The Newsroom

[IdolEyes787]

I think Clocker was mainly talking about how setting things in the past purely to hammer home already well established points comes off more as whining than enlightening.

[mjmacky]

Setting it in the past is the reason I'm looking from a different point of view. The atmosphere was poisoned by capitalism, what could have been done about it? What difference would it have made? If they continue working with real events, how will this dogma coexist with reality, or do they all come to a realization that it's pointless and # of viewers dictates everything? Also, they've progressed time rather quickly in the show (5 months in 3 episodes?), so a lot of speculation could be undone depending on the setting pace they keep. So with that said, I think still too early.

As you can see, my opinion is that the show has a lot of potential, additionally it has a lot of opportunities to disappoint me, but it hasn't yet. For the same reason, not enough has really happened. My favorite line was, that makes her literally a brain surgeon or something to that effect.

[IdolEyes787]

Hindsight is 20/20 and anyway besides the fact that my head isn't quite so thick yet as things don't require to be driven home with a sledgehammer and as I couldn't really care less about politics my main current concern is when/if that Olivia Munn chick is going to show some skin or not.

[clocker]

I think Clocker was mainly talking about how setting things in the past purely to hammer home already well established points comes off more as whining than enlightening.

More or less, yes.

Let's see Sorkin address some more timely issues...The SEC's continued inaction in the face of ever more egregious bank industry crime, a Presidential contender with massive secret offshore holdings, an ongoing war with no hope of successful resolution (and no definition of what "success" might even be).
Let's see him sight on some fluid, moving targets and see how good he is.

[mjmacky]

Hindsight is 20/20 and anyway besides the fact that my head isn't quite so thick yet as things don't require to be driven home with a sledgehammer and as I couldn't really care less about politics my main current concern is when/if that Olivia Munn chick is going to show some skin or not.

She shows her tits in some recent male stripper movie. A heavy price to pay if you ask me.

[IdolEyes787]

If you mean that Magic Mike thing ,my first thought when I heard of it is was "Why would someone go out of their way to make a movie that no straight male would ever want to see?"

Clearly not a date movie so what are the demographics? Drunken groups of women under 25?

[mjmacky]

If you mean that Magic Mike thing ,my first thought when I heard of it is was "Why would someone go out of their way to make a movie that no straight male would ever want to see?"

Clearly not a date movie so what are the demographics? Drunken groups of women under 25?

Through the channels from which I heard about it, a gaggle of 30-something female school teachers.

[IdolEyes787]

I assume that is how they get all sexed up to the point of needing to sleep with their 14 year old students.

[mjmacky]

I assume that is how they get all sexed up to the point of needing to sleep with their 14 year old students.

That's one position, the other is that they feel like prostitutes get a fairer deal, meth, abusive pimp, and all.

[mjmacky]

In other news, my mom recently swore off fox news. It's some type of progress, so the show must be doing something right. Not that she watches newsroom.