Truly this is the death of cinema discussion on AVC which is sad since they do have a lot of great writers on the topic working for them now.

Honestly I think Reagan was worse than Nixon. At least he gave us the EPA.

It's the ultimate 'doesn't affect me' issue.

Probably older than that. Certainly those aspects of the culture are what got Jackson the vote.

Clearly you haven't seen the Mank version of The Quiet American which was made as a propaganda piece.

Your sarcasm is masterful. Congratulations. Though I must say it seems a little too exaggerated.

@Dikachu:disqus I almost feel like the comfortable people are too apathetic and unfocused to do anything long term while those without power trying to fight are going against foes with too much sophistication. The most dastardly thing Reagan did is making capitalist the news as now we can never get a Walter Cronkite…

Did you read what NC did recently. I get more and more embarrassed about being a southerner every day.

The episode where he can no longer exterminate is my favorite pure Dale episode though the voting one is pretty amusing too.

That's the sort of in character joke that always slays me when I know a show. It's not really funny and even Hank's reaction isn't, but knowing the three characters involved so well makes it funny in a situational sense.

Yeah, our system of government and how our psychology reflects that is a fascinating thing. In a lot of ways the country still represents 18th century liberalism which makes us so different from the other industrialized nations. I was watching recently Ken Burns' Prohibition and one of the best things about it is how…

Yeah, I'd argue that the way in which they are horrible shows at least on the social level some improvements. They just don't have any reason to care if people are black or whatever which is something that is desirable though obviously far off from being perfected.

He did and I agree with your overall point. He's so unwilling to own up to his own problems. Damn limo liberal.

Also means you didn't watch the whole film. Beale was a self-interested hypocrite. I dislike the film, but it is more multifaceted than that speech suggests.

Chayefsky was a terrible untalented egotist and Network is the self interested masturbator's A Face in the Crowd.

Anarchist. Communist are no fun. ;~). I'll be watching that one scene from Slacker instead.

And overwhelmingly. In his second term he only lost one state. Frankly I think the WWII generation deserves the accolades that the boomers have given themselves considering that they helped kill Hitler and genuinely worked hard at furthering civil rights for all groups, excepting gays. Every generation has its flaws…

Honestly that quote is the perfect example of what I don't like about Sorkin. It's just a bunch of nostalgic baby boomer bullshit that buys into the white middle class myth of America. America's never been the greatest country in the world (and not just because it is impossible to quantify).

I used to hate her episodes so much because I knew so many Luann's in real life and it is even more sad than the show let's on.

The show was very quiet about the serialized elements, but it would not arrest characters like a certain other Fox show that used to be even more beloved.