The West Wing *Spoilers*

ShineOn7

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Anyone else tempted to start it from the beginning all over again after all this reminiscing? It really is one of the all time greats

Easiest way to stream it in Ireland?

I’ve rewatched it about 8 times now I think. Will start again next month. It’s like an old friend

ShineOn7

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Anyone else tempted to start it from the beginning all over again after all this reminiscing? It really is one of the all time greats

Easiest way to stream it in Ireland?

I do that about 4 times a year anyway.

I’ve rewatched it about 8 times now I think. Will start again next month. It’s like an old friend

8 times?

Pfft, lightweight. I'm conservatively on my 40th rewatch.

rushfan

Ludo wrote: »

My wife was only asked me after watching the episode last night to start at the beginning AGAIN. Must be fifth or sixth time now.
It doesn't appear to be streaming anywhere at the moment. Used to be on Sky but went off it a long time ago and never came back. I have the DVD box set but no DVD player other than in the kids xbox in another room.

Pity no streaming service seems to have it here.

If you have Sky Q, you can download it. That's what I did when we had same installed.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I do that about 4 times a year anyway.



8 times?

Pfft, lightweight. I'm conservatively on my 40th rewatch.

Well clearly there’s a big age difference and I am a mere child


*that’s a lie. I’m old

CastorTroy

I see the special is available now

knucklehead6

CastorTroy wrote: »

I see the special is available now

Where? A certain bay on the seven seas or has it passed through customs and excise?

If it’s that bay then say nowt. I’m NOT looking for a link

knucklehead6

knucklehead6 wrote: »

Where? A certain bay on the seven seas or has it passed through customs and excise?

If it’s that bay then say nowt. I’m NOT looking for a link

I'm clearly tired. It took me about 3 minutes to figure out what you were on about.

CastorTroy

I just say available when it's out in the wild and available from all good/bad sources.
Or for films it's "available for home viewing".
Picked it up at lunch so will try and watch this evening.
I did notice it's 60+ mins so maybe stretched the episode out a bit and/or includes other things like people talking about what it's in aid of

conor_ie

I watched the special yesterday.. and I loved it!

There was a nice flow to it.. Sterling K Brown is great as Leo... It was great seeing all the gang back together.. Martin Sheen looks amazing for his age... If you skip through the political messages it's about the same running time as a standard episode.

Agent Coulson

I liked it a lot I must say.

cjmcork

grr, jealous, tried to 'watch' it last evening, but no joy

CastorTroy

Yeah I thought it was great. I will spoiler this as some people might like a pleasant surprise

The fact they got pretty much everyone who had a speaking role from the episode including minor characters that people like, like Ed and Larry.
And then Ainsley narrating.

Bill Clinton looking very thin.

Was hoping James Hong would be back as the Chinese ambassador since who doesn't like seeing Lo Pan, but I guess at his age it would be risky

If I had one complaint I think it would be the casting of Leo. not taking away from Sterling's acting ability, but felt he was too intense for the role. for me West Wing is a drama and pretty light hearted a lot of the time, but it seemed every time Sterling spoke he was on a different show. Was half expecting some tension music to play.
But saying that, maybe it's because I just watched this week, every time he was speaking I heard him, but in my head I was also hearing John Spencer's voice.

OU812

I just bought this series on iTunes (US account), it’s on special at the moment down from $140 to $40.

First episode in and I have to say, without a doubt, that was some of the finest writing I’ve ever witnessed on TV.

And as for Sheen’s introduction - 6 minutes from the end with an offscreen biblical quote. Just wow.

Ludo

rushfan wrote: »

If you have Sky Q, you can download it. That's what I did when we had same installed.

Nope..tis gone a good while from Sky On Demand.

CastorTroy

Didn't realise Sorkin made that Chicago 7 film. Must give it a watch

jogdish

OU812 wrote: »

I just bought this series on iTunes (US account), it’s on special at the moment down from $140 to $40.

First episode in and I have to say, without a doubt, that was some of the finest writing I’ve ever witnessed on TV.

And as for Sheen’s introduction - 6 minutes from the end with an offscreen biblical quote. Just wow.

Yup, great into.


Some amazing eps to come, enjoy

steve_r

CastorTroy wrote: »

Yeah I thought it was great. I will spoiler this as some people might like a pleasant surprise

The fact they got pretty much everyone who had a speaking role from the episode including minor characters that people like, like Ed and Larry.
And then Ainsley narrating.

Bill Clinton looking very thin.

