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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Chino on June 23, 2016, 09:13:28 AM
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I need a new show to watch and I've seen one episode from each of these shows. Both were very funny.
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Don't make me choose, they're both spectacular.
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Silicon Valley but that's because I've never seen Veep.
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Silicon Valley but that's because I've never seen Veep.
This, but I'd find it hard for me to choose Veep over SV anyway just because I'm a tech geek and can relate to SV on so many levels.
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I would do both, Silicon Valley has fewer episodes and is awesome. But Veep is a sustained barrage of comedic insults that make me laugh so hard I have to rewatch scenes several times. I too love them both and maybe now after seeing them both I had to choose one over the other it would be Veep.
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Gun to my head, I would say Silicon Valley.
But there's no gun to my head, so watch both.
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Silicon Valley but that's because I've never seen Veep.
This, but I'd find it hard for me to choose Veep over SV anyway just because I'm a tech geek and can relate to SV on so many levels.
When not only one, but two people reply for you.
Seriously, Silicon Valley is absolutely wonderful. Watch it if not now, as soon as possible. It's also short, 30 minutes episodes for a season that has only 8 or 10.
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The episode of Silicon Valley I watched was the one where they were getting ready to demo a compression application and attempted to calculate how long it'd take to jack off every guy in the room :lol :lol "We're interested in the dick to floor ratio. Call it D2F"
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The episode of Silicon Valley I watched was the one where they were getting ready to demo a compression application and attempted to calculate how long it'd take to jack off every guy in the room :lol :lol "We're interested in the dick to floor ratio. Call it D2F"
That was the climax of season 1 and one of my favorite scenes in all of television. When solving that problem they figure out the middle out algorithm, so amazing.
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I haven't seen Veep, but Silicon Valley is wonderful. Everyone is always excited for Game of Thrones on Sundays. I concern myself with the more important show that airs afterwards.
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The episode of Silicon Valley I watched was the one where they were getting ready to demo a compression application and attempted to calculate how long it'd take to jack off every guy in the room :lol :lol "We're interested in the dick to floor ratio. Call it D2F"
That was the climax of season 1 and one of my favorite scenes in all of television. When solving that problem they figure out the middle out algorithm, so amazing.
Perhaps the funniest single episode of any show I've ever seen.
I still go back and watch that one episode a few times a year.
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Haven't seen Veep but Silicon Valley I have and it's awesome and it's nice with short episodes for once compared to everything else i'm watching atm.
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Veep also has 30-minute episodes.
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Don't make me choose, they're both spectacular.
I've been thinking about this for the last almost 5 hours and I can't choose. Every time I want to agree with everyone here and go Silicon Valley, I think about all the brutal insults and great dialogue in Veep. Plus Jonah Ryan, whose Senate campaign this season was spectacular.
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I didn't realize Veep was considered to be so good. I guess I just don't really know anyone who watches it so have never come across people saying to watch it. Given it's on HBO plus what you guys have said about it, I think I should check it out.
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I too couldnt believe I had never watched Veep until last month. The show is exactly my kind of show and I don't think there's been a single bad episode. All the side characters are hilarious! Esp Jonah and his sidekick Splett, they are my favorite duo.
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I love Veep's foul language. It's Curb with a female lead.
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Veep is incredibly funny. And it's non-stop funny. Wall-to-wall funny.
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I've been kind of binging on Veep now that Silicon Valley is done for the season, and it's hysterical.
"That's like trying to use a croissant as a fucking dildo. No, no, no... let me be more clear. It doesn't do the job, and it makes a fucking mess."
:rollin
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I have yet to catch Veep but I love the hell out of Silicon Valley. :metal :coolio
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I have one episode left of the first season of Silicon Valley. So. Fucking. Funny.
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That last episode of S01 is I think one of the funniest episode of Silicon Valley.
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That last episode of S01 is I think one of the funniest episode of Silicon Valley any show ever.
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What hef said. Episode six from the first season is also up there for me, if just for Erlich slapping the shit out of that kid.
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The dialogue from Erlich to that kid makes me laugh every single time "You brought shit to a piss fight"
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Yeah :lol
BTW, this is pretty cool. Silicon Valley writer and co-producer Dan Lyons is giving a talk/town hall meeting at my wife's workplace in September. I am trying to weasel my way into attending it.
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Finished Silicon Valley last night. So good.
