Hmmm... I'm curious. How many Sorkin fans are M*A*S*H* fans?
I've been watching M*A*S*H for years. Dare I say it, I remember when some of the later episodes first aired in Australia. And I have seen many similarities between the shows, particularly with Col. Potter/Isaac and Bj-Hawkeye/Dan-Casey dynamic. In the first instance you have men who haved lived through some iteresting times, can command respect and obedience from those under them but at the same time, know how to kick up their heels and have some fun. With the latter, these are wondeful portrayals of friendship between men that goes beyond the sort of blokey, back-slapping friendship usually portrayed on TV. These are guys who aren't afraid to turn to each other for support, who can recognise the strengths and weaknesses in each other and know who to make the most out of a bad situation.
Okay, something that peeved me over the weekend watching SN? The attitude to cricket. Well, not the attitude, so much as Jeremy's lack of understanding.
It always struck me as strange that someone like Jeremy (who knows a great deal about more obscure things than cricket) couldn't work out the whole batsman/bowler thing.
I found the Casey/Sam fic I mentioned at Our Boys. It's A Roomful of Canadians by Julian Lee is Casey, Dan, Sam and Josh running into each other in Canada. Rather enjoyable, and some of the dialogue is rather funny.
I love this story. In fact all of Julian's SN stories are great. 'Freon' is just laugh out loud funny, while 'Paddle to the CSC' is a great take on what ultimately happens to Casey's missing favourite shirt and has a nifty WW crossover via Sam Donovan.
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Date: 2004-01-12 08:34 pm (UTC)I've been watching M*A*S*H for years. Dare I say it, I remember when some of the later episodes first aired in Australia. And I have seen many similarities between the shows, particularly with Col. Potter/Isaac and Bj-Hawkeye/Dan-Casey dynamic. In the first instance you have men who haved lived through some iteresting times, can command respect and obedience from those under them but at the same time, know how to kick up their heels and have some fun. With the latter, these are wondeful portrayals of friendship between men that goes beyond the sort of blokey, back-slapping friendship usually portrayed on TV. These are guys who aren't afraid to turn to each other for support, who can recognise the strengths and weaknesses in each other and know who to make the most out of a bad situation.
Okay, something that peeved me over the weekend watching SN? The attitude to cricket. Well, not the attitude, so much as Jeremy's lack of understanding.
It always struck me as strange that someone like Jeremy (who knows a great deal about more obscure things than cricket) couldn't work out the whole batsman/bowler thing.
I found the Casey/Sam fic I mentioned at Our Boys. It's A Roomful of Canadians by Julian Lee is Casey, Dan, Sam and Josh running into each other in Canada. Rather enjoyable, and some of the dialogue is rather funny.
I love this story. In fact all of Julian's SN stories are great. 'Freon' is just laugh out loud funny, while 'Paddle to the CSC' is a great take on what ultimately happens to Casey's missing favourite shirt and has a nifty WW crossover via Sam Donovan.