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http://www.piedpiper.com/a-thicket-of-thorns/ Poor Jared.
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Cojawfee posted:I guess having a youtube channel really can lead to success. Or prison.
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It's kind of sad how stale this show has become. Parks and Rec had a super boring setting but had really steady character progression and setting changes. There's no point in getting invested in any scenario in SV because by the end of the episode it'll be "welp, Richard is at it again. What a clown." This is especially glaring since SV is followed by Veep which has really high quality writing. LinYutang fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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LinYutang posted:It's kind of sad how stale this show has become. Parks and Rec had a super boring setting but had really steady character progression and setting changes. There's no point in getting invested in any scenario in SV because by the end of the episode it'll be "welp, Richard is at it again. What a clown." Yeah, again, I can't help but see Judge making new riffs on Office Space's ending. "Oh wow we're so hosed...oh wait someone else hosed up more so now we're okay again." BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Richard has always been an rear end in a top hat. It's too bad, cause I want to root for the guy, but he's one of those guys who doesn't realize he's a dick. Seeing Jared finally snap was brilliant.
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It's funny, I just saw this interview with TJ Miller and he has the same issue with the show as a lot of folks here:TJ Miller posted:“The show is the same thing over and over,” he said. “I guess it’s a formula that works, but [the heroes] succeed, and then they fail, and then the failure turns into success. It’s a very cyclical show.” http://www.thewrap.com/silicon-valley-tj-miller-exit-cliffhanger/
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I've been defending the cycle for a while because Silicon Valley was consistently funny, but this season just feels off. It's just not as funny, and there aren't many moments that are spot-on about Valley culture. Having things revert to normal at the end works much better in an episodic format than in a serialized one to begin with, but the show was so funny that I could overlook that. I remember that my criticism about Silicon Valley's third season mirrored what I thought about Broad City's third season- strong start, strong finish, a weaker mid-season because they strayed from the formula. I hope that this doesn't translate to the fourth season of that other show, but I'm not optimistic about anything these days. anime was right posted:so uh they live in elrich's house how is he going to pay the taxes on it lol get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 05:37
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They need a better setting for spinning their wheels -- creating opportunities for jokes and satire with said spinning. A start-up with a world-changing IP is too high speed. If Hooli develops a comparable algorithm and the world's software simply bloats to match (and Netflix now streams 4k to mobile) then what's his algorithm worth? He could sell it for $1m as a marginal improvement, the world doesn't change and they could restart the formula from square 1 with a new app. It creates opportunity to satirize someone not striking while the irons' hot and they could move onto the new hotness: AI. Accretionist fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 06:27
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priznat posted:It's funny, I just saw this interview with TJ Miller and he has the same issue with the show as a lot of folks here:
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Is Chevy Chase the biggest rear end in a top hat to work with? Honestly, I haven't heard anything but bad things about him on set and I don't know of other celebs with such a bad reputation.
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I didn't know anything about that, but I've just googled 'Chevy Chase reputation' for some nice schadenfreude.
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Didn't he die in Deadpool? Cause I remember reading he's signed up for Deadpool 2. I will miss "motherfuck!" 
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Cingulate posted:Didn't he die in Deadpool? Cause I remember reading he's signed up for Deadpool 2.
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Cingulate posted:Didn't he die in Deadpool? No.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Is Chevy Chase the biggest rear end in a top hat to work with? Honestly, I haven't heard anything but bad things about him on set and I don't know of other celebs with such a bad reputation. Chevy complained on-set that the writers were making his character too racist, and he shouted something like "do you have anything besides n*gger jokes for me?" So Chuck Lorre, sweetheart that he is, took the opportunity to get "CHEVY CHASE GOES ON RACIST TIRADE" published everywhere he could
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Accretionist posted:It creates opportunity to satirize someone not striking while the irons' hot and they could move onto the new hotness: AI. I actually like this idea
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Chevy Chase is probably really cool and fun to be with.
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Jun 20, 2017 14:42
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This show should do that thing Star Trek does and focus on 1 character for an entire episode and do that with the entire cast except Richard
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priznat posted:It's funny, I just saw this interview with TJ Miller and he has the same issue with the show as a lot of folks here: He did an interview on the Jim & Sam show on SiriusXM yesterday, and he went into more detail. Apparently HBO was a little annoyed that they had to adjust the shooting around TJ’s schedule, and had offered him to only appear in 3-5 episodes. I guess that opened the door for TJ to renegotiate his contract, and instead of appearing in a few episodes, he decided to kill off the character. When he explained his thought process to Mike Judge, Judge agreed with him.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:30
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How many more episodes do we have this season?
