Comments on: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

By: nick hirsch

nick hirsch — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:12:27 +0000

i have watched random episodes so all i can comment on is the fact that show creator aaron sorkin had some coke problem and it shows i.e. you never laugh on coke, when you listen to other peoples funny stories all one is thinking is i have an even funnier story,and people who are not on it think you are a boring twat.this and the west wing suffer from the same problem, i think in great drama/comedy you have to leave gaps for the audience intelligence to fill in, thus involving they’re imagination. the only gap s60 is leaving is the gap in the tv schedule for next year.

By: Alex Folkes

Alex Folkes — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:28:15 +0000

James
Having seen all 22 episodes I can tell you that most of the rest of it is much the same. It has huge peaks (the Christmas episode is brilliant) and also massive troughs. The on-off love thing is fairly stupid, particularly when you know how it’s going to turn out (because this is Aaron Sorkin and it is Hollywood). The token black writer tends to disappear out of episodes and the plot device of keeping everybody in the building to ratchet up the tension is massively over-used. All that said, there is a big plotline which is vaguely reminiscent of the West Wing and runs for at least five episodes towards the back end. I won’t give anything away, but it does rely on a lot of flashbacks in which people look absolutely no different from how they look ‘now’.
The most ridiculous episode is the one where Chandler wears a baseball cap to indicate it is about 10 years ago in another flashback.

By: Gavin Whenman

Gavin Whenman — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:12:48 +0000

Now you see I was all ready to come on here and completely disagree with - praising S60 for its originality, sharp dialogue and great pace. But you know what, you’re right, and there are more episodes just like this one coming up.