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Aaron Sorkin decides he's gonna go understand Facebook. And then write a movie about it.

That sounds halfway between incredibly interesting and a train wreck waiting to happen. How many people above forty could understand Facebook well enough to write a story about it? Also, what kind of story can you possibly write? On the other hand, it's Aaron Sorkin, so, y'know, whatevs.

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How... random? I'm actually sort of intrigued, though.

That is SO not going to work.

Aaron joined the West Wing boards on Television Without Pity in order to "understand" internet message boards. The result was that he wrote an episode of West Wing where through Josh Lyman, he called us a "bunch of dictators sitting in muu-muus and chain-smoking Parliament Lights" and referred to us as obese shut-ins. And then when came back to TWoP to talk about the episode, he didn't understand why we took offense to it. I believe that was the last time he ever posted on a message board.

I can't imagine the Facebook world is going to receive any better treatment, or be any more understanding of the result when it inevitably goes south.

I'd like to point out the bit where he says:

"I have very strong feelings about the internet and its effect on our national culture, but frankly those feelings are being countered by the sophistication, kindness, curiosity and wit of the posts in this site.

"You people are screwing me up with your civility and intelligence."

He really does hate the internet. Which means he doesn't understand the internet. Which is why I was apprehensive at first. I didn't know that episode of the West Wing was proceeded by a stint at twop. This is going to be about how Facebook is making college kids brainless :\

I would describe my feelings as intrigued but apprehensive.

Speaking as someone who knows people who are forty and over. He is on a sinking ship and he sounds like jealous and unhappy man! He obviously has too much time on his hands.

Sorkin is awesome and all, but seriously, that movie premise sounds dead boring.

If I didn't know better, I would have assumed the movie was being made because Sorkin cluelessly used all his clout to harangue some studio into making the damn thing. The idea that it got greenlighted on its own and that Sorkin was approached to do it? It boggles the mind. And not in the good, Parker Brothers/Milton Bradley kind of way. :P

Well I'm decidedly over 40, but I've been on the internet since there was an internet to be on, and I get that there is a lot that I don't get. I'm not sure he does. And you can't just ask someone to help you figure it out.

I LOVED West Wing, one of my favorite shows ever, but I don't know about this...

Hey but go ahead Aaron and prove me wrong!!

Hahaha. I'm not saying that there aren't people who keep up with how technology is going, but I don't think Aaron Sorkin is one of them XD

Love the icon ^^

Yeah, this sounds like someone who knows jack-all about Facebook was like "Facebook! People like it! Let's do the movie!" *big grin*

I just don't even know what they were thinking.

Well, see, you're different. You know what the hell you're talking about. But still, Facebook is a little offset from the rest of the internet, because for a long time only college students were allowed to register. It's clearly something targeting college students specifically, though many other people are on the site now. I just don't think Aaron Sorkin is in any position to get how people use Facebook all the time now for planning events, contacting friends, restoring contacts lists from lost cell phones, etc.

Hey, though, I'm ready for him to prove me wrong.

You know what the hell you're talking about.
LOL, don't give me too much credit! But since I work at a college in the IT dept, I've had a Facebook account and been aware of its influence for some time.

I prefer to hang out here!

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