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May 16, 2017 19:48
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Rick and Morty is hit-or-miss. I honestly thought the surprise season premiere was meh because it was a character-driven episode based around Rick, who is an irredeemable rear end in a top hat that always does the right thing to save the day and doesn't get owned like Erlich does. When it focuses on sci-fi tropes and plots, it's much better.
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May 17, 2017 22:18
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It's almost required to have a broken brain to make good art. I'm not sure whether this is still true, but Mike Judge is a friend of Alex Jones and presumably listens to his show. He did record himself doing the voices of Hank Hill, Beavis, and Butthead boosting the show.
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May 19, 2017 05:55
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VagueRant posted:Thought Richard's little rant about CS being the exclusive domain of nerdy loner outcasts was a bit...miserable and nasty and Big Bang Theory-esque for this show. Just seemed more mean-spirited than I expected, rather than the show's typical cynicism.
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May 22, 2017 19:02
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I thought that was a great episode, I laughed a lot during it. But drat, Haley Joel Osment's put on some weight.maskenfreiheit posted:It doesn't surprise me Miller is leaving. I won't share too many details, but someone I know saw him get really drunk and make a bunch of (unfunny) comments. Apparently he's insufferable and basically the cast's Chevy Chase, only without the prior track record of good work. Avasculous posted:It wouldn't surprise me that this would get him booted. The show is already regularly slammed by Jezebel/Slate/etc. for sexism based on the (realistically) skewed cast
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May 29, 2017 08:05
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Henchman of Santa posted:TJ Miller was great in Extract.
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May 29, 2017 18:23
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Regarding Dinesh and Gilfoyle this episode: I thought the phone thing was funny, but I like them best when they're both riffing on each other. It's gotten more skewed towards Gilfoyle lately, though.
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May 29, 2017 20:06
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I hope Silicon Valley goes on for another ten years so that the Slates and Jezebels of the internet continue to impotently gnash their teeth over a funny show.
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May 30, 2017 19:15
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SHOAH NUFF posted:No doubt. I just enjoy seeing pasty rear end goons like you get red faced over a stranger's opinion on a TV show maskenfreiheit posted:Did they ever say who Laurie's baby daddy is?
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May 30, 2017 20:25
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SHOAH NUFF posted:It's best to ignore outrage from people who you disagree with, especially on dumb topics like a mike judge tv show, otherwise it's a long and angry life
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May 30, 2017 20:39
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Sometimes you gotta step back, take a deep breath, and read this article about internet outrage culture to put things into perspective. It's been two and a half years since Drew Magary wrote this and it only gets proven more right with every stupid internet take.
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May 31, 2017 00:16
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I gotta wonder if the Erlich masculinity subplot was put in by Mike Judge just to gently caress with people, as was speculated with the second season episode where they hire that woman programmer. The Limp Bizkit/Biscuit references were great, although I wouldn't blame anyone if they think they took it too far. Especially at the end.
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Jun 5, 2017 04:22
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Troy Queef posted:someone on AV Club pointed out that the patent lawyer had a box of Flutie Flakes on his bookshelf--and if you either hate football or aren't from Western New York, all the proceeds from the sale of Flutie Flakes went to benefit kids with autism, as Doug Flutie's kid is autistic.
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Jun 5, 2017 04:29
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Gilfoyle's reaction to the smart fridge encapsulates everything wrong with the tech industry. They're not making anything new or innovative and haven't for years. Their "creative" output is either a repackaged version of an old idea, usually with wifi capability or the ability to sync to a computer or smartphone, or an app that's esoteric crap.Cojawfee posted:Haven't we had enough of them being poo poo on? I also disagree with the view that they should come out on top just so that it can happen. Seeing a flawed character- especially when they're lovely or amoral- getting comeuppance for their actions is a TV comedy trope going back to at least Seinfeld. It's funny to see, say, Erlich injuring his leg because he falls off a garage door while installing a basketball backboard so that he can be more "manly" with Ed Chen and the VC gang.
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Jun 5, 2017 06:12
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Cojawfee posted:Characters getting what they deserve is nice, but it gets tedious when that's the plot of every episode. The characters getting torn down carries no weight if that's all that ever happens to them. One thing I will say- I have no idea where this season is gonna end up. With the first two seasons, you knew there was gonna be some grand climax. Last season, you could tell something was going to happen when the Erlich/Bighead plot came back together with the plot involving the rest of the Pied Piper gang. With this season, though, I'm not sure. It doesn't help that we have no idea how well the Internet 2.0 project is going, when previous episodes revolved around technical snags in their projects. Dealing with a patent troll doesn't pack the same punch. The first three seasons were a steady jog to the finish, but this one feels like it's plodding to the end.
