West Wing premiere thoughts
I missed another premiere, and once again I blame my flist. ::looks around with shifty eyes:: Okay, not so much blame my flist, but with all the people that (used) to watch The West Wing, you'd think someone would remind me, right? Not so much, no. Whoops. Doesn't matter, it took less than an hour to download.



I'm trying to look at things objectively. I don't think that love is quite enough to describe my feelings toward that show during the first 2 years. Third year was fun, fourth was okay, fifth SUCKED the big one, the first half of six was meh, but it really started to pick it up during the latter half of the sixth. Despite it not being how amazing it had been at one point, I still enjoyed it. If I had turned on the TV at the beginning of the campaign without seeing anything before hand, I would have thought it was a damn good show with amazing characters, and I would have tuned in again.

That being said, I tried to be objective about watching the season premiere again, and found that it paid off.

The opening 3 minutes pissed me off. Why would they show us that? There's no reason -- it's like they tried to raise our curiosity, but it just fell flat. I'm glad I didn't turn off the TV right there.

But after -- I loved the excitement of the campaign, the way everyone interacted with each other, and the way that everyone was asking about 'it' for about 3 minutes before we realize it's a gallop poll. Josh is in his element, and once again HAWT.

Annabeth is a new favourite. I mean, I've always loved her, but since I've rediscovered Broadway, I love her even more. Honestly, I had to press pause because I was laughing so hard with the Wizard of Oz discussion. WAY too funny. I think I need to make an icon. Anyone know where I can find screen caps? I've been out of the West Wing fandom for too long to know where I can find those things.

And Josh / Donna. I'll be honest, I've watched that thing about 40 times. They're like crack. I was a puddle on the floor when I saw that, and all of a sudden I'm hooked for another season. (Who am I kidding? I can't leave. I could never leave.) And he had her file in the second drawer of his desk -- in an office that he just moved into. Can we have a collective awwwwwww?

And then, all of a sudden, I'm planning a post-ep in my head. I don't even write West Wing fanfic. (although, it seems like I might start.)

And so, those are my fannish thoughts.