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They ended that way too early. There is so much good content to write about now. I know it’s hard to transition, but do you really need (near) the full cast sti

They ended that way too early. There is so much good content to write about now. I know it’s hard to transition, but do you really need (near) the full cast still?

kramerger 3y ago
Don't know. The last 1-2 seasons started to get boring as the writers ran out of ideas.
- losvedir 3y ago
  The last season was my favorite. I was amazed how well it captured the AGI vibes in my corner of Silicon Valley at the time. These days I think most people would easily recognize OpenAI and GPT, but it was filmed 5 years ago!
Apocryphon 3y ago
What we really need is more shows to take up the concept and satirize modern tech (and SV specifically) from their own unique angles. The only one that did was the short-lived Amazon original Betas, which had more irritating younger characters, yet for all of its memespeak it really did feel like it grokked the startup bubble culture well enough, especially since it was actually set in the SoMa of San Francisco, rather than Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto!
- TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
  Maybe ChatGPT can write one.
bombolo 3y ago
Too early? It was always "oh now piedpiper fails… oh we saved it, we are rich again"
- rchaud 3y ago
  The "Entourage" strategy.
- cloverich 3y ago
  I've seen a few shows go through this kind of death phase, and have always been curious about the internal writing dynamics that leads the team towards these bite sized episodes without an overarching story line of interest. Especially because it seems like such a staple of good shows to have an overarching story, then a few concurrent story lines, with a final dose of single episode dynamics. I'd think they have to know they are breaking away from an established successful formula and instead trending towards the show being cancelled, I just wonder if its on purpose, or they just can't get the good writers back, producers meddling, or what.
conradfr 3y ago
The show didn't really survive the firing of T.J. Miller and flanderization was coming hard. But yes it would be great to have the show nowadays with a fresh look at the current environment.
- rchaud 3y ago
  Unless TJ Miller was also a writer on the show, he wouldn't have been able to save the last season.
cykros 3y ago
Indeed. They could go with an anthology of seasons style show, however, if Mike Judge is up for it. New start ups with new seasons, with the occasional throwbacks perhaps.

They ended that way too early. There is so much good content to write about now. I know it’s hard to transition, but do you really need (near) the full cast still?

kramerger 3y ago

Don't know. The last 1-2 seasons started to get boring as the writers ran out of ideas.

losvedir 3y ago
The last season was my favorite. I was amazed how well it captured the AGI vibes in my corner of Silicon Valley at the time. These days I think most people would easily recognize OpenAI and GPT, but it was filmed 5 years ago!

Apocryphon 3y ago

What we really need is more shows to take up the concept and satirize modern tech (and SV specifically) from their own unique angles. The only one that did was the short-lived Amazon original Betas, which had more irritating younger characters, yet for all of its memespeak it really did feel like it grokked the startup bubble culture well enough, especially since it was actually set in the SoMa of San Francisco, rather than Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto!

TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
Maybe ChatGPT can write one.

bombolo 3y ago

Too early? It was always "oh now piedpiper fails… oh we saved it, we are rich again"

rchaud 3y ago
The "Entourage" strategy.
cloverich 3y ago
I've seen a few shows go through this kind of death phase, and have always been curious about the internal writing dynamics that leads the team towards these bite sized episodes without an overarching story line of interest. Especially because it seems like such a staple of good shows to have an overarching story, then a few concurrent story lines, with a final dose of single episode dynamics. I'd think they have to know they are breaking away from an established successful formula and instead trending towards the show being cancelled, I just wonder if its on purpose, or they just can't get the good writers back, producers meddling, or what.

conradfr 3y ago

The show didn't really survive the firing of T.J. Miller and flanderization was coming hard. But yes it would be great to have the show nowadays with a fresh look at the current environment.

rchaud 3y ago
Unless TJ Miller was also a writer on the show, he wouldn't have been able to save the last season.

cykros 3y ago

Indeed. They could go with an anthology of seasons style show, however, if Mike Judge is up for it. New start ups with new seasons, with the occasional throwbacks perhaps.