Wow, I've never seen The West Wing. I guess I should Netflix the sucker, huh?
For sure. But just as a heads up, it's mostly talking. With some walking around thrown in for good measure. There's the occasional spike of action beyond that when it's finale or premier time too, but otherwise? Talking. Walking.
It's just that it's very good dialogue and very, very good acting (and moderately okay walking).
I'd actually almost want to see a new TWW-esque show using this as its premise, telling a story this time from the perspective of a Republican administration. Even though I'm left-leaning myself, I think it could prove interesting. It'd never happen, though.
I have to be honest, I stole the idea from PsychoPere but only because it's a damn fine idea.
I rewatched the entire series (for the third or fourth time) during the election year and I was astounded by the number of similarities it had with the actual election.
During season 7, I had hoped that Vinick would win and that would lead into an eighth season starring Alan Alda, Patricia Richardson, Stephen Root, and new cast members showing a Republican Presidency. Alas, it didn't happen.
Finally, I'm still waiting for that "Sports Night" reunion show because maybe one of these days Josh Charles will stop being mad at Aaron Sorkin.
He is bad at Sorkin? For what?
Exactly. The show made some concessions to the post-9/11 Bush years, but it would make no sense at all to try and continue that universe now that it's been gone several years.
Sorkin himself said at one point that that wouldn't work, because Republicans don't believe that government should help people, only that it should kick ass overseas when necessary and otherwise be as small as possible. So you'd have liberal characters being idealistic, and the protagonists being cynical and raining on their parades all the time - not exactly a good formula for insiping drama. For some odd, probably random reason, Republicans just work far better as villains.
Well, presumably a series set at United Nations Headquarters wouldn't feature the U.N. evolving into a planetary government with its own army and navy the way Babylon 5 grew into the Interstellar Alliance.
Well, presumably a series set at United Nations Headquarters wouldn't feature the U.N. evolving into a planetary government with its own army and navy the way Babylon 5 grew into the Interstellar Alliance.
Unless the Michigan Militia have been right all along ...
A blinkered and simplistic outlook on Sorkin's part.
And a Republican White House at that.
And I'd say that's a blinkered partisan view, but obviously we're not going to agree on that. Administrations of both parties have their share of cynical bastards and true believers striving to do what they genuinely believe is best for their country, whether you agree with their philosophies or not.
Neither I nor Sorkin said that Republicans were evil. Many Republicans genuinely believe that they're doing good overall by keeping government as small as possible. One can agree or disagree, but that's a separate point from the argument that it's more gripping from a dramatic perspective to side with the idealists than the cynics.
A far-left Republican administration, from the left-of-center party, yes.
Neither I nor Sorkin said that Republicans were evil. Many Republicans genuinely believe that they're doing good overall by keeping government as small as possible. One can agree or disagree, but that's a separate point from the argument that it's more gripping from a dramatic perspective to side with the idealists than the cynics.
A far-left Republican administration, from the era's left-of-center party, yes.
Well, presumably a series set at United Nations Headquarters wouldn't feature the U.N. evolving into a planetary government with its own army and navy the way Babylon 5 grew into the Interstellar Alliance.
