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One if my friends who watches a lot of anime would insist that she and her roommates watch The West Wing together, in order to prove to them that she didn't just watch anime all the time.
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Mar 21, 2017 14:43
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an actual dog posted:One if my friends who watches a lot of anime would insist that she and her roommates watch The West Wing together, in order to prove to them that she didn't just watch anime all the time. its anime for liberals
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Mar 21, 2017 15:10
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The Kingfish posted:Because its the stupidest thing I've ever seen or heard. The scene is a a dipshit liberal's melodramatic conception of "telling it like it is" complete with the pathetic Yglesias-style cursing. I just watched it again for the first time in years to make sure I didn't misremember how bad it was and now I need a retard vaccine. I had a friend who gave me the Newsroom on a usb stick and was all "check it out, you'll love it". I got halfway through that speech before pulling the usb stick out of my computer and stamping it to bits. It's so bad it made me angry. Like, autistic angry. Newsroom gave me autism.
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Mar 21, 2017 15:25
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suburban virgin posted:I had a friend who gave me the Newsroom on a usb stick and was all "check it out, you'll love it". I got halfway through that speech before pulling the usb stick out of my computer and stamping it to bits. It's so bad it made me angry. Like, autistic angry. Newsroom gave me autism. this guy is cool
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Mar 21, 2017 16:47
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The Brown Menace posted:its anime for liberals
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Mar 21, 2017 17:32
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The problem with the West Wing is that it assumes most people are generally motivated to do the right or ethical thing.
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Mar 21, 2017 17:39
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Newsroom tried to warn us about the danger of internet trolls, we didn't listen.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:01
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tadashi posted:The problem with the West Wing is that it assumes most people are generally motivated to do the right or ethical thing. I would call that "a" problem, not "the" problem. Quite often the writers' conception of what "the right thing" might be is a little strange. Like in that episode I mentioned earlier the show's protagonists heroically strike a bargain to cut social security and raise the retirement age, but alas they have to do the noble thing and allow some senators to take credit for their amazing accomplishment. In the minds of the writers this is an incredible act of civic virtue.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:14
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Helsing posted:I would call that "a" problem, not "the" problem. Quite often the writers' conception of what "the right thing" might be is a little strange. The Bartlett administration was literally Obama lmao
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Mar 21, 2017 19:29
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BraveUlysses posted:Is the reason this is bad is that it's not a comprehensive enough list of all the bad poo poo about this country? Or just because it's from the newsroom as soon as the character waxes nostalgic for the 50s and 60s it gets really bad, because it's obvious that he's ignoring the serious problems of that era to wax nostalgic about walter cronkite and edward murrow
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Mar 21, 2017 19:43
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:The Bartlett administration was literally Obama lmao Jed at least had qualms about bombing brown people
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Mar 21, 2017 19:46
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:The Bartlett administration was literally Obama lmao No, the Bartlett administration accomplished things. They're clearly meant to be a fantasy third term of Bill Clinton's administration, what with their obsession with polling and reacting to polls.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:47
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WampaLord posted:No, the Bartlett administration accomplished things. the first 3 seasons had the white house gang reacting to actual clinton scandals in the way that aaron sorkin thought they should have been addressed, like bartlet was literally given the line "the era of big government is over" for his state of the union and the episode is sorkin smugly dunking on the dingus who put that line into clinton's speech
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Mar 21, 2017 19:53
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Mayor Dave posted:the first 3 seasons had the white house gang reacting to actual clinton scandals in the way that aaron sorkin thought they should have been addressed, like bartlet was literally given the line "the era of big government is over" for his state of the union and the episode is sorkin smugly dunking on the dingus who put that line into clinton's speech Pretty savage own against Clinton.
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Mar 21, 2017 20:55
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The Brown Menace posted:its anime for liberals Martin Sheen bodypillow when?
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Mar 21, 2017 21:40
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i met someone who likes the show based on how cheesy and stupid the premises are. that's the only way to like The West Wing correctly
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Mar 21, 2017 22:23
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Why are Sorkin's Republicans always to the left of real life Democrats?
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Mar 21, 2017 22:31
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CrumFUNist! posted:Why are Sorkin's Republicans always to the left of real life Democrats? Truth is less electable than fiction
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Mar 21, 2017 22:56
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The best part about re-watching The West Wing is how there's episode plots involving universal healthcare, minimum wage, college fees and various other things that are still problems nearly 20 years later. e: Actually that episode where 3 of the characters are stranded in some rural space because they have no idea how life works outside of a big city is pretty funny. A baby ate my dingo has issued a correction as of 05:42 on Mar 22, 2017 |
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Mar 22, 2017 05:39
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A baby ate my dingo posted:The best part about re-watching The West Wing is how there's episode plots involving universal healthcare, minimum wage, college fees and various other things that are still problems nearly 20 years later. in fairness those counties that go against the rest of their state on daylight savings can go suck a dick
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Mar 22, 2017 05:45
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all i know about this show is the mercator scene
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Mar 22, 2017 07:39
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Kurtofan posted:all i know about this show is the mercator scene That scene is good
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Mar 22, 2017 12:57
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*does a big rail of coke* time for a walk and talk *i say aaron sorkin-ly*
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Mar 22, 2017 13:11
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A baby ate my dingo posted:The best part about re-watching The West Wing is how there's episode plots involving universal healthcare, minimum wage, college fees and various other things that are still problems nearly 20 years later. 20 years later the Democrats are going to argue that all of those things are never ever gonna happen, and that's why we have to nominate Hillary Clinton.
