I watched the first episode of it and I was not impressed. It wasn't really funny and it wasn't really exciting to watch.
Seems like people forgetting that downvote button is not "I DISAGREE" button.
How Mike Judge and Co. Are Turning "Silicon Valley" Into the Next "Spinal Tap"
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#42So 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.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was really excited about this show (big fan of Mike Judge in general) but it feels like what someone would think SV was like if they based their entire impression on Techcrunch articles and 80s nerd / guru tropes.
>> "it feels like what someone would think SV was like if they based their entire impression on Techcrunch articles and 80s nerd / guru tropes."
It's not a documentary. The aim is to make people laugh while not straying too far from reality that it's completely unbelievable. I think they achieved that. Personally I didn't think I'd enjoy it at all but I found it kind of funny and will probably return for ep 2.
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#43I 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…
It's all about characters. If they're able to create an audience connection with characters, the show will be long lasting. Entourage (this show's closest comparison) had some pretty stupid episodes (the last season in particular was awful), but I stuck through it all because I liked Ari and Drama.
I think they'll ultimately need to ease up on the wacky humor and make it more of a drama, similar to Entourage or other HBO rags-to-riches shows like How to Make It in America. I'd be concerned at such a pivot, but Mike Judge had episodes of King of the Hill full of real, warm, human drama, so I think he can pull it off. Office Space had heart at its core, too.
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#44I was surprised that HBO allows you to watch the episode on YouTube. For those that haven't seen it, I think it's really good satire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvkmsI54ss4
Region restricted. Yet they wonder why people pirate content.
They don’t, HBO is acutely aware of the motivations of pirated content, and even more aware of the challenges they’d face being a stand-alone provider. Not trying to single your comment out but I see this sentiment all the time with HBO. They’ve obviously done the math and concluded that at this point they make the most money by subscription fees to cable providers, DVD and Online sales, then they would - if they started offering every show for sale at the same time as air-date, likely diminishing their cable subscription fees.
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#45I was surprised that HBO allows you to watch the episode on YouTube. For those that haven't seen it, I think it's really good satire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvkmsI54ss4
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#46I like it so far. A lot of it was pretty funny, and then the hexadecimal joke killed me.
For anyone else who's enjoying it, you should also check out the TV adaptation of JPod. So far the humour feels pretty similar.
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#47So 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.
Amusingly, Kumail's college degree was in C.S. There was a time back in the day when he was entertaining the rest of us in the lab while typing Scheme or Java into XEmacs on the HP-UX machines. He has some honest nerd credit.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's all about characters. If they're able to create an audience connection with characters, the show will be long lasting. Entourage (this show's closest comparison) had some pretty stupid episodes (the last season in particular was awful), but I stuck through it all because I liked Ari and Drama.
I think they'll ultimately need to ease up on the wacky humor and make it more of a drama, similar to Entourage or other HBO rags-to-riches shows like How to Make It in America. I'd be concerned at such a pivot, but Mike Judge had episodes of King of the Hill full of real, warm, human drama, so I think he can pull it off. Office Space had heart at its core, too.
I think SV will go in that direction too, the last scene sure made it seem like the show cared about its characters.
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#49so far i like the show. also i have the weird feeling that i know at least 3 of the fictional characters in person.
Looks like documentary :) And I was on party like that - I think it was AeroSmith playing....
I cannot wait when they intro character of PG ... And I hope they will. I'm sure that character will wear khaki shorts and sandals.
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#50The 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...
Lossless compression of non-random data is very possible, though. Video and audio files are far from random, and I don't believe that lossless compression is "a solved problem" (even by the business standard) for those. (However, it is a bit far-fetched that someone would invent a groundbreaking new algorithm in the space for a silly website.) General lossless compression may not exist, but we're talking about highly…