Category "halt-and-catch-fire"

Windows-like logo in Halt and Catch Fire intro

In AMC's Halt and Catch Fire TV series, its intro at some point shows a Windows-like logo image. What is the image alluded for? Since it was before the rising o

portable computer on Halt and Catch Fire TV series?

Is the portable computer on Halt and Catch Fire TV series based on actual facts from the history of the personal computer? I have been watching the first episo

Does "steal the bread from the weak little boy" refer to any 80's movie/TV show?

Here's the dialog from the season 2 of Halt and Catch Fire TV series (the show takes place in 1984. Tom and Cameron are discussing their future computer game):

Mutiny valuation in Halt & Catch Fire

In the latest episode, S3E8, Mutiny is valued at $8 (or cents, it's not clear to me) a share, before falling to 6.00, then 5.00. This was lower than they h

Was the final shot of Halt and Catch Fire S3/Ep8 done with a green screen?

Specifically, that incredible dolly zoom where a broken Joe MacMillan stands at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The reason I ask is the background with the

Why does Donna keep flipping the face of her wristwatch on meetings?

In season 4 episode 1 Donna is shown to have a special wristwatch the face of which can be flipped. There doesn't seem to be anything of interest on the other s

How did Gordon's wristwatch get in his office?

In Halt and Catch Fire S4E09 Joe and Cameron are sitting in Comet office and they hear beeps. Joe explains that it is the alarm on Gordon's wristwatch coming fr

Husband & wife twice - coincidence?

I just re-watched Argo (2012) after not having seen it in quite a while. In the meantime, I've watched the series Halt and Catch Fire (2014–17). So I coul