Last night, I finally saw There Will Be Blood. My main feeling, coming away from the film, is to be thankful for OSHA.
Also: WTF, Brian K. Vaughan is producing Lost?
Also: WTF, Brian K. Vaughan is producing Lost?
Mar. 2nd, 2008
Sep. 19th, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip premiered last night. I've been looking forward to this show since I first heard about it, maybe six months back. The writer/creator of the show, Aaron Sorkin, is probably the best television screenwriter I know of. He created and wrote most of Sports Night and the first four seasons of The West Wing, both of which were excellent. After his departure, The West Wing fell apart, and Sorkin hasn't really had any work in the public eye since then, until last night.
I had some trepidation about the show prior to its premiere; the commercials did not really portray it in a good light, and part of me always expects writers that I appreciate to disappoint me as time goes on. As it turned out, the pilot was good. There were definite signs of Sorkin's signature witty dialogue. The show concept is right in his wheelhouse; nearly everything he has ever written has centered on a workplace filled with intelligent, idealistic people doing work that they are passionate about. In this case, the workplace is the studio of a television sketch comedy show. I was pleased to see that Sorkin brought Bradly Whitford with him from the West Wing. The pilot even had a cameo from Felicity Huffman, who shone in Sports Night many years before being discovered by Desperate Housewives fans. It is too early to come to any firm conclusions about the show in general, but I am optimistic. Did anyone else catch the pilot?
I had some trepidation about the show prior to its premiere; the commercials did not really portray it in a good light, and part of me always expects writers that I appreciate to disappoint me as time goes on. As it turned out, the pilot was good. There were definite signs of Sorkin's signature witty dialogue. The show concept is right in his wheelhouse; nearly everything he has ever written has centered on a workplace filled with intelligent, idealistic people doing work that they are passionate about. In this case, the workplace is the studio of a television sketch comedy show. I was pleased to see that Sorkin brought Bradly Whitford with him from the West Wing. The pilot even had a cameo from Felicity Huffman, who shone in Sports Night many years before being discovered by Desperate Housewives fans. It is too early to come to any firm conclusions about the show in general, but I am optimistic. Did anyone else catch the pilot?