https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/silicon-valleys-thomas-middleditch-really-loves-swinging.html
― na (NA), Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
so, you're saying this guy fucks
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
oh, that was already discussed (maybe itt) back when it came out. I'm quite happy to hear people talking about swinging and polyamory but the tidbit in the interview, that he dropped his need for a marriage that included swinging on his wife right after they got married, is pretty uncool seeming
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
Avenue 5 has Jared playing Jared in space (I barely made it through the first episode).
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 24 January 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
yeah given iannucci and the cast i'm legit shook by how bad the first ep was
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 24 January 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
i saw the trailer for that, and i was totally unclear on what it was supposed to be -- the Fifth Element plus politics, idk -- but I did note, "It's Jared! Space Jared!"
― sarahell, Friday, 24 January 2020 03:57 (four years ago) link
the Fifth Element plus politics, idk
it's Red Dwarf with a big cast
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 24 January 2020 04:00 (four years ago) link
Ah I was wondering about that new show and was considering checking it out : so it's bad ?As for the final season of SV, it was cool indeed. The final ep and "are we gonna fail at failing??" was fun and a nice way to end it.I specially liked Gavin ending as a co-writer of soft porn books.And Russfest was great indeed !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 24 January 2020 12:34 (four years ago) link
Avenue 5 is not BAD bad, it’s just resolutely nothingy. (Which makes it atrocious by Ianucci’s standards.)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 24 January 2020 12:47 (four years ago) link
(opinion may be revised down to properly full-on bad if the two twist revisions on the opening premise don’t resolve into a coherent new premise in ep 2)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 24 January 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2019 season is nominated in the 2019 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2019 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends January 31
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (4 minimum, 25 maximum, organized by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail by end of day today. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
I'm quite getting into Avenue 5.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 23 March 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link
is it actually getting funny? we saw the first ep and never watched another
― Mordy, Monday, 23 March 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
we tried a second and gave up
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
It's finished now and was very hit & miss. A few good jokes scattered throughout but easily the worst Iannucci show I've seen by some margin.
― groovypanda, Monday, 23 March 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
i got through three episodes; it is shockingly bad imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 23 March 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
oh man it’s great. especially given the current moment. stick around for the airlock scene.
― maura, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
Yeah I wouldn't go as far as great but the second half is well worth watching.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
What does the space show have to do with Silicon Valley? Isn't it related to Veep?
Anyway, we're finally almost done with the final season of SV, and it's been pretty satisfying/funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
same creator
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
as Veep
Jared’s in Avenue 5 iirc?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
and it is on HBO -hence the SV connection
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
same creator as veepin the sunday 10 pm hour a la silicon valleyzach woods is in it (my favorite role tbh)
― maura, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
But this isn't the Veep thread?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
pinning this on the "(HBO Show)"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
considering SV has ended, it isn't a horrible breach of etiquette to talk about related shows on this thread?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
I mean, go for it! It don't cost nothing. It's just that the only thing they have in common (besides network) is Zach Woods (who was also in Veep). So I was just confused, because the show is from the creator of Veep and stars a star of Veep and so on, and I wasn't sure if they were related in some other way.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:43 (four years ago) link
Zach Woods worked with Iannucci before Silicon Valley, so the link is even more tenuous
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
we're discussing it here bc what we all agree is that it doesn't merit its own thread
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
I, too, would like to see the Avenue 5 talk taken elsewhere. I loved SV and Veep but will not likely watch this. Thanks for accommodating.
― Yelploaf, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
A thread for Armando Iannucci's VEEP
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
TS: Rye bread or Pumpernickel?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
Hot Dog / Not Hot Dog
― sarahell, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
Thomas Middleditch and his wife broke up from all the swinging and he picked today to do the news dump https://t.co/SXS45Vzptn— Molly Lambert 🦔 (@mollylambert) May 31, 2020
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 1 June 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
mollie..... hello
― mh, Monday, 1 June 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
thomas middleditched
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Monday, 1 June 2020 01:26 (four years ago) link