#HaltFinale
Time
for the Halt and Catch Fire season two finale! Tweet LIVE and add the tag
#HaltFinale, as requested by @HaltAMC and throw in #savehcf while you’re
watching.
Halt and Catch Fire Opening Credits (nominated for an Emmy)
Here
we are, a couple months down the line, and the season two finale is upon us. It
seems like yesterday we were once again welcoming Halt and Catch Fire into our
lives. I cannot believe nine episodes have come and went and here we are with
episode 10 tonight.
Tonight
we will welcome episode 210, Heaven is a Place, onto our screens and frankly,
into our hearts. I can’t believe it was May 31st when we met Joe,
Cameron, Donna and Gordon in the chaos of the Cardiff aftermath. It always
blows me away to see how much they pack into ten episodes. I know months have
passed in the timeline since episode one, but it does not feel like it. It
feels like mere minutes when you follow something so closely and are so
involved in it. Each Sunday we brace ourselves for an emotional roller coaster
ride and I’ll admit it, I cry. At least once an episode I find myself in tears
for one reason or another. If there is one word to describe this show, outside
of phenomenal, it would be emotional.
Every
episode takes you on an emotion fueled journey with each character. It doesn’t
matter which character happens to be your favorite or if you happen to not have
one. You are emotionally invested in their well being and in their dreams. You
want to see them succeed, not in pain. Even though their lives are rather
different from our own (unless you are a fan involved in the world of tech) we
can relate to the interpersonal relationships and struggles of trying to
achieve ones goals while maintaining a personal life. The ups and the downs,
digging in the dirt to find your way and only seeing your blood and tears, second
guessing yourself and others around you.
This
show, these characters could be any one of us trying to find ourselves and our
goals. That is what makes it good television and it is one brick in a wall
which extends into the infinite depths of cyberspace that makes Halt and Catch
Fire worth saving and worth watching.
As
much as Halt and Catch Fire means to us, we cannot even begin to imagine how
much it means to the creators, the cast and the crew. This is our chance to
express our gratitude and our thanks. Thank you for a wonderful two seasons and
here’s to more! Also, we know this campaign has been in an effort to #savehcf,
but the stress of all of this on them is nothing we could even begin to fathom
so let’s show them some love. Head to their twitters and just send a thank you
for making this show and giving us these characters to admire and love. This is
their baby; they have given us their baby and allowed us to watch it grow. That
itself is beautiful.
Christopher
Cantwell: @ifyoucantwell
Christopher
Rogers: @CCR
Halt
and Catch Fire: @HaltAMC
Joe
MacMillan-The Visionary
Cameron
Howe- The Prodigy
Gordon
Clark- The Engineer
And
of course, the rest of the A-Team (these two names made up by us)
Donna
Clark- The Rock
John
Bosworth- The Professional
Credit: JoeMacMilee tumblr
Something
I wanted to add since I’ve been telling a few people this in hopes to qualm
their worries about Halt not yet being renewed while some other AMC shows have
been:
Thank you Lee Pace Fan
Network for the photo and link: @thelpfn
A
quote from an article explaining how even at the TCA, Halt was not renewed, but
last year it was not renewed until well after the season one finale so there is
still hope. Don’t give up and keep this campaign alive.
-Keep
sending in those letters/emails.
-Keep
using the #savehcf (in a positive manner, we cannot express how important that
is)
-Keep
tweeting about the show
Creators,
producers, AMC and HaltAMC tweeting about the finale!
@CCR
@HaltAMC
@ifyoucantwell
@tobyhuss
@Rossfilms
@AMC_TV
Remember
to use #HaltFinale and #savehcf when you watch tonight.
Michael
Ausiello of TV Line featured Halt and Catch Fire in this “What
to Watch” segment today: http://tvline.com/what-to-watch/
He interviewed Lee earlier on and has always been a fan,
this is the first time he’s featured the show so we know it must be an
incredible episode (of course). This is great publicity.
NERDIST: Chris Cantwell and Chris Rogers, creators of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, discuss
telling personal stories in a public medium, writing together, pitching and
selling, and more.
How
incredible is this? Halt and Catch Fire writers and creators featured on the
worldwide podcast, Nerdist? This is huge. As Joe would say, “Computers aren’t
the thing. They are the thing that gets us to the thing”
-Joe MacMillan (Halt and
Catch Fire, S1E1).
Well,
they got our boys on the Nerdist podcast. We’re so proud and happy for you
both.
Last,
but not least I’d like to include a transcript of Joe’s speech from episode 208
because from the response online and just from personal experience, it seems
that we’ve all been there and this speech resonated with us. We all have dreams
and ideas trapped inside that either remain there or we simply cannot get out.
The writers know exactly how to strike a chord and how to get into our heads
with every single line and every single episode. I don’t know about you, but I
balled like a complete baby during this scene. Not only because I am,
admittedly a fan of Joe, but because it was so pure and written brilliantly.
For those of us that want to be writers or just appreciate brilliant writing,
this scene is the epitome of the craft. I also think it showcases what these
characters have been fighting for all along; the realization of dreams/ideas
and interconnection.
Joe’s Speech:
“I
feel like there's a lot of goodness in me, a lot of greatness, but I can't get
it out of me. I can't give it to the world. I have ideas. I'm not an echo. I
make things in my mind, but I can't get them into the world. I can't get past
this. *pounds chest* It's like a trap. Like the world won't see the... me...
the real me. Oh, no, I see you. I have ideas. Online could be more. It could be
more than just inside bullshit for anointed coder shitheads. It could be
universal. You could live your life there. It would change everything, I promise
you. The world we live in now is going to look like the Stone Age. All these
people with their things. The physical world is dead. A pathway is being built.
A way out, into a world of pure information. A shared consciousness. The future
is bearing down on us like a freight train and nobody sees it.”
Read more at: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=176&t=19595&sid=9e34aa0872f63581b90242fe0c7ad13f
Credit: @northtrekr
We
love this show.
Let’s
enjoy the finale. Let’s go out with a bang.
Let’s
get a season three.
We
are Halt and Catch Fire.
We
are Mutiny.
Thank
you,
-Bailey
and the SaveHCF Team
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