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Hollismason posted:I thought the episode was great but also kind of sad that the actor that played Peter Gregory passed away. His replacement though was loving terrible. Same here. She's unwatchable at the moment. Maybe she'll grow into something more than a weird Peter surrogate.
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What was the full equation for Peter Gregory's positive contribution to the world? It was something like the integral of his age to his net worth over yearly contribution to causes * other investments * hashtag #thankyoupeter tweets over all tech tweets in a given time. It was glorious.
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Apr 13, 2015 15:08
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Apr 13, 2015 15:22
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Negging the VC's was amazing, plus the whole idea of taking less money then you could.
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Apr 13, 2015 19:14
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Gorn Myson posted:"I don't know about you people, but I don't want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place, better than we do" is one of the best satirical lines against tech utopianism that I've ever heard. His later "Florence during the renaissance" pontification was great jab at the guy who actually said that.
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Apr 13, 2015 19:37
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sbaldrick posted:plus the whole idea of taking less money then you could. FUUUUUUUCK!!
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Apr 13, 2015 20:18
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Solice Kirsk posted:Same here. She's unwatchable at the moment. Maybe she'll grow into something more than a weird Peter surrogate. The actress did a good job with the role she was given. It's just that the character comes off as a female Peter Gregory. It's like the gag from Beerfest where one character dies, then his identical twin cousin shows up and after one scene everything is back to the way it was before.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:48
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sbaldrick posted:Negging the VC's was amazing, plus the whole idea of taking less money then you could. I thought it was kind of empty that Richard just halved the offer and called it a day; Monica explicitly told him that even the lowest valuation he got (around 5 mil) was too high. The whole setup seemed like just a quick way for Mike Judge to make the rather trite point of "be careful what you wish for" rather than an actual plot point with consequences. (just so it's clear, I don't care either way, the episode was amazing).
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Apr 13, 2015 21:20
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What was the song in the ending credits? [edit] found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuWQyfGa1yI Wendigee fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 21:29
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Wendigee posted:What was the song in the ending credits? run the jewels - blockbuster night
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Apr 13, 2015 21:33
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Renewed for Season 3. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/13/veep-renewed-for-season-5-silicon-valley-renewed-for-season-3-by-hbo/388397/
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Apr 13, 2015 21:33
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WarLocke posted:The actress did a good job with the role she was given. She probably comes across that way because I'd imagine that Judge wrote the entire season before Christopher Welch died, and he didn't want to do massive rewrites and make her into a completely different character. He needed her to be more or less identical to Peter Gregory so that it'd be "believable" that she'd make whatever decisions that Peter Gregory would have made had he lived. I agree that she's playing up Gregory's ticks a little too much but it didn't take me out of the show the way it seems to be with some people in the thread.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:51
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Solid episode, minus the Peter Gregory replacement and Monica's terrible delivery of the "no that's not how he died" joke. That joke was just terrible.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:51
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Richman777 posted:... and Monica's terrible delivery of the "no that's not how he died" joke. That joke was just terrible. ... That was the joke, though? e: Are they just dropping Big Head from the show? I don't recall him being in the last episode at all. 
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Apr 13, 2015 21:52
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I don't know I liked the replacement. Peter Gregory was very awkward and she's just very straight to the point. Her whole thing about sitting down vs standing up was hilarious to me.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:02
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WarLocke posted:... That was the joke, though? The joke was that she was bad at explaining it. I'm specifically talking about the delivery of it by the actress. It felt really forced that "obviously she's not going to explain how he really died". It felt to me that they were trying to make the Monica character funnier but the material needed a better comedian to deliver it. I guess I've never really seen Monica's character as one to say something that causes me to laugh so it felt out of place that she was given an actual joke.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:04
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Hollismason posted:I thought the episode was great but also kind of sad that the actor that played Peter Gregory passed away. His replacement though was loving terrible. I had the complete opposite reaction and really enjoyed the character, I'm glad they chose a female replacement also.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:05
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Dr. Pancakes posted:I had the complete opposite reaction and really enjoyed the character, I'm glad they chose a female replacement also. She's not bad it's just that every time she was on-screen I couldn't help but think 'this would be Peter Gregory if the actor hadn't died'. I mean I get why the character is basically a gender swap and the actress is nailing it, and it's not a deal breaker for me but I just can't NOT think about it.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:09
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I remember having that reaction big time with Spartacus so I get it.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:29
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She wasn't my favorite but it didn't ruin the episode for me. They definitely could have picked someone way worse and overall I think the actress will fill into it.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:32
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It didn't ruin the episode it was still great but man everytime she opened her mouth I was like oh it's a actress doing a impression of Peter Gregory. Also, I loved that Peter Gregory was kind of revealed to be a little bit insane.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:45
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The Gregory replacement would have been better if she had the same lines but delivered them normally.
