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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 chucksmash »

29athrowaway wrote: post #7

The first seasons were excellent, the latter seasons not so much.

Interesting. Different strokes I suppose. I loved this show but in the beginning they put too much emphasis on Lee Pace's character for my taste. Just kind of "ooooh, what will the brooding. mysterious maverick in a suit with a dark past do next? So unpredictable" and it didn't really resonate with me like the later seasons did.

In the same way that the beginning of Parks and Rec feels like they were setting out to make a version of The Office before it really became its own thing, the first season of HaCF felt like "what if we had a Don Draper type but instead it was Texas in the 80s?"

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Post by TurdF3rguson »

Sebguer wrote: post #11
dvrp wrote: post #10

It’s great but it ain’t no Mr. Robot.

One is a deeply human drama, the other is a spy thriller. Not sure why you'd even make the comparison.

I'm assuming Mr Robot is the spy thriller? It feels like more of a deeply human drama to me.

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Post by IBCNU »

hola-tamale wrote: post #12

Fantastic show! Just wrote an analysis of the conflicts between the characters and how every disagreement turns into a zero sum game: https://gilpignol.substack.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire-the-tra...

love how deep you go

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Post by donatj »

I genuinely enjoyed it and do recommend. As another commenter mentioned, Lee Pace's performance is stand out.

My only real critique is that it has the same problem as Mr. Robot. The writers and script are clearly very tech-literate, but the spoken lines are stilted and awkwardly delivered with odd intonation because the actors clearly have no understanding of what the words they're saying mean.

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Post by 29athrowaway »

chucksmash wrote: post #31
29athrowaway wrote: post #7

The first seasons were excellent, the latter seasons not so much.

Interesting. Different strokes I suppose. I loved this show but in the beginning they put too much emphasis on Lee Pace's character for my taste. Just kind of "ooooh, what will the brooding. mysterious maverick in a suit with a dark past do next? So unpredictable" and it didn't really resonate with me like the later seasons did. In the same way that the beginning of Parks and Rec feels like they were setting out to m…

The latter seasons have memorable thought-provoking moments but they are sparse.

They could have compressed those into fewer episodes and it would have been more watchable.

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Post by IBCNU »

vesrah wrote: post #22

This is one of those shows I've had in the rolling background rewatch queue for years, I love it and I try to recommend it to as many people as possible. Flawed, yes, but still special.

I like how in the fourth season, the computer props are literally just cardboard boxes.

I like literally love it, not ironically, it makes it more like a stage play.

Feel like the flaws are what makes it special. I don't want Kubrick for a tv show about BBS'

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Post by seneca »

DrFunke wrote: post #20

Season 1 was wonderful. The showrunner had initially written the pilot to get a job on Mad Men. It was eviscerated by critics for being too male, too masculine and seasons 2 onward pivoted into a girlboss series with Lee Pace's character taking a backseat and Scooter's character becoming a stay at home house husband. But if you like Breaking Bad and Sopranos, S1 is very well written.

Strongly agree that Season 1 was by far the best, and the rest suffered for the changes.

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Post by Sebguer »

TurdF3rguson wrote: post #32
Sebguer wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One is a deeply human drama, the other is a spy thriller. Not sure why you'd even make the comparison.

I'm assuming Mr Robot is the spy thriller? It feels like more of a deeply human drama to me.

You have a very different perception of 'human' than I do!
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