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I don't get why it's so praised. Everybody says it's about the rise of computing, and all I got was a shoehorned romance story with computers in the background.
by sph 5mo ago
I don't get why it's so praised. Everybody says it's about the rise of computing, and all I got was a shoehorned romance story with computers in the background.
Just like all those sci-fi shows where the sci-fi is only a background to family drama.
- rigonkulous 5mo agoI lived that era and personally had many of the experiences of the characters over the decades, so as I watched, I compared the show to my own experiences. So for me the love/romance aspect was just the network television layer I had to peer through, in order to find the marrow of the meal, so to speak. That said, it did have a fast attack, a moderate decay, but then a fast release, in terms of 'interest envelope', for me personally. I enjoyed the good bits while they lasted, and tolerated the soap opera in case there were dregs, all the way to the end...
- brookst 5mo agoAll good stories are about the characters. Genre-first gets old quick.
- cman1444 5mo agoThis is why a lot of my favorite shows/movie series are ones only a few episodes long, but which really give a good feel for the world they take place in. Bladerunner and HBO's Chernobyl are two of my favorites that fit this.
- burnte 5mo agoEven companies that create computers are still run by people, and the relationships of those people are just as impactful as the business decisions.
- protocolture 5mo agoI mean, for something you consider to be the background, it takes up a hell of a lot of the foreground. And the romance was more character drama about people making extremely irresponsible choices.