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#76

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/24/12 at 1:14pm

I really like the show, its one of the few I actually look forward to watching.

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#77

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/24/12 at 1:19pm

I really, really wanted to love this show. I pretty much 100% agree with Phyllis. I never met an Aaron Sorkin show I didn't like, until now.

#78

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/24/12 at 2:00pm

A year from now I'm going to have a very eloquent and reasoned response to your comment, the kind of response people should have had today.

And on that, Keith Olbermann and the Daily Show, to name only two examples, did the exact take on the stories they do on this show. So not only is the show armchair quarterbacking a year after the fact, there's nothing original about.

I think there's something about Sorkin stuff that makes people think they seem smart for liking it, but, god, it really is just nothing but smoke and mirrors.

One other question. Does Allison pill really move the way she does on the show all the time - that way she kind of juts her neck out while tilting her head down whenever she is required to move from one place to another - or is that a character thing?

#79

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:43pm

I'm with Phyllis. As someone who managed to stick through all of Studio 60, I just find this show too painful, and seem to get more annoyed with each episode.

#80

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/28/12 at 2:09pm

Olivia Munn being cute on Jimmy Fallon

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#81

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 10:57pm

I'm sorry for your loss. LOL

#82

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 10:59pm

Russians are invading Atlanta!

Here comes a bullet. Boom, I'm over here. Here comes another. Ping, I'm over here!

And hold on to your britches, kids, because next week: Osama dies again!

Updated On: 7/29/12 at 10:59 PM

#83

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:05pm

I was so excited to see a new Sarah Bernhardt interview!

#84

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:06pm

And the old Aaron Sorkin has returned. The best episode so far.

#85

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:06pm

Yet another great episode. SO sad. Only 4 episodes left.

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#86

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:09pm

If someone told me last year that Olivia Munn from G4 and Terry Crews would be in a Sorkin drama, I might have laughed.

#87

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 7:36am

So I get that Will was bullying the gay, black Santorum adviser and that it was supposed to be uncomfortable (which is was) but I was totally on Will's side the whole time. I don't care what your stance on abortion is, supporting a man who fundamentally thinks you are less than a man makes you a sap. And the final question really sent that point home, "Does Mr. Santorum think you are fit to be a teacher?" It was incredibly unsettling to watch but I never once felt sympathy toward Hall (I think that was the characters name).

#88

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 8:51am

It seemed to me that Will's problems with that interview were that

1) he was essentially doing what Santorum was doing: telling someone how to feel/what to do because of one or two things about them. Santorum: You should change because you're a gay. Will: You should be angry because you're a gay.

2) he was pushing too far. This is the biggest problem and Will knew it, too. The audience at home could plainly see that he should not back Santorum because of who he is and what Santorum says about who he is. Any viewer who could not see that would probably never have seen that. Even when the guy started to lose control and got so angry, Will still could not let that go without the last jab at him being a teacher.

#89

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 9:04am

Self-haters deserve to be shamed.

I mean, it's the same as our reveling in ever bigot that gets outed as a homosexual.

Updated On: 7/30/12 at 09:04 AM

#90

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 9:16am

It's not the place of a TV news anchor to shame them, especially not on the air and especially not one who is supposed to be Republican-aligned (even though clearly, he is not).

He was doing another "witch hunt" but this time, going after the people under the spell of the witch.

Updated On: 7/30/12 at 09:16 AM

#91

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 10:00am

And I didn't see the interview that way at all. If anything, I thought Will didn't hit him hard enough. I certainly didn't see any bullying in there and was confused at his remorse over it.

#92

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 10:06am

Did anyone else think that the Japanese reactor subplot was maybe not necessary?

#93

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 11:40am

Sloane is the most appealing, capable female character on the show. I say on her subplots. Better than Mackenzie's relationship drama.

#94

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:36pm

I think the reactor subplot was absolutely necessary in developing her character. It shows she's not just going to be the pretty girl in the office but a character capable of standing her ground (her yelling at Waterston was proof of that) with the best of them.

#95

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:38pm

I loved when she told Charlie not to call her "girl", but I felt like the later exchange kinda took the steam out of that.

#96

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:44pm

I don't think so. Either it shows that she can fly completely off the handle (which can make for good TV) or that she's a strong woman who doesn't like to take shlt from people (also good for TV). I think she could possibly be the most interesting character on the show as it goes on.

#97

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:44pm

I felt it was pretty obvious the forcing her to lie on air to make things right is going to weigh heavily on her going forward. She also clearly lost a lot of respect for Will when he agreed. I expect some prickly-ness to come.

#98

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:46pm

I just finished Louis Menand's 'New Yorker' review of Douglas Brinkley's recent Cronkite bio ("Cronkite"). One of the issues Menand raises is the mythology that has grown up around E.R. Murrow, Cronkite and the allegedly non-corporate, non-commerical "Golden Age" of network news. It's not a long article, but he makes a strong argument that there is a lot of mythology in that romantic belief. He ends the article by pointing out that Sorkin et.al. are perpetuating that myth with every episode of 'The Newsroom'.

I'm not sure if you can read NY'er articles online--I'm that guy you may have read about who still reads the actual print media version--it's in the July 9/16 issue.

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Updated On: 7/30/12 at 12:46 PM

#99

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:59pm

I will, as a woman, say that Sloan is by far the best female character. Followed by Maggie in a distant second. Then that girl Neil was sleeping with. Then Maggie's friend. Mackenzie is somewhere about twenty miles away.

And I kinda really liked Don in this episode.

Cannot wait for what I presume the finale will be about. Last week, it was February. This week was April. Next week is May 2. That leaves three episodes to get it to September: the start of Occupy Wall Street.

#100

The Newsroom....whaddya think?

Posted: 7/30/12 at 1:10pm

So, I'm the only one that likes Maggie and Mack?