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[merrily]

It's the long, dark tea-time of the soul, and I rented The 4400 to make up for my tragic lack of West Wing, only to discover that it sucks hard. "Well," I thought, "I understand why that was cancelled"... except it wasn't! It's still on! WTF! The plot development's purposely hand-wavy ("I've eliminated 24 of the 37 suspects for reasons you don't care about"), the writing bites, often medical advice/opinion offered is just incorrect ("coma victims never regain consciousness without cause") and the most memorable acting came from day-players who were there for only one episode.

Maybe it gets better in the second season, but I just don't care. I could feel myself getting stupider as I watched it.

I don't remember if I could happily watch dumb tv before Joss Whedon and Aaron Sorkin, but I certainly can't now.

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[oddsbobs.livejournal.com]

I don't remember if I could happily watch dumb tv before Joss Whedon and Aaron Sorkin, but I certainly can't now. AGREED.

What did you think of "Studio 60"?

[merrilily.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it - I don't have cable, or really any tv access at all, actually, since my rabbit ears broke. However, I fully intend to catch up... as soon as I finish TWW. If I ever get to finish TWW.

[oddsbobs.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a very good show. I got a bit tired of the Big Romantic Sub-Plot between Matt Perry's and Sarah Paulson's characters. But for the most part, an intelligent and funny show.

Random piece of trivia:
Sarah Paulson, who was Harriet in Sorkin's show, was the researcher in the hallogram in Whedon's Serenity. Small world, eh?

[merrilily.livejournal.com]

"Hurry now, young miss" researcher? The one the Operative terrifies?

Huh. Charmed life she has, that one.

[oddsbobs.livejournal.com]

no... the one from the message that talks about Miranda and how 'we meant it for the best' and then dies