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I figure he'll be scapegoated/marginally-reasonably terminated, but wonder if they'd go another direction with it. Hard to see them firing someone else though.
The Newsroom S2
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Bondurant
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I remember people losing their shit over Olivia Munn getting a gig in The Newsroom. I guess the girl can act, after all.
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I don't know, out of nowhere she seems to have some horrible scenes where it's not just the writing fucking it up. The recording bullshit and the deus ex machina with the OWS retard were both fucking awful. I still enjoy watching this show though.
Allison Pill's face scares me sometimes.
Allison Pill's face scares me sometimes.
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It was smart/lucky her part calls for a lot of awkwardness and weird monotone speaking.
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My problem with the Olivia Munn character is that, knowing her personality, Sloan's introverted/socially awkward behavior seems really forced and not well acted. It just doesn't seem believable. I understand that she is supposed to be the absent minded super genius, but it just doesn't always work for me.
It was the same thing with Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn in the West Wing. They're basically the exact same character, just rerolled. Both of them were pretty unbelievable when I started watching. Sam grew on me around season 2-3 of West Wing. Sloan is growing on me too.
Her lines about Kodak stock cracked me up.
I found that aspect highly distracting and cliche, especially with her wing man in tow. It started strong with Sloan lying to her bosses, recanting, and appearing rather unapologetic. It was downhill from there. The resolution was boring nonsense. Ultimately, the episode was okay. What was going on with Will, while well acted, was predictable. The ending was a great moment. I did find the episode entertaining. I do think it has merit. I wouldn't call it great, but I don't regret half-watching it.
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Yeah. In all honesty as much as I enjoy tearing this show apart for all its dumb moments, I would say I do generally enjoy watching it. The acting is overall plus and season 2 has been much better with there being more story lines outside of Will/Mack and Jim/Pam. I really like Don's character too so this last ep being sort of Sloan centric didn't bother me.
Also, I'm far less annoyed by the made up Genoa arc (based on a true story or not) which was created for the shows purposes as opposed to them cherry picking politically controversial stories and fake reporting on them as the true liberal news mecca should have given 20/20 hindsight and no regard for viewer ratings or pressure from their superiors. I hope we see more stuff like Genoa in the future. It seems way less pretentious.
Also, I'm far less annoyed by the made up Genoa arc (based on a true story or not) which was created for the shows purposes as opposed to them cherry picking politically controversial stories and fake reporting on them as the true liberal news mecca should have given 20/20 hindsight and no regard for viewer ratings or pressure from their superiors. I hope we see more stuff like Genoa in the future. It seems way less pretentious.
I'm wondering if that so-called tip from the Navy spy chap is going to turn out to be the red herring that ends up catching them out bigtime.
The Sloan story was what it was, I presumed she figured she could get away with assault as at the trial it would come out why she did it and Mr Topshot Analyst Broker dude would be made to look an even bigger twat. Or Sorkin gives no fucks. Talking of which, I read after watching this weeks episode that the picture thing actually happened to Munn irl?! Presume he asked her really nicely and didn't just say "Here, relive a really shitty part of your past!"
Maggie and Jim still need to be fired into the Sun. Neal used to be an interesting character but he has been shite this season so far. Reduced to telling Will about some shit on Twatter >.<
The Sloan story was what it was, I presumed she figured she could get away with assault as at the trial it would come out why she did it and Mr Topshot Analyst Broker dude would be made to look an even bigger twat. Or Sorkin gives no fucks. Talking of which, I read after watching this weeks episode that the picture thing actually happened to Munn irl?! Presume he asked her really nicely and didn't just say "Here, relive a really shitty part of your past!"
Maggie and Jim still need to be fired into the Sun. Neal used to be an interesting character but he has been shite this season so far. Reduced to telling Will about some shit on Twatter >.<
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Did she lie? I just thought she kept her mouth shut while Charlie and Reese argued about whether or not it was her and whether or not that even mattered. Then she finally spoke up and admitted it was her and explained the story.
and yeah, Will gives many fucks as to what people think of him.