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That is good news, it was kind of ridiculous how long they left it. Didn't have much hope and presumed USA were just kinda pretending it didn't exist or something. Think it's probably time for The League to finalise as everyone is so busy to the point where Kroll was barely in last season. With that and Kroll Show both ending next year, I hope there's solid plans for new shows for the following season. I'll miss my fix otherwise.
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It seems really stupid that Person of Interest is off for two weeks (last and this week) and then has just one episode before going on Winter break.
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muscles like this? posted:It seems really stupid that Person of Interest is off for two weeks (last and this week) and then has just one episode before going on Winter break. They did it last year too. It's unclear why they do that, other than to give the midseason finale a bump by airing it after the other shows already went on hiatus, maybe? So I noticed Hitfix has their annual metapoll out. Nothing too surprising, other than Broad City cracking the Top 10 maybe (good for them).
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hcreight posted:They did it last year too. It's unclear why they do that, other than to give the midseason finale a bump by airing it after the other shows already went on hiatus, maybe? Technically last season's actual midseason finale aired before any hiatuses; the episode they crammed smack in the middle of it was the first of the two-parter that kicked off S3b. I'd imagine next week's episode will probably do similar (in terms of establishing the arcing storyline through the end of the season).
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ShakeZula posted:Hey, in very good and very surprising news, USA has renewed Playing House for a second season! Finally. It took so long it would have been rude to cancel it. And TV executives are never rude.
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Continuum also suffered from a long rear end wait to find out if they got cancelled or renewed (it was renewed for a 6 episode final season.)
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Interestingly, it turns out the Playing House renewal is a sort of experiment by USA. They'll be putting the episodes up a week ahead of time on their OnDemand service and seeing how that affects the live viewership numbers.
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Bown posted:The second and third episodes of this season were actually drat good. But yeah the latest was back to crappy so this doesn't surprise me at all Its funny. I only got HBO a few months ago, so I've never seen a full episode before, not like the critical reception makes me want to watch it anyway. But anyway, Newsroom has popped up on HBO the last couple of days, so I've been checking out five minute chunks at a time. Because that's all I can handle. Even before the campus rape episode, just these little chunks. People arguing with lawyers about some sort of case. The exploded side kick from Speed (I know he's Jeff Daniels, but I prefer him that way, okay?) giving a speech in court about rights and everything right. His lady worrying about marriage or something. Its unbearable. The sheer sense of entitlement smearing off every line of dialogue. Example of a way to show hot shot your characters: talk about what law school they went to and their ranking, which post stains West Wing a bit considering how often they used that motif. Having a pure angel of a character giving a towering speech while kowtowing to the lowly masses (loving Ayn Rand all over that) while sacrificing himself due to his IDEAS. Women being silly and poo poo. Its kind of incredible it could be that offputting that quickly but there you go.
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Speaking of which, Sorkin released a statement yesterday responding to the criticisms of the campus rape storyline, in which he explains who the real victim is here:Aaron Sorkin posted:Let me take a moment to say that I understand that the story in last night’s episode (305–”Oh Shenandoah”) about Don trying to persuade a Princeton student named Mary (Sarah Sutherland) not to engage in a “Crossfire”-style segment on his show has catalyzed some passionate debate this morning. I’m happy to hear it. Poor Aaron. It must be horrible for him, having his trust and privacy violated like that.
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ShakeZula posted:Interestingly, it turns out the Playing House renewal is a sort of experiment by USA. They'll be putting the episodes up a week ahead of time on their OnDemand service and seeing how that affects the live viewership numbers. Showtime has been doing that for years already (at least with certain shows like Nurse Jackie)
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Dec 9, 2014 20:22
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DaveWoo posted:Poor Aaron. It must be horrible for him, having his trust and privacy violated like that. I'd be worried about being alone in the same room as him because there's a chance he would falsely accuse me of violating the Writers Room.
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Dec 9, 2014 20:35
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DaveWoo posted:Speaking of which, Sorkin released a statement yesterday responding to the criticisms of the campus rape storyline, in which he explains who the real victim is here: What a trust slut.
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DaveWoo posted:Poor Aaron. It must be horrible for him, having his trust and privacy violated like that. The man is a reprehensible oval office. This has been known for some time.
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DaveWoo posted:Poor Aaron. It must be horrible for him, having his trust and privacy violated like that. Almost like people who are falsely accused of rape. Really makes you think.
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I went ahead and made a thread for The Librarians, since a few people were talking about it in here. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3686964
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DaveWoo posted:Speaking of which, Sorkin released a statement yesterday responding to the criticisms of the campus rape storyline, in which he explains who the real victim is here: He was asking for it, his laptop all askew like that. Writing on there for anyone passing by to read. (What even is the controversy here, I don't watch that show)
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Dec 9, 2014 21:05
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IRQ posted:(What even is the controversy here, I don't watch that show) Sorkin hires this girl to write for his show. She has an issue with one of the scripts, so he goes home and rewrites it. He shows the revised script to her and she goes "looks good." The show airs and she turns around and whines about it on Twitter. Sorkins responds by calling her out on Twitter. And now we have internet loudmouths comparing it to the skank who faked a rape story for Rolling Stone or something.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:11
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IRQ posted:(What even is the controversy here, I don't watch that show) It's Sorkin, so it will be something that exploits a real life news story with absolutely no subtlety or tact while also including something horrifically misogynistic. Even odds that it also includes a character assassination of a real world critic of Sorkin.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:14
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Irish Joe could be Aaron Sorkin, though I do find Aaron Sorking to be a little bit more likeable. Also intelligent.
