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| KMInfinity | Jul 21 2014, 08:02 PM Post #31 |
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Really good one last night (The 214s). I loved the story of Gordon and Donna's engagement ring, with the whole o Henry twist and all. I also liked the way they are slowly working in more character beats and backstory - Cam and Boz, Joe and his dad... I love everything about Donna and want more of the story from her POV. Glad she decided to be crazy and go to ComDex. And noticed again after the fact co-written by Zack Whedon. |
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| Dax | Jul 21 2014, 08:09 PM Post #32 |
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Yeah, it looked like she WAS leaving, until she found the ring... Gang taking off in what looks like the Griswold Family Truckster at the end is fun... Road trip... |
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| KMInfinity | Jul 22 2014, 11:12 AM Post #33 |
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Or...was it turning Giant on, and realizing it deserved a chance... thus so did Gordon. :yes: |
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| Dax | Jul 29 2014, 12:24 AM Post #34 |
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I think my Dad was probably at Comdex in '83... he worked for a video distribution company ('King of Video') and would go to CES and Comdex... Joe building the static-free room looked like Dexter setting up a Kill Room... of course, later, they'd wish they had one for that purpose... http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-amcs-halt-and-catch-fire-tries-to-be-more-than-just-another-mad-men-clone Huh... I had not remembered that McNairy & Bishe (Gordon and Donna) were also a couple in of-nearly-the-same-time-period Argo... Krystal, you just re-watched that recently, didn't you? Was that since HACF started? Did you notice this? |
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| Krystal | Jul 29 2014, 01:37 PM Post #35 |
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I did not notice but you are correct. I am one behind as I like to watch the last 2 together. I just watched the one where they all took off in the car. I was surprised that the boss would put himslef in trouble to bail them out. I think he grew fond of them all. I really like this show a lot. |
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| Dax | Aug 4 2014, 02:37 AM Post #36 |
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Finale - I like unemployed Donna getting high and eating cookies. I like Cameron stealing all the coders and trying to hire Donna. The carjacking was odd (and didn't look right - Gordon played the impact a lot stronger than dozing Donna did). Joe's a fucking psycho, but Cameron dealt a pretty low blow saying he's the same sad little boy that went off the roof. Joe torching the truck was predictable. Clean-shaven Gordon is The New Joe. Mutiny is a better name for a computer company than The Giant is for a portable computer. Guess Joe's Mom is the caretaker of the observatory he's taking a long hike to. Okay. Looking forward to seeing Lee Pace as a villain in Guardians of the Galaxy. My facebook friends' reviews have been universally positive this weekend. |
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| KMInfinity | Aug 4 2014, 10:02 AM Post #37 |
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I liked the stuff with Donna and Cameron too. Loved D's 'performance review.' So, splitting 8% PROFIT (which is what I thought they said) is 1.6 mil each for Joe and Gordon. And Cameron gets nothing? >>>>>Joe torching the truck was predictable. I was confused though. He didn't ruin the rollout, just burned one truck, right? And I was also confused because it seemed like way more time was passing all of a sudden between scenes. |
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| Krystal | Aug 4 2014, 10:21 AM Post #38 |
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No more shows? |
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| blosslover | Aug 4 2014, 11:32 AM Post #39 |
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That's the end unless it gets renewed... TV Guide did an interview with the creators, with spoilers if you haven't seen the last episode. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Halt-and-Catch-Fire-Season1-Finale-Postmortem-1085225.aspx |
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| Dax | Aug 4 2014, 12:30 PM Post #40 |
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>> So, splitting 8% PROFIT (which is what I thought they said) is 1.6 mil each for Joe and Gordon. Oh, maybe (of the profit). I thought they said full partnership of the company... (4% to each, but vested after four years, so... Joe's not going to get it... - does Gordon get an 8% share now?) >> And Cameron gets nothing? Right. Well, she was paid for her work... >> He didn't ruin the rollout, just burned one truck, right? Yeah. Glad it wasn't a warehouse or something, but... still. The truck of their symbolic rollout, the champagne breaking... kinda stings. Psycho. >> And I was also confused because it seemed like way more time was passing all of a sudden between scenes. Time advanced, but not (I don't think) scene-to-scene, did it? Think all the jumps were separated by act breaks... |
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| KMInfinity | Aug 4 2014, 03:50 PM Post #41 |
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>>>>>Oh, maybe (of the profit). I thought they said full partnership of the company... (4% to each, but vested after four years, so... I think when Joe was discussing with the owner Cardiff he said profits of 40 mil based on units... Checking... Yeah, Cardiff says he could 'net' 5 million just selling the company, since he's 65 and wants to kick back, implying that if Cardiff runs the show they will net 40 million. |