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Jun 5, 2017 06:39
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Gilfoyle is best when he's trading verbal barbs with Dinesh. But there hasn't been a lot of that this season.
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EugeneJ posted:Erlich has a friend This is how I felt about basketball when I started following it in the 1994-95 season, although I loved watching Michael Jordan the most. Then he retired, the 1998 lockout happened, most games over the next few seasons were lucky to have a team score over 100 points, and the Lakers dominated. Also, I learned to be fans of particular teams. Hopefully, there is a San Jose Sharks appearance before the series wraps up. We've already had the SF Giants on in addition to the Warriors.
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tarlibone posted:But then again, this season's trailer did promise us that the company would become, essentially, a criminal operation whose only real product is large-scale fraud.
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Colonel Whitey posted:This season has had some decent jokes but has zero focus narratively.
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That reminds me, there's been a lot of craft beer appearances this season, more so than before (and it's not like it was light on the placement before). The logo for Drake's is plastered everywhere, and North Coast's Old Rasputin was put in the smart fridge, but is there a complete list? I wouldn't put it past an enterprising fan of the show to have already made one.veni veni veni posted:Imao people calling Gilfoyle a bad character, maybe it just rings a little to close to home for you because Gilfoyle is good poo poo.
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Snak posted:Gilfoyle has been drinking Old Rasputin since the first season. Possibly the first episode.
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Man, Richard is really coming into his own as an rear end in a top hat in his own right this season.
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Shooting Blanks posted:I'm OK with this. Desperation turned Jared into Ed Chambers. Let's see what it does to Richard.
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At this point, the only just fate for Richard is Jared beating him to within an inch of his life.
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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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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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Cingulate posted:Didn't he die in Deadpool? Cause I remember reading he's signed up for Deadpool 2.
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My problem with this season isn't "they're still the underdog," it's that it's simply not as funny as the ones that came before it. If it were, I couldn't care less where they are on the tech industry totem pole. Something like a mathematical formula created to suck the maximum amount of dicks or two horses loving in the middle of an important business meeting goes a long way to pave over the cracks of a contrived plot.
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Since it's clear that they're running out of gas with the current set-up, I hope Richard ends up getting hired by Hooli in an executive position, possibly after Jack Barker gets ousted or is forced to bring him on. He's already on the road to becoming a ruthless corporate monster who will do anything to get his vision done, and the cracks in the Pied Piper gang are already forming.Medullah posted:I agree. A few friends told me I HAD to read it since it was the greatest book ever. It was basically "Random 80s reference, random 90s reference, random 80s reference, etc". Had they been subtle, clever references it could have been cool, but it was literally just reference after reference just to have them there.
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That episode was funnier than most this season, and the big 11th hour rear end-saving out of nowhere was actually great, but I hope they actually move forward next season. It's clear that they can't mine any more laughs and decent plot with the same set-up. Say what you will about recent Archer, but at least Adam Reed tries his best to keep that show fresh and dynamic every season. I hope that Mike Judge changes direction next season, since that interview says we've probably got two more. I can't take one more season of the same but less funny.xbilkis posted:T.J. Miller accurately diagnoses the show's problem with spinning its tires plot-wise, but also makes it clear that he's definitely unbearable to work with/be around. Filled with shade at Middleditch and outright loathing for Alec Berg get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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Jesus TJ, tell us how you really feel about leaving the show.
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EugeneJ posted:Just since TJ is throwing so much shade his way, I looked up what exactly Alec Berg has written. John F Bennett posted:You dumb nerds are really sensitive about your shows. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Jun 28, 2017 |
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I was listening to a recent episode of Puck Soup (a hockey podcast from Nerdist that's better than it has any right to be) and one of the cohosts compared this season of Silicon Valley to Entourage. He said it's just not as fun to watch when it does the nerd equivalent of one of the Entourage boys doing something like "selling the tequila distillery" to resolve a plot problem. He also completely understood why Erlich was being written out when one of the recent plot points was "Erlich has nothing to do."Avasculous posted:In other words, people don't mind Richard becoming (more of) an rear end in a top hat, they mind that the show doesn't seem to mind. Maybe I'm splitting hairs a bit here, but I think "rear end in a top hat character doesn't get their comeuppance" is a different problem than "being mean-spirited." There's some overlap, but it also has to do with showrunners and writers not knowing how unlikable protagonists typically work in comedy shows.
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PostNouveau posted:TJ Miller's post-Silicon Valley career is off to a hot start. https://twitter.com/PunishedHag/status/888222306119467012 They updated that article by inserting TJ's response to it, but I don't believe him. He's intensely high off his own ego. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Jul 26, 2017 |
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There's nothing wrong with absurdist humor, but I don't find what TJ Miller is doing to be funny at all. He's just saying stupid crap and expecting (as well as getting getting) reactions.
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