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Finished Silicon Valley last night. So good.
I felt like the ending could have been the ending of the series, but I do believe they are coming back for another season.
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I'm up to S02E04 on Veep. I'm loving everything about this show. Jonah is easily my favorite character.
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I'm up to S02E04 on Veep. I'm loving everything about this show. Jonah is easily my favorite character.
Jonah is great. He really grows on you as his character develops. I really like Kent Davison (how can you not like Gary Cole?) and Ben Cafferty as well.
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Gary's definitely my second favorite :lol
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Jonah is also my fav character, his pairing in later seasons make for an unstoppable combo. In fact every time I think of them or just see them on screen I start giggling.
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I just finished Silicon Valley. Amazing and hilarious show. My favorite character is Gilfoye.
The episode of Silicon Valley I watched was the one where they were getting ready to demo a compression application and attempted to calculate how long it'd take to jack off every guy in the room :lol :lol "We're interested in the dick to floor ratio. Call it D2F"
That was the climax of season 1 and one of my favorite scenes in all of television. When solving that problem they figure out the middle out algorithm, so amazing.
Perhaps the funniest single episode of any show I've ever seen.
I still go back and watch that one episode a few times a year.
And agreed 100%. It's funny because it's something I could've imagined my friends and I doing back in high school. :lol
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Started season 5 of Veep last night. I started dozing off somewhere around episode 5 and missed a chunk that I'm going to have to rewatch. Is Jonah running for Congress?!
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Started season 5 of Veep last night. I started dozing off somewhere around episode 5 and missed a chunk that I'm going to have to rewatch. Is Jonah running for Congress?!
Oh indeed he is. And it's glorious.
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Started season 5 of Veep last night. I started dozing off somewhere around episode 5 and missed a chunk that I'm going to have to rewatch. Is Jonah running for Congress?!
Oh indeed he is. And it's glorious.
Indeed.
Almost prophetic, in a way. lol
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Got through episode 7 last night. Almost all caught up :'(
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I dare say the pan out from Jonah answering is phone and... describing his recent diet and the makeup of his subsequent bowel movements is the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year.
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I dare say the pan out from Jonah answering is phone and... describing his recent diet and the makeup of his subsequent bowel movements is the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year.
:tup
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Started watching Veep as well, finished season 1.
Funny as hell, but I stand by my vote, Silicon Valley is better. Still I look forward to the future seasons of Veep! I would post my favorite quotes from the first season but I might as well do a copy and paste of the Wikiquote page about the show, so many exchangtes are awesome.
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Some of the producers/writers for the show are speaking where my wife works this week (a software company, of course). I am so jealous.
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I like VEEP more, I'm currently working my way though the show - just finished series 2. Huge fan of Armando Iannucci I'm alittle worried to see he left the show as a writer at the end of the forth series, for those who have seen it was there a drop in quality on series 5?
In a way VEEP surprised me as I never thought it could get anywhere near the quality of 'The Thick of It' (even with Iannucci onboard), but it's not far away at all - it just lacks a sweary Doctor Who ;D
Sillicon Valley I only watched 3 episodes. I didn't mind it but I didn't grab me enough to keep watching.
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I like VEEP more, I'm currently working my way though the show - just finished series 3. Huge fan of Armando Iannucci I'm alittle worried to see he left the show as a writer at the end of the forth series, for those who have seen it was there a drop in quality on series 5?
In a way VEEP surprised me as I never thought it could get anywhere near the quality of 'The Thick of It' (even with Iannucci onboard), but it's not far away at all - it just lacks a sweary Doctor Who ;D
Sillicon Valley I only watched 3 episodes. I didn't mind it but I didn't grab me enough to keep watching.
I wouldn't say there was any noticeable fall off at all for season 5. Still top notch, featuring a Jonah arc for the second half of the season that's as good as anything the show's done.
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I'm about 6 episodes into series 3 of VEEP and I'm not enjoying this series as much. It's still decent but it's started to become more disconnected from reality - I'm not enjoying Jonah's blogging subplot at all (although that does seem for the moment to have come to an end). The satire seems to be more dumbed down this time around.
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I recently went through a rewatch of Veep and I loved it even more than before, picking up all the little nuances I didn't at the first go. The jokes are still hilarious. Both shows are so well written I can't decide which I like more, they are different enough to really not be comparable but both make me laugh.