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Shageletic posted:Irish Joe could be Aaron Sorkin, though I do find Aaron Sorking to be a little bit more likeable. Also intelligent. Aaron Sorkin liking 2 Broke Girls seems slightly impossible
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Dec 9, 2014 21:26
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Pretty sure the only people who watch Newsroom are people who want to get outraged by it.
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HUMAN FISH posted:Pretty sure the only people who watch Newsroom are people who want to get outraged by it. While I only kept going with the show for hatewatching purposes I actually thought it was having a solid season until Sunday's episode.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:30
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HUMAN FISH posted:Pretty sure the only people who watch Newsroom are people who want to get outraged by it. I've been a big fan of the show for it's entire run. This most recent episode was legit awful. And not just for the rape discussion. I can't believe this is how Sorkin wrote the second to last episode of the show.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:32
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HUMAN FISH posted:Pretty sure the only people who watch Newsroom are people who want to get outraged by it. i love the newsroom and allison pill is my fave
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Irish Joe posted:Sorkin hires this girl to write for his show. She has an issue with one of the scripts, so he goes home and rewrites it. He shows the revised script to her and she goes "looks good." The show airs and she turns around and whines about it on Twitter. Sorkins responds by calling her out on Twitter. And now we have internet loudmouths comparing it to the skank who faked a rape story for Rolling Stone or something. Are we really gonna take Aaron Sorkin at his word here? edit: A person I follow on Twitter just posted the following, which is just... Well here: "Seeing @CommunityTV reach it's 100th episode makes me believe that anyone/anything can rise from adversity." Yoshifan823 fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Dec 9, 2014 |
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Why wouldn't you trust the word of a man with a track record of responding to fair criticism by using a multimillion dollar television production to make undisguised strawman caricatures of his critics and spitefully act out public revenge on them at the expense of the programme?
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Dec 9, 2014 21:49
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Yoshifan823 posted:Are we really gonna take Aaron Sorkin at his word here? Why not? What does a powerful employer have to gain by calling out his subordinate? The writer can run her mouth all day and the only person she's hurting is herself. After all, who is going to hire a person who takes a disagreement over the direction of a story to the public arena? That's an incredibly petty and self-destructive thing to do. Meanwhile, Aaron could poo poo on all of his employees and still have hundreds more knocking down his door to write for him. There's no motive for his post except to tell the real story.
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Irish Joe posted:What does a powerful employer have to gain by calling out his subordinate? Belittling someone on Twitter is its own reward.
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Irish Joe posted:Why not? What does a powerful employer have to gain by calling out his subordinate? The writer can run her mouth all day and the only person she's hurting is herself. After all, who is going to hire a person who takes a disagreement over the direction of a story to the public arena? That's an incredibly petty and self-destructive thing to do. Meanwhile, Aaron could poo poo on all of his employees and still have hundreds more knocking down his door to write for him. There's no motive for his post except to tell the real story. Have you met Aaron "petty and self-destructive" Sorkin?
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Yoshifan823 posted:Have you met Aaron "petty and self-destructive" Sorkin? Have you met Irish "Irish Joe" Joe?
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Yoshifan823 posted:Have you met Aaron "petty and self-destructive" Sorkin? Honestly I haven't seen a single thing Sorkin's ever done.
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Yeah, why would a powerful employer call out an ex-girlfriend's faith, an ex-girlfriend's TV show, and an ex-fling's salacious job and personality (http://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/aaron-sorkin-continues-to-work-out-his-issues-with-exgirlfriends-through-his-show.php) on his TV show? Or drop a crack pipe in the airport? For he is a powerful employer.
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i want to smoke crack with AS (aaron sorkin)
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Its not like he had a disagreement with an internet message board and then dedicate an entire episode to how awful they are!
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bobkatt013 posted:Its not like he had a disagreement with an internet message board and then dedicate an entire episode to how awful they are! Was that episode of West Wing based on real life events? 
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smg77 posted:Was that episode of West Wing based on real life events? Yep it was with Television Without Pity, and even though they were awful the fact he made an episode about it is hilarious.
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bobkatt013 posted:Its not like he had a disagreement with an internet message board and then dedicate an entire episode to how awful they are! Well in fairness internet message boards are terrible. The evidence speaks for itself.
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Deadpool posted:Well in fairness internet message boards are terrible. The evidence speaks for itself. Yeah they are, but airing it publicly is petty and really really stupid.
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bobkatt013 posted:Yeah they are, but airing it publicly is petty and really really stupid. On the other hand that episode was funny and I liked it, so it doesn't matter.
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bobkatt013 posted:Yep it was with Television Without Pity, and even though they were awful the fact he made an episode about it is hilarious. I don't know if I can really fault him for going after them. TWoP was a horrible place.
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