Silicon Valley - La valle del boom

What a time the 1990's were. Fortunes made and lost in hours, industries created and destroyed overnight, new innovations being created and sometimes eclipsed within days, vaporware and outright fraud being shopped around and making millions. This is the story of a few of the major players in Silicone Valley during this time. The story is intertwined with actors acting out key plot points in both realistic and artistic ways and some of the real players telling us what happened and what it was like. This is a must watch for anyone who lived through this era in computers or anyone interested in what is going to happen to the industry in the future, we all know history is destined to repeat itself.

Hybrid Docu-Drama, where some of the prime-movers appear in cameo to describe their exploits, intertwined with actors that act out the same events. The process is brought down a bit by simply too much information, kind of a docu-drama for dummies. Still, the subject matter is fascinating, as were those times. No idea where the thing is headed but my best guess is that a big fat torpedo will be launched at the memory of Microsoft mid-series, since a great deal of the setup seems to be super friendly to the legacy of Netscape and the 'nerds are antisocial brainiacs' fanboy movement. Witness the silly placements of oddly pretentious Arianna Huffington thoughts. I guess finding humor is easier that finding an understanding of the things that make one's life work, 20 years after.

Had to write a review. This series deserves better. Anyone dismissing it due to the unusual manner in which it is told is missing the entire point. If you were a part of this time, or if you work in tech it is a must see. Original, informative and well acted. Fun for all is too be had as long as you approach it with an often mind.

It took me about 2 episodes to get use to the format of the show and even then it's pretty disruptive. They are trying too hard to spice up the boring topic of browser wars but as someone who worked for SGI (Clark's first company) and now at Microsoft... how can I say no to this. Andreesen has always fascinated me as I grew up using Gopher, Mosaic and then of course Netscape.

Funny to think now the Edge browser is overnight going to become a Chromium based browser and the browser wars are far dead. Now Azure vs. AWS...

What a long way we've come. If you like tech stories.. watch it, you'll put up with the poorly done format.

This should be a 7.5 but I rounded but bc it's the nice thing to do especially because this is way better than a 6.4. I've read the user reviews and a lot of them bash the story telling, claiming to be very disappointed because they were very interested in the subject matter yet the show did not provide the straightforward clinical examination they were expecting. It seems as though the trailer may have created expectations that the show did not deliver. I watched this without having seen a trailer and was pleasantly refreshed by the choice to use this innovative style of docudrama. To all of the reviewers saying why on earth would they do this? Let's call it what it is: it's ripping off the Big Short, which was a hugely successful and applauded business film. The style of the big short made a story about finance accessible to people unfamiliar with the subject matter. I'm glad NatGeo tried to do something different. It definitely hits and misses. Certain aspects of it are great, while others, like some of the casting decisions, the rapping, super long dance sequences, cartoonish hypotheticals, fourth wall breaking (which I didn't hate) take the viewer of the story. Here's what I do applaud this series for and why I give it a high rating, and why it hooked me: the storylines. I have never heard of Michael Fenne, Pixelon or The Globe.com. If it weren't for this series, I'm sure I'd never have heard about these companies. Also, Netscape is usually second fiddle to other stories and I loved getting a deep dive. I'm a huge fan of the decision to focus on these stories. I find them very compelling and watching them dramatized with the real life talking heads worked for me. Steve Zahn as Michael Fenne is extraordinary. While it's stylistic choices may turn some off, especially those expecting something straightforward, I found myself looking forward to the next episode while watching this series and I personally can't say that for too many shows these days.