Comments on: Another Victim of the Backlog http://www.notnews.org/culture/another-victim-of-the-backlog.html Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/culture/another-victim-of-the-backlog.html#comment-255 Dave Thomer Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:01:18 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/culture/another-victim-of-the-backlog.html#comment-255 I don't even find the characters likable enough - maybe it's from being on my third go-round with Sorkin shows, I dunno. But I much prefer the folks from Eureka or Psych, so Studio 60 fell behind them on the priority list. I hear you on the not-enough-time-for-TV, though. Heroes is in the wait-for-the-trade, I mean the DVD, pile. I catch Lost weekly. i'm horribly behind on Battlestar Galactica. I could really use a 33-hour day. I don’t even find the characters likable enough - maybe it’s from being on my third go-round with Sorkin shows, I dunno. But I much prefer the folks from Eureka or Psych, so Studio 60 fell behind them on the priority list.

I hear you on the not-enough-time-for-TV, though. Heroes is in the wait-for-the-trade, I mean the DVD, pile. I catch Lost weekly. i’m horribly behind on Battlestar Galactica. I could really use a 33-hour day.

]]> By: Robn http://www.notnews.org/culture/another-victim-of-the-backlog.html#comment-250 Robn Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:13:04 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/culture/another-victim-of-the-backlog.html#comment-250 I'm actually enjoying Studio 60, I think simply because it doesn't require serious mental committment, the characters are likable without me caring much about them, and the witty banter is consistently witty. On the other hand, though, I've given up Heroes more or less because I just don't have the emotional capacity to actually care about that many characters, no matter how engaging the story is. I'm just too busy for really good tv. I have to settle for short burts of enjoyable tv with low demands. You might find yourself regretting cutting Studio 60 for exactly the same reason! I’m actually enjoying Studio 60, I think simply because it doesn’t require serious mental committment, the characters are likable without me caring much about them, and the witty banter is consistently witty.

On the other hand, though, I’ve given up Heroes more or less because I just don’t have the emotional capacity to actually care about that many characters, no matter how engaging the story is. I’m just too busy for really good tv. I have to settle for short burts of enjoyable tv with low demands. You might find yourself regretting cutting Studio 60 for exactly the same reason!

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