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Silicon Valley (HBO)

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Wow, we really don't have a dedicated Silicon Valley thread?

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)

Silicon Valley is an American television sitcom created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. The series focuses on six young men who found a startup company in Silicon Valley. The series premiered on April 6, 2014, on HBO. The first season consisted of eight episodes. HBO renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on April 12, 2015. On April 13, 2015, HBO renewed Silicon Valley for a third season.
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This is probably the best comedy show I've seen in years. Loaded with references only tech geeks will understand which could be a bit off-putting for some, plus, it's a Mike Judge show, and his sense of humour definitely isn't for everyone. Fans of 'Office Space' will know what I mean.
 
I don't have HBO so I am watching the first season now and really enjoying it. As a big King of the Hill fan, there are definitely undercurrents of humor that are common to both, even though the settings are totally different.

My main option to see it is Netflix discs, and the second disc is marked "very long wait," so who knows when I'll get to finish.
 
Christopher Evan Welch was my favorite part of season one. I was saddened by his death, but the show doesn't seem to be too terribly affected by it. It's still pretty funny. But his character, Peter Gregory, was my favorite part of the show. Bizarre, yet I could totally believe he was real.
 
ManOnTheWave said:
Christopher Evan Welch was my favorite part of season one. I was saddened by his death, but the show doesn't seem to be too terribly affected by it. It's still pretty funny. But his character, Peter Gregory, was my favorite part of the show. Bizarre, yet I could totally believe he was real.
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Most characters are subtle caricatures, though. Especially Gavin Belson, Erlich Bachman and that Jared character. On the other hand, Richard and Monica are almost completely believable.
 
ITL said:
The focus group in the latest episode cracked me up. So funny.
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"Did you also find the scene funny: Allen, Lisa, Josh, Yana, Katie, Ramón?"

This was a great episode, and the show has been hilarious.

Blaine giving that heartfelt apology in front of Dinesh and Gilfoyle's "Let Blaine Die?" SWOT board was the perfect mix of humor and tension; just waiting for him to inevitably turn around and notice what was written there. The stupid use of the diagram reminded me of the awesome Mean Jerk Time (NSFW) algorithm scene last season.

Someone over at AV Club freeze framed the SWOT scene and copied down most of the entries:
STRENGTHS
Sense of accomplishment
Blaine is no longer alive
One less guy named Blaine
A dead Blaine is a Blaine that can't reproduce
Saves assholes from making mistakes in math
Blaine's last moment is realizing face is gone
Blaine shits pants from fear; pants discovered upon death
Blaine severs jugular; bleeds to death; last moment is realizing math is wrong
Death captured in high resolution slow motion; holds up on repeated viewings
Fulfilling "What Would Satan Do?"
Impress hot Satanist chicks by boasting about Blaine's death (Gilfoyle only)
As a giant douche, Blaine tormented forever in Hell

WEAKNESSES
Blaine dies super fast
People wear T-shirts with Blaine's face on them
Blaine's blood has AIDS and gets on kids
Blaine dies slow but we can't see because only family is allowed in hospital
Gina marries Blaine in hospital out of grief
Gina kills self out of grief
Gina can't have sex due to "bummer vibe" of funeral
Blaine's funeral is televised; preempts Star Trek: The Marathon

OPPORTUNITIES
We get to enjoy feeling superior
Urinating on Blaine's grave
Defecating on Blaine's grave
Masturbating on Blaine's grave
Banging blindfolded Gina on Blaine's grave
Birds get to eat pieces of Blaine
Take his wallet and shoes if not too bloody
Dishonor Blaine's remains by putting dumb hat on body; dragging it behind car
Digging up Blaine's corpse; dishonoring remains again
Carbon footprint reduced by one Blaine
Death leads to regulations in stunt industry; lives saved
Gina needs consoling
Grief threesome with Gina and Blaine's hot mom?
Blaine's organs harvested for hot girls with cancer, who then gratitude fuck us
Ejaculation
Fuck Gina

THREATS
We can only watch him die once
After this, nothing is ever as much fun again
Phil'z Coffee closes for a day; honors Blaine's memory
People find out on YouTube death video; we get flamed in the comments section
Vengeful Blaine supporters accuse us of criminal negligence
Investigation and trial set back Pied Piper build
Over time, Gina becomes more clingy and less hot
Guilt (Dinesh only)
Erlich to Gilfoyle: “You look like a ferret that gave up six months ago.” :lol:

“Is this Windows Vista bad? It’s not iPhone 4 bad, is it? Fuck, don’t tell me this is Zune bad?”
“I’m sorry, Gavin, it’s Apple Maps bad.”
 
I like it, but It's not really a show I go out of my way to watch as far as appointment TV goes. In fact, I find several parts rather embarrassingly awkward. I know many were praising one particular scene in the season finale last year, which I actually fast-forwarded because I couldn't stand how awkward it was. I felt it had gone on too long, and had enough of a gist of what was going on.
 
My favorite scene was in season two episode 5 with the timeline delays getting progressively larger as you worked your way down the Hooli totem pole (each boss refusing to tell a higher-up how screwed-up things are).
 
Owain Taggart said:
I like it, but It's not really a show I go out of my way to watch as far as appointment TV goes. In fact, I find several parts rather embarrassingly awkward. I know many were praising one particular scene in the season finale last year, which I actually fast-forwarded because I couldn't stand how awkward it was. I felt it had gone on too long, and had enough of a gist of what was going on.
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I wouldn't call Silicon Valley an appointment show, if I miss an episode I just catch it on HBOGo the next day, but it happens to be right after Game of Thrones which is an appointment show, so as a consequence of that I never miss an episode.

Then I have to find something to do during Veep until Last Week Tonight comes on. ;)

I think my favorite scene is when Peter Gregory is carefully examining all the hamburgers for hours then comes up with a brilliant investment plan based on them.
 
JirinPanthosa said:
I wouldn't call Silicon Valley an appointment show, if I miss an episode I just catch it on HBOGo the next day, but it happens to be right after Game of Thrones which is an appointment show, so as a consequence of that I never miss an episode.

Then I have to find something to do during Veep until Last Week Tonight comes on. ;)
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Yeah, speaking of which, I do need to catch myself up on SV and Veep.
 
I don't have HBO. I caught the first three or four episodes which were being shown for free on an international flight last summer. I thought it was great.
 
JirinPanthosa said:
"In some ways, billionaires are treated even worse than Jews in Nazi Germany!"
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http://mashable.com/2015/04/26/silicon-valley-season-2-episode-3-recap/

In this case, Belson's ridiculous comments were pulled straight from real-life headlines: Thomas Perkins, billionaire and co-founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, made that exact comparison last year. (It's also worth noting that Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers is the firm that was involved in a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit by former employee Ellen Pao, a case that riveted Silicon Valley.)
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This is what Perkins actually said:
Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on the "one percent", namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich".
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It's amazing what people can get away with saying these days.
 
So he wasn't comparing the current %1 to the European Jews of the 1930s, he was really calling the modern day %99 percent Nazis.
 
Guy Gardener said:
So he wasn't comparing the current %1 to the European Jews of the 1930s, he was really calling the modern day %99 percent Nazis.
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Oh, I guess that makes it ok then. :D

This is what Gavin Belson actually said on the show:

"One can argue that billionaires are actually treated worse, and we didn't even do anything wrong,"
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So basically, he (unknowingly?) implied that the Jews were (at least to a certain degree) responsible for what the Nazis had done to them.
 
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