The opening of this show feels very relevant today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucSUs3adMQ8
One of the better CG title sequences. They don't belabour it, get the visual concept across and wham! Show starts.
Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
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#52How does it compare to The Americans?
They have essentially nothing in common, other than the fact that both rapidly degrade over the seasons and both are nostalgic looks back at recent eras of America.
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#53I thought Halt and Catch Fire was fairly well known, especially in the tech world. Season 1 was absolutely killer. I like that they tried to capture different eras per season, but subsequent seasons got progressively weaker. I still think Gordon's final scene is one of the best pieces of writing in TV drama history. Took my breath away the first time I saw it.
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#54Lee 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…
He also played Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy and King Thranduil in Lord of the Rings!
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#55LOVE H&CF, so good
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#56It's a tech story wrapped in a soap opera wrapped in one of the all time finest soundtracks ever played by an incredible group of actors and written by artists - it is singular!
PS - Christopher Cantwell - one of the writers and showrunners - has written a library of wonderful comic books worth investigating
PPS - ATX TV did a 10 year anniversary interview with a handful of the cast and crew that's worth watching if you're a fan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6L1suN-mGE
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#57Yes, hands down the best show! They need to do more seasons, especially with modern day problems. Other thoughtful and well made shows: Dark Matter, For All Mankind, Foundation (also Lee Pace and also stellar).
I think you might enjoy Travelers
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#60And as I understand it loosely based on the fantastic and seminal book Soul of a New Machine. I had a great EM once who said I need to read it because nothing has changed in 40 years, and I keep a copy on my desk. Touching as well, as it's on Joe MacMillan's desk in the final scene of third season. What's so great about it is: - mushroom theory of management works - trust new graduates and juniors to win by not under…
My father was an unnamed DG marketing executive in the book, who joked that his greatest career regret was asking Kidder to be unnamed in case the book wasn’t any good (it won Kidder the Pulitzer). I’ve been meaning to go through his old notebooks, as he took detailed notes on everything, to see if there is anything left from that era.
amazing lore!