Personally I'm interested. People are raving about the writing but I'm not interested *enough* to dl & I'm unsurprised at the self-congratulatory overtones.
Aaron Sorkin loves not us. Gertrude in her ratty bathrobe?
He did this with Lyman's lemons (in TWW) or whatever the fan-group was called as I remember it. So I'm not surprised. But yes God you need to respect your audience/reader. And I say that as someone in the UK who has yet to see a single episode.
Oh, I totally knew this -- there was Lemonlyman and the Star Trek fan, both of which were cruelly treated. But having him shove it in my face (a) early on, when I didn't care about the characters and (b) when I don't care about the job the characters are doing was enough to get me to give up on the show.
And Lemonlyman grew out of his own experiences on the TWOP boards, which were *entirely* his own fault. If he were gay, I'd call him a bitchy queen. Hell, I'll call him that anyway.
I was about to post a really really unfavorable review of the show - and it was going to include this - but now I'm so enraged again that I have to go have some nice tea before I can even compose myself enough to write *bad things*.
How enraged is that? I believe your mood says it all.
Heh. Sorry. As one of the comments above points out, Sorkin is deeply conflicted about this. I mean, his position on fan commentary is analogous to someone saying, "Have you ever been elected to public office? Well, then you don't have any business discussing politics." ... and yet he wrote this great show about politics.
The thing is -- his conflict manifests in ugly, demeaning ways, and I don't need to expose myself to it.
I didn't like the show either. Can't find a single character or relationship that seems interesting. And yeah, the Gertrude comment. Geez.
You turned it off? I almost did several times and wish I had because the worst thing was the end. How many times have people done parody versions Modern Major General, now? THAT was their big comedic breakthrough show opener. Could we come up with something less original? It would have been partially redeemed it they were actually funny doing it, but they were totally flat.
Actually, I'm relieved. I have way too many shows to watch as it is.
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I think 'respect your audience' should be the first rule of any show.
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He did this with Lyman's lemons (in TWW) or whatever the fan-group was called as I remember it. So I'm not surprised. But yes God you need to respect your audience/reader. And I say that as someone in the UK who has yet to see a single episode.
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How enraged is that? I believe your mood says it all.
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The thing is -- his conflict manifests in ugly, demeaning ways, and I don't need to expose myself to it.
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You turned it off? I almost did several times and wish I had because the worst thing was the end. How many times have people done parody versions Modern Major General, now? THAT was their big comedic breakthrough show opener. Could we come up with something less original? It would have been partially redeemed it they were actually funny doing it, but they were totally flat.
Actually, I'm relieved. I have way too many shows to watch as it is.
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