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Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by kennywinker on Sunday August 24, 2025 @07:52PM (#45008888)
Completely different show after season 1, I almost bailed at the end of s01 too. But also, different strokes for different folks :)
Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by bananaboy on Sunday August 24, 2025 @08:19PM (#45009033)
Really! Interesting. How was it different?
Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by protocolture on Sunday August 24, 2025 @08:56PM (#45009210)
Shifts from looking like compaq, to early internet stuff, from memory.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by ghaff on Sunday August 24, 2025 @10:23PM (#45009615)
It looked a bit like Compaq then it pivoted to, I expected, to look more like Apple with the Comdex angle. But it didn't. I did like the show. But it skirted the reality of the era with a lot of other stuff.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by Moto7451 on Sunday August 24, 2025 @09:48PM (#45009454)
Just to +1 this and then add some more color, the show doesn’t try to be a Pirates of Silicon Valley where they cover a single specific company/set of events but instead they compress the entirety of the 80s and 90s key events into their couple of seasons. It’s fun so long as you don’t mind.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) by bananaboy on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:28AM (#45010521)
Ah right I did know that much about then following seasons. I thought the previous poster meant different in that the characters etc and over the top-ness was different but from my understanding of reading the synopsis it’s still basically the same characters and storytelling style so I think I’ll probably have the same problem with it heh. But I do love historical stuff like this even when fictionalised so maybe I should power through it.