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Great season premier for Silicon Valley season 4 and the first two episodes of Veep season 6 have been fantastic.
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It's that time of year when Mondays are HBO night in our household.
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I've seen both three seasons of Veep and Silicon Valley. I still prefer Silicon Valley, 'cause it hits closer to home (I was born a programmer, even if I don't work in that field anymore), but Veep is fantastic anyway.
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Yea, I think working in tech and at a tech start up lead me to love SV a lot because I can relate to a lot of the industry jokes and similarities.
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Both are off to good starts. Love when I have these shows to look forward to every week.
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Also, the continuous references to the data center in Silicon Valley are great since I've been doing that professionally for 10 years now. They aren't wrong, but it's SO funny. My coworker was diagnosing the desk in the data center today to see if it looked like ours and it was pretty close :lol Also, everyone in tech looks down on the data center (hence the basement, other than figuratively, it also makes physical sense) and the show represents that well while also showing how important servers and speeds are.
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That scene with Russ on Sunday was so good :lol
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Watched S04E01 last night and it completely delivered. I love this show so much.
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We finally caught the season's first episode of SV. So good.
Still behind on Veep.
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I was laughing my ass off during the group chat in the fake uber :lol
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That scene with Russ on Sunday was so good :lol
Yes, I love Russ. Also Gavin's investigation into the flights :rollin
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That scene with Russ on Sunday was so good :lol
Yes, I love Russ. Also Gavin's investigation into the flights :rollin
Did you account for windspeeds? Better fly each one five more times and take the average to be sure.
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That scene with Russ on Sunday was so good :lol
Yes, I love Russ. Also Gavin's investigation into the flights :rollin
Did you account for windspeeds? Better fly each one five more times and take the average to be sure.
See you in a week.
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"Not hot dog" :rollin :rollin :rollin
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:lol Silicon Valley is becoming so good because the cast of characters slowly building up, which are all hilarious in their own ways, are all involved in active storylines that lead them to interact with each other. The scene a couple weeks ago with the Gavin's head security guy and his zen master guy (no idea what he actually is) going at each other was classic :lol
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Favorite insult on Silicon Valley was Gilfoyle calling Jared Frankenstein's bulimic daughter LOL!
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I just love seeing Gavin pissed off. :lol
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I just love seeing Gavin pissed off. :lol
Or his house after he works through some issues :lol
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Yea :lol
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I also love how no matter what, Big Head is always chill and positive. It's really refreshing in contrast to everyone else flipping shit over everything. :lol
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I also love how no matter what, Big Head is always chill and positive. It's really refreshing in contrast to everyone else flipping shit over everything. :lol
Well, he has no idea whats going on, ever so that makes it easy to be chill and positive :lol His reaction to realizing he's a guest professor was classic.
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"Ohh noo......."
My last comment is referring to more like when his students turned on Elrich. He just smiled and said, "Nice!" :lol
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Boo this news.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-exiting-hbos-silicon-valley-1007767
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whoa wtf and I had just read the show got renewed for another season
That really sucks
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Damn it Xian YANG!! I'm going to miss his character in the next season. I think he had some of the funniest lines on the show. The classic, you 'brought shit to a piss fight' and so many others. Not only that his back and forth with Big Head and Xian Yang were hilarious.
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This is sad to hear. I have no doubt that the show can successfully carry on without him, but his character is unforgettable.
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Thankfully Gavin Belson is still with this show, definitely my favourite character! :lol
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I'm not sure what I think about Silicon Valley. I can't tell if it's good or not. Gilfoyle is my favorite character on the show easily, and I think Dinesh can be funny. Jared used to have his moments. Richard... I've never really liked him. He's incredibly awkward, such a beta, and just... really unpleasant to watch sometimes. I know that's his character, but man, 5 seasons in, I'm just not sure what to think about the show. The plot just seems to barely cling together, like they're running out of ideas with Gavin and therefore the plot is meandering. But I'm still watching, mainly because of Gilfoyle being a smartass. He reminds me of my high school chemistry teacher in every way, including his voice and deadpan delivery.
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Still keeping up with the show, but a couple weeks ago, I started a rewatch. Once I finished season 2, I didn't really want to continue though. It's entertaining, but it also feels like it'd be a slog to get through again knowing that they don't really get anywhere.
