The idea of lossless compression in a smaller file size than anything else on the market spoiled the entire show for me.
Call me picky, but...
How Mike Judge and Co. Are Turning "Silicon Valley" Into the Next "Spinal Tap"
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#12so far i like the show. also i have the weird feeling that i know at least 3 of the fictional characters in person.
I was chuckling a lot and telling my wife "I feel like I'm watching parts of Hacker News and Techcrunch come to life" It's satire but doesn't seem too exaggerated (unfortunately?). My favorite was the marketing bicycle meeting. It seems like it would be such a silicon valley type thing.
It took me about 42 minutes to realize it wasn't a documentary.
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#13I love the concept and I thought a lot of the jokes were pretty funny but... I'm not sure how they'll keep it funny over more than a few seasons, seems kind of like a one trick pony (and maybe that's just fine). I trust Mike Judge, so I'll likely keep watching, but what made King of the Hill so magical was how he was able to show our changing world through the eyes of a simple propane and propane accessories salesman…
Startups don't last long so it'd be pretty fitting for a show about them to only last a season or two.
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#14I love the concept and I thought a lot of the jokes were pretty funny but... I'm not sure how they'll keep it funny over more than a few seasons, seems kind of like a one trick pony (and maybe that's just fine). I trust Mike Judge, so I'll likely keep watching, but what made King of the Hill so magical was how he was able to show our changing world through the eyes of a simple propane and propane accessories salesman…
I think almost the opposite relationship can be explored. What is the normal world's relationship to a bunch of people trying so hard to "Think Different"?
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#15so far i like the show. also i have the weird feeling that i know at least 3 of the fictional characters in person.
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#16So far, not so good. 60% of the funny is coming from the fact that Kumail Nanjiani is a great standup. It's Mike Judge, so I'm going to watch it all anyway, but if it were anyone else, it'd have 2 more episodes to get a lot better.
Most of the bits made me grin, but Kumail was the only one who made me laugh. He's great on Portlandia too.
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#17I love the concept and I thought a lot of the jokes were pretty funny but... I'm not sure how they'll keep it funny over more than a few seasons, seems kind of like a one trick pony (and maybe that's just fine). I trust Mike Judge, so I'll likely keep watching, but what made King of the Hill so magical was how he was able to show our changing world through the eyes of a simple propane and propane accessories salesman…
Startups don't last long so it'd be pretty fitting for a show about them to only last a season or two.
3-4 seasons ending with an IPO where they dump the shares on an unknowing public and make it rich!
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#18They should add a Signup for Private Beta on the website http://www.piedpiper.com/ :)
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#19When you have billionaires in Silicon Valley comparing the 1 percent to Jews during the Holocaust, and all that shit…
So I haven't seen it yet, and I do plan to watch the first episode. But quotes like this — from one of the producers — make me not want to bother. Yes, this quote is justified, because SV is full of billionaires like Tom Perkins, and not struggling, creative people just trying to get by.
The reason I'm hesitant about this show is that it seems to be mocking something that isn't worthy of mockery: people genuinely trying to make the world a better place. You can laugh all you want at the What's App buyout, but assuming that the ridiculous events that make the news are the reality of life in the Bay Area tech industry is ignorant, isn't it?
Maybe the show isn't as caustic as I'm assuming it is. Maybe I'll love it. I really liked the Amazon series Betas. But the premise of this show — which seems to amount to "SV is full of assholes" — doesn't sound promising.