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Oh, Emmys. Using music written by a composer you snubbed, for a drama show you snubbed, in the drama montage.

Fat!Lee salutes you!



(Hey, I'm happy. I've been looking for a good excuse to use this Fat!Lee gif for ages).

On to the actual subject of this post. A random thought that's come to me while watching lots of Sports Night: The West Wing is my Star Trek.

You know how you hear from engineer, scientists, actors, politicians and all manner of people in all manner of jobs that watching Star Trek back in the day helped them to go into those careers because it was a show that presented a vision of society and the world as it could be that inspired them. Well, that's how I feel about The West Wing, and Sports Night for that matter. That the world should be filled with smart, witty, passionate people who are genuinely compassionate and devoted to what they do. Work colleagues should be like family and a place of work a home. Reasoned debate conducted at a rapid pace while walking down corridors should rule decision making. And being a big dork should get you everywhere in this world

Aaron Sorkin's view of the world is one that's hopeful and positive, and thing is, coming back into the Sorkin's worlds after something of a break, I've realized how much that world and those characters meant to me how it's my idealized society, and I'm never going to stop wanting that world, just as I'm never going to stop wanting to be CJ Cregg when I grow up, or just as much as I'm never going to stop amassing a mind full of useless trivia. I'm always going to want to find that workplace and those colleagues and it's never going to stop driving my actions.

Of course, all this would make Aaron Sorkin my Gene Roddenberry, which is unfortunate since I think Aaron Sorkin is a jackass. But it does make Toby Ziegler my Spock, which I can totally live with.

Date: 2009-09-21 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com
What composer/show? (I'm assuming BSG and its composer, but I could be wrong.)

Date: 2009-09-21 08:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meddow.livejournal.com
You're right. It was Bear McCreary and BSG. It's a nice gesture, but at the same time, the show's been robbed.

Date: 2009-09-21 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamedarque.livejournal.com
Sorry to just randomly wander by, but I just wanted to say how much I liked your little essay (and the fat!lee gif, lol). I'm a big TWW fan myself, and no joke, it got me involved in politics. I had always been a bit cynical about it myself, but TWW just changed my whole outlook.

And like you, I keep looking for that workplace and those people. Sadly, of course, we're never going to find them, because they only exist in Aaron Sorkin's brain. But still, a girl can dream. :)

Date: 2009-09-22 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meddow.livejournal.com
It got me involved in politics too. It was the first thing I had been exposed to that said there are careers and jobs out there for people who want to be involved in government but who don't want to be politicians, and that presented public service as noble. That was a monumental revelation for me. And to be honest, I would never have even considered studying at university what I studied if I hadn't watched The West Wing.

And it's a good dream, so I'll be happy to continue dreaming it even if it doesn't ever come true :)

Date: 2009-09-22 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com
Oh man, Fat!Lee. What a dumb idea that was.

So they used BSG music during the Emmys? Bear McCreary really should've been nominated (and won) for his score. Did the nomination people not see Daybreak?

The West Wing was on this morning when I was getting for work, which just reminded me how much I love that show, even though they were playing mediocre season 5 episodes. Although I'm in the right town for it, I don't intend to go in to politics, but I'd still love to work with intelligent people trying to change the world for the better in what way they can.

Date: 2009-09-22 08:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meddow.livejournal.com
Oh. I like Fat!Lee. He's my favourite Lee. Well, after outsmarted-by-a-pigeon!Lee. The Adamas are best when they're mock-worthy.

IMHO, I don't think the nomination people watched BSG at all, otherwise, not only would Bear McCreary have gotten a bit of love, but Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer and Michael Hogan would have got nominations too.

I don't intend to go in to politics, but I'd still love to work with intelligent people trying to change the world for the better in what way they can.

Having been watching Sport Night recently, I don't care about sports at all and actually thing sport is given far too much attention, but I would give a kidney to work at the sports night office, because of the people and the atmosphere. Aaron Sorkin writes the best offices.

Date: 2009-09-22 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com
Clarification: I agree wholeheartedly about the mock-worthiness of Fat!Lee. I think you're right on there! I just didn't like that little plot line because they couldn't figure out to do with him (as usual) and ended up with "Go work out with Helo once."

It's been forever since I saw Sports Night. I was initially skeptical because I had no interest in sports either, but ended up loving it because of the great characters.

Date: 2009-09-23 09:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meddow.livejournal.com
I think they screwed up in that they never showed the characters who returned from New Caprica reacting to Fat!Lee. I know they were all miserable and recovering from the trauma, but would Kara joking about Lee behind his back been too much? Or Roslin inviting Lee to an emergency meeting of the Quorum discussing about the dire situation that the fleet's doughnut stock happens to be in?

Date: 2009-09-23 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com
Or Roslin inviting Lee to an emergency meeting of the Quorum discussing about the dire situation that the fleet's doughnut stock happens to be in?

LOL. The algae doughnuts just aren't the same!

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