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.
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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
erikaj - Oct 04, 2012 8:20:09 am PDT #4726 of 7329
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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
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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.
erikaj - Oct 04, 2012 12:46:36 pm PDT #4731 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm a journalism graduate...we love all that meta bullshit.
Sean K - Oct 04, 2012 3:02:48 pm PDT #4732 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
ita - yeah, they made it clear it was in the past. The big news event in the pilot was the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Sean K - Oct 04, 2012 3:06:01 pm PDT #4733 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The gabby giffords episode was one I liked. The one that really made my eyes roll was the episode about killing bin laden. It was a big news day that day, but I never felt like it was the first moon landing, which was kind of how it played in the episode.
Sean K - Oct 04, 2012 5:26:43 pm PDT #4734 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
tiggy, it should be amusing for you to watch West Wing and see a bunch of the bits you just saw on Newsroom translated into the White House.
Also, as I said on Facebook, I think Newsroom could be improved by the additions of Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman, C.J. Cregg, and eventually Will Bailey, to the ACN staff.