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.
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 11, 2023

@CultureDesk

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

:-/

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 account
@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
May 12, 2023 at 1:01amWeb
Show threadJyoti MishraMay 12, 2023

@jbwharris @CultureDesk

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