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Mar 22, 2017 14:17
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the best episode is when toby goes and smugly owns leftists protesting the wto
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Mar 23, 2017 03:30
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Baloogan posted:hm maybe i should give house of cards another shot that's right before it starts to get good! mind you, i don't know how i would feel if i started watching it after having watched trump tv for the past couple years
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Mar 23, 2017 08:52
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Season 2 of Cards starts out with a real banger but then quickly devolves into who gives a gently caress
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Mar 23, 2017 11:22
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the transition from west-wing -> house of cards is basically liberals coming to the realization that they don't know what the gently caress they're doing
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Mar 23, 2017 12:20
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I like the episode where for 45 minutes the PoTUS is telling us how terrible we all are for being American. And then, in the last -10 mninute, PoTUS be like: "naaah we boss as gently caress yo. Now watch me stand on this soap box and jerk off with aaron sorkin to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner played and sung by Nickelback." "HEY NICKLEBACK... PLAY ME OFF. " Also, he is the original MAGA PoTUS. Trump doesn't have poo poo on this guy. tl;dr bad. go watch Legion instead.
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Mar 23, 2017 12:29
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rudatron posted:the transition from west-wing -> house of cards is basically liberals coming to the realization that they don't know what the gently caress they're doing
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Mar 23, 2017 12:30
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Helsing posted:I would call that "a" problem, not "the" problem. Quite often the writers' conception of what "the right thing" might be is a little strange. what about the time they solve the palestine/israel conflict by giving palestinians diplomatic rights to islamic holy sites and no other promises whatsoever that one was pretty lollerskate that said i actually enjoyed West Wing because i could take it at face value, would watch again
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Mar 23, 2017 17:47
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Pierson posted:More like from West Wing to The Thick Of It. Iannucci is the greatest political satirist of our time.
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Mar 23, 2017 17:53
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Trumps Baby Hands posted:if you're going to subject yourself to "THIS IS WHAT LIBERALS ACTUALLY BELIEVE" television, you're much better off with parks and rec This show would have been good if it had Leslie as an unreliable narrator and occasionally gave glimpse of the actual world/events
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Mar 23, 2017 17:54
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Iannucci is the greatest political satirist of our time. 
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Mar 23, 2017 18:24
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SickZip posted:This show would have been good if it had Leslie as an unreliable narrator and occasionally gave glimpse of the actual world/events That's season one. It wasn't that good.
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Mar 23, 2017 18:27
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Veep is a great sitcom but you can tell that Iannucci keeps developing more and more outlandish political situations to try and contort the Presidency / Vice Presidency into resembling the British system. The plot arc of season 5 in particular would make perfect sense in a parliamentary system but is completely implausible as a plot line for the American executive branch. None of which stops it from being one of the best shows on the air right now, even if it's seems weirdly dated and quaint in the age of Trump.
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Mar 23, 2017 20:31
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Helsing posted:Veep is a great sitcom but you can tell that Iannucci keeps developing more and more outlandish political situations to try and contort the Presidency / Vice Presidency into resembling the British system. The plot arc of season 5 in particular would make perfect sense in a parliamentary system but is completely implausible as a plot line for the American executive branch. The first thing he said after Trump was elected is that he has to go back to writing, so the new season will be a Trump's America zone.
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Mar 23, 2017 20:56
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Helsing posted:Veep is a great sitcom but you can tell that Iannucci keeps developing more and more outlandish political situations to try and contort the Presidency / Vice Presidency into resembling the British system. The plot arc of season 5 in particular would make perfect sense in a parliamentary system but is completely implausible as a plot line for the American executive branch. he left after season 4
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Mar 23, 2017 21:02
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The first series of the (original) UK version of House of Cards is really, really good. The second series is good. The third series is ok. I recommend it to everyone but nobody wants to watch british political intrigue with a daddy-fetish subplot. You should, though, I think its still on Netflix edit: for the record its a hundred times better than the Netflix US version, which is just dumb walgreenslatino has issued a correction as of 21:57 on Mar 23, 2017 |
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:The first thing he said after Trump was elected is that he has to go back to writing, so the new season will be a Trump's America zone. That moment when she pulls a Rick Perry and accidentally says it's time to "repel" immigrants, only to have her poll numbers surge, felt very Trumpian, but overall the show feels like it's been overtaken by the sheer absurdity of real life. The Muppets On PCP posted:he left after season 4 I'm surprised to hear that. Having the House of Representatives choosing the President, while theoretically something that could happen, is so improbably that it felt like an awkward attempt to replicate the British parliamentary system for picking the Prime Minister and I just assumed that was Ianucci's handiwork Apparently his next project is going to be a comedy film about the death of Stalin, which sounds C-SPAM as gently caress.
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