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I think this is the fourth or fifth thread on the show in the last week
Watched the first episode this weekend and found it quite slow.
Can’t believe the wrong font killed a dude.
Yeah, I couldn't make if through the first episode. I might grind out the rest while working with it on in the background, but other than that I don't think it will have main stream popularity.
But it will have a very loyal albeit small cult following of people who wanna get into IB
Lol literally
2nd episode has convinced me I accidentally subscribed to pornhub premium and not hbo
Not wrong man, that shit was getting me a bit toey.
Calm down on Yasmin guys
She is indeed hot af
Just started watching today. On episode 7 and will not stop strictly because of Yasmin, and I’m a female.
The other IB show on Amazon is more entertaining and accurate. Industry is an over-stylized, inaccurate and slow mess. When I saw the first episode was directed by Lena Dunham, it made a ton of sense why it is what it is, and why I won’t invest another second of my time to the show. I’m more qualified to do a tv show on the non-profit industry.
God I fucking hate her so much. What’s the Amazon show you’re referring to?
Bulge Bracket. Which I didn’t say was good, but better than Industry.
i took the show for what it is and found it enjoyable tbh just something 'light' and fun, although I do miss watching shit like Succession
Wish the writers from Succession or Veep/Silicon Valley would develop a show on banking. Why is every show or movie about finance a cringey wet blanket of a production? I’d even take a finance version of House of Lies before this drivel
Agreed, Silicon Valley is the funniest show in the last five years and Succession is the best in the last few years. So I would be happy to see IB done in either of those two styles. The guy who did Margin Call did a phenomenal job, and would be able to do a drama on par with Succession. Not sure if there’s someone who can do a Silicon Valley for banking though. I think Mike Judge was a tech guy for a hot second so he at least had some first hand knowledge before doing Office Space and Silicon Valley.
Super cringe!!!
I have found it entertaining but I don’t wanna ruin the image I have of IB with that. Never worked in IB and I feel like this is a weird vibe to get into.
Don't worry. Finance is not like this at all. Would elements of this show happen across an employee base of several thousand in one building? Yes, absolutely. But the show is so exaggerated it is almost as unrealistic as Wolf Of Wall Street (BTW, a 16 y.o. kid from my gym wanted to join banking based on that movie!).
I think HBO was trying to create the Entourage of the banking world with unknown actors.
Most people I met in banking are a bunch of middle-aged, average looking professionals where their entirely family would rely on that one paycheck. They spend so much time in a cage called "office" that their lives will disappear in front of their eyes.
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