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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 04:18 PM Jun 2014

"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.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/

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

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"Halt and Catch Fire" premieres tonight on AMC TV (June 1) (Original Post) bananas Jun 2014 OP
This looks interesting! Ilsa Jun 2014 #1
It's no surprise that he's a rising star..... Little Star Jun 2014 #5
FUD episode was great last night. Ilsa Jun 2014 #6
I've got my dvr all set. Hope it's good. Little Star Jun 2014 #2
It's VERY GOOD... encore about to start. nt MADem Jun 2014 #3
Yep! Just watched and it's really good.... Little Star Jun 2014 #4
Great show!! Tripper11 Jun 2014 #7
I don't think so.. trumad Jul 2014 #9
This is my favorite of all the new shows LibinMo Jun 2014 #8
I've watched this program, Jenoch Jul 2014 #10
Two episodes left this season....... a kennedy Jul 2014 #11
My husband and I are watching... one_voice Jul 2014 #12
I love this show, and am going to miss it now that the finale has aired. Silver Gaia Aug 2014 #13

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
1. This looks interesting!
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 06:20 PM
Jun 2014

Lee Pace is a rising star. He was wonderful in The Desolation of Smaug as Thranduil.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
5. It's no surprise that he's a rising star.....
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:12 AM
Jun 2014

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)
6. FUD episode was great last night.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:55 AM
Jun 2014

I wonder why Joe was scarred up.

I'm glad the writers are looking at subtle gender issues, too.

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
7. Great show!!
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 09:52 AM
Jun 2014

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.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
10. I've watched this program,
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 01:33 PM
Jul 2014

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)
11. Two episodes left this season.......
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 06:36 PM
Jul 2014

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.

Silver Gaia

(4,542 posts)
13. I love this show, and am going to miss it now that the finale has aired.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 07:05 AM
Aug 2014

Great characters and interesting story.

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