Comments on: “West” Into the Sunset http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Allen http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset/comment-page-1#comment-361 Allen Mon, 15 May 2006 22:34:27 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=251#comment-361 <p>What we've got there isn't <i>all</i> of SportsNight; it's only the first two-thirds or so. I guess I really should send those back to Timmy B. and we should buy our own copy, huh?</p> <p>"Sorkinalia" sounds too much like a holiday — which we'll be celebrating this September! More to come in tonight's Sorkiniana....</p> What we’ve got there isn’t all of SportsNight; it’s only the first two-thirds or so. I guess I really should send those back to Timmy B. and we should buy our own copy, huh?

“Sorkinalia” sounds too much like a holiday — which we’ll be celebrating this September! More to come in tonight’s Sorkiniana….

]]> By: Terry http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset/comment-page-1#comment-360 Terry Mon, 15 May 2006 22:30:16 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=251#comment-360 <p>Allen, you may not OWN the DVDs for SportsNight, but you seem to have managed to... acquire them indefinitely. Are we holding them ransom for something?</p> <p>And "Sorkiniana" just sounds dirty. May I suggest a blend of "Sorkin" and "paraphenalia" :: Thus, "paraphenSorkinalia"? OR Sorkinalia? Eh, fuggit. Bring on the Sorkiniana!</p> Allen, you may not OWN the DVDs for SportsNight, but you seem to have managed to… acquire them indefinitely. Are we holding them ransom for something?

And “Sorkiniana” just sounds dirty. May I suggest a blend of “Sorkin” and “paraphenalia” :: Thus, “paraphenSorkinalia”? OR Sorkinalia? Eh, fuggit. Bring on the Sorkiniana!

]]> By: Allen http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset/comment-page-1#comment-359 Allen Mon, 15 May 2006 22:01:45 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=251#comment-359 <p><b>Terry:</b> You're dead-on about Mr. Lowe. He had the plastic look of the freshly-botoxed (nicely contrasted by his regular-but-beautiful-person look in the pilot), and he looked not at all happy about making token appearances in the two late-series episodes.</p> <p><b>Orion:</b> That's a mighty kind offer, but not necessary -- I've already seen every episode of <i>SportsNight</i>. :) I don't own the DVDs myself yet, though it's only a matter of time. Lend those discs out to someone who hasn't seen 'em yet, spread the love!</p> <p>And keep your eyes peeled in this space for more Sorkiniana to come later today...</p> Terry: You’re dead-on about Mr. Lowe. He had the plastic look of the freshly-botoxed (nicely contrasted by his regular-but-beautiful-person look in the pilot), and he looked not at all happy about making token appearances in the two late-series episodes.

Orion: That’s a mighty kind offer, but not necessary — I’ve already seen every episode of SportsNight. :) I don’t own the DVDs myself yet, though it’s only a matter of time. Lend those discs out to someone who hasn’t seen ‘em yet, spread the love!

And keep your eyes peeled in this space for more Sorkiniana to come later today…

]]> By: Orion http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset/comment-page-1#comment-358 Orion Mon, 15 May 2006 21:56:59 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=251#comment-358 <p>I didn't watch a large portion of West Wing, but what I did watch I really enjoyed. However, I will make the same offer to you that I have to many of my friends: if you're jonesing for more Aaron Sorkin, allow me to wave a couple of episodes of <i>SportsNight</i> under your nose. Criminally, it only ran for a season and a half, but it's all the comic timing and pacing and dialogue that you love from West Wing, only <i>even more raw and viciously delivered</i>.</p> <p>If you remind me 24 hours in advance of seeing me, I'll be happy to loan you the DVDs.</p> I didn’t watch a large portion of West Wing, but what I did watch I really enjoyed. However, I will make the same offer to you that I have to many of my friends: if you’re jonesing for more Aaron Sorkin, allow me to wave a couple of episodes of SportsNight under your nose. Criminally, it only ran for a season and a half, but it’s all the comic timing and pacing and dialogue that you love from West Wing, only even more raw and viciously delivered.

If you remind me 24 hours in advance of seeing me, I’ll be happy to loan you the DVDs.

]]> By: Terry http://do-or-do-not.com/content/west-into-the-sunset/comment-page-1#comment-357 Terry Mon, 15 May 2006 21:43:41 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=251#comment-357 <p>I had the same take on the conclusion.</p> <p>It would have rocked if it had been Sorkin. But there were just some missed moments, you know? Like when Bartlett's watching the inauguration, and he's just standing there, mouth agape a little, as if he's Reagan trying to remember something he should have done. SHould have been tighter. Should have been funnier. Should have been more emotional. Should have been Sorkin.</p> <p>And what's up with Rob Lowe? I wish he looked a little, just a LITTLE less like he's joined the ranks of the vampiric undead, traded in his soul and boyish cuteness for preternatural George-Hamilton-like Hollywood artifice.</p> I had the same take on the conclusion.

It would have rocked if it had been Sorkin. But there were just some missed moments, you know? Like when Bartlett’s watching the inauguration, and he’s just standing there, mouth agape a little, as if he’s Reagan trying to remember something he should have done. SHould have been tighter. Should have been funnier. Should have been more emotional. Should have been Sorkin.

And what’s up with Rob Lowe? I wish he looked a little, just a LITTLE less like he’s joined the ranks of the vampiric undead, traded in his soul and boyish cuteness for preternatural George-Hamilton-like Hollywood artifice.

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