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| Dax | Aug 6 2014, 12:41 PM Post #42 |
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http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/halt-catch-fire-finale-ratings-amc-turn-low-winter-sun/ |
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| KMInfinity | Aug 6 2014, 01:25 PM Post #43 |
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yikes. that's not good. I feel like I'm in an exclusive club. :P |
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| Krystal | Aug 6 2014, 01:26 PM Post #44 |
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Bummer. Well, at least it was sort of a finale that you could call an ending and didn't leave you in the air. |
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| blosslover | Aug 20 2014, 12:26 PM Post #45 |
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It was renewed: http://tvline.com/2014/08/20/halt-and-catch-fire-renewed-season-2/ |
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| Krystal | Aug 20 2014, 01:48 PM Post #46 |
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Hooray! I had heard it was attracting an educated group of people and hoped that might pull it through but I was not optimistic. I really liked the show a lot. |
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| KMInfinity | Aug 20 2014, 09:07 PM Post #47 |
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Well that's unexpected good news. |
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| Dax | Aug 20 2014, 11:03 PM Post #48 |
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I'm glad. Leftovers and Strain I expected to get second seasons... this, I was leaning to 'won't'... I think FX's Tyrant is gonna be one-and-done, though... |
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| Dax | Jan 10 2015, 04:10 PM Post #49 |
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http://deadline.com/2015/01/halt-and-catch-fire-cast-creator-address-sony-hacking-scandal-tca-1201346509/ |
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| Dax | Jun 7 2015, 12:04 PM Post #50 |
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Second season premiere good. Same five-person cast, with one addition - Aleksa Palladino as Sara Wheeler, Joe's fiancé. I like Palladino, she was Angela Darmody on Boardwalk Empire. Think I would have taken the ripped pieces of the check, taped it together, and... Or at least, in turn ripped up whatever he just signed and initialed... |
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| Krystal | Jun 7 2015, 01:25 PM Post #51 |
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I like the show a lot. |
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| KMInfinity | Jun 21 2015, 07:39 PM Post #52 |
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I'm still hanging in there but the unevenness of S1 continues. Some stuff I like a lot, and other stuff seems stupid. I'm enjoying more Donna a lot, but the stuff with Joe bores me. I wish they wouldn't make Gordon SU*CH a schmuck. Also some things just don't seem to connect or make sense. Maybe watching on Sunday nite I'm not alert to subtle clues. |
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| Dax | Jun 21 2015, 07:47 PM Post #53 |
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I didn't understand how Gordon's (not-tested-well-enough) 'improvement' was able to do SO much damage, but... Good conflict(s) between everybody, I thought. Dinner party was delightfully awkward, and it was cool when Cameron called for Donna and got Joe... Felt really bad for Boz. |
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| blosslover | Jun 21 2015, 11:03 PM Post #54 |
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Gordon somehow created an evil data miner or at least that's what it seemed to be. |
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| KMInfinity | Jun 22 2015, 11:15 AM Post #55 |
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Last night's episode was excellent - really enjoyed that everyone seems to be better connected and not in separate, isolated stories. The stuff with Donna and Cam continues to be gold - though the scene in the bar where Gordon and Joe are both unwilling to call their SO's was pretty funny. |
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| Krystal | Jun 25 2015, 01:29 PM Post #56 |
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I thought it was very good as well. |
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| blosslover | Jun 25 2015, 01:34 PM Post #57 |
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Poor Donna, she already has to deal with a ton of kids, she doesn't need a pregnancy. Yo-yo is gone, I understand why he didn't stay on, but he was one of the few minor people who I knew by name. |
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| Dax | Aug 2 2015, 11:15 PM Post #58 |
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http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/hey-amc-quit-screwing-around-and-renew-halt-and-catch-fire/single-page Fingers crossed that we get more... |
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| Krystal | Aug 2 2015, 11:42 PM Post #59 |
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I hope it gets renewed as well. But I have to say I was almost surprised that it even got this season . |
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| Dax | Aug 4 2015, 02:48 PM Post #60 |
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Good finale. I do want a third season... Glad Bosworth got on the plane. Understand Cameron being bummed about Tom, but she really COULD have given him more than a few hours to ponder the decision... |
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