This would've been good if you'd finished w/ 'My panties just got wet........'

Pretty much this. Silicon Valley has a lot of business and programing jargon that is probably appreciated by those in the field it completely superfluous to the storyline/characters which are the main source of humor in the show and it looks like Luckboxes is going for the same sort of thing.

Didn't you like the episode where Sheldon couldn't find his trophy and blamed his house guest for stealing it to sell for drug money? Even got his mum into the act.
Turned out it was actually in the house all along!

BAZINGA!

I agree

Imagine how good a poker show would be with Kenny Powers though.

Sitcoms are supposed to be funny, aren't they?
'The Micros' was funny. These clips seem to be lacking Max Rofls.

Whens the pilot out?

I didn't watch the clip yet, but I think a problem with poker-related fiction is that it's very difficult to make it appealing to both a mass audience and poker players. Poker players will nitpick about everything that isn't super gto pokerwise and offering a realistic portrait about being a poker player doesn't appeal to mass audiences.

A sitcom about poker players sounds like a terrible idea to be honest and something that would be incredibly difficult to do well. I like