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

oh yeah totally Ballmer

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I love how Barker admitted the VR was shit and they had to hack it to make it work. All for the PR, baby

Thought this ep was funny and better than the last few

but that is... okay? how did this not instantly defeat their plot,

it is not okay and it did defeat their plot

this was the worst episode of the season and possibly the entire series, it makes absolutely NO sense and moves the plot forward in a way that is so batshit and in contradiction w/ how any of these ppl wd ever actually behave, like why bother with any of this? what's the point if they're going to make episodes like this?

I differ greatly and it was ok

but it's like... this plan is so half-baked, so risky, so convenient, so illegal, and of course it just goes off without a technical hitch, until they get caught and then magically freed, also ALL of them agreed that this would be an ok and good plan? with next to no time?

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.

I may not have expressed myself well. I totally agree that the show is stagnating. actually I think it's regressing !
but within that stagnation/regression, it feels like they don't know what else to do but destroy everything that made the show good in the first place.
like rats in a box !
(I'm not sure I'm any clearer...)

I'm having fun with the show still regardless of whether or not I'm laughing for the entirety of every episode. You people are bummers.

I don't think Mike Judge is capable of directing good live action (meaning they are always stiff and affectless in a way his cartoons weirdly are not), so it's puzzling to see people register some kind of decline when it was never compelling as a show. Individual bits seem as strong as ever. Surprised no one repped for middleditch's simultaneous "I'm not angry I'm really happy but I have to make this look like I'm angry" marty feldman impression recently.

The "decline" is that this go-nowhere stagnation is a lot more tiresome after 4 seasons than it is after just 1 or 2

the novelty of this show's newness and uniqueness has completely worn off and now what are we left with?

a comedy show that is funny

this show is fine, I do not give a fuck about realism, continuity or longer story-arc developments

I'm inclined to agree. this show isn't Louie or Master of None where the aims aren't overwhelmingly comedic (and ymmv about how successful those shows are). Almost everything here is geared towards making you laugh, maybe not quite as much as something like Kimmy Schmdit, but still, the laffs are really the only metric I judge this show by, and on that scale it's still pretty damn good.

OTM

i gotta admit i laughed more at halt and catch fire.

it's because comedy is generally bad

I mean tbh the fact that it's wickedly funny is the reason I've largely forgiven the narrative stagnation and have continued/will continue to watch it. I'm just disappointed it's not as good as it could be.

do you guys find writing poopface on a screensaver funny enough to stretch into a 5 minute joke? also Yang being abusive towards TJ yet again. funny maybe the first time.

imo even the jokes suck.

I will never tire of Jian Yang shitting on Erlich

I hope he opens his luggage and it literally has shit in it

you know i was kind of souring on the show for a minute but Adam Bruneau's posts itt make me like it more

OTM

Meh finale, but enjoyed it.

Longer T.J. Miller interview:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-says-leaving-silicon-valley-was-like-a-breakup-1016573

Meh finale, but enjoyed it.

Longer T.J. Miller interview:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-says-leaving-silicon-valley-was-like-a-breakup-1016573

well, that's over

I saw Bighead (well, the actor who plays him) in the next row over at the Seu Jorge concert at the Hollywood Bowl tonight.

my username is password, and the password is password

I don't give a shit about the technical implausibility because the hilarity of being saved by smart fridges is good

oof this was so bad. RIP this show.

Richard is in a race to the bottom, i get that. i still think it undermines the credibility of the other characters, who will work for someone who berates them to their faces and does not respect their input, yet pretend to be in control of their destiny w some choice "Satanic" phrases here and there. Jared quitting was a peak into an interesting plot development that of course got reset to status quo within 5 minutes because none of these characters stand for anything.

the smart fridges thing was funny. classic Mike Judge devo humor. password is password. great stuff. i hope they really lean on Big Head he is the only redeeming thing about this show (well Gavin is interesting in a McAfee kind of way.

i still ride for jared but that's in part because he reminds me of my therapist

which is probably weird

I could see that and I would love to have Jared as my therapist. He's pretty much an ad hoc therapist for half of the episodes, anyway.

I recently watched Riverdale and was cracking up because their Kevin character reminded me of a gay high school version of Jared for some reason.

Jack Barker thinking he's going to try his magic of managerial excellent horseshit on an already overworked factory floor came to the necessary conclusion, imo

the very brief catharsis of asshole Richard getting pummeled was some prime physical comedy, but wasn't enough

binged the whole show over the weekend, it wasn't very good.

gotta say, the chinese was handled better this episode than the other ep

tj miller comes off as a real "fun guy" here
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-says-leaving-silicon-valley-was-like-a-breakup-1016573

Will you watch the show going forward?

Oh, I don’t watch the show now because I don’t have time. I’m making comedy for people to laugh because their life is essentially tragic. I mean, I’m a fan of the show. I will be forever. If I have a terrible day, I’ll probably tune in to see what Zach Woods said on an episode because — you know — he’s a winner.

In a world where the culture is fractured, and there is no real zeitgeist, everybody has to work on different platforms — multiple, or in my case, all of them. And I can’t devote enough time to stand-up. The people from the show and the fans that get it, they’re like, “We understand. You need to have a slower schedule and divert your focus.” Like The Gorburger Show, stand-up, Deadpool and is there a Weasel spinoff that’s funny and ironic other than being a sidekick? I have a movie at DreamWorks. And then the people that don’t are like stupid f—king websites like TV Over Mind or something, and they’re putting forth very reasonable, well written logic for why this is so dumb and the only thing I’ll ever be good at was this part in Silicon Valley.” Yet none of them have seen Yogi Bear 3D, so they’re all talking and chit-chattering and squawk, squawk, squawk — but none of them have seen Yogi Bear 3D. So they don’t know that I’ve already done the best thing that I’ll ever do. And because of that, there is no fear about any move in Hollywood for me. I’m just on the downslope. This is all a downward spiral, career-wise.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

I think he's kind of a dickbag but I think a fair number of actors never watch the finished work, or only do so briefly

Oof, for an improv guy he is pretty inarticulate

The bad news is that TJ Miller won't be fully appreciated as a comedic genius until he's dead. The good news is 5...4...3...2...

— Anthony Jeselnik (@anthonyjeselnik) June 26, 2017

shots fired!

i rewatched the season 1 finale and laughed almost as hard as I did the first time i saw it.

Finale to this season was great imo. I don't get what kind of "evolution" ppl are expecting, that things always go back where they start is a lifelike eternal struggle imo trynna push the boulder up the mountain of economic success in a capitalist economy, v resonant shit & consistently amusing

where the fuck did Asshole Richard come from? It's yet another moment (out of many many many of them) where they write something really improbable or incongruent to like conveniently shuffle the plot along but it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense

Asshole Dinesh > Asshole Richard

Imagine if the season ended with that whole Dinesh as CEO storyline kicking in and not ending.

TJ Miller sounds like A POS

Well that was... something. Almost hated the ep but the return of Gavin was nice and the silly final scene did make me laugh.
Not looking forward to the next season....
(Veep's finale was great!)

Well that was... something. Almost hated the ep but the return of Gavin was nice and the silly final scene did make me laugh.
Not looking forward to the next season....
(Veep's finale was great!)