The West Wing

This is a short pseudo-review. I decided to give this show a shot because I thought that I might enjoy it - it's not a more recent show and was done in the early/mid 2000s, which I thought might make it more to my taste as opposed to shows from the last 5 years. In high school, in one of my classes we watched the second episode of this show, which I don't really remember what happened in, but I remember that we watched it. That particular teacher liked this show which wasn't too surprising because she taught a class about government. 

Netflix's new rating system said that this show was a 62% match for me, which I thought was possibly a little low before I watched it. After watching the episode, I wasn't too thrilled. So I guess in this case, the match % was more or less accurate. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't exactly riveting. It seemed very fast-paced which I thought was detrimental in a first episode because it was hard to understand how all the characters fit in the show and such. The guy who created this show, Aaron Sorkin, also created another show (The Newsroom) which might be interesting and if it's ever on Netflix, I might give it a shot. I think my biggest issue with this show is that Martin Sheen, who plays the fictional president in this show, does not look presidential (neither does Donald Trump, but that's beside the point). He looks like he belongs on a farm or something. Remember him from Apocalypse Now? So, I don't really think I'll be watching more of this show. I guess at least I gave it a chance. There are a couple of other political shows on Netflix that I could try, but I'm not really sure I'm in the mood for a more recently done political show. Real life politics is enough of a (grotesque) spectacle for me. 

So at the moment, I'm at a bit of a loss for what show I should watch now. It'd be nice to find something that's sufficiently riveting. I'm not sure if I'd like the seasons of American Horror Story that I haven't seen since they're all disparate. Naturally, some kind of murder show would probably be enjoyable, but I also think that maybe it would be a good idea to branch out a little bit and watch something that's about a different topic. There are a few shows not out yet that I think would be interesting, but obviously those aren't an option right now because they haven't been made yet. I read a rumor/speculation on reddit today about a remake of Columbo with Mark Ruffalo as the eponymous character, which could actually be interesting. In that Mark Ruffalo is like a second rate (in that I don't like him as much - nothing personal) Vincent D'Onofrio and Vincent's Law and Order character was somewhat similar to Columbo. Fun, right? I wonder if Vincent and Mark have ever been in anything together. I'm not aware of anything, but that could be interesting because they're somewhat similar looking.