my friend cunty
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
2nd season > 1st season
kind of confused over how ilx loves this show more than veep tho
― all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
There was a poll?
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
veep doesn't even have a thread!
― all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
A thread for Armando Iannucci's VEEP
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
couldn't make it through a single episode
veep is DEFINITELY better than silicon valley but SV is pretty damn good.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
veep is so great
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
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
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that's exactly what killed Gilmore Girls for me.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
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).
― lil urbane (Jordan), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
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
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
yeah the mumbly, unassertive characters, the juxtapositions of race & class, the moronic blowhards - these are all staples of his ouevre
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
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).
― ryan, Thursday, 7 May 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
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)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
lsjgleijrleisjlrie when Blaine is standing in front of the whiteboard
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 18 May 2015 09:11 (nine years ago) link
Read all of the SWOT board cards.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/15/silicon-valley-read-let-blaine-die-swot-board
― nickn, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
"I've booby-trapped the house with corporate resources"
― Inf (latebloomer), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
The market research guy who kept repeating everyone's names killed me.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
that last episode was as good as it's been imo
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
eh felt more plot-heavy than joke-heavy to me. A lot of the Homicide! stuff was good
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 May 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Double Asshole punchline was hilarious
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 May 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
and the SWOT death board
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 May 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
The way he delivered "when her arrangements became too baroque" is one of my favourite things in the show.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:50 (eight years ago) link
Three commas was lol
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
mclaren gift thankyou moment was hilar
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
& the three commas delete
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
ugh god i just want him to die at this point i think, he is so fucking horrible
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 03:15 (eight years ago) link
special occasion cigarette punchline was so stupid & great
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 03:22 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
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.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Russ is a great character.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 12:53 (eight years ago) link
i'm realizing that i get anxious watching comedies where ppl get great things and constantly fuck them up and every episode is ppl trudging along and then someone's massive so-easily-preventable ineptitude and stupidity just fucks things up massively and then no one faces any consequences, they just kind of keep trudging along gughghghghgh
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
This season's been great so far, but that last episode...
I know it's television, and not to over-think the technical aspects--but that whole bit with the files getting deleted, ughthat's not how an FTP works, and why didn't the porn company have any backups. The show as been pretty good up to this point about referencing technology, and that just reeked of some writers trying to force conflict.
Jin Yang is this eps MVP.
― someone's attractive cousin (st. nico), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
haha i was thinking the same thing. when the guy from the p0rn company was says the platter was spinning and he couldn't stop it, as if it is erasing as it's uploading??
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
i though the conceit of richard meeting the endframe guy at all (both times) was pretty contrived too, as a plot device
but yeah the file deletion was dumb
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
weakest ep of the season imo, the smoking thing was very hyuk hyuk hyuk and all the richard-tries-to-fix-it bits felt out of character
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
does anyone else think they are positioning things so that Pied Piper will somehow bail out Belson at Hooli (dunno what Belson would offer them that that he hasn't already - apart from dropping the lawsuit and a shitload of money/responsibility - Bighead will be involved somehow)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
didn't Dan Lyons write last night's episode? from what I remember of his tenure at Valleywag I am not surprised it was kind of a flimsy mess
― anonanon, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
xpost ahem u mean Baghead
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
Just saw actual pied piper shirt on a techbro fyi
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
i was literally like yelling while watching this one bc they were forcing conflict so awkwardly for cringelaughs in a way they usually don't & it was just painful, like this show isn't curb and that's a good thing ffs
― dellevadova depression beard (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
the overwhelming disgust with which he says "taco bell" in an earlier episode if my favorite thing on tv this year.
― ryan, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
hmm now that you mention it the cigarette thing was very Larry David/CYE
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
i'm all about the Aviato shirt xxxp
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AjVY9gkFUc
― ryan, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:10 PM
Snack-dick or current?
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
full snack-dick
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
I like your theory, Hooli does seem to be heading towards some sort of crisis.
Show is less great than the end of season 1/start of season 2 but it's still good.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link