Though the satire gets darker and the writing gets sharper, there's a dark cloud hanging over Silicon Valley is changing too fast and becoming too Orwellian for "It makes it harder to be silly, when things are so grave," says Alec Berg, executive producer of Show creator Mike Judge, who knows a thing or two about political satire turning into terrifying reality — he also made "They moved fast and they broke things," says Berg, who often finishes Judge's sentences, referencing Facebook's infamous early slogan.
HBO’s hit tech series “Silicon Valley” wrapped its final season in an emotional way on Sunday night. Not only has "I like to think my investments are a little bit different" than the stereotypical "deliver donuts by drone" kind of company, Middleditch says. To be clear, Berg and Judge aren't wrapping up the Pied Piper story because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, or because Mark Zuckerberg seems hell-bent on turning Facebook into a dystopian hellscape of unchecked pro-Trump ads. Co-creator Mike Judge and executive producer Alec Berg discussed the nature of “Silicon Valley” Season 6 and the series finale in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Give them credit: before they went out, they took at least one really good swing at the tech gods.The hearing is teed up for Pied Piper CEO Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) to walk in and give a rousing speech about the importance of internet privacy, even as he pratfalls and exudes Zuckerbergian levels of discomfort.
That suggests we'll see an ending for Richard that somewhat mirrors the experience of Thomas Middleditch himself.
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While the story ends with Jian-Yang (Jimmy O. Yang) assuming Erlich’s identity and thereby stealing his fortune, a “Silicon Valley” spinoff could always star both characters and their own futures.Though the question of will "Silicon Valley" return in some capacity remains up in the air, fans now have six seasons to rewatch and adore in the hopeful wait for a spinoff series. Mashable, MashBash and Mashable House are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. The show has fired its share of shots at the Tesla entrepreneur over the years. And if these comedy legends got nothing, ain't nobody got nothing. Six seasons is the right amount of time." He continued by sharing that while there are no actual plans to make another “Silicon Valley” show, he and the cast would often joke about making a film.“We had a running joke whenever we would cut stuff we were like, ‘OK, save that for the ‘'Silicon Valley' feature.’ It was mostly a joke where it’s like, ‘Well, there you go, there’s your ‘Silicon Valley’ feature: The search for the thumb drive.’ But no, just to be very clear, there are absolutely no plans to proceed with any of that.”While it remains to be seen if “Silicon Valley” will return in some way, questions after the show’s finale could keep it alive. They're ending it because the tale of a startup growing from strength to strength, from Season 1's incubator to Season 6's vast warehouse HQ, has a built-in time limit. Silicon Valley is an American comedy television series created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.The series focuses on five young men who found a startup company in Silicon Valley.
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Season 6 sees them turning into something more like, well, our heroes.
In April 2018, HBO renewed the series for a sixth season. Musk has fired back, suggesting that the showrunners didn't understand the true spirit of the Valley But how do you riff on 2019 Musk with his weird, sad, self-inflicted tweet-based disasters? 'Maybe I've drunk the Kool-Aid': Thomas Middleditch. "At the start, their aspiration was to make a billion dollars," says Berg, even though Team Pied Piper may have cloaked that greed in claims of saving the world.
"You can only be an outsider for so long. The cocreator and executive producer of HBO’s hit break down what made ending their Emmy-nominated series so complicated and how they landed a Bill Gates cameo.
At least the timing of tech dystopia has allowed the show to go out with a bang — by turning our heroes into more than just delivery vessels for satire. There's a lot of sighing and shaking heads as we discuss Zuck, the ultimate outsider-turned-insider. So it actually, literally became about people saving the world." Though sly hints may have alluded to the potential return of T.J. Miller’s Erlich Bachman in the closer, audiences were instead greeted by a different surprise guest: Bill Gates.Co-creator Mike Judge and executive producer Alec Berg discussed the nature of “Silicon Valley” Season 6 and the series finale in an interview with “Well, I don’t know.
Maybe I've just drunk the Kool-Aid. Can you turn calling a cave diver "pedo guy" in a tweet, then doubling down, then Berg and Judge shake their heads. is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.