I think Disaster Relief is the one where Josh yells at the Capitol building in a huge fit of cringe?
Heh. Yes, it is.
The two things that date the show the most to me are the tech - the big TVs everywhere, the old style computer monitors, the flip phones!! - and, more subtly, the enormous width of the men's ties, especially in the early seasons.
And the pagers! But, yes, the tech and some of the fashion do date it, and sometimes the geopolitical/social details jump out at me. I don't know how older teenagers and young adults viewing it percieve it.
It's true that this far more fracuted and fractuous team as family is more depressing - they fought to hard to win this second term and what are they doing with it? It's dramatically engrossinging, and, as you say, perhaps more realistic, but quite..brave to change tack so much, given everything.
It cracks me up how Josh Malina's response is basically, 'yeah, I was just happy I still had a job, I would have played anything they put in front of me.' You can't say he isn't honest!
Heh, yes, and given that he faced and faces so much fannish negativity, it's probably healthier for him.
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:18 pm (UTC)Heh. Yes, it is.
The two things that date the show the most to me are the tech - the big TVs everywhere, the old style computer monitors, the flip phones!! - and, more subtly, the enormous width of the men's ties, especially in the early seasons.
And the pagers! But, yes, the tech and some of the fashion do date it, and sometimes the geopolitical/social details jump out at me. I don't know how older teenagers and young adults viewing it percieve it.
It's true that this far more fracuted and fractuous team as family is more depressing - they fought to hard to win this second term and what are they doing with it? It's dramatically engrossinging, and, as you say, perhaps more realistic, but quite..brave to change tack so much, given everything.
It cracks me up how Josh Malina's response is basically, 'yeah, I was just happy I still had a job, I would have played anything they put in front of me.' You can't say he isn't honest!
Heh, yes, and given that he faced and faces so much fannish negativity, it's probably healthier for him.