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Huh, I don't see how they're gonna wrap anything at all up in one episode, so we may be having the "new internet" thing going next season. Only with a Richard baby thrown in.
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Since this season was likely in the can already by the time he decided to leave, I'm guessing Erlich's plane is going to be shot down over the sea of Japan and spin in in the first episode of next season. Or after this suicide bomber joke they just did, they could have his plane be shot down over Ukraine or something.
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Jun 20, 2017 17:37
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I already made that joke! And even skillfully wove an Office crossover into it. 
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Solice Kirsk posted:I already made that joke! And even skillfully wove an Office crossover into it. This is the Silicon Valley thread, jokes get repeated ad nauseam with no respect for how bored it makes the audience.
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Whether or not their app caused the phones to explode, the reality is that they already transferred the data from Azure. Transfer data to phone network, phone network undergoes mass bricking, insurance data lost. Richard just killed that insurance company and hosed that guy harder than Erlich hosed his wife.
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bull3964 posted:Whether or not their app caused the phones to explode, the reality is that they already transferred the data from Azure. *wives 
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bull3964 posted:Whether or not their app caused the phones to explode, the reality is that they already transferred the data from Azure. That would be a ridiculously stupid plot device as you know, there's no compelling reason to delete the data in real-time while they're still in the expo but... this show loves playing the "omg one thing went wrong and obviously nobody ever plans ahead for failures in the tech industry so obviously the gang are hosed... for the next five minutes" card so, who knows. Edit: also, gonna bet that it wasn't the pied piper app that burned the phones but Keenen's VR app powered by hoolie's middleout knock-off because that gives Our Heroes a way to win and also resets the cycle by reinstalling Gavin as head of Hoolie by the end of the season.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:That would be a ridiculously stupid plot device as you know, there's no compelling reason to delete the data in real-time while they're still in the expo Yes, there was, it was costing them a fortune. They had to get it completely off the servers ASAP.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Is Chevy Chase the biggest rear end in a top hat to work with? Not as long as Steven Seagal is still around.  I'll miss TJ Miller from Silicon Valley. His character is great relief sometimes and he's had some total scene stealers like the coughing fit.
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EugeneJ posted:Chevy complained on-set that the writers were making his character too racist, and he shouted something like "do you have anything besides n*gger jokes for me?" Really? I don't remember/know the true story, but I thought there was an interview about it with Jeff McHale where he said "Yeah, I'm not really sure Chevy Chase was acting."
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Cojawfee posted:Since this season was likely in the can already by the time he decided to leave, I'm guessing Erlich's plane is going to be shot down over the sea of Japan and spin in in the first episode of next season. Or after this suicide bomber joke they just did, they could have his plane be shot down over Ukraine or something. I can see them working hard on the problem de jour in the room and Jared comes into the room crying and basically doing Radar's lines.
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Yeah, I think I'm done with this show. It's just the same poo poo over and over and over and it has become less and less about tech culture and more of a boring sitcom I guess I got 2-3 really funny season out of it, so no loss or hard feelings
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I do expect them to hit the next phase of the company next season. We've gotten 4 seasons out of "company with good idea tries to get off the ground", but we need to see what's next.
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Raspberry Jam It In Me posted:Yeah, I think I'm done with this show. It's just the same poo poo over and over and over and it has become less and less about tech culture and more of a boring sitcom I feel the same way, but I stayed with Dexter to the bitter end, so I feel like I can do the same with this show.
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nerox posted:I feel the same way, but I stayed with Dexter to the bitter end, so I feel like I can do the same with this show. Erlich becomes a lumberjack at the end of the season.
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There will be some very intense Erlich = Jesus symbology in the finale. Maybe a dove will explode.
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nerox posted:I can see them working hard on the problem de jour in the room and Jared comes into the room crying and basically doing Radar's lines. And then Jian Yang comes in eating yogurt while miraculously smoking at the same time, and says "I told you my uncle was uh *very* corrupt," smiles evilly, and walks out of the room. Gilfoyle breaks the silence with a dry "we need to move the gently caress out of here...now."
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