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Still keeping up with the show, but a couple weeks ago, I started a rewatch. Once I finished season 2, I didn't really want to continue though. It's entertaining, but it also feels like it'd be a slog to get through again knowing that they don't really get anywhere.
I just got my gf into it and we just started season 4. I must say I enjoyed season 3 much more than season 2 on a rewatch. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed that season.
I'm not sure what I think about Silicon Valley. I can't tell if it's good or not. Gilfoyle is my favorite character on the show easily, and I think Dinesh can be funny. Jared used to have his moments. Richard... I've never really liked him. He's incredibly awkward, such a beta, and just... really unpleasant to watch sometimes. I know that's his character, but man, 5 seasons in, I'm just not sure what to think about the show. The plot just seems to barely cling together, like they're running out of ideas with Gavin and therefore the plot is meandering. But I'm still watching, mainly because of Gilfoyle being a smartass. He reminds me of my high school chemistry teacher in every way, including his voice and deadpan delivery.
Personally, I've found their plots every season to actually be pretty solid in terms of getting all the characters and story arcs to align. I think that's the only benefit to this season at this point. I've found it barely funny anymore, but I enjoy the storylines.
Thankfully Gavin Belson is still with this show, definitely my favourite character! :lol
Yea, love Gavin, also I love Russ Hanneman who appears to be returning so maybe he can turn this season around.
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I'm seeing a ton of hate on Reddit for the latest season of Silicon Valley, but I'm rather enjoying this one. Dinesh is kind of annoying this season, but everything else is fine by me.
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I'm in love with whoever plays Monica. (https://oi66.tinypic.com/nmxh6r.jpg) EDIT: Amanda Crew is her name.
(https://oi68.tinypic.com/xftib.jpg)
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I'm seeing a ton of hate on Reddit for the latest season of Silicon Valley, but I'm rather enjoying this one. Dinesh is kind of annoying this season, but everything else is fine by me.
Yeah the subreddit has been 90% salt about the show for as long as I've seen it. I totally understand where they are coming from and pretty much agree, but I'm not as personally angered by it. The show is still fine.
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I love this show. I love this season.
I hate Richard though. God damn annoying character. Luckily everyone else makes up for him.
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Is there anyone who likes Richard? He really is hard to watch sometimes, but yea, everyone else is a really interesting or funny character.
DTF Silicon Valley Characters Rankings!
Gavin Belson
Russ Hanneman
Jared
(Erlich would be here if he was still around)
Dinesh
Gilfoyle
Denpok
Jian-Yang
Jack Barker
Laurie Bream
Big Head
Monica
Richard
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Jared as quickly worked his way up my favorite characters ladder. Once SC ends, I'd fully support a prequel spinoff about how he got to where he is.
Richard is hard to watch, but I wonder how much of it is acting. Have you ever seen the guy interviewed outside of the show? He's very much that way in real life.
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Rankings? Eh. I love Dinesh, Gilfoyle and Jared.
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Richard is hard to watch, but I wonder how much of it is acting. Have you ever seen the guy interviewed outside of the show? He's very much that way in real life.
I love when Russ Hanneman comes to the house and says to Richard something like, "Holy fuck, is that the way you really talk?" And Richard does this weird mumbly blinky stutter thing, and it makes you wonder if he's just a great actor or a total fucking weirdo.
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Gilfoyle (cool and funny)
Jared (funny)
Jian-Yang (funny, wiseass, sometimes unsure if I love or hate him)
Erlich (funny; a character I love to hate)
Laurie Bream (love her for being so matter of fact)
Dinesh (occasionally pretty funny if annoying)
Monica (I just like her)
Richard (weird)
Gavin Belson (annoying and uninteresting)
Big Head (he's just kind of there)
Everyone else I'm not crazy about. Russ annoyed the heck out of me, Denpok isn't one I ever think about, and I actually don't remember much about Barker.
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I asked a friend what he thought the director told the actor about how he wants Jian Yang to be played. His response was, "Offensive and confusing." :lol
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Anyone watch the series finale of SV? I am sad.
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Anyone watch the series finale of SV? I am sad.
I did!
I mostly liked it. The last few seasons have been good, but not as great as the first 4 or so. I think they wrapped it up the best way they could and I appreciated where most of the characters ended up.
I kept waiting to see if they'd bring back Erlich and I think they handled that in the funniest way they could.
