The Newsroom (new HBO Sorkin show) gets shitted on

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:29 pm

I have no idea how someone has enough time on their hands to do a mash-up like that, but I'm glad it was done.

ric · Post by **ric** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:48 pm

citizen wrote:well he really does do the same kind of stories with the same kind of characters in slightly different settings

oh ok. havent seen enough material

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:33 pm

Turned this off about halfway through last night. Will always be a WW fan, but this shit is wack. Can't take it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:37 pm

munn titties yet?

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:29 pm

apparently there were muunn titties in magic fangtasia grind movie
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pumps and some crunk

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:55 pm

i cant be the only one that thinks she looks wildly cunty

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:56 pm

Wow, this show is horrible. Like Popeye, I turned this off halfway. Fuck this shit.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:02 pm

Second episode wasn't nearly as entertaining as the first.

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this is pretty ridiculous..

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/06/sup ... -something

also at the comment: "Aaron Sorkin is Tyler Perry for liberal arts majors"

Tough to watch. That being said, I'm sure one of these could be done for David Simon and he's probably the best TV writer of the past decade. I think that a lot of the time writers do this type of thing more out of cockiness than unoriginality. It's like a nerdy version of a tag.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:04 am

Wouldn't this be the same as showing all the explosions from Michael Bay or something? Also, some of those are every day language uses, it would be like putting together a bunch of "uhs" and "ah"..

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:55 pm

Viewership dropped by 20% for the second episode. The most dramatic drop was viewers under 50. I'd be surprised if this isn't HBO's version of a one-and-done (read: cancelled after the second season).

Dat_Triflin_Ass_Dude · Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:00 am

2nd ep. fell the fuck off. I didn't mind the pilot with all its idealistic preachiness. But this one I found annoying as fuck. Really don't give a shit about anyone else but Macavoy. Sorkins sucks. There will be no 2nd season

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:14 am

It was renewed today.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:27 am

^^^word. HBO keeps its "friendly to artists" rep by giving folks two seasons. They announce the second season immediately after the first ep airs cuz it gets some press and makes it look like they're really excited about the show. All smoke and mirrors though.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:49 am

To put it in perspective: Enlightened has gotten renewed.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:56 am

Guun wrote:also at the comment: "Aaron Sorkin is Tyler Perry for liberal arts majors"

Blockhead wrote:To put it in perspective: Enlightened has gotten renewed.

/

Horrible show.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:59 pm

3rd episode was better then the 2nd, but still not good.

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:28 am

I read somewhere that Gideon Yago co-wrote the 3rd ep?

ric · Post by **ric** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:38 am

ric wrote:
citizen wrote:well he really does do the same kind of stories with the same kind of characters in slightly different settings
oh ok. havent seen enough material

i bought moneyball cause its a good movie. watched it the other night, saw sorkin as co-writer on the credits. very glad he CO wrote this previously-a-book movie. very glad indeed.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:55 am

This will be my shame of the year:

I am wholly invested in this show now. On a lark I decided to watch the pilot OnDemand and I ended up watching all the way to the fifth episode. And I tuned in on Sunday.

I have transitioned to full-fledged fagatron.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:11 pm

Employee wrote:This will be my shame of the year:

I am wholly invested in this show now. On a lark I decided to watch the pilot OnDemand and I ended up watching all the way to the fifth episode. And I tuned in on Sunday.

I have transitioned to full-fledged fagatron.

Real life

In your defense though, at least you know enough to be embarrassed about it.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:12 pm

I was wondering when a thread about this show would come up. And I'm not surprised everyone here has shitted on it and said its horrible. Hell, I enjoy it. Only problem I had with it was the over-indulgence of information by some of the characters. Other than that, pretty solid, IMO.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:22 pm

ardamus wrote:I was wondering when a thread about this show would come up. And I'm not surprised everyone here has shitted on it and said its horrible. Hell, I enjoy it. Only problem I had with it was the over-indulgence of information by some of the characters. Other than that, pretty solid, IMO.

Bro, that's like one of the main reasons to tune in. The fucking dialogue is hilarious. Episode three, the anti-tea party jawn, is comedy gold.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:44 pm

Oh I know its the strong point of the show. I just think once they scaled back on that from time to time, the show got better. Like the dude from Slumdog Millionaire, they take an episode to make fun of why he talk so annoyingly fast about information he's filled with when he was saying there might be evidence of Bigfoot being out there. And McAvoy smoking some medical and acting all off-center. Had they have gone too much with everyone always being on point with these random ass points they know that turns out to be extensively long ass dialogue parts, this show would be in trouble.

Charlie is the most entertaining character. Skinny ass drunk CEO who's old as hell and acts real gritty when it comes down to it.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:47 pm

I realize this show show is self indulgent and flawed but I like it a lot.
I also don't follow politics at all so I'm more enamored by the "how a newsroom works" angle than anything else.

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:10 pm

Blockhead wrote:I realize this show show is self indulgent and flawed but I like it a lot.

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:05 pm

I like the show, but I didn't enjoy the last episode. I don't give a shit about that young white couple. They are really pushing that storyline often

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:37 pm

still illiterate wrote:I like the show, but I didn't enjoy the last episode. I don't give a shit about that young white couple. They are really pushing that storyline often

That's one of Sorkin's trademarks, bro. If anything I'd expect that arc to carry over well into season two. Especially since Jim wants to "try again" with Lisa.

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:52 pm

Employee wrote:
still illiterate wrote:I like the show, but I didn't enjoy the last episode. I don't give a shit about that young white couple. They are really pushing that storyline often
That's one of Sorkin's trademarks, bro. If anything I'd expect that arc to carry over well into season two. Especially since Jim wants to "try again" with Lisa.

Lisa is the one with nice breasts? I like the one with nice breasts

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:58 pm

still illiterate wrote:
Employee wrote:
still illiterate wrote:I like the show, but I didn't enjoy the last episode. I don't give a shit about that young white couple. They are really pushing that storyline often
That's one of Sorkin's trademarks, bro. If anything I'd expect that arc to carry over well into season two. Especially since Jim wants to "try again" with Lisa.
Lisa is the one with nice breasts? I like the one with nice breasts

Get with this game, bro:

Maggie = Weird-faced apple-head in a relationship with Don who not so secretly pines for Jim

Lisa = Maggie's beak-nosed pseudo-thickums roommate/gal pal who Don fixed up with Jim

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:57 pm

Don >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>