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Post by tjaman on Sept 18, 2006 21:24:30 GMT -5
Oh my dear sweet lord.
It's not fair for this show to be this good.
It's ... just too wonderful.
Damn you, NBC. Damn you to heck.
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Sept 18, 2006 21:39:52 GMT -5
Im watching it too. It's pretty good.
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Sept 18, 2006 21:55:51 GMT -5
It got better as the episode went on. I can tell that the high points of each episode is when Matt, Jordan, and whatever the name of the character that Bradley Whitford plays are in the same scene together. Steven Webber is cool, and hopefully they use D.L. Hughley more.
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Post by tjaman on Sept 18, 2006 22:05:35 GMT -5
"I don't trust you and I have no reason to." Why not? "You work in television."
There's going to be a press conference Monday and you're gonna have to speak without embarrassing NBS. You think you can handle that? "Yes. Yes I do. Because you could train a camera on two people masturbating and it would be less embarrassing than 98 percent of NBS programming right now."
I have missed Aaron Sorkin ever since ... I last saw him. And I'm missing him now until next Monday.
I love this show!
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Sept 18, 2006 22:10:19 GMT -5
He very good, I loved Sports Night, which starred Felicity Huffman, as the main director of the show on the show. I thought it was even better than The West Wing.
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Post by tjaman on Sept 18, 2006 22:22:33 GMT -5
Oh, I loved "Sports Night."
I'd forgotten about Huffman on "Sports Night," but she was fantastic then, too.
"I need the very slutty dress ... and someone else to wear it."
"Sports Night" had a similar core I think Sorkin enjoys -- two hip, clever guys both playing off a beautiful woman with mindblowing intelligence.
I wish nothing but good things for this show.
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Post by dEz on Sept 20, 2006 3:31:11 GMT -5
I HATED IT ... Okay, I liked the premise for the show. A studio and it's production of a show that is SNL-esque in nature was fun. But I couldn't connect with any of the characters, except the opening where the "old Taxi star Judd Hirsch" what was his name, Wes? Exploded on live television. I liked that. That was all I liked. The new female president, what's her name? (Sorry, these characters were so unmemorable, I dont remember their names) She was the most unrealistic of all. I found her to be too cute, her power to be so over the top unrealistic that in the end I couldn't stand her. Who did she sleep with?? She was a fairy tale character if ever I saw one. Oh, I've got it -- she's the fairy god mother with her bag of magic that can make anything happen in the name of good. You have to be kidding me. The 2 main writers, (old ugly guy & Chandler from friends) were so uninteresting to me. They made no attempt for me to want them to take the job. Or for me to even connect to what they were doing, or where they came from. I felt like they were bumpling around, clearly non-funny, and now they were leading this show and it's future? Sorry. I didn't care. I'd expect comedy writers to be most likely engaging and funny to be around. And possessing a type of energy that lights up the room. Did these guys light up the room? (If you say yes, I'll biotch slap you.) Maybe they should have used Joss as a real life reference point for these guys. Arg. I could hardly sit in my chair.
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Post by tjaman on Sept 20, 2006 7:33:44 GMT -5
Poor dez.
Well, on the plus side, one less thing for you to watch any given week.
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Sept 20, 2006 9:03:31 GMT -5
I liked it despite the fact it did kind of start off slow, and for now you maybe right about Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry not lighting up the room, but I expect them to do so in later episodes because both really do have a gift of comic timing. I think the actors are just feeling their way around each other right now. The pieces are in place, it just needs time to gel, to work. There were flashes, so I'm giving this series a couple of more weeks.
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Post by dEz on Sept 20, 2006 9:28:13 GMT -5
I wanted to like it, but I just didn't. I dont think a bump on the head and a six-pack could get me to watch it again. I'm a tough customer I guess.
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Post by quantumcat on Sept 20, 2006 10:41:30 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see if that ...lack of engagement was intentional. If so,it might have been wiser to be a bit subtler with that in the first show and show a bit more of the funny. Sometimes,folks can't reveal the juicy stuff about their own lives. It's just tooo close plus they've wrung themselves out making fun of OUR lives. The fictional depiction of the 'Alan Brady' show was an exception but you know that a lot of what the writers for Berle and Godfrey and Caesar went through never got on camera. You'd have a lot of very naturally funny people grown tired and cynical by the fact that they have to be humorous on demand. For other people,yet.... It might be a bit difficult to disclose how a show fails,how the nice people grate on each other's nerves, how the bottom line is delivering consumers rather than entertainment,how all these people create the magic..... So how do these losers create a successful show? That's the question and we have to play Veronica Mars to answer it. Sorkin,et al plan to give us the whole season to solve it. But,if we aren't amused and intrigued enough to care about these people and their plight, then we won't commit ourselves to the task. The creative forces involved with this series have the talent to grab our interest with the strength and tenacity of a pit bull. Let's give them a little more time to show us who these characters are and what they can do. dez,they might well need a heads up from minds like yours about what didn't work and why. What would you do instead? What would you like to see? It doesn't matter if the second act is amazing if a chunk of the audience leaves to hit the clubs during the intermission.
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Post by quantumcat on Sept 20, 2006 10:58:40 GMT -5
FEIGY!!!!!!You have been missed so much! We'd miss oxygen less. Your lack of gainful employment shows that there's a huge market for your services. After all,anyone who hasn't snapped you up needs his head examined. I don't know what their problem is except that they don't have the money to pay you what you deserve. About all I could suggest is to use the downtime to find the neediest bunch you can and sneak in some of your magic as a volunteer. When the positive results start showing,they'll look for the source and ask you to do more. That's when you get the real job. They'll know you're worth it because you've shown some of what you can accomplish. You'd be helping people while helping yourself with these stealth auditions. "The first taste is always free."
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Post by Dr. Purple Goddess on Sept 20, 2006 11:07:12 GMT -5
FEIGY!!!!!!You have been missed so much! We'd miss oxygen less. Your lack of gainful employment shows that there's a huge market for your services. After all,anyone who hasn't snapped you up needs his head examined. I don't know what their problem is except that they don't have the money to pay you what you deserve. About all I could suggest is to use the downtime to find the neediest bunch you can and sneak in some of your magic as a volunteer. When the positive results start showing,they'll look for the source and ask you to do more. That's when you get the real job. They'll know you're worth it because you've shown some of what you can accomplish. You'd be helping people while helping yourself with these stealth auditions. "The first taste is always free."
That's actually not a bad idea. The thing is. Volunteering would just cost me more money that I don't have. Public transportation is expensive...tho cheaper than driving....and unfortunately nothing in walking distance from me.
So, I pretty much need paying work. I don't even care what it is at this point. But even the nearby grocery store won't hire me unless I just lie and tell them I never graduated high school or something. Which I guess I could do.../sigh
I blame Bush...it makes me feel a little better.
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Post by quantumcat on Sept 20, 2006 11:46:40 GMT -5
There ought to be some organization that would help with the little stuff like transportation.
Look up some of these job force and women-empowering groups.
If they don't hire you,they might give you a hand.
Oh! Try substitute teaching.
Here,they'd hire Angelus and while the money ain't great,it's paid for people to come into town to even work as aides-much less work solo.
No teaching credits required if you pass the tests.
Hope everything starts coming together soon.
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Post by tjaman on Sept 25, 2006 21:05:57 GMT -5
Jordan: I do not believe the people who watch television shows are dumber than the people who make television shows.
Thank you.
Harriet: They've both just been introduced, but so far very charming.
I am loving this press conference.
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