I am addicted to watching the West Wing, which in itself wouldnt be too bad

[La Lioness Priyanka]

but now, i am getting salient info on Bill Clintons presidency confused with info on Bartletts presidency!

that is all.

[jonnyblitz]

1. I never had any interest in that show though I am a political

junkie. I would rather watch a bunch of vampires having sex with humans or a Che or Castro miniseries perhaps.

I figured the West Wing was based on a Clinton type which would be a complete snooze-fest for me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. it is based on clinton but has a lot of interesting political drama

and honestly, i can see how every good idea eventually ends up as mediocre legislation

[hippywife]

7. I'm not a Clinton fan

but that show was the savviest drama with the fastest moving and sharpest dialogue there has ever been. You have to be on your toes to keep up sometimes. And some of the best moments were the best in the entire history of TV. Really, you are totally missing out.

Edited to add: I did lose interest the last couple of seasons, it just wasn't the same.

:hi:

[MadBadger]

26. Well you know what they say happens when you assume

Except I dont look like an ass.

[Mojambo]

27. It's based on what Clinton should have been

It's basically political porn for lefties

[Kali]

3. Like being in a conversation and saying you read somewhere...

and realizing it was from the front of one of THOSE magazines in the checkout line...:rofl:

[femmocrat]

4. I was addicted the first few seasons, but gradually lost interest.

Is it being repeated somewhere? I would give it another spin as it was far better than anything that is on today.

[Aristus]

5. Was it Season Five? The end of Season Four saw the departure of Aaron Sorkin, who

contributes some of the best writing ever featured on TV. When he had an off-day, it could be cringingly bad ("I serve at the pleasure of the President" x 4! etc...), but when he was on his game, the writing soared higher than an eagle can fly.

Seasons Five through Seven consisted of mediocre, plot-driven drama.

For me, The West Wing ends with Season Four. And it's so sad. Zoe out there, kidnapped...alone...

[femmocrat]

8. Could be--- I agree the show went downhill over its later seasons.

I remember hating that Ainsley Hayes character and couldn't stand Mary-Louise Parker's mumbling and terrible diction. She is one of the main reasons I stopped watching.

I did watch some of the final year just because it was the final year.

[AngryOldDem]

16. I'm getting kind of burned out on TWW.

And I have all the seasons on DVD. I'm tiring of Sorkin's rapier-wit, lightning-quick repartee and banter and the overall gosh-darned earnestness that the characters all seem to have.

You're right in that the series wasn't the same past Season 4. It slowly was turning into another soap opera toward the end (most of the episode about Leo's funeral, sadly and gallingly, was a "where can we hsve sex tonight" subplot with Josh, Donna, CJ, and Danny) s, so I'm glad it ended when it did. But I think that the Santos campaign story arcs were generally well done, and I can still watch those without the teeth beginning to grind halfway through an episode.

I wonder how long Bravo has reairing rights to it. It's been on that network for four or five years now, before the series went off on NBC.

[fizzgig]

10. i lost interest somewhere around the beginning of the sixth season

i didn't finish the series while it was airing and tried to finish it via netflix, but it just didn't interest me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. bravo

[rcrush]

6. The show went down in quality after Aaron Sorkin left

It just wasnt the same.

[MadBadger]

28. I think it went from the greatest show of all time to the best show on TV

Season 5 was a down year, which is still quite good. But I think it really picked back up with the campaign.

[Zomby Woof]

9. Absolutely loved that show the first 3 seasons

The pilot episode hooked me right away, especially the scene where Bartlett rips that christian right-wing wacko a new one. He was my president when Bush stole the election.

[Bucky]

12. Except Clinton lasted 8 seasons, not just 7. Both shows went downhill after season 5.

[NMDemDist2]

13. we've been doing the netflix dvds too

we're half way through season two


love that show :loveya:

[mdmc]

14. My B-in-L just game the the complete series

I am on Season 2, disk 1..
Let Bartlet be Bartlet

[AngryOldDem]

17. How is the packaging for that?

I read a review on Amazon and someone said the packaging was so poorly designed that you risked scratching the discs trying to get them out.

Contrary to what I said upthread, I would be interested in getting the complete set as my single-season discs wear out.

[mdmc]

22. It is just copies .. not the real deal..

fakefakefake..bootlegs..

[AngryOldDem]

30. Okay...I won't tell. n/t

[MissMillie]

15. Whenever there's no good sports, Iron Chef, or Olbermann

you'll find a West Wing DVD in my player.

In fact, my whole family quotes episodes all the time.


"You want to tempt the wrath of whatever from high atop the thing?"

[BOSSHOG]

18. I can

usually say the lines before they are said. And Leo McGarry was just awesome.

[krispos42]

19. He he...

I get the same feeling after reading too much alternative history (Harry Turtledove, not Karl Rove).

:-)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. the other day i was feelign bad for the women in quumar/yemen

[charlie and algernon]

20. I guess I must be a rarity that actually likes the last two seasons

Sure the 5th season sucked big time, but I thoroughly enjoy the 6th and 7th "Campaign" seasons. But then I've worked on a bunch of campaigns, so I thought it was great seeing essentially a TV show on the inner workings of a campaign. I loved it. :D

[Mojambo]

29. I too liked the final two seasons.

Great performances by Smits, and especially Alan Alda.

[bigwillq]

23. My sister loved that show

and I think she has every season on DVD. I have never watched a full episode. Just bits and pieces. She says it's really good and that I would love it.

[tigereye]

25. great series- Sorkin can really, really write and the actors were very good.

[tigereye]

24. that's so funny!

great series. I should rewatch them - I used to rewind em on tape and replay just so I could catch the rapid-fire clever dialogue.

[burrfoot]

31. Completely understand the addiction, and

have you watched Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? Also written by Sorkin, VERY sadly only lasted one season. Awesome show.

[es350_ibm]

32. Love that film