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.
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I thought Pam might be worried about Eric's reaction if she doesn't treat her offspring well.
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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.
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.
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.
Eric is antique clothes, licking blood off his fingers.
That was very nice indeed.
Pete laughed and wanted to know if the writers were directly pandering to me.
GoT cast news: Clive Russell as the Blackfish.