Is it wrong of me that, if Sorkin is going to recycle the whole "Someone Threatened Me on the Internet, So I Need a Bodyguard" plotline from West Wing for Will, I'm now expecting a romance to develop between Will and his (big, black, male) bodyguard? Which would then be followed by the bodyguard getting killed in a liquor store holdup just as the romance is culminating, and a sadness montage done to Hallelujah.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Sean K - Sep 25, 2012 9:09:15 pm PDT #4721 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
sj - Sep 26, 2012 2:44:40 am PDT #4722 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Is it wrong of me that, if Sorkin is going to recycle the whole "Someone Threatened Me on the Internet, So I Need a Bodyguard" plotline from West Wing for Will, I'm now expecting a romance to develop between Will and his (big, black, male) bodyguard? Which would then be followed by the bodyguard getting killed in a liquor store holdup just as the romance is culminating, and a sadness montage done to Hallelujah.
Ha! That would be fun. I really loved the Newsroom, even though I knew stuff was being recycled and I was being manipulated. I just couldn't seem to care.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2012 6:37:35 am PDT #4723 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
I'd watch it, Sean.
-t - Oct 02, 2012 1:28:35 pm PDT #4724 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Man, Homeland. Still good.
Sean K - Oct 04, 2012 7:53:57 am PDT #4725 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, I finally finished Newsroom. I felt like it occasionally gave me good Sorkin, but it was mostly floating in a sea of bad and recycled Sorkin. Still, I will probably continue to watch if it comes back next year. Also, I was fully expecting Will or his bodyguard to get shot in the final moment of the season.
erikaj - Oct 04, 2012 8:20:09 am PDT #4726 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
It is coming back.
sj - Oct 04, 2012 9:03:39 am PDT #4727 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was very surprised no one was shot in the finale too. The episode ended and I said, "that's it?"
erikaj - Oct 04, 2012 9:46:49 am PDT #4728 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2012 12:26:24 pm PDT #4729 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wasn't paying much attention to the show, clearly, and only watched two episodes--I'm assuming they made it clear in the pilot that this is taking place in the past?
The other episode I saw was the Gabrielle Gifford one, and I...it was weird. There's a reason I can barely read books that incorporate traumatic real world events. I don't like going back there. And I didn't remember misreporting her death, so I thought they were changing it so she died in their universe to make more of a gun control point, and....
Yikes, it was rough.
BUT, I think with Sorkin, it is his framing of real life that gets me, not his ability to write real people, because...there aren't any in that episode.
tiggy - Oct 04, 2012 12:41:32 pm PDT #4730 of 7329
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
oh no. she was totally reported as dead and then suddenly wasn't.
I like the show. I like the weaving of real life events into the storyline. of course, I'm also someone who is just now getting around to watching The West Wing.