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

Keep imagining Jian Yang making the bomb-threat call.

yah no this dude is an actual piece of shit irl

unreal this season also had a radical candor related plot

i wonder how the music licensing works -- does napalm death get paid for each instance of the song, or is it a blanket use? did they use all the money they saved on TJ Miller on Napalm Death?

underrated detail is that dinesh was using some sort of custom mechanical keyboard. very otm detail

that's the one nerd fetish object I somehow have no impulse to buy but wow do programmers love those

I'm sure y'all know but HBO gets paid to use that shit on their shows, since there are no ads. For some reason they were drinking Ace cider and kept calling it beer though.

Also there is this narrative now that TJ Miller has a neurological issue from an operation in his youth that affects his decision making process and now I'm supposed to feel bad for not liking him :(

that generally means that when you're capable of making good decisions, or make enough money you can hire someone to help you with plans, you make plans to mitigate the possibility of things like this happening

like making sure you're traveling with someone strong enough to slap the phone out of your hand when you call 911 falsely, or a buddy who makes sure you don't drink a shitload and act like an asshole

I guess my tolerance for rich people acting like assholes and doing things that'd get any normal person locked into a prison->poverty->repeat cycle is pretty low

Alvin otm - also very easy to use that as an excuse to be an asshole if he leaves it unchecked- doesn’t hire assistants

this episode was brilliant - lurching from the ridiculous to the sublime. literally no idea how good any given episode will be at this point. kind of exciting

damn. way to go to jail.

― scott seward, Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:34 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao this was great scott

This season has been excellent so far. Happy that they didn't do a full episode about Bitcoin - seems a bit too obvious and Gilfoyle's alert was the only joke they needed

“I'd also like to tell you I have a Seppen bread machine and I've never been happier with an appliance.”

“What’s with you guys and ‘stallions’?”
“what’s with you and being a RAT FUCK?!?”

I'm sure y'all know but HBO gets paid to use that shit on their shows, since there are no ads. For some reason they were drinking Ace cider and kept calling it beer though.

The Tesla plotline in the first episode felt a bit like product placement. But very otm to give Gilfoyle an old Volvo.

I thought the Fage yogurt riffs in an earlier season were pretty funny, even though I know they were ads. this show is really good at using name brands for things without coming off as endorsing them.

v cool that you pay for hbo so there's no ads but then there's ads in the programming instead, thx home box office

They should drink beer labeled Beer.

tbf the real theater box office situation is just as bad

should i watch this season? last season was pretty poor and repetitive

I think this season has been great. Last night's, episode 4, was the weakest one of the bunch, but otherwise I think I've laughed harder this season already than I did the entirety of last season. Jared is killing this season.

it's an improvement over last season but I truly hope they kill Richard by the end of this thing

gay dating site on the... chinese new internet? sure, why not

Michael - this season is much better, it’s just a funny comforting serialized show now

Yeah, the latest ep was a bit less funny but so far, and to my surprise considering the previous season, this is very good !
That said, I don't really like the evolution of Jian Yang into some evil guy against them (although the copying of US apps was fun).
The being christian as being gay issue was nice (but Richard initial fuck up for no reason reminded the worst moments of this show)

This show is still so funny

I liked the last episode. The second episode was the laugh vacuum for me. The third episode was one of the best episodes ever, maybe

yeah that third episode won't leave my head... show is best when it does social comedy over tech comedy

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I liked that episode.

eheh. yeah, it was a bit dark/creepy (Jared' lips, The robot and her abuser...) but I had some big laughs.
Not too glad about Denpok coming back, though.

Todd Louiso!

I liked the school visit. Knowing the show and richard I figured it was a set-up for a humiliating disaster, but he was totally comfortable and owned the room and kids were impressed. Fun.

yeah and so far, he still hasn't fucked up big time so it's fine with me. fingers crossed !
I find the show more balanced somehow.
It's maybe less hysterical/crazy than the best seasons but it's more likeable as a whole + nothing has made me want to smash the tv (yet).
Also Jared takes more and more space (deservedly so) whereas Big Head has almost completely disappeared (I was watching some of the first eps of s1 and it's quite impressive how his character was more important and less unidimensional).

That was the most enjoyable Denpok content to me

also fucking lol at him being a realtor

It was alright but I really can't stand him in general (except the time when he was trying to lie about hearing a conversation with Jack).
I much prefer Hoover.
The realtor reorientation was fun though.

can't sell ice cream on mars, elon's on his way there

todd loiuso was great casting

Realtor things otm ime - my best friend growing up is a tech guru that jumped ship on the dwindling returns from software in recent years to a lucrative real estate business. He even ended up on a reality show which was weird af

there's a certain personality overlap between a realtor archetype and a guru/cult leader one imo

Haven't searched Twitter yet to see if there are any "Kanye is Gavin Belson" takes.

They really need to pull back on Dinesh being such an insufferable asshole .

I vomited into my shirt

i ate two egg whites and a green bean.

They really need to pull back on Dinesh being such an insufferable asshole.

Remember when he was briefly CEO? It's a feature, not a bug.

yeah i get it but they totally drained the guy of any likeability at this point.

Dinesh's angst and pettiness doesn't feel like it's at 100% like it might have been if this were Halt and Catch Fire. This seems to be consistent with Mike Judge live action (but weirdly not animation) where everyone's performance is marked by a lack of affect, and I'm wondering if the opportunity to have so many characters where a lack of affect is built-in played into him developing the show.