yeah i might go for sports night. really what i want to vote for is a "greatest hits" of west wing but theres too much dud even in the four seasons sorkin wrote to wholeheartedly go for it
― max, Friday, 23 May 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
studio 60 is the worst show
― max, Friday, 23 May 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
never seen it, but i'm voting malice, based on the 'god' quote that gets c+p's on here all the time. i don't really like aaron sorkin. he's no dick wolf.
― gff, Friday, 23 May 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
A Few Good Men has so many awesome-terrible lines suitable for any occasion.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 23 May 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorkin is very good at making me hate actors I like.
― HI DERE, Friday, 23 May 2008 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
did everybody hate Charlie Wilson's War? Sure, there was the what's-her-cunt factor, but otherwise I really kind of liked it. Sunset Strip was utter shit.
― will, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Julia Roberts.
Also, Sports Night might've been ok except for the fact that my ex and her two annoying room mates banged on & on about how great it was and couldn't wait for DVD release and omigod it's here. Ugh.
― will, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
you forgot about his broadway show 'the farnsworth invention'
― tehresa, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
sports night is the only one i've watched & enjoyed, although i bet it hasn't aged well.
― Jordan, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
it's aged much, much better than West Wing
― milo z, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, considering that West Wing was fucking awful even when it first came out, that's not a huge surprise!
― HI DERE, Friday, 23 May 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Sunday, 25 May 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Monday, 26 May 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"Again, it was a matter of opportunity: Julia [by that time his wife] was away, and I had a window where I could fly to Vegas on a Friday, get high all night, and then return to L.A. the next day. I'd do this three times a year, and it was amazing I never got caught. I was the worst criminal. I had a four-dollar pipe, and the bowl was made of metal. It showed up on the monitor at Burbank airport and they asked to search my bag." The authorities found a carefully packed bundle of hallucinogenic mushrooms and rock cocaine. "I fainted," Sorkin said. "When I came to, I was in handcuffs. I was lucky--there are guys serving time in prison for doing less than I did."
http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/10/facebook_film
― buzza, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
'studio 60' sucked deep
but i f/w everything else. kinda surprised 'sports night' beat 'the west wing', which is, you know, way better.
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
here's the thing: no, it isn't
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8ovJYAU3U&feature=share
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
so, like Studio 60, this begins with a huge breakdown from a media personality.
"sorority girl"
― buzza, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Sorkin is a fairly good comp for Paddy Chayefsky; similar entertainer's gifts, similar blowhardiness
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
I saw the preview for this last night, I will probably watch it but it looks very Studio 60-level awkward.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
did i spy jane fonda in there? :O
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
As mentioned on the Newsroom thread, his most personal work yet:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/how-to-get-under-aaron-sorkins-skin-and-also-how-to-high-five-properly/article4363455/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 June 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
So...he's that cranky irl?
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno if he's always been like that but yeah, he's pretty much pompous city
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
that interview is just great
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
With one look into the steel arrogance behind Sorkin’s eyes, I am sure he considers his life’s tragedy that, in 50 years, there will be no Sorkin to write about him.
― carly rae (flopson), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't read article yet. Was basing his crankiness on the first ep of Newsroom, his most personal work.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
New Steve Jobs biopic will be in three scenes:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/11/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-biopic
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Friday, 16 November 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
well that's almost certainly a bad idea
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
why
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
yes why
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
not the three scenes thing (he might as well embrace his staginess), but making them backstage at the launches of the mac, nextcube, ipod. it doesn't seem to speak to a v interesting take on the idea of jobs tbh
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
i am sketching in my head what they ought to be but yeah basically the first one would have to be his getting fired from apple
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
each scene should be him returning food @ a restaurant
― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 November 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
haha Jobs had asked Sorkin to write a Pixar movie! it is so tragic how into that i would've been.
― this is not a benghazi butthurt (some dude), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
I mostly want to see him buying turtlenecks idk that's just me tho
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2012 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
― this is not a benghazi butthurt (some dude), Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:59 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark
he probably would've done a great job!
