alt Hacker NewsHalt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
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I loved when they threw in that line in the last episode that one of their guys had invented PornHub
One of my all time favorite series - add my upvote to the pile!
I have been trying to find that opcode ever since I discovered the show. :)
Yeah this is a gem of a show worth a rewatch every few years. Especially once it finds its legs after S1. Criminally underrated.
My all-time favorite. Compaq had a compelling story, and I liked where the writers went after the first season.
Great show and fantastic music. This show and Driver were two soundtracks that captured that early/mid 2010s vibe for me personally.
Somewhat mysteriously, the Linux ISOs for this show have seen a sudden spike in activity.
I despised this show. The acting, writing and (probably) direction was poor at best and, as someone else here mentioned, it's like what some writer thought things were and not how they actually were.
And please don't downvote my comment based on any political or social thoughts one might have. Based on the story line alone, I quit when, for no apparent reason, during a tense moment in the story, the lead sales guy has a kissing session with another guy. The lead guy isn't gay. I don't think the guy he kissed was gay. There is no reason given and none is forthcoming as to why all of a sudden he does this but it felt like another of many gimmicks to get people talking about the show rather than sticking to a story line.
watched it many times - one of the best series on this subject.
My dad kept trying to get me to watch this show and I never got around to it. Maybe I need to.
This is one of my favorite shows. I love it.
I have the Cardiff Giant. Like the actual computer from the show.
I thought Halt and Catch Fire was fairly well known, especially in the tech world.
Season 1 was absolutely killer. I like that they tried to capture different eras per season, but subsequent seasons got progressively weaker.
I still think Gordon's final scene is one of the best pieces of writing in TV drama history. Took my breath away the first time I saw it.
halt and catch fire is so good. one of the best things i've watched as a tv series.
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Loved this series, totally up HN’s alley.
This is on my bucket list to finish. Watched one or two episodes and it reminded me of a dead serious Silicon Valley.
I did look up the name when I watched the show. The characters and plot are the fictionalized early days of computing made entertaining. Definitely worth a watch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing...
Sensational show
LOVE H&CF, so good
I remember a scene in this show which felt like many real meetings I've had in my life. The big hot shot CEO guy pulls everyone into a meeting to share his big idea. The idea? Let's sell a computer that's "twice the speed, half the price!"
...The engineer then rolls his eyes like "yeah no duh". If we could just magically do stuff like that, we would have done it already. Classic management thinking they have an original idea with no understanding of the engineering beneath it all. I thought they would just tell him off and that would be it. I really felt seen in that moment.
The frustrating thing is, they then take pointy haired boss's idea seriously. The rest of the season is spent actually pursuing that dumb, dumb idea... This felt disrespectful, and I stopped watching.
Season 1 was great. 2 is meh. 3 is probably the last one I'll watch, as I'm losing interest. The Joe MacMillan dude basically carries the show.
one of my favorite shows of all time!
Hm it's on amazon but you gotta pay for the secondary sub. Did look interesting but oh well.
I found the last season a little rushed...
The show captured the sublime transcendence of ambitious failure like no other form of art ever has.
It is an all timer.
The best. Not unheard of around here. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45007414)
This article? Not so much. Is OP one of the one's discovering it?
So good
The first seasons were excellent, the latter seasons not so much.
I just tried to watch this show because someone told me its the next best tech show after Silicon Valley, and the second season is by far some of the worst storytelling and acting I've ever seen on a screen, I don't think I'll be finishing the show. I really don't understand why people are so into it.
Season 1 was wonderful. The showrunner had initially written the pilot to get a job on Mad Men. It was eviscerated by critics for being too male, too masculine and seasons 2 onward pivoted into a girlboss series with Lee Pace's character taking a backseat and Scooter's character becoming a stay at home house husband. But if you like Breaking Bad and Sopranos, S1 is very well written.
Loved it! It was an effective blend of different tech origin stories. Lee Pace was also excellent in "Foundation".