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

if i'm just now introducing you to dan bilzeran...i'm sorry

*bilzerian

ugghh i hate for reminding me about dan bilzerian. garbageperson for REAL

never heard of him before thx deej

oh THAT guy. Yeah, he's just abysmal.

He has calf implants!

I love Jared. "I'm putting on HATS!"

Mariachi band interruption into credits at the end of ep2 was pretty amazing.

omg that was so great, how it just seems like credits music for a few seconds but then it winds up actually being part of the scene

Jared "celebrated"

f'n amazing: https://medium.com/@chrismessina/the-full-stack-employee-ed0db089f0a1

fantastic episode. this season is >>> so far

Cosigned. New season is the best.

BAGHEAD

I had always thought they were calling him bighead. His head does seem a bit large for his body.

they were. that's the joke

Ah, OK. I considered that but it didn't seem that funny.

my friend cunty

2nd season > 1st season

kind of confused over how ilx loves this show more than veep tho

There was a poll?

veep doesn't even have a thread!

A thread for Armando Iannucci's VEEP

couldn't make it through a single episode

veep is DEFINITELY better than silicon valley but SV is pretty damn good.

veep is so great

i watched a couple eps of veep & it didnt catch, i guess ill give it a few more

with silicon valley as a mike judge product ive been preconditioned to give it time while i catch on to its general rhythms

I'm averse to that style of machine-gun dialogue delivery. hated it in Gilmore Girls, West Wing etc., makes me feel like the actors are delivering their lines as fast as possible in the hopes that you won't notice how shitty it is. but maybe I'm missing something.

Yeah, that's exactly what killed Gilmore Girls for me.

Veep takes awhile to hit its stride, but i was predisposed to like it (and its general rhythms) after watching In the Loop many times. Definitely worth sticking with, but I like fast, writerly comedy in general (never watching Gilmore Girls or West Wing though).

i also feel like mike judge's comedy is so very 90s in a way that i like—it hasn't really changed with the times, his sensibility is still very strong in it

yeah the mumbly, unassertive characters, the juxtapositions of race & class, the moronic blowhards - these are all staples of his ouevre

im sure it's been done before and i just can't remember, but building a sitcom around starting a business is a really good idea. there isn't even a romantic subplot! (though it feels as if one is around the corner).

they half-heartedly made some nods to one between Hendriks and Monica (who is such a nothing character blech) but yeah that's been mercifully absent. Was wondering how long it would take for the show to get around to the politics of women in the industry, which seems to be coming into focus this season w Monica's new boss and the new hire (who are both great)

lsjgleijrleisjlrie when Blaine is standing in front of the whiteboard

Read all of the SWOT board cards.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/15/silicon-valley-read-let-blaine-die-swot-board

"I've booby-trapped the house with corporate resources"

The market research guy who kept repeating everyone's names killed me.

that last episode was as good as it's been imo

eh felt more plot-heavy than joke-heavy to me. A lot of the Homicide! stuff was good

Double Asshole punchline was hilarious

and the SWOT death board

The way he delivered "when her arrangements became too baroque" is one of my favourite things in the show.

Three commas was lol

mclaren gift thankyou moment was hilar

& the three commas delete

ugh god i just want him to die at this point i think, he is so fucking horrible

special occasion cigarette punchline was so stupid & great

The character I want to die is Richard. So unfunny and annoying compared to every other character, and more inept to boot. Honestly think the show would be better without him.

Nah Richard is a great character and that guy is a good actor. he's twitchy, well-intentioned but naive but he's breaking out of his shell and making himself more assertive as the show goes on too. Loved the scene where he stood up to Russ.

Russ is a great character.