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It really would. The existing series is great but it's too good-natured to represent what Silicon Valley actually is. It represents investors as straightforwar
by michaelochurch 11y ago
It really would.
The existing series is great but it's too good-natured to represent what Silicon Valley actually is. It represents investors as straightforwardly intelligent (one is even female!) and socially awkward rather than as callous manipulators who wreck careers and fund psychopaths to settle scores.
Just as Better Call Saul is a bit more light-hearted than Breaking Bad was (at least toward the end), there needs to be a hard-line honest SV series that focuses on the chicken-hawking and the unethical activity. The existing Silicon Valley is excellent, don't get me wrong. It's just that comedy isn't the best format for representing the tragedy of a national economy losing its ability to innovate due the defective personalities of a small number of laughably untalented individuals.
- aswanson 11y agoTruth.
- ealfert 11y agoTake a look at "Halt and Catch Fire" which is now in season 2. It is set in the 1980's but follows the birth and death of early computer companies and pioneers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series... Definitely darker with back stabbing, manipulation, egos, fortunes won and lost, etc. http://www.amc.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire http://www.amc.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire
- jedanbik 11y agoGreat suggestion. Thanks for sharing!