Jyoti MishraMay 11, 2023

If you're in Britain and have never seen #HaltAndCatchFire, it's now been added to #Channel4 so now's your chance to see THE BEST TV PROGRAMME EVER MADE!

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/halt-and-catch-fire

#HACF #LeePace #MackenzieDavis #KerryBishé #ScootMcNairy #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #HistoryOfComputing

Show threadFlipboard Culture DeskMay 11, 2023
@Jyoti An overlooked classic. No Emmys — outrageous.
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@CultureDesk

Because geek culture is always ignored unless it can be milked dry for the mainstream like Big Bang Theory.

:-/

May 11, 2023 at 9:36pmWeb
Show threadFlipboard Culture DeskMay 11, 2023
@Jyoti Even with the brilliant stories and acting (and the magnificence of Lee Pace). Though a lot of our tech-y friends who would definitely like it have never heard of it, which suggests maybe it wasn't reaching the right people.
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 12, 2023

@CultureDesk

THIS IS NOW YOUR MISSION!

spread the gospel of #HaltAndCatchFire to every lil geek out there!

Show threadJames Harris - Find my bridged Bluesky accountMay 11, 2023
@Jyoti @CultureDesk BBT was truly the worst. It was more what Boomers thought nerds were like instead of reality. Found Community, IT Crowd and Silicon Valley resonated a lot more.
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 12, 2023

@jbwharris @CultureDesk

Still does my nut in that Linehan is one of the UK's major transphobes. Such a fucking horrible, horrible person.

What annoyed me most about BBT is the things they got WRONG. They're meant to be pedantic geeks but it's obvious the writers were not.

Show threadJames Harris - Find my bridged Bluesky accountMay 12, 2023
@Jyoti @CultureDesk Huh, I didn’t know that about him. I feel like I kinda enjoyed IT Crowd in a vacuum in a way, after the fact, so knew little about it aside from the main actors
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 12, 2023

@jbwharris @CultureDesk

Yeah, he's not even an average transphobe, he revels in it. A truly hateful person.

Show threadJames Harris - Find my bridged Bluesky accountMay 12, 2023
@Jyoti @CultureDesk I once saw a deep dive into BBT about how the show spent a lot of time punching down at nerd culture instead of being part of it. I find my enduring memory was how the President of a previous company kinda made Sheldon the mascot of the development department. He thought the show was hilarious, while at the same time not being a tech nerd himself, he was more of a sales/accounting guy.
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 12, 2023

@jbwharris @CultureDesk

I have to be careful here as the last time I criticised BBT for being fake geek, I got leapt on by a load of geeks who love it.

Soooo... to each their own!

But def not my cup of tea. 

Show threadJames Harris - Find my bridged Bluesky accountMay 12, 2023
@Jyoti @CultureDesk some people just don’t like the truth 😂