Love it but thought some of characters were two dimensional in the first season except the mom
But any show with text adventures is a winner for me
But any show with text adventures is a winner for me
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Those who have seen "Halt and Catch Fire", is it the best show?
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I watched the first two seasons last year, and I've been desperately meaning to get back to it. Even just over those first two seasons it was fascinating to watch it evolve. At first it seemed to want to be 80s tech Mad Men, but it slowly started to shift away, and in the second season it exploded into its own different thing. Had I not been shifting back into one of my depressive "can't muster the energy to consume any media" phases I would have absolutely burned through the rest.
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So fucking good. Although My fiance and I always complain in later seasons that more characters werent added to the opening.
I like s1 as well, the whole thing with the giant, the ibm code, it's great.
IMO once it hits it's stride it's tier A television, and by tier A I mean up there with shows like The Sopranos, Mad Men, Deadwood, etc.
Love it.
Love it.
This show must've suffered from the horrible title. Didn't Breaking Bad or Mad Men lead into it?
Yeah, it's kind of wild how the better the show became, the lower the viewership dipped. AMC was definitely hungry for an awards contender post-Mad Men, though. Sadly this show was completely overlooked by the Emmys as well.
I only really liked the first season. It got steadily worse afterward. Being a game nerd probably made the inaccurate parts of the game dev arc more difficult to swallow. (Actually now that I think about it a lot of its tech aspects struck me as questionable and annoying.)
Yeah, it was Breaking Bad. Maybe Mad Men too? To be honest if it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't have given it a chance, largely because of the title. I caught a few last-time-ons and was intrigued enough to start DVRing it. I was hooked from the first full episode I watched. My wife mocked me when she caught me watching it, but she fell in love with it as well.
I've tried suggesting it to people who I'm quite sure would like it, but once I get go the name they visually zone out. Heh, my dad started laughing.
You convinced me, OP. I'll start the show tonight since it's on Prime and I need a break from my Bosch Binge.
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Yes. It's not a heavy drama if that's what you asking..full range of emotions
It holds up to repeat viewing well. I think the first time I watched it I was a bit taken aback at the time jumps between seasons, but the second time around without the surprise and readjustment of that I realised how great the show was.
He was introduced as an obnoxious good ol' boy, but he had the human touch the rest of them lacked.
I noticed technical inaccuracies and slight anachronisms too, but they did a fairly good job at accuracy nonetheless. I've seen much more blatant flaws in most mainstream dramas. You just have to let it go and enjoy the human element, the tech is just their motivation.
" I feel the heat, Control Alt Delete!"
Like I said... GOLD. lol
It's one of those shows that retroactively makes the first season better due to the character development. It all goes down like fine wine on the rewatch having known the arcs.
Yeah easily one of my top 10 tv shows of all time it really is great. I think all the seasons are still on netflix (US) as well great time to binge watch it if you haven't seen it.
It's a good time, though I still need to finish it... No reason I haven't, outside of just being bad at getting through shows.
I really enjoyed the show a lot, and it is in the upper echelons of TV shows, but unfortunately only lasted four seasons. Incidentally, my aunt happened to be the one to actually recommend this to me, and she rarely watches anything other than the talent shows on TV, random soaps and rescue shows on Hulu. Except for when I got her hooked on Game of Thrones anyway. No idea what prompted her to start watching this, but she kept asking me if I had, and initially I assumed it was going to just be another one of the standard shows she normally watched.
I think the intro is one of the best too in recent memory, with only American Gods edging it out.
I think the intro is one of the best too in recent memory, with only American Gods edging it out.
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Thanks to everyone on Era over the years who recommended this show, and especially this thread! Me and my partner started watching last week and are already on Season 2 Episode 9. So many twists, turns, tech, and human feels. If this show keeps getting better it will be top 10 all time for me. I just hope everyone can get a happy ending in the end ^_^
I'm not sure if I liked it while watching but for some reason I couldn't not watch it either. Going to have to watch it again one of these days, I have a feeling it's going to click and become one of my favourite shows.
Just wish there was a blu-ray set out there. I don't like how many great shows and movies don't have physical release these days, for example Sense8 would look glorious in proper 4K.
Just wish there was a blu-ray set out there. I don't like how many great shows and movies don't have physical release these days, for example Sense8 would look glorious in proper 4K.
