Haha - Vulture has gone ahead and empirically proven just how Sorkin-y The Newsroom is:
Spoilery for lines & characters, nsm plot points.
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
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Jessica - Jun 25, 2012 10:55:14 am PDT #4607 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
erikaj - Jun 25, 2012 12:06:23 pm PDT #4608 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Can I like something, and not think the thing is very fresh, at the same time? Because that's the Newsroom pilot to me...wide-eyed intern, check, sorkin avatar, check, Hero Boss, I still liked it. But one time, I'd like him to shock me...they should make him write for True Blood for a week...I doubt there is any one in Bon Temps LOuisiana even Sorkin can make Sorkin.
sumi - Jun 25, 2012 12:06:56 pm PDT #4609 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
I thought Pam might be worried about Eric's reaction if she doesn't treat her offspring well.
Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2012 2:42:15 pm PDT #4610 of 7329
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sorkinisms supercut: [link]
sj - Jun 25, 2012 4:04:05 pm PDT #4611 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Can I like something, and not think the thing is very fresh, at the same time?
Yes, this is how I feel about Bunheads and the Dallas reboot.
erikaj - Jun 26, 2012 9:06:28 am PDT #4612 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
I coined a new word for all of them: show-stalgia. It's fun, but there's no HSQ in it. (Any entertainer knows it's not a compliment at this point, to be "The Leno of..."right? That you're a back-stabber at worst, and at best, a hack hanging on past his sell-by date. That was one note in the pilot that didn't sound right, I mean, given that he's Super-Writer Aaron Sorkin, and I'm a nobody sweating her butt off in the desert.) I'm just saying. I'm not cool, and I know that.
Jessica - Jun 27, 2012 8:39:00 am PDT #4613 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Atropa - Jun 29, 2012 12:01:34 pm PDT #4614 of 7329
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I love the Pam flashbacks.
I love them for lots of reasons, not least of which is Eric is antique clothes, licking blood off his fingers. I am shallow.
I'm somewhat interested in the Authority stuff, think the vampire religion is kinda silly, and really dislike the style of ankh jewelry the Authority vamps wear. But vampire Reverend Newlin is going to keep me amused for ages.
-t - Jun 29, 2012 12:26:56 pm PDT #4615 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Eric is antique clothes, licking blood off his fingers.
That was very nice indeed.
Atropa - Jun 29, 2012 12:35:40 pm PDT #4616 of 7329
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete laughed and wanted to know if the writers were directly pandering to me.