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 16 November 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
i know!!
― this is not a benghazi butthurt (some dude), Friday, 16 November 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
Should I see mollys game
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
It's free but I would have to leave the house and it's cold. Think I might just go to bed tbh, bed is better than sorkin
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
making them backstage
ya gotta work whatever magic ya got
― j., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
That jobs film was so badHahaha I just looked at the synopsis for molly's game & saw that it's about poker, that's perfect - sadly tho I think not even a bad poker movie will get me out in the cold at 9pm on a weeknight at this point in my life :-(
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
I vaguely recall watching Sports Night maybe five or six times. It definitely had that sorkiny quality about it, but that's a quality that wears out its welcome in a short time. The Social Network was just about the right length for the sorkiny waters not to rise too high by the end.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Molly's Game opens with five minutes of breathless voice-over, related to the main story tangentially, but mostly there for the sake of a clunky punchline. The best things the rest of the way are the hopelessly crummy poker player (clueless even when he wins) and the space cadet who declares his love for Molly. Passable diversion overall.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 March 2018 06:28 (six years ago) link
agree re: molly's game, feels both lecturing and self-serving toward molly mostly throughout, while simultaneously pretty boring; good refresher as to why i avoid sorkin actually
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 5 August 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
Oh fuck off. Also, what’s wrong with being mean to the ruling class? Does it hurt your feelings Aaron? https://t.co/gLkpQxtMrc— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) January 20, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link
I hope he dies very soon
― buzza, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 01:23 (five years ago) link
Sorkin too.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
They need to do loads of cocaine like adults.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 01:30 (five years ago) link
― gff, Friday, May 23, 2008 11:41 AM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I independently had this thought last night! like amongst all the fans of dick wolf shows I know, nobody thinks "this is exactly how the criminal justice system works" or "this is how the criminal justice system should work" and people acknowledge it as a spin on the real world
a lot of Sorkin fans -- and Sorkin himself -- seem to think he's scripting an ideal of how things should go and it's incredibly weird
― mh, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
he has adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for Broadway starring Jeff Daniels, and it's going to run for years
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
it's a perfect vehicle for his up-to-date liberal thinking
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
mh otm
― Effectively Big Jim with a beard. (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
the Sorkin adap of To Kill a Mockingbird didn't get nominated for the best play Tony, and ever since its huge ads in the NYT have featured praise from... Obama, Bill Clinton, Pelosi, and James Comey.
The theatrical fetish object for Biden Democrats, and/or those whose ideal hero is a white Alabaman from the '30s.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 May 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
Malice! So great; so sleazy and trashy and daft, moves like a runaway train. Not quite in the Erotic Thriller genre, hard to say wtf it is. There are about five Oscar winners in it too. All the 20-somethings on Twitter and Letterboxd seem to love it, Sorkin hates it of course it goes without saying.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 02:20 (three years ago) link
Malice is cheesey great, that Baldwin line about i dont need to play god i AM god or whatever is classic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 02:41 (three years ago) link
Malice was shot around Amherst, Holyoke, and Northampton so that’s fun. I believe it’s the only film where my dorm makes a cameo.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
A 2000 episode of The West Wing was even kind enough to turn this racist and cruel Pharma talking point into a dramatic plot beat pic.twitter.com/KWCqWD99rK— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) May 4, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:11 (three years ago) link
uh, wow
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
― piscesx,
doesn't it become an inexplicable serial killer thing halfway through its running time?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
I remember a hambone Anne Bancroft cameo.
Yeah that 2000 clip was a real wtf moment during our pandemic rewatch.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
xp no the serial killer B plot is where the crazy thing *starts*, literally the first scene is a murder (then later Gwyneth Paltrow gets whacked) but by halftime the killer has been apprehended and is never mentioned again.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
this is exactly the sort of movie that exists for me to read the wiki synopsis and chuckle at the inanity/insanity
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
https://x.com/Variety/status/1783885542360305686
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Friday, 26 April 2024 17:29 (one week ago) link