On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote:
> Sorkin denied the above to the NY DN, in part:
> ...
> "He did say, however, that he is hiring a team of 'paid consultants' to work
> with him and the writing staff for the second season.
>
> "They could provide anything from policy insight to
But, to use your example, Estevez would have had armed bodyguards shoot
down Sirhan before he could get to Kennedy.
My objection to Sorkin piggybacking onto real events isn't his use of them;
it's his use of a perspective that was unavailable at the time. It's easy
to criticize coverage of a b
Yeah, but this isn't the real universe. It's a universe where
fictional people know other fictional people in a real company who
give them information. It's a universe where a fictional congressman
is defeated by a fictional challenger and they give a fictional
interview about real issues.
It's a
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Joe Coughlin wrote:
> Because we have the benefit of hindsight, it's easier to make your
> characters appear sharper because they pick up on every little aspect
> of the BP Oil Spill that very few people could know about without a
> lot of reading and research.
>
Because we have the benefit of hindsight, it's easier to make your
characters appear sharper because they pick up on every little aspect
of the BP Oil Spill that very few people could know about without a
lot of reading and research.
And really, he is already teeing off on straw men. He can't have
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Dave Sikula wrote:
> Suffice it to say, I disagree. I find the characterizations lacking and
> all over the map, the situations contrived, and Sorkin's two-year-later
> quarterbacking annoying. The best description I read was that the show is
> Quantum Leap, with
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jon Delfin wrote:
> Using historical events for context isn't the same as using historical
> events as cat's-paws to make your characters look smarter or stupider,
> depending.
I agree there is a difference, but I disagree that one concept is
watchable and the o
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Kevin M. wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Dave Sikula wrote:
>>
>> Suffice it to say, I disagree. I find the characterizations lacking and
>> all over the map, the situations contrived, and Sorkin's two-year-later
>> quarterbacking annoying.
>
>
> Ye
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Dave Sikula wrote:
> Suffice it to say, I disagree. I find the characterizations lacking and
> all over the map, the situations contrived, and Sorkin's two-year-later
> quarterbacking annoying.
Yeah, it was like when Emilio Estevez insisted on including the
ass
Suffice it to say, I disagree. I find the characterizations lacking and all
over the map, the situations contrived, and Sorkin's two-year-later
quarterbacking annoying. The best description I read was that the show is
Quantum Leap, with Sorkin going back to put things right.
--Dave Sikula
On T
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote:
> All but one person of the writing staff of Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama (which
> included former MTV VJ Gideon Yago) has been fired and will be replaced,
> although it's no big secret that Sorkin calls all the shots and does the
> overwhelming bu
Other sources on the Twitter are refuting the claim.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote:
> All but one person of the writing staff of Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama (which
> included former MTV VJ Gideon Yago) has been fired and will be replaced,
> although it's no big secret that Sor
All but one person of the writing staff of Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama (which
included former MTV VJ Gideon Yago) has been fired and will be replaced,
although it's no big secret that Sorkin calls all the shots and does the
overwhelming bulk of the writing (unlike most TV shows, particularly
sitco
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