Was hoping James Hong would be back as the Chinese ambassador since who doesn't like seeing Lo Pan, but I guess at his age it would be risky

If I had one complaint I think it would be the casting of Leo. not taking away from Sterling's acting ability, but felt he was too intense for the role. for me West Wing is a drama and pretty light hearted a lot of the time, but it seemed every time Sterling spoke he was on a different show. Was half expecting some tension music to play.
But saying that, maybe it's because I just watched this week, every time he was speaking I heard him, but in my head I was also hearing John Spencer's voice.

I actually really liked Sterling in the role, Leo was probably my favourite character in the series and imo the anchor of the staff - I felt Sterling played the character that way and gave him the gravitas he was due. Leo had a natural authority and for that reason was able to take a lighter tone without fear of losing respect.


Overall I was really impressed by this. Visually it looked superb - better than the original show. The cinematography was brilliant and I loved the stripped back sets, which puts the focus purely on the actors and the dialogue, both of which were delivered impecabbly. It wasn't a retread of the original or some fan-service reunion stuff, it was a very well put together performance.

steve_r

steve_r wrote: »

I actually really liked Sterling in the role, Leo was probably my favourite character in the series and imo the anchor of the staff - I felt Sterling played the character that way and gave him the gravitas he was due. Leo had a natural authority and for that reason was able to take a lighter tone without fear of losing respect.


Overall I was really impressed by this. Visually it looked superb - better than the original show. The cinematography was brilliant and I loved the stripped back sets, which puts the focus purely on the actors and the dialogue, both of which were delivered impecabbly. It wasn't a retread of the original or some fan-service reunion stuff, it was a very well put together performance.

I wonder can we expect more?

CastorTroy

Wasn't there talk of a new series? Set in the same world as they were saying we could see the original characters turn up.

Though would Sorkin ignore the events from season 5 on?

CastorTroy

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wasn't there talk of a new series? Set in the same world as they were saying we could see the original characters turn up.

Though would Sorkin ignore the events from season 5 on?

*Fingers crossed* that talk was during President Trumps presidency. A positive democratic TV series to contrast with the current(former) president would have made some sense.

trashcan

CastorTroy wrote: »

Didn't realise Sorkin made that Chicago 7 film. Must give it a watch

Watched it last night. If you're a fan of the West Wing I'd say you'll enjoy it. The writing is as you'd expect from Sorkin and some of the Courtroom scenes are very good. Frank Langella as the almost unbelieveably biased Judge, and Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman are particularly good. Great cast all round.

Read a couple of negative reviews online from the Guardian and the Irish Times, who seemed upset that the film didn't focus more on the Blank Panthers angle. Can't say I agree, and it strikes me that the reviewers in question are just falling over themselves trying to align themselves with the BLM movement. The film shows quite clearly the disgraceful treatment of Bobby Seale in court.

Ludo

Back streaming here in a couple of days...something to do in lockdown anyway :-)

https://twitter.com/C4Press/status/1318204739784499201

CastorTroy

Looking at the cast for One Tree Hill I discovered it's another name for Mandyville?

quidel

The first three seasons of The West Wing added to the RTE Player today.

gmisk

quidel wrote: »

The first three seasons of The West Wing added to the RTE Player today.

Also all available on all4

trashcan

trashcan wrote: »

Watched it last night. If you're a fan of the West Wing I'd say you'll enjoy it. The writing is as you'd expect from Sorkin and some of the Courtroom scenes are very good. Frank Langella as the almost unbelieveably biased Judge, and Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman are particularly good. Great cast all round.

Read a couple of negative reviews online from the Guardian and the Irish Times, who seemed upset that the film didn't focus more on the Blank Panthers angle. Can't say I agree, and it strikes me that the reviewers in question are just falling over themselves trying to align themselves with the BLM movement. The film shows quite clearly the disgraceful treatment of Bobby Seale in court.

My yard stick for most movies is if it gets slated in the IT, I'll give it a go and might even love it.

ShineOn7

Started it again on the All 4 app (because fúck RTE) and it feels like visiting an old friend you really liked

Any workaround for skipping the Ads on the All 4 app? They're not quiet RTE Player annoying level, but there's at least 8 mins of unskippable Ads per episode

It's good to see this powerhouse of an actor in action again (and he's one of many on there)

JP Liz V1

quidel wrote: »

The first three seasons of The West Wing added to the RTE Player today.

