The Newsroom

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Memento Mori** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:03 pm

Season 2 was good yeah but hardly anyone watched it after season 1. The Genoa arc was great.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Tomous** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:35 pm

[iup=3616603]Memento Mori[/iup] wrote:Sloane and Don.

I didn't even like Don in S1 but they're the best characters now.

Episode 2 was cracking.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **FlippinChicken** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:13 pm

It's a real shame literally nobody is watching this - the last 2 episodes have been very good. Could potentially be Sorkin's best pieces of work since Studio 60 ( :wub:

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PostRe: The Newsroom by **Tomous** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:14 pm

Studio 60

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Skippy** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:42 pm

We need to talk about Emily Mortimer's cleavage :shock:

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Monkey Man** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:39 pm

Had some bad moments but overall a pretty good episode. Forgot that the EPA guy is also this seasons showrunner. Was a bit of a Office reunion.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Memento Mori** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:48 pm

I spose that's one way to guarantee yourself acting work. Another good episode though not enough Don, Sloane or Chris Messina. Chris Messina is one of those dependably good actors who appears in everything and should.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **FlippinChicken** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:49 pm

The last episode is called 'What kind of day has it been?' :wub:

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Tomous** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:50 pm

[iup=3621905]Memento Mori[/iup] wrote:Chris Messina is one of those dependably good actors who appears in everything and should.

Indeed. He was really good when he joined Damages.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **chalkitdown** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:19 pm

[quote="[iup=3621905]Chris Messina is one of those dependably good actors who appears in everything and should.[/quote]

Six Feet Under. :wub:

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Cal** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:41 am

So, ep3, s3 last night on Sky Atlantic HD.

:shock:

Sorkin finally gets it off his chest. You know; that climate change stuff he's been working towards. Last night's episode was either a heartfelt (if woefully misguided and hilariously over dramatic) plea for Obama to actually 'do something' about climate change or it was Sorkin jumping the shark between common sense and surrealist comedy.

Hard to say which, really.

Still, I'm glad he came out and said it all. He's been wanting to do this for a while. Last week's episode was merely an appetizer; this was finally the real thing - albeit a bizarre, pantomime-like version of 'climate science' in which the world is already catastrophically doomed, in which we are 'already 20 years too late' to 'save humanity', etc, etc.

At least Jeff Daniel's character, Will McAvoy (probably one of the best characters in any drama on TV at the moment), kept a cool head and exhibited a certain disparaging skepticism - I'll be very interested to see next week's episode to see where this leads. Was Sorkin writing in all seriousness or was he just having a laugh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rAkh5 ... e=youtu.be

Possibly the weirdest episode in the entire series, to date.

But that scene with Will facing off the guy from the CIA/FBI in the meeting room - pure acting gold. This is precisely why Jeff Daniels deserves his Emmy for the series.

Sorkin may be using the final 6-episode run of The Newsroom to get a few of his pet political peeves off his chest (climate change, freedom of information, etc), but - damn - the guy writes dialogue which snaps and fizzes along better than just about anyone else in the business.

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Skippy** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:22 am

[iup=3623915]Cal[/iup] wrote:So, ep3, s3 last night on Sky Atlantic HD.

Sorkin finally gets it off his chest. You know; that climate change stuff he's been working towards. Last night's episode was either a heartfelt (if woefully misguided and hilariously over dramatic) plea for Obama to actually 'do something' about climate change or it was Sorkin jumping the shark between common sense and surrealist comedy.

Hard to say which, really.

The EPA guy who last week handed Maggie the EPA's latest climate report on the train, was interviewed on ACN by Will McAvoy, the station's anchor. The EPA guy, looking depressed (even suicidal) basically spelled out his cataclysmic vision of a world already doomed by catastrophic 'man-made' climate change, assuring us all (quite seriously, if a little manically) that 'the science' tells us there is now 'no way back', no saving us, that we would all perish in a post-AGW event dystopia, etc.

Still, I'm glad he came out and said it all. He's been wanting to do this for a while. Last week's episode was merely an appetizer; this was finally the real thing - albeit a bizarre, pantomime-like version of 'climate science' in which the world is already catastrophically doomed, in which we are 'already 20 years too late' to 'save humanity', etc, etc.

At least Jeff Daniel's character, Will McAvoy (probably one of the best characters in any drama on TV at the moment), kept a cool head and exhibited a certain disparaging skepticism - I'll be very interested to see next week's episode to see where this leads. Was Sorkin writing in all seriousness or was he just having a laugh?

Possibly the weirdest episode in the entire series, to date.

It was just a sub-plot leading to a gag :lol:

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Tomous** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:58 am

Can't believe this show only has 3 episodes left and then it's done. It's really hitting its stride now.

Also Cal, I really don't think Sorkin was making any kind of climate change point :lol:

It was a more light heartened storyline to counter the more serious Neil story

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Jeffrey** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:13 am

Only one episode left...

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Skippy** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:45 am

[iup=3632382]Jeffrey[/iup] wrote:
RIP Charlie

Only one episode left...

Blindingly obvious but still sad. The last shot of him especially

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Skippy** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:01 am

Not a brilliant send-off, more an epilogue to last week. Pretty sure the garage scene gave me diabetes

PostRe: The Newsroom by **Rubix** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:31 pm

Well I just started watching and this................this is fantastic :wub:

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