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12-09-2014 , 03:01 PM

#2426

Dominic

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lol...I loved The Village until the reveal that

Spoiler:

. The atmosphere really sold me.

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12-09-2014 , 03:06 PM

#2427

nunnehi

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Yes, it was interesting until it wasn't. I gave up on Night after (or during, not sure) that movie.

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12-09-2014 , 05:34 PM

#2428

El Diablo

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Dom,

Are you mocking the show, or did you really not get that after watching the episode?

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12-09-2014 , 05:47 PM

#2429

Dominic

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Well, I was grading papers at the same time, so I wasn't paying close attention...but I really didn't get that...if they showed a close up of the fishing pic, I missed it.

But yeah, thinking back on those scenes it does seem fairly obvious now.

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12-09-2014 , 06:40 PM

#2430

El Diablo

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Dom,

Yeah, they went to a closeup of the fishing pic and held there (DAMN, LOOKS JUST LIKE THE GUY, OH WAIT!!!), then switched and held a shot of the other bed with the same unpacked bedroll or whatever as the first shot when he entered the cell. I didn't get it while they were talking, but they made it super clear after the fact.

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12-09-2014 , 07:34 PM

#2431

filthyvermin

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the episode wasn't THAT bad. compare it to anything you see on network tv(scandal, blacklist, madame secretary, ect...) and this episode doesn't stand out as bad at all.

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12-09-2014 , 10:11 PM

#2432

nunnehi

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Other than maybe Scandal, where it's a tossup, all of those shows' most recent episodes were better than this one.

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12-09-2014 , 11:15 PM

#2433

sailorsaint

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Rather than having Charlie bump his head and go bye-bye, they should've crashed the damn flight from Moscow to Havana.

No more Jim and Maggie sitting in a tree...

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12-09-2014 , 11:15 PM

#2434

Wubbie075

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Super obvious that Will was in the cell alone the whole time, but I did not pick up that it was his dad until the pic reveal.

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12-10-2014 , 05:51 AM

#2435

Arito.v2

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Oh wow didn't pick up on that at all, and I wasn't grading papers or anything.

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12-10-2014 , 12:33 PM

#2436

Dominic

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Still, I wouldn't mind being the meat in a Mac/Sloan sandwich.

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12-10-2014 , 10:42 PM

#2437

Clovis8

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It's so amusing how massively people don't get it. I can't think of another artists work more thoroughly misunderstood that Sorkin. People critique his work like they are viewing a poorly executed documentary, as if Sorkin is trying to be Erol Morris and failing. It like critiquing porn for not showing real sex. Porn is kabuki sex; Sorkin is kabuki intelligencia. It's fantasy wish fulfilment for those who who have read more than the Hungar Games and Twilight. Of course it's absurdist, not as a failure to achieve realism but by design.

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12-10-2014 , 10:51 PM

#2438

GeoffRas22

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hahahaha

can't quit now i guess ey Clovis

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12-10-2014 , 10:53 PM

#2439

GeoffRas22

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btw- that the only person on board with this episode is smugly laughing at everyone else bc we simply "don't get it" is the least surprising thing ever.

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12-10-2014 , 10:55 PM

#2440

SenorKeeed

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We all realize that it is juvenile fantasy wish fulfillment on Sorkin's part and aren't terribly impressed by it.

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12-10-2014 , 10:58 PM

#2441

nunnehi

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The Newsroom is a documentary. How else do you explain the goofy faux documentary style shooting, and several of The Office people joining the cast? I think it's an homage to The Office. It's a documentary of a mockumentary...today's news.

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12-10-2014 , 11:06 PM

#2442

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed

We all realize that it is juvenile fantasy wish fulfillment on Sorkin's part and aren't terribly impressed by it.

Which is why every second post is about how this story wouldn't get on the air, or that lawyer wouldn't do x or no news source would do y.

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12-10-2014 , 11:18 PM

#2443

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by GeoffRas22

btw- that the only person on board with this episode is smugly laughing at everyone else bc we simply "don't get it" is the least surprising thing ever.

Umm, I thought the last episode was awful.

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12-10-2014 , 11:29 PM

#2444

SenorKeeed

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

Which is why every second post is about how this story wouldn't get on the air, or that lawyer wouldn't do x or no news source would do y.

I don't think I've ever commented on what a lawyer would do or if a story would make it on air when talking about this show

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12-10-2014 , 11:43 PM

#2445

nunnehi

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Every second post...lol...and I thought filthyvermin was the king of hyperbole.

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12-10-2014 , 11:46 PM

#2446

Poogs

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kinda wished they did a little bit more with the hot chick leaking gov't docs blasting herself in the head on the steps of the capitol building right?

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12-10-2014 , 11:48 PM

#2447

MidWestSide

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Is Neil free to come back now?

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12-10-2014 , 11:50 PM

#2448

nunnehi

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No, he was wearing a wig and shot himself in front of the Capitol building.

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12-10-2014 , 11:57 PM

#2449

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

Umm, I thought the last episode was awful.

why not just say that then? maybe you already posted itt and i missed it- if so i apologize- but you just seemed to immediately want to shift the goalposts. i don't think many people's criticisms of the show are due to a misunderstanding of the show or its intent.

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12-11-2014 , 12:30 AM

#2450

darthwager

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I haven't been able to sleep in weeks I tried everything, so I put this on. Thank god for this show as I finnaly Got a solid 8 for the first time in ages, I'm talking deep rem sleep. Gb u newsroom, I finnaly have my life back.

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