Comments on: The Good And The Bad Bits Of The Newsroom https://www.pentadact.com/2012-08-14-the-good-and-the-bad-bits-of-the-newsroom/ We're back on a default theme because comments broke on my custom one and I don't have the energy to figure out why Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: MJHanrahan https://www.pentadact.com/2012-08-14-the-good-and-the-bad-bits-of-the-newsroom/#comment-303370 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:41:40 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=4399#comment-303370 I remember reading the best description of this sort of show: Competence Porn. Seeing incredibly talented people do their job well. Its like every time you see Josh Lyman kick ass and get a bit of legislation passed.

Also, one of my favourite characters in the show has got to be Don, the previous EP. He seems to be doing the whole news integrity thing without having the weight to throw around like Will does.

]]> By: DDude https://www.pentadact.com/2012-08-14-the-good-and-the-bad-bits-of-the-newsroom/#comment-303305 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:45:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=4399#comment-303305 While I see what you mean about how the premise of every relationship is tired and flat, I still love the way Sorkin writes dialogue, and that comes through most, for me in the friendships instead of the preaching monologues. The scene early on where Maggie has a panic attack, while not original, and let The Guy be the Manly War Vet to The Helpless Girl, had dialogue which bounced back between the two.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, I like show where people speak good. Also fast.

Plus, even when the premises of the relationships are cringe worthy, they’re still better than Studio 60.

]]> By: Plumberduck https://www.pentadact.com/2012-08-14-the-good-and-the-bad-bits-of-the-newsroom/#comment-302274 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:37:33 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=4399#comment-302274 Pedantry attack: The Onion is the satirical newspaper, The A.V. Club is the pop cultural analysis site/paper. While the former publishes the latter, and they come bundled together in print form, they have entirely separate editorial staffs.

The distinction matters, I think, because anything specifically attributed to The Onion is going to be a funny lie, while anything specifically from The A.V. Club is going to be basically truthful (if still carrying a satiric edge).

]]> By: Chris https://www.pentadact.com/2012-08-14-the-good-and-the-bad-bits-of-the-newsroom/#comment-302166 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:11:42 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=4399#comment-302166 Huh. Funny timing. I never made it through the pilot — I found it irritating and phony, even though I enjoyed the script I read before the pilot was even made — but an hour before I saw this post I was thinking that maybe I should give the show another shot. I figured I shouldn’t judge a show by its pilot, and even if I wound up not liking the show, I watch plenty of stuff I don’t like just to take part in the conversations about it. I think I will download — er, watch a few episodes on that HBO channel I totally pay for legally.

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