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

yeah that omission has kind of bugged me, v little about the libertarian sexist/racist/generall oblivious bro-culture

Still, Judge denies having political messages in his shows, saying in an IGN interview about King of the Hill:[57]
I try to not let the show get too political. To me, it's more social than political I guess you'd say, because that's funnier. I don't really like political reference humor that much. Although I liked the episode "Hank's Bully" where Hank's talking to the mailman and he says, 'Why would anyone want to lick a stamp that has Bill Clinton on it?' To me that's just like more of a character thing about Hank than it is a political joke or anything. I don't want to do a bunch of stuff about the war, particularly.

tell us more about the Goodes, Judge

(don't get me wrong I love Judge's stuff in general but a lot of it is v political imo so it's weird to see him disavow it)

'Why would anyone want to lick a stamp that has Bill Clinton on it?'

lol I think this one transcends politics

Judge sort of hedges libertarian himself, which perhaps explains his, erm, net neutrality with "Silicon Valley."

was that really necessary

hank hill solidly republican despite having dog named ladybird and getting dead-zone shudders from clammy gwbush handshake.

also Jimmy Carter fan iirc

was that really necessary

Call your congressman!

There's a little Jobs stuff going on with Gavin, like the guru junk

hmm I could see a little of that influence in there, but Belson's is an actual spiritual guru and reminds me more of a cross between hucksters like Deepak Chopra and the idea that Jobs actually tried to visit an ashram in his youth and had an actual Zen priest he talked to (who officiated his marriage)

Thought this season started great and ended up merely pretty good so can't complain too much. I don't mind the narrative resets at all. It has felt a little like a season-long bottle episode though - budget cuts? Think 2/3 seasons worked best because you got to see the CEOs too - this one has been a little too centred on the Pipers.

still waiting for this to show up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism#Notable_adherents

ha ha yeah zen priests are so kooky

lol that link is hilarious

Some, like Johnny Lovewisdom, experimented with different diets, including juicy fruitarianism.

breatharianism

a diet consisting entirely of the breath of the finest aryans

did I try to imply zen priests are kooky

the tech leader seeking spiritual guidance is a convention they're parodying, imo seeking out your own center is good but the way it's presented in bios of Jobs or any other business leader puts this ridiculous air on it. like they have tapped into some godhead that is telling them how many colors of iphone to make

I blame the breathless profile pieces

Spaces versus tabs debate over?
http://gizmodo.com/the-nerdiest-debate-ever-may-finally-have-a-winner-1796144565

peace mh i agree on that

ahah. I have to say I had no idea what that joke was about since I don't think I have EVER used tab (obviously I'm not a programmer).

Finale's handling of TJ Miller's departure was A+ no fucks given

That was the finale? Huh. Anyway, when it was first reported I could have sworn he said he was shocked when he saw the script, because yeah, that was a "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out" sendoff. But then he walked it back and said he wanted it that way, he wanted his sendoff to have finality. Which of course it doesn't, not least because it reunited him with Gavin. I thought they were going to crash his plane or something.

That wasn't the finale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrgmxKpQeq0

looks like i'm a fuck up 4 life

hum. that ep was... weird.
It has some of the nice aspects of the show (all of them - minus Erlich of course - working together to do something dodgy for the company) but again it ended up being not really funny and even depressing (Richard doing something annoyingly stupid, Jared's breakdown...).
and re: Erlich's departure, it was also sad and not really good (tibet ? with gavin ? really ?) and forced (the old "JIAN YANG!!" scream at the airport).
actually, is it just me or is the show getting darker ?

Erlich's going to get pushed off a mountain or something

It also brought up not one but two ex-girlfriends treated like shit for no good reason, really.

You mean the part where Richard couldn't hold a simple conversation and then completely shit himself over the fact she didn't mind seeing him and nearly fucked over his own schemes in some stupid spiteful action?

That, and also Dinesh using his ex (who he ratted out to the feds just to get out of a committed relationship) to get hacking info, and then immediately threatening to get her sent to federal prison for an easy laugh.

There's the lingering dread of when the ball is going to drop on that one. Dinesh's cowardly ways will find some sort of punishment.

oh yeah definitely, Dinesh will be so fucked for this !
Richard was such a dick in this ep.

feel like there will be more useless doctor visits in his future, he just spews inappropriate weird shit all the time now, way beyond social awkwardness

the preview for the next episode definitely had another instance of that

the more psycho of the lot might not be Jared after all !

Jared has some PTSD and weird glitches but only a few of them reach outside the bounds of normality

either that or my acquaintances are all a lot more damaged than the average

eheh. Jared seems so damaged you feel he could go INSANE if something/someone tipped him over !

what, like completely losing track of objective reality? or doing so and becoming violent and incoherent?

because I'd argue almost everyone in the show lives outside of reality already, they're just not actively hurting people

There was a running gag just a few eps ago about Jared sincerely offering to kill someone, wasn't there?

well they have been hinting at possible violent actions from Jared already !
and yeah, none of them live in anything close to reality (except Monica, I guess)

well, if you kill someone successfully, you're not hurting them. they won't be hurting

*stoic Jared face*

the joke about Jared's uncle pretend game was so vague... and creepy !
there's some kind of darker and almost nihilistic vibe in the evolution of the show.
It's almost surprising that only Erlich will be "destroyed" by the end of this season.

the old "JIAN YANG!!" scream at the airport

"LLOYD!"

I couldn't decide whether to be annoyed at the laziness of "I have uncle in Bejing. He is very corrupt" or be be skeptical because it sounded as real as someone claiming they have a girlfriend in Canada or an uncle that works at Nintendo

this show is too predictable. Richard is super obsessive about his work until the script demands he do something stupid and then he turns into a huge idiot. really felt like they just kicked TJ out gave him the bum rush.

there's some kind of darker and almost nihilistic vibe in the evolution of the show.

please point out where this is happening. this show has zero evolution. it is stagnating.

sometimes what feels like a spinning wheel is another turn of the spiral.

this episode was much better than the previous one