die, but finally gets his leg amputated?
That would be great!
I wonder how many canes House the character has gone through over the past eight years.
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Date: 2012-04-23 05:05 pm (UTC)Someone should collect them in screenshots :)
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Date: 2012-04-23 06:40 pm (UTC)It's quite fascinating though... Maybe they'll mention them in that weird pre-finale thing.
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Date: 2012-04-23 03:45 pm (UTC)For some reason all this image makes me think of is HL being relieved and sad that it's over. To me, this doesn't look like House.
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Date: 2012-04-23 03:51 pm (UTC)Maybe the news Wilson will deliver to House in tonights ep even has to do with a new opportunity to improve House's leg. I think this would disappoint me a tiny bit. Because it would mean, that my last hope for some kind of a storyline for Wilson would most likely be eliminated. Oh well. Can't wait for tonight/tomorrow morning! :)
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Date: 2012-04-23 05:08 pm (UTC)I'd rather have the opportunity for House to get better, than either of them being sick... But that's just my personal opinion.
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Date: 2012-04-23 06:41 pm (UTC)Unless, they just wanted to convey a maybe "feeling" or atmosphere for the season. :)
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Date: 2012-04-23 05:28 pm (UTC)Very comforting. Thank to you and tomodachikiss.
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Date: 2012-04-23 05:36 pm (UTC)DOC as in doctor
DOC as in Department of Corrections
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Date: 2012-04-23 10:04 pm (UTC)Yet another issue about which I disagree with tptb.
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Date: 2012-04-24 12:17 am (UTC)Chase on the other handno subject
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