Netflix... thanks, I'll pass.
Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
Steven Conrad also did Perpetual Grace Ltd (he also wrote the screenplay for Pursuit of Happyness, which is the scariest movie I've ever seen).
I tried Perpetual Grace and didn't get it. If it's a 4th-episode-it-gets-good show I'll dive back in.
If the first episode doesn’t draw you in, it’s probably not your kind of show. I’m not saying episode 1 is all it has to offer, but if you don’t enjoy episode 1 it’s doubtful you will enjoy the rest.
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#183One of the best shows I have ever watched. It evokes the early history (though fictional) of the personal computing revolution. The character of Cameron Howe resonated with me greatly. What a fantastic show.
Same here. Silicon Valley did a great disservice by not having a character like her. We are often invisible.
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#184Oh I've definitely heard of it. It's the Orange is the New Black for the HN adjacent crowd.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funny that this came up today. Last night I started re-watching the series after several years. Just this afternoon I was reflecting on how genuinely charismatic Lee Pace's Joe McMillen is. You really feel it. Even when we know he's a manipulative sonuvabitch. It's mesmerizing. You have to admire his ability to spin shit into gold. The man has vision. There's a sequence around S01E07 that I'm looking forward to reach…
You're making me really want to start a rewatch. It's shocking how few people have seen this show, let along watched it. Part of that probably has to do with how inaccessible it is on streaming. It's only readily available on AMC+. And no one has AMC+. This is one of those shows that would likely shoot to the top if Netflix got the rights to it and even did a mild push. It's genuinely peak prestige TV.
> It's shocking how few people have seen this show, let along watched it
Huh?
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#186HACF is a goodie but there's a lot of great shows no one's heard of. In an effort to sing the song of underappreciated works of greatness... Patriot - a CIA hitman who writes folk songs about his exploits imdb.com/title/tt4687882/ Counterpart - not a multiverse, just a biverse imdb.com/title/tt4643084/ Scavengers Reign - Robinson Crusoe by way of a nature documentary of a very bizarre alien planet. imdb.com/title/tt2…
- secret city
- Black Earth Rising
- Pine Gap
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#187Sensational show
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's got nothing to do with liking it or not. This is ChatGPT: > The masterpiece quality of Halt and Catch Fire lies in how precisely it shows the zero-sum reflex at work. > Disagreement becomes disrespect. > Respect becomes status. > Status becomes survival. > When Cameron’s game doesn’t align with business strategy, it isn’t a tactical debate; it’s an assault on her identity. When Joe pivots the company without con…
Whether something sounds like a human, a book, or a language model doesn’t really affect whether the behavior it describes exists. The claim is simple: in creative orgs, disagreements often escalate into identity conflicts because people map ideas to self-worth. Halt and Catch Fire portrays that escalation pretty clearly. If that doesn’t resonate, what has your experience looked like instead?
Is it AI generated though?
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Consider just fast-forwarding past a scene you can't handle. Like many shows, it takes a few episodes before the actors truly understand their characters. The feeling you're experiencing has a name: it's called "cringe". I can't watch Frasier for more than about half an episode because of it. Or I Love Lucy... same problem. But Seinfeld, which has plenty of the same humour mechanic, always seems to manage to stay jus…
Idk man, the entire second season gives me that feeling of embarrassment, I couldn't finish the show. The first season was alright, but honestly the second season is some of the cheesiest/worst storytelling/acting I've ever seen.
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