Episode Discussions

The King of Wishful Thinking by Go West is Gordon yearning for Donna . Velouria by Pixies is Joe yearning for Cam . We Belong by Pat Benatar is Donna yearning for Cam . Rid of Me by PJ Harvey is Cam yearning for Donna . Or has my brain halted and caught fire..? 😐

That's it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SNdRF9UIv8

https://youtu.be/4DH-zVupHlc?si=Ba234hLGrLgC6_vJ

Which HACF re-watch podcasts are your favorite?

Do you think season 1 - Landfall is the beginning manifestations of Gordon’s illness?

A fellow fan had posted the interview with Lance Totten, the Set Decorator for HaCF. I looked up his personal website and he has photos of the sets for each season (except Season 3)!

These "candid" takes make it feel like part of actual history :) Kind of makes for great desktop backgrounds or smart device wallpapers...

https://www.lancetotten.com/halt-and-catch-fire-1

https://www.lancetotten.com/halt-catch-fire-season-2

https://www.lancetotten.com/halt-catch-fire-season-4

I watched this show in its entirety before I got married, several years ago, shortly after my mom died; then again after a cross-country move, marriage, and other big life changes.

I’m finally watching it with my husband, who has never seen it before.

We just watched S4E7 together. Our baby daughter is sleeping in my arms.

I have thought about what my mom felt or saw before she died. I have wondered about what I’ll feel or see. Watching Gordon watch Donna….it never fails to move me, and now, even more-so. I love this show.

It seems like it’s no longer available, js that the case for anyone else too?

https://youtu.be/SsbI3GrbHKw?si=KiseesKY9qkIfOdp

https://mirror80.com/2015/07/halt-and-catch-fire-interview-lance-totten/

I have the first two seasons on disc, but of course they stopped with 3 and 4. I'd love to just find a service (Amazon, Apple, whatever) to buy the seasons, but honestly $25/season is a bit hard to do right now.

Are there regular discounts for these? Is there a specific time of year the seasons go on sale?

https://youtu.be/Hxn8nLybimo?si=7F0pn5tKEV3yLzSi

I was looking for the show on a streaming service and saw that the 10 year anniversary of when the show premiered is coming up. Wow!

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years and this show still moves me. I became a programmer because of this show (and a bad work experience), but it’s just so crazy it’s influence.

I really wish there was more.

Anyways how will you celebrate? Will you binge all the seasons like I will?

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It’s been posted many years ago, but since I wanted to re-watch this evening, I was reminded that this documentary/the story of Compaq Computer features brief moments with Chris Cantwell, too. Compaq was a huge inspiration for the show.

The documentary also features brief scenes of HaCF :)

I can’t find Silicon Cowboys on Netflix anymore, but it is currently available on Apple iTunes and Amazon Prime Video (in the U.S. at least). UPDATE: Also streaming on Peacock!

With the rebooting of so many shows, what if they decided to bring back HCF for another season? What are some ideas that would be worth exploring? The rise of social media? Smartphones? AI?

…this would be widely recognized as the best show of the 2010s?

We need to start a thread of Bosworth's jokes when he's with the old boys

"and that my friends is how you jerk off a dinosaur"

Really enjoyed Station Eleven with MacKenzie Davis.

Lee pace in Foundation has also been an absolute treat of both a role and a show overall.

What roles have you seen our main cast play after HaCF that resonated with you?

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https://youtu.be/NlfNn76c2w8?si=xufdhznoe7IzdBIM

Towards the end of the last episode of season 2, there's a shot of Gordon and Donna in Joanie's playhouse as they're discussing the terms to save their marriage. It's a brief, but brilliant visual representation of how they've outgrown their Austin household. I'm not sure I caught it the first time around, so I'm glad I'm finally getting around to a rewatch.

I just wish that they had spent some time researching what dial-up modems sounded like in the 80s.

The sounds of dial-up modems as portrayed for the 80s era in HACF are that of mid to late 90's 56K dial-up modems.

They did everything else so well.

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How does this show not have blu rays for any seasons outside season 1??

Toby Huss will be joining Scoot McNairy and Kerry Bishe for the 10th anniversary reunion at ATX this year. 3 down, 2 to go (Lee Pace and Mackenzie Davis).

Lee Pace does a great job of displaying how charming and seductive Joe can be. I do feel Joe’s energy coming through the screen.