I think TG4 are showing it too

EverythingGood

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Started it again on the All 4 app (because fúck RTE) and it feels like visiting an old friend you really liked

Any workaround for skipping the Ads on the All 4 app? They're not quiet RTE Player annoying level, but there's at least 8 mins of unskippable Ads per episode

It's good to see this powerhouse of an actor in action again (and he's one of many on there)

All4+ is £3.99 a month or £39.99 per year

ShineOn7

Does anyone else bail after the fourth season on rewatches? I'm nearly sure I did on my last rewatch about 7 years ago and I think I'll do the same this time around

Apart from the Debora Cahn written episodes, it becomes such a dry and humorless show when compared to the stellar first 4 seasons

Season 5 in particular is very hard to get through

CastorTroy

They quickly wrapped up season 4's cliffhanger.
"The President's daughter is mis.... oh never mind we found her"

ShineOn7

CastorTroy wrote: »

They quickly wrapped up season 4's cliffhanger.
"The President's daughter is mis.... oh never mind we found her"

What an incredible ending though

As soon as Sorkin leaves the show you can feel the drop in quality and the tone changes to oh so serious

The Black Oil

Quite liked it. The empty theatre was definitely odd in terms of the vibe, but it felt Sorkin and had the overhead lights, etc. I'd certainly pay for a ticket to see the Sam, Toby and Bartlett chess scenes - that father moment landed. Recognised Emily Procter's voice immediately, happy to see and hear her too.

They're all such pros.

Now to start my Avett Brothers obsession.

What's next?

Aw that was glorious!

Everyone looked so well, only person I thought had aged a lot was Bill Clinton!

EverythingGood

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Does anyone else bail after the fourth season on rewatches? I'm nearly sure I did on my last rewatch about 7 years ago and I think I'll do the same this time around

Apart from the Debora Cahn written episodes, it becomes such a dry and humorless show when compared to the stellar first 4 seasons

Season 5 in particular is very hard to get through

5 was tough and the story lines hard to get into but 6 and 7, 7 in particular, really picked up, especially any scene with Alan Alda in it.

EverythingGood

Van Millions Vent wrote: »

Aw that was glorious!

Everyone looked so well, only person I thought had aged a lot was Bill Clinton!

Is it on Sky? Or do you know how it can be watched now?

conor_ie

EverythingGood wrote: »

Is it on Sky? Or do you know how it can be watched now?

All 4 has on their platform now

EverythingGood

conor_ie wrote: »

All 4 has on their platform now

Thank you - whats it actually called, as I can't find it

G_R

EverythingGood wrote: »

Thank you - whats it actually called, as I can't find it

All4.com on a laptop or the (Android) app is just called All 4 (assume Apple is the same).

EverythingGood

EverythingGood wrote: »

5 was tough and the story lines hard to get into but 6 and 7, 7 in particular, really picked up, especially any scene with Alan Alda in it.

My only problem with Alan Alda was, were it real and I was eligible to vote, he'd get my vote over Santos.

The San Antonio disaster so close to the election was what lost him the election. Not dissimilar to the FBI reopening the Hilary investigation a week before the election 4 years ago.

knucklehead6

EverythingGood wrote: »

5 was tough and the story lines hard to get into but 6 and 7, 7 in particular, really picked up, especially any scene with Alan Alda in it.

The Supremes was the best episode in Season 5. Felt like a Sorkin episode

sylvanb

Is the special available on All4 - has the 7 seasons plus two specials but not the new episode?

dogsears

There's a new ep of the West Wing Weekly to cover the West Wing Special ep http://thewestwingweekly.com/

G_R

knucklehead6 wrote: »

The Supremes was the best episode in Season 5. Felt like a Sorkin episode

One of my all time favourite episodes.

"I love her. I love her mind. I love her shoes."

ShineOn7

knucklehead6 wrote: »

The Supremes was the best episode in Season 5. Felt like a Sorkin episode

Written by Deborah Kahn too. She's amazingly talented and the closest thing to Sorkin when he leaves

knucklehead6

knucklehead6 wrote: »

The Supremes was the best episode in Season 5. Felt like a Sorkin episode

I'm going to disagree and say Shutdown was the best, but it's close.

maudgonner

Hartsfields Landing Dixville Notch voted for Biden, the Flenders must not like Trump.

https://www.irishpost.com/news/first-us-election-results-are-in-as-new-hampshire-hamlet-votes-for-joe-biden-196794

conor_ie

Anyone watching either version of Hartsfeld Landing today?!

EverythingGood

conor_ie wrote: »

Anyone watching either version of Hartsfeld Landing today?!

Where can you get it? See it?

maudgonner

https://twitter.com/JoshMalina/status/1324039846738812928


Did they need to write Rob Lowe out of something again?