Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. But hey, kudos to you on having a plan! I'm still working on that one.::red with embarassment:: I knew there was a reason I should recognize that. It's just that I almost went to Brandeis (Mass) for undergrad so my brain immediately goes that direction.
As far as the plan goes, got the plan just need to figure out where to go. I think that's the more difficult decision.
Theo, I very much agree with you on most of your points.I think that was me. And SA, I keep turning in, because of what you mention sans Darius, not because I don't love him, just because he's new so I can't blame him for me coming back for more. I am unreasonably attached to the Matt character, and find him, Danny, Harriet, Simon, Young-Writer and even Jordan and Wings-Guy fairly sympathetic characters. The dialogue is good. It's just the stories are crap, and story is probably my biggest drawing point.
I'll probably keep watching it, because it's the first show in I don't know how long (probably since I got over E.R.) that I watch, that actually airs at 10.
I knew there was a reason I should recognize that. It's just that I almost went to Brandeis (Mass) for undergrad so my brain immediately goes that direction.
Eh, there's two Brandeises. Wont for confusion.
Studio 60: Someone was saying that the characters were great, and as long as they ignored what the writers were making the characters say and do, it was a wonderful show about wonderful people. I thought that was particularly on, because it's how I feel about things.
Studio 60: See, I got a whiff of ER last night, what with the Very Special Old Person storyline. Which was sweet, but completely unconnected to the rest of the episode.
The whole episode felt disconnected, in fact. It was a series of vignettes, really. I can't figure out if I like the show or hate it, at this point. I like Matt (or maybe I just like Matthew Perry's performance as Matt) but ... there's no there there, for me. It's sharp dialogue without meaning, most of the time.
I'm not sure how long it is for this world, either, if the reports about the ratings are accurate.
Eh, there's two Brandeises. Wont for confusion.Indeed. And the one in Mass is Brandeis University, and it has a the Brandeis International School of Business. Yet another reason for the confusion.
So...how about that Holiday Crate & Barrel catelog? Anyone else get that today
DH knows me well enough to toss that thing into the recycling bin before I see it if he gets the mail.
For REALS. Lord knows we spend enough money on Christmas-related things that we have no control over. Also, lord knows I spend little enough time able to keep on top of controlling the crap that is already inside my house, before bringing Christmas crap on top.
Happy Birthdays, Kate and LaLizard!
AmyLiz, I think the story about the old man was supposed to show us that networks have always feared the government, failed to allow their artists to make the kind of commentary that they should make, and that governments have always oppressed the arts. I didn't get that at all, 'til the old man said they couldn't do much political humor back in those days, and Danny echoed his, "in those days" with what I think was supposed to be irony. It doesn't work for me, because it ties back into the whole falseness of this impassioned crusade. SNL, which is really Studio Sixty, has not shied away from political humor. Comparing these times (which certainly have bigass flaws of their own) to McCarthy era was dumb. Do a sketch about librarians or poets and I'll buy it, but so far, nobody's coming for the sketch writers.
And I also think we were supposed to get how much our S60 crew identifies with the writers during the McCarthy era, because old guy wrote good to get the attention of the girl on his staff, and we know Matt got started trying to impress Harriet. And there was the writer on that staff that only ever talked to one other guy. It was like an anvil, only worse-- sort of lobbed into a crowd, rather than aiming for a direct target.
Feh.
Still? Matthew Perry is the yum.
Matthew Perry is totally the yum. It's surreal to watch reruns of Friends on TBS for the hour preceding Studio 60, in a fun way.
I got the war veteran stuff as you explained it, but I guess that was my point -- there *was* no point to it other than to outline things we're supposed to know about these characters. And it was done in a monologue rather than through action, which grates.
And the bit about the networks fearing government censure, and blah blah? Yawn. I don't know why it matters so much to me, but as others have said, they're not saving lives. It's TV. It's sketch TV. It's ... art about art. TV about TV. And it's boring me.
Also, I was never a West Wing fan, so this is the first Sorkin show I've ever watched.
You know, stuff happened on the West Wing. Nothing really happens on this show.