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Oh no, was season 6 the end? I didn't even hear about its premiere (guess that's what I get for waiting for Westworld to come back before resubbing to HBO). I feel like they were writing themselves into a corner by the end of season 5, and while I still enjoyed it, it felt like it was kind of following the same template as earlier seasons. Guess I'll have to catch up.
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I have to watch the finale, but this season just followed the pattern of not being as good as the previous. I've loved the show and did enjoy the final season (up to the last episode), but nothing topped the first. I will miss it, it's a show near and dear to me because of my profession and the similarities with the show vs. what I see at work at times.
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The ending was fitting. I kind of hoped for something better but I am glad they didn't pander and ended it the only way it really could have for them.
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The ending was fitting. I kind of hoped for something better but I am glad they didn't pander and ended it the only way it really could have for them.
Yea, that's where I am. The way the show went, there really weren't any reasonable ways to end, and they did a good job with it. It was just a little....alrighty.
Luckily Jared remained hilarious the whole series, as did the basic character dynamics. That said, Gavin Belson should've been written off the show a long time ago.
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The ending was fitting. I kind of hoped for something better but I am glad they didn't pander and ended it the only way it really could have for them.
Yea, that's where I am. The way the show went, there really weren't any reasonable ways to end, and they did a good job with it. It was just a little....alrighty.
Luckily Jared remained hilarious the whole series, as did the basic character dynamics. That said, Gavin Belson should've been written off the show a long time ago.
I too really like the ending, both in story and in structure. I never really felt that way about Gavin until this most recent season. They ran out of material as Hooli shrunk. I wish they just sent him to China, leaving the valley for new tech endeavors.
SPOILER ALERT:
As for Richard, I don't think he misplaced the thumb drive. Monica is totally working with the NSA, and she took it from Jared. She lit a cigarette as soon as the interviewer mentioned that, and she only does that when she's nervous/under high stress.
I loved how Gilfoyle and Dinesh kept their love/hate relationship.
I'm curious as to what landed Lori in prison. Did I miss something?
As stupid as Big Head's arc went, it was perfectly fitting. I'm pretty sure his dad just became stupid rich. Russ bought all his father's stock four days before crashing.
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It's funny because I couldn't stand Dinesh on the last two seasons while I thought Gavin was one of the highlights of the show. :D
Jared had some good scenes this season like when he finally snapped on Richard big time.
"You bitch-made MF"
"You think i'm scared to catch a case"
It's sad the show has ended but the last seasons felt a bit lackluster so I think they did the right thing.
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I really enjoyed the final season of Silicon Valley, I honestly feel they hit their stride with the show in this final season. They made every episode very interesting and the side characters they chose were great.
I enjoyed the finale and it ended the way it was best suited for the show and characters. I will have to do a rewatch of the series, so many classic lines in the first few seasons and of course Jared probably had some of the best of them.
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The finale was one of the best episodes in a long time (maybe since the season 1 finale). Great way to end the show and it was filled with funny classic SV type moments.
Also, here's the full doc from the final episode
Silicon Valley | Ten Years Later: The Extended Pied Piper Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1H602yc_Y)
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The finale was one of the best episodes in a long time (maybe since the season 1 finale). Great way to end the show and it was filled with funny classic SV type moments.
Also, here's the full doc from the final episode
Silicon Valley | Ten Years Later: The Extended Pied Piper Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1H602yc_Y)
I came here to post exactly that. It is a very worthwhile watch. There is a lot more footage in that which makes it even better. It's 30 minutes on its own.
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I've seen a few BTS photos surface on Reddit. This one was from the filming of Russ Fest, an episode directed by the guy who played Gavin.
(https://preview.redd.it/0jvlpfij5n341.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=5be2579f2d57798a57cb796cef516ace3d070cbb)
I feel compelled to print that one out in black and white and hang it in my office.
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We watched SV faithfully, and then didn't even know there was a final season until I saw this thread.
In the minority, but just really did not like most of it. The Richard/Jared cutdowns just seemed out of place and not funny. Lots of it just wasn't funny, or was a lot of the same old stuff. Gilfoyle was superb, Danesh had his moments, but it did seem to have a lot of swearing just for swearing sake. And the 'we're a success, we screwed up, we're a success, we screwed up, we're a ...' sure got tiresome.
One can spoof things, but you need some sort of 'logic' to make it work. Bighead never did, his position was unrealistic, and for years was tiresome. It had a good run, but ran out of ideas long ago.