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re: The Newsroom on HBO "OFFICIAL Season Thread"

Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:09 pm to
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
39015 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:09 pm to
Yea. The agenda is fairly obvious, but it's good tv. Not to mention the transparency o Liberals amuses me.
Posted by mule74
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Member since Nov 2004
12863 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:29 pm to
It's not good TV. I watched the first three episodes and it's just not good. The dialogue is over the top, the characters are shallow and the plot is so predictable.
This post was edited on 7/22/12 at 9:19 pm
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
39015 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:06 pm to
I'd agree with some of that, but I still kinda like it. Hell I watch true blood and that is so terrible it's good.
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11723 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:08 pm to
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It's not good TV. I watched dyne first three episodes and it's just not good. The dialogue is over the top, the characters are shallow and the plot is so predictable.


You're wrong.
Posted by ellunchboxo
G-Town
Member since Feb 2009
19484 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:52 pm to
fricking shite. My wife screwed up my DVR with the stupid Bachelorette coming on tonight. Next one is not till 11:00 so I'm gonna have to watch tomorrow.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
WeWaCo
Member since Dec 2007
37538 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 10:18 pm to
Have they cut the intro down yet? I figure my scathing thread x the power of TD will force a change.
Posted by LSU92
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2008
2435 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 10:20 pm to
They have bigger problems than that when it comes to this show.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
WeWaCo
Member since Dec 2007
37538 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 10:20 pm to
True, I watched the 4 eps a couple days ago and I'm pretty much over the show. It can't last.
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11723 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 10:22 pm to
I just make a sandwich during it. Watching tonight's ep now.
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11723 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 10:26 pm to
I enjoy it.

Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71224 posts
Posted on 7/22/12 at 11:58 pm to
These liberal bastards lie all throughout the program, and then right at the end, pull at the cinematic heart strings of every male age 21-60 with this Rudy bit. Damn you Aaron Sorkin.
This post was edited on 7/23/12 at 12:28 am
Posted by MrPackSix
Lakeview/God's Country
Member since Oct 2009
8220 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:10 am to
TIL that Alison Pill's notable role before Maggie on Newsroom was

Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68832 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 7:25 am to
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The whole Obama love Fest was a bit much for me.


Criticizing the extreme right of the Republican Party =/= an Obama love fest.

If the perceived bias of the program bothers some of you, just don't watch the fricker. The problems with the show, however, have nothing to do with its political leaning (I've never understood that criticism one way or the other, btw, of any show). One big problem is that the writing for the younger characters makes them seem so fricking immature that it make me cringe.

I still watch it, though. I like Daniels, Mortimer and Waterston in their roles.
This post was edited on 7/23/12 at 7:34 am
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
162937 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:19 am to
I think the whole TMI thing going after people on the show is a dumb plot line. Why would a gossip magazine's readers give 2 shits about some random producer, much less multiple articles about her?
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68832 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:32 am to
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Why would a gossip magazine's readers give 2 shits about some random producer, much less multiple articles about her?


Well, the orders apparently have come from above (Leona) in order to intimidate the show into toning down its criticism of her corporate sponsors. McAvoy was already in the news so it the producer just made another easy target because she scheduled her boyfriend (a political candidate) on the show.
Posted by PropJoe
Member since May 2011
933 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:32 am to
I love the show. I think people that get all bent out of shape politically are hilarious.
Posted by gatorhata9
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2010
26185 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:33 am to
I used to agree with you but it's getting out of hand. It's really just too preachy. I can usually separate politics and entertainment but this show comes way too far across the line of what's entertaining and what's propaganda.
Posted by Dr. 3
Member since Mar 2005
11368 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:51 am to
That wasnt a good episode last night.

My eyes couldnt have rolled harder when he starts talking about how everyone he works with are so dedicated.
Posted by supatigah
CEO of the Keith Hernandez Fan Club
Member since Mar 2004
90064 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:58 am to
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i despise the blonde chick and producer dude characters and story lines. everytime alison pill comes onscreen i fight the urge to FF
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38443 posts
Posted on 7/23/12 at 11:06 am to
I watched off and on...

Besides the ridiculous political messages, the workers bringing their personal lives to every damn aspect of the office is infuriating.

Who the hell would allow this to go on? Girlfriends walking into the middle of the office to scream and curse at their boyfriends? People bitching out their exes during staff meetings?

God I hate these people.
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