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nooneofconsequence posted:The Gregory replacement would have been better if she had the same lines but delivered them normally. This. I was trying to figure out exactly what was putting me off and it's that. The little stutters and pauses like Gregory did. Thank you. That's exactly what felt odd about it.
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Apr 13, 2015 23:27
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It would have made sense if the replacement was Peter's sister or something to explain the similar mannerisms...now it's just awkward
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Apr 14, 2015 00:07
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It isn't that odd that a company successfully run by an autistic weirdo selects another autistic weirdo to take over after the untimely death of the first autistic weirdo.
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withak posted:It isn't that odd that a company successfully run by an autistic weirdo selects another autistic weirdo to take over after the untimely death of the first autistic weirdo. 
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withak posted:It isn't that odd that a company successfully run by an autistic weirdo selects another autistic weirdo to take over after the untimely death of the first autistic weirdo. This could be funny if we saw the search process and they made it the joke. That it may be "realistic" is essentially irrelevant to whether its a good idea for the plot of a comedy show. Sir Kodiak fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Apr 14, 2015 00:16
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Sir Kodiak posted:This could be funny if we saw the search process and they made it the joke. She told us the search process. They compared the performance numbers of eligible candidates and selected the one that was objectively best.
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Apr 14, 2015 00:25
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withak posted:She told us the search process. They compared the performance numbers of eligible candidates and selected the one that was objectively best. Meaning that the joke really was this... withak posted:It isn't that odd that a company successfully run by an autistic weirdo selects another autistic weirdo to take over after the untimely death of the first autistic weirdo. The test that they used gave them a candidate who was exactly like Peter Gregory in every way.
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withak posted:She told us the search process. They compared the performance numbers of eligible candidates and selected the one that was objectively best. Right. I'm not talking about Silicon Valley as a simulation of how Silicon Valley operates. I'm talking about it as a comedy program. Whether something is depicted or not is more important than what the something is. King Vidiot posted:Meaning that the joke really was this... If this was a joke, I don't think they sold it well enough to justify doing a bad knockoff of a dead man. Sir Kodiak fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Apr 14, 2015 00:32
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Except Monica came right out and said she was making decisions not at all like Peter Gregory. So business wise she's not him, manner wise she is, and some of her lines sounded exactly like things he would have been written to say. It's only been one episode and this show is pretty consistently fantastic, so I'm not too worried. I'm sure she'll come into her own.
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Apr 14, 2015 00:35
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Don't get me wrong, show's still great.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I don't know I liked the replacement. Peter Gregory was very awkward and she's just very straight to the point. Her whole thing about sitting down vs standing up was hilarious to me. the actor owned so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgaF2MDBkI The sesame scene was also inspired by a weird George Lucas story.
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Apr 14, 2015 00:47
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etalian posted:the actor owned so much: Sesame scene is my favorite. "And their selection consists of these burgers....of which they are presumably....king?"
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withak posted:It isn't that odd that a company successfully run by an autistic weirdo selects another autistic weirdo to take over after the untimely death of the first autistic weirdo. Maybe I've just been around too many semi-autists, but she definitely came off as being a different flavor of autistic to me. While kinda similar to Peter Gregory, she was hailing from a different part of the spectrum. Also the fact that she was "objectively best" based on her portfolio instead of her ability to lead/socialize was on point.
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Apr 14, 2015 03:56
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who played the stern taylor vc? he's not listed on imdb that i can see but i know i've seen him before
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the talent deficit posted:who played the stern taylor vc? he's not listed on imdb that i can see but i know i've seen him before http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300040/ Quick scan tells me he was the recurring junkie on Scrubs and almost nothing else.
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King Vidiot posted:She probably comes across that way because I'd imagine that Judge wrote the entire season before Christopher Welch died, and he didn't want to do massive rewrites and make her into a completely different character. He needed her to be more or less identical to Peter Gregory so that it'd be "believable" that she'd make whatever decisions that Peter Gregory would have made had he lived. I agree that she's playing up Gregory's ticks a little too much but it didn't take me out of the show the way it seems to be with some people in the thread. Until she buys enough sesame seeds to corner the world sesame seed market after going to Burger King she'll never be Peter Gregory  I liked her and apparently Pied Piper is also going to add a female employee so I guess Mike Judge listened to the critics re: too many dudes. The REAL Goobusters posted:Her whole thing about sitting down vs standing up was hilarious to me. I have literally been in that meeting at work in my own life and I also found it hilarious. I also love how accurately the show skewers self-important tech people and then watching how all the actual self-important tech people don't get it. axeil fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Spoeank posted:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300040/ Haha goddamn, that's exactly where I know him from but I still for some reason though he was in everything.
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I worked in a tech startup with people who were thankfully pretty grounded and self aware, and this show is basically a much funnier version of the ways we used to imitate/make fun of the true believer lunatics we had to deal with on a regular basis.
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