Entertainment on my TV set
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rscI couple of almost-but-not-really-related things as a result of recent TV viewing:
OK, West Wing fans: did any of you see that coming? (I mean, more than about two lines ahead.) I'm still trying to convince myself that it's plausible (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jwg thinks it is), other than as a means for keeping John Spencer around for another season. Which, incidentally, I'm all for. But I'm a little surprised they're willing to risk having his old addiction problems raised again. We don't even know what state he's from, which I thought was always the first consideration in picking a VP candidate.
They're now set up, it seems to me, to have the election reasonably early in next season and not have to have huge amounts of turnover (assuming Santos wins). We have established roles for Josh and Leo, and I wouldn't be surprised if Josh found a way to get Donna to work for him again. Maybe even Will, although I wouldn't if I were Josh.
Toby? Maybe not. And I'm really interested to see what's going to happen to C.J., who could be in a heap of trouble. I'd be sorry to see Allison Janney disappear, that's for sure. But I read somewhere that the show's budget is greatly reduced for next year, so presumably some of the stars have to go.
Meanwhile, as a result of our (well, John's) having wishlisted John Cusack, we watched City Hall last night. Pretty good movie, actually. The tie-in here is the appearance of Richard Schiff in a good-sized secondary role -- without the beard! John recognized him pretty quickly, mostly by the sound of his voice and the manner of his speech. He looks pretty different.
Actually, we kept being distracted by seeing actors we'd seen in various TV shows, such as David Paymer, familiar to us from Line of Fire from a couple of years ago, and then we saw another actor in a much smaller part that we knew we'd seen but couldn't place -- it turned out to be John Slattery, whom John eventually remembered from Jack & Bobby. I'm beginning to think we watch too much television.
And I hadn't seen Al Pacino in quite a while. He continues to be an excellent actor.
But John Cusack should not attempt a Louisiana accent.
OK, West Wing fans: did any of you see that coming? (I mean, more than about two lines ahead.) I'm still trying to convince myself that it's plausible (
jwg thinks it is), other than as a means for keeping John Spencer around for another season. Which, incidentally, I'm all for. But I'm a little surprised they're willing to risk having his old addiction problems raised again. We don't even know what state he's from, which I thought was always the first consideration in picking a VP candidate.They're now set up, it seems to me, to have the election reasonably early in next season and not have to have huge amounts of turnover (assuming Santos wins). We have established roles for Josh and Leo, and I wouldn't be surprised if Josh found a way to get Donna to work for him again. Maybe even Will, although I wouldn't if I were Josh.
Toby? Maybe not. And I'm really interested to see what's going to happen to C.J., who could be in a heap of trouble. I'd be sorry to see Allison Janney disappear, that's for sure. But I read somewhere that the show's budget is greatly reduced for next year, so presumably some of the stars have to go.
Meanwhile, as a result of our (well, John's) having wishlisted John Cusack, we watched City Hall last night. Pretty good movie, actually. The tie-in here is the appearance of Richard Schiff in a good-sized secondary role -- without the beard! John recognized him pretty quickly, mostly by the sound of his voice and the manner of his speech. He looks pretty different.
Actually, we kept being distracted by seeing actors we'd seen in various TV shows, such as David Paymer, familiar to us from Line of Fire from a couple of years ago, and then we saw another actor in a much smaller part that we knew we'd seen but couldn't place -- it turned out to be John Slattery, whom John eventually remembered from Jack & Bobby. I'm beginning to think we watch too much television.
And I hadn't seen Al Pacino in quite a while. He continues to be an excellent actor.
But John Cusack should not attempt a Louisiana accent.
