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Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)

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Post by sgt »

loevborg wrote: post #164
danielvaughn wrote: post #3

Lee Pace's performance in that show is one of my all time favorites. It's incredibly hard to play a charismatic marketing guru because in some sense, you're not acting. In a given scene, the character might be trying to convince people around him of some crazy idea, but if he hasn't convinced you, the viewer, then the entire illusion falls apart. So he really has to do in real life what he's pretending to do on scree…

If you like Lee Pace, check out The Fall (2006). It's my favorite film, incredibly ambitious and funny and yet virtually unknown to the public. Lee's performance is incredible, as is his young co-star's.

I'll give that a shot. Found it it on torrent already.

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Post by ajcp »

caycecan wrote: post #84

HACF 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…

While it has many many amazing scenes, I think Patriot's "cover" of the Rockwell Retro Encabulator is absolutely top notch.

https://youtu.be/FFK7RHYdWCc?si=w8R0eO6W3uGgXt3R

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Post by Slow_Hand »

mikepurvis wrote: post #152
danielvaughn wrote: post #3

Lee Pace's performance in that show is one of my all time favorites. It's incredibly hard to play a charismatic marketing guru because in some sense, you're not acting. In a given scene, the character might be trying to convince people around him of some crazy idea, but if he hasn't convinced you, the viewer, then the entire illusion falls apart. So he really has to do in real life what he's pretending to do on scree…

"... what he's pretending to do on screen" I remember seeing this discussed around the show The Marvelous Mrs Maisel , which is about a midcentury NYC divorcee getting into the world of stand up comedy. Overall it works and is a funny and enjoyable show, but there's definitely some of the standup routines depicted on-screen that are not actually as funny as the baked-in audience laughs might indicate. Because yeah...…

It never occurred to me that the jokes were oversold. I think the show is genuinely funny, with a very high batting average. Easily one of the funniest shows on television.

I sure do miss 'Mrs. Maisel'. What a stellar series.

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Post by consumer451 »

J_Shelby_J wrote: post #95
caycecan wrote: post #84

HACF 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…

Scavengers reign is from the same people as common side effects. Both shows are amazing.

Scavengers Reign was easily my favorite sci-fi, in any media format, of the last decade+. So incredibly inventive with the alien biosphere.

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Post by dzink »

walterbell wrote: post #148
metamet wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

40-episode box set is $30 ($16 today) on Apple TV.

And just like that, their sales skyrocketed.

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Post by hola-tamale »

airstrike wrote: post #107
hola-tamale wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry you didn't like it. I can assure you it describes real battle scars from startups. Good luck with inboard!

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?

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Post by knappe »

metamet wrote: post #81
Slow_Hand wrote: post #65

Earlier 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.

That is where I originally watched it. It was on Netflix at one point. And now, it is not. Which is most of the problem with streaming service in general.

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Post by ceramati »

I tried to get my (techie) gf at the time to watch it a few years back but she couldn't get past the Cameron x Joe relationship from the beginning episode, it icked her out. I've been keen for a rewatch and my wife might actually like it though so thanks for the reminder, I'll add it to the queue.
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