Mike Judge's "Silicon Valley" (HBO Show)

show seems to skewer both the hippie and libertarian values. or it at least skewers how both are realized

(but I guess it's accurate in terms of values. "Steve Jobs" vs. "Ayn Rand" threw me off because it sounds like one asshole versus another, which the show also does a good job of capturing with facets of Gavin and Erlich.)

not sure I'd make this argument but you could perhaps argue that both are utopian ideologies motivated, at bottom, by selfishness. maybe not as far apart as it would seem.

i just started watching this show, it is v. smart and funny, that is all.

Teller ended the meeting by standing up in a huff, but his attempt at a dramatic exit was marred by the fact that he was wearing Rollerblades. He wobbled to the door in silence. “Then there was this awkward moment of him fumbling with his I.D. badge, trying to get the door to open,” Kemper said. “It felt like it lasted an hour. We were all trying not to laugh. Even while it was happening, I knew we were all thinking the same thing: Can we use this?” In the end, the joke was deemed “too hacky to use on the show.”

latimes says tj miller is overrated in silicon valley u_u

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-ca-st-overrated-underrated-20160606-snap-story.html

lol sorry his "bong-fueled wisdom" upsets yr penchant for the subtle comedy that this show is NOT srsly wtf

i first saw Miller in "She's Out of My League" (seriously, not bad!) and he was hilarious in it.

lol this writer likes ANGIE TRIBECA so the "suspect" flag is raised

ding ding ding

he now spends most of his time touring the country with his two jam bands, Moonalice and Doobie Decibel System

kill me now

For a show that devotes a good amount of time to slapstick and gross-out sight gags

huh?

Mr kinder has spent time at certain companies in silicon valley and is frequently amazed at how spot-on the show is, even tiny things you wouldn't nec think about

What stood out?

omg at "doobie decimal system"

Didn't really dig this "let's cultivate some sympathy for Erlich" angle

Until a few days ago I'd only seen the first episode of season 1. My wife did not dig it, and I could totally see why people thought of it as a geek Entourage. I am nearly done season 1 now, and while I think too often at least in season 1 it does rely on broad, low-brow humor for the jokes, there is still a whole lot of really funny stuff scattered throughout. Just saw the episode where Jared's self-driving car ships him off to the middle of the ocean, which was hilarious.

The last episode of season one is where it really goes to another level.

I've seen that bit, though epic or no it's still an elaborate dick joke. Albeit inspired.

iirc the basis of most humor is dick jokes

suffering of others iirc

well, that's what yr dick causes

pesca-pescatarian

while I think too often at least in season 1 it does rely on broad, low-brow humor for the jokes

I've seen that bit, though epic or no it's still an elaborate dick joke. Albeit inspired.

Ffs can you not ruin this thread/show like you did the game of thrones one

erlich on bloomberg with his showoffy pronuciation of "embarcadero" and the lisp on "san francisco" made me lol so hard

unicorn costume omg

xpost The fuck are you talking about?

Like, why be an asshole?

Lol it seems like you don't get this show!

I just finished the first season and loved it.

gilfoyle in the jacket, suicide bomber of humiliation

When Jack Barker and Gavin Belson meet up at the airport, beyond the joke of them taking separate private jets to go to the same places on the same days, do you think the implication is that Hooli has hired Jack Barker to take over as CEO, like he did at Pied Piper, or is that a leap?

That's what I assumed

Also it wasn't until this episode that I realized it was Ned ryerson from Groundhog Day

Bing!

do you think the implication is that Hooli has hired Jack Barker to take over as CEO, like he did at Pied Piper,

this was totally my first thought, but I was a lil uncertain after it wasn't addressed directly

Gavin has a few lines in American Psycho the film. He's one of Bateman's colleagues at work.

I wasn't a huge fan of the show Big Love, but his performance in it was fantastic.

Yeah I was just thinking last night Gavin might be the most underrated character on this show.

I loved "I invited you to my wedding..." "WHY!?" in the last episode

He's one of Bateman's colleagues at work.

oh shit that's right! the closeted gay one!

bloody NowTV had this episode titled 'Benchman's Earning's Over-Ride'

Yeah I was just thinking last night Gavin might be the most underrated character on this show.

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His bulldog speech from a few eps back is possibly my favorite gag of the season

Russ sighting in the hotel lobby made me smile

"are you fucking?"

does anyone know the name of that skull picture in the incubator? it looks very familiar but i never see a clear shot of it...

it's to the left of Jared in this photo. i think it's blurred out or something in this shot.

http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/series/silicon-valley/episodes/s2/18/ep18-ss02-1920.jpg

Love this show more and more with every ep

Feel like the look of the founders and the story of this startup must have been a specific inspiration for this show:

https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/team.jpg?w=738

"PeerCDN™ is a next-generation CDN powered by WebRTC for efficient peer-to-peer content delivery, reducing bandwidth costs by up to 90%."

(they were subsequently purchased by Yahoo)

and undoubtedly buried under the parking lot

my one beef with the verisimilitude of Silicon Valley is that there are no overweight coders to be found which seems odd

i'm facebook friends with a childhood friend who worked at facebook for a few years and there were no fat people in any of the outdoor gatherings he took pictures of

they were probably inside