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« on: December 16, 2014, 08:26:00 PM »

One of the worst people in the world IMO
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 09:14:42 PM »

A loser who made a pretty good (albeit hilariously biased) show.
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 09:53:18 PM »

Lean FF

I'd say FF completely, but he's kinda pretentious about his points.
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2014, 12:23:52 PM »

A loser who made a pretty good (albeit hilariously biased) show.
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2014, 01:02:18 PM »

An immediate indicator of people I should avoid (anyone who uses that god damn Newsroom clip, you know what I'm talking about).
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2014, 01:13:55 PM »

An immediate indicator of people I should avoid (anyone who uses that god damn Newsroom clip, you know what I'm talking about).

It creates a really tough set of choices when you see your close friends share that damned video.
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2014, 03:04:06 PM »

I can't decide whether West Wing at its best makes up for Newsroom.
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2014, 04:06:25 PM »

An OK guy who happened to make Newsroom.
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2014, 08:48:31 PM »

He's pretentious as can be but is a decent writer of dialogue. However, why does he think everyone communicates in long oratories?
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2014, 09:06:14 PM »

I can't decide whether West Wing at its best makes up for Newsroom.
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2014, 07:45:15 AM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.
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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2014, 10:49:39 AM »

I'm not a big fan of the West Wing and I have never seen Newsroom, but I don't see why believing in something rather bland and writing characters who communicates in long oratories make a person a horrible person, and I guess someone would have brought it up, if he had done something horrible in real life, so FF by default.
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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2014, 02:56:36 PM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It's not just Newsroom. It's Studio 60, and his many other flops. It's his absolute inability to write for women. It's his overbearing sense of being right.

And I thought West Wing was better when Sorkin wasn't the lead writer.
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2014, 05:17:56 PM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It's not just Newsroom. It's Studio 60, and his many other flops. It's his absolute inability to write for women. It's his overbearing sense of being right.

And I thought West Wing was better when Sorkin wasn't the lead writer.

Yes I can that, and it may make him overrated, obnoxious or irritating, but I don't see why it make him a horrible person. His personal view whether people disagree with or not, is really rather harmless, it's more or less a fluffy and harmless be nice message, not really something which should raise the blood pressure of his opponents.
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2014, 05:30:54 PM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It's not just Newsroom. It's Studio 60, and his many other flops. It's his absolute inability to write for women. It's his overbearing sense of being right.

And I thought West Wing was better when Sorkin wasn't the lead writer.

Yes I can that, and it may make him overrated, obnoxious or irritating, but I don't see why it make him a horrible person. His personal view whether people disagree with or not, is really rather harmless, it's more or less a fluffy and harmless be nice message, not really something which should raise the blood pressure of his opponents.

I think FF and HP are merely "I like so and so" and "I don't like so and so". Sorkin isn't a horrible person, but he's bad for thoughtful entertainment.
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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2014, 07:07:56 PM »

I can't decide whether West Wing at its best makes up for Newsroom.

I don't think The West Wing does, but The Social Network definitely makes up for it.  That said, he's still more of a HP than a FF.
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« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2014, 07:31:44 PM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It's not just Newsroom. It's Studio 60, and his many other flops. It's his absolute inability to write for women. It's his overbearing sense of being right.

And I thought West Wing was better when Sorkin wasn't the lead writer.

Yes I can that, and it may make him overrated, obnoxious or irritating, but I don't see why it make him a horrible person. His personal view whether people disagree with or not, is really rather harmless, it's more or less a fluffy and harmless be nice message, not really something which should raise the blood pressure of his opponents.

I think FF and HP are merely "I like so and so" and "I don't like so and so". Sorkin isn't a horrible person, but he's bad for thoughtful entertainment.

For the first point, yes I get, I just think it's foolish rhetoric, which serve no purpose except to radicalise discussions, at least with people who's not FF or HP.

As for the second point I disagree, I didn't love the West Wing, but it was unusual intelligent for a political drama, at least we didn't have a independent female vicepresident, who became president, or a politician who ran around and murdered people personally.
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« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2014, 05:48:31 AM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It seems you are trying to imply something, but I have no idea what.
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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2014, 07:03:45 AM »

The bravest man on television.
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« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2014, 07:16:24 PM »

He also wrote A Few Good Men, which was an excellent commentary on hawkishness.
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2014, 07:19:07 PM »

I don't care what everyone says, I love both West Wing and Newsroom.

Somehow I'm not entirely surprised by this.

It seems you are trying to imply something, but I have no idea what.

Like Sorkin, you seem to have a level of disdain for those who disagree with what you believe. Just an observation.
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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2014, 08:10:45 PM »

An exceptional writer.

Sometimes lacking in self-awareness.

Right on the merits of a few recent controversies.
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