TV Chat
Related: About this forum"Halt and Catch Fire" premieres tonight on AMC TV (June 1)
No, it's not about Fukushima!
It's a drama about computers in the 1980s.
Some CPUs had a bug which would cause a short-circuit and fry the chip.
Storyline
Set in the early 1980s, series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie. Written by AMC
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)Lee Pace is a rising star. He was wonderful in The Desolation of Smaug as Thranduil.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)He is friggin fabulous! Mackenzie Davis & Scoot McNairy are doing a bang up job of it too.
I think this is one of my favorite new summer shows.
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)I wonder why Joe was scarred up.
I'm glad the writers are looking at subtle gender issues, too.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)Can't wait for more.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)They encored the first several episodes, so we were able to binge watch and get caught up.
It is very entertaining, lots of brilliant nuances, really enjoy the cast.
That said, I expect it should be canceled soon. Sorry to be so cynical, but the past few years there have been some really fantastic shows that we have started watching, shows that somewhat take their time to build the characters and plot only to be pulled because the suits don't have the patience and wherewithal to let it grow and take root.
trumad
(41,692 posts)AMC is very good about letting their shows run a couple of seasons.
LibinMo
(533 posts)I hope it sticks around for a long time
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)and while it is somewhat interesting, I am not enamored by it. That is possibly because I'm not a computer geek who is all that interested in the process of the evolution of the PC.
I do wish I had not sold my Dell stock in 1999 however.
a kennedy
(29,644 posts)Acting is pretty good but the story line now is great.....love it. Two huge thumbs up, shoot I miss Roger Ebert, he didn't do tv shows though.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)he loves it. I think it's pretty good too.
Silver Gaia
(4,542 posts)Great characters and interesting story.