New Sorkin Trailer

Fair points. I'm comparing the last two episodes to the previous two, which had me ready to quit the show.

 

"Breaking Bad" has taken up my Sunday night viewing, and I confess I've not bothered to get around to catching up.

I have sort of given up until the second season. There are a lot of problems with the show that drive me nuts. They can be fixed, but this year's already in the bag, so they aren't going to be fixed until new eps start filming.

 

We've watched the first 4 episodes in a couple of days. Sorkin is just like Mamet -- when the writing is on, it sounds great, but when it is off it sounds like a decent high school play.

I'm not getting that the Jeff Daniels character seems like a person transformed from the "Leno of cable news anchors" to the truth-teller that he is supposed to be now.

 

I feel the same way about Treme. I've watched the first two seasons more out of obligation to Simon and my Gulf Coast ties than anything else.

 

I'm a Thomas Jane fan, and I thought he did well on the show, so I expected it to get better.

It REALLY did not. At all.

 

I'm really enjoying Newsroom, though I don't post often on this thread because I usually watch it a few days or even a week after it airs. I hate spoilers, so I won't read the thread until I see the show.

There are plenty of legitimate criticisms toward the show, but I think overall it's entertaining and better than anything else I'm currently watching.

And I'll fully admit that I tend to agree with Sorkin's liberal slant on most of the topics so far and that probably makes me enjoy it more than Old_Tony or a member of the tea party might.

 

Watched for the first time Sunday. Thought it was awful. Not going back except to insult it more.

 

Yesterday's episode was alright, but there IS NO WAY IN HELL Sloan should not have gotten the axe. And it's a perfect example of why the public has the perception of the media that it does: yes, the media is supposed to be fair and objective, oh, but yeah, the rules can be bent if it benefits us. At any reputable news organization, Sloan would have been fired ASAP. That bothered me to no end.

 

I like the show and I look forward to it coming on each week because it's so different from everything else on TV. And I like what Aaron Sorkin does. But does he have any original ideas?

In Sports Night, West Wing and Newsroom you have main characters with unresolved family/relationship issues that prevent them from sleeping/working and we end up watching them sit in a therapy session. It's a nice device that helps deepen the characters. But seeing it happen again on the most recent Newsroom episode felt stale.

I like the show. I love its idealism. Sorkin still writes dialogue that is hilarious and can reach out and grab you. But I feel like I'm seeing the same show I've seen before.

 

Agreed. Sorkin rips himself off constantly.

 

I'm finding the Don character to be one of the most loathsome on television at this point.

 

That was one damn fine hour of TV.