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Was back at uni today. I spent $85 on just one book. I also paid my amenities fee and got my parking permit.
My class today was Practical Writing which is one of my core units for my minor in editing. The handbook is just filled with typos.
That's how I like my irony served.
I went to yoga class tonight but I was really tight having not been for a couple of weeks. Feel great now.
Commander in Chief started tonight. It's the new political drama staring Gena Davis as the first female president of the U.S.
As The West Wing is my second favourite TV show of all time, I couldn't help but compare the two, and of course, Commander in Chief came out lacking. The first ep was ok but I wasn't immediately hooked. It may get better.
The acting was...not that great. Even Davis, who won a Golden Globe for the role, failed to convince me of her character. I guess she grows into the role. She certainly didn't enter the room proclaiming "'I am the lord your God'" which was a pretty awesome introduction to Jed Bartlett.
Comparing it to The West Wing again, I've decided to call Vince 'Beardless!Toby' even though he is nowhere near as awesome as Toby.
And I shall be calling Ever Carradine's character (my god she looks like her dad) 'Crying girl!Sam'.
The actors who play Davis' children annoyed me and I really couldn't believe it when the son said "Have a sense of history!" to his sister. No teenage boy says that.
And on that note, the dialogue was...well it wasn't written by Aaron Sorkin that's for sure. Sorkin's dialogue is fantastic. It's witty, it's intelligent and it immediately establishes character. The dialogue in Commander definitely needed the 'Sam Seaborn polish'.
Two of the many things I love about TWW are the music and the set. I adore the score. The theme piece is so inspiring. The music for Commander was just generic orchestral stuff that was decidedly uninspiring.
When they entered the Oval Office for the first time I immediately said to my mother "It looks wrong." The set for The West Wing is beautiful. Not seeing Mrs Landingham's finger paintings in the outer office (I've been re-watching season one of TWW) was such a disapointment. The set for Commander is fine, though we didn't get to see much of the White House and it'll probably change for the next ep for such is the way of pilots.
The thing that will bring me back to Commander in Chief next week is Donald Sutherland. I liked him as the bad guy, though I thought his stunt at the end was cheap. It seemed like his accent was all over the place but he had great presence.
The verdict? I wouldn't bother downloading it if you don't get it in your country. However, I'd rather watch it than anything Jerry Bruckheimer has to offer on TV. It lacked the neccessary emotional resonance needed to impact upon the audience and hook them in. It wasn't really that interesting.
But in the end, I may just get out my West Wing tapes (yes I have the first season on TAPE! I got it for my 15th birthday. While everyone else my age was watching Dawson's a Creep I was watching The West Wing. I'm a huge geek) and enjoy that instead.
My class today was Practical Writing which is one of my core units for my minor in editing. The handbook is just filled with typos.
That's how I like my irony served.
I went to yoga class tonight but I was really tight having not been for a couple of weeks. Feel great now.
Commander in Chief started tonight. It's the new political drama staring Gena Davis as the first female president of the U.S.
As The West Wing is my second favourite TV show of all time, I couldn't help but compare the two, and of course, Commander in Chief came out lacking. The first ep was ok but I wasn't immediately hooked. It may get better.
The acting was...not that great. Even Davis, who won a Golden Globe for the role, failed to convince me of her character. I guess she grows into the role. She certainly didn't enter the room proclaiming "'I am the lord your God'" which was a pretty awesome introduction to Jed Bartlett.
Comparing it to The West Wing again, I've decided to call Vince 'Beardless!Toby' even though he is nowhere near as awesome as Toby.
And I shall be calling Ever Carradine's character (my god she looks like her dad) 'Crying girl!Sam'.
The actors who play Davis' children annoyed me and I really couldn't believe it when the son said "Have a sense of history!" to his sister. No teenage boy says that.
And on that note, the dialogue was...well it wasn't written by Aaron Sorkin that's for sure. Sorkin's dialogue is fantastic. It's witty, it's intelligent and it immediately establishes character. The dialogue in Commander definitely needed the 'Sam Seaborn polish'.
Two of the many things I love about TWW are the music and the set. I adore the score. The theme piece is so inspiring. The music for Commander was just generic orchestral stuff that was decidedly uninspiring.
When they entered the Oval Office for the first time I immediately said to my mother "It looks wrong." The set for The West Wing is beautiful. Not seeing Mrs Landingham's finger paintings in the outer office (I've been re-watching season one of TWW) was such a disapointment. The set for Commander is fine, though we didn't get to see much of the White House and it'll probably change for the next ep for such is the way of pilots.
The thing that will bring me back to Commander in Chief next week is Donald Sutherland. I liked him as the bad guy, though I thought his stunt at the end was cheap. It seemed like his accent was all over the place but he had great presence.
The verdict? I wouldn't bother downloading it if you don't get it in your country. However, I'd rather watch it than anything Jerry Bruckheimer has to offer on TV. It lacked the neccessary emotional resonance needed to impact upon the audience and hook them in. It wasn't really that interesting.
But in the end, I may just get out my West Wing tapes (yes I have the first season on TAPE! I got it for my 15th birthday. While everyone else my age was watching Dawson's a Creep I was watching The West Wing. I'm a huge geek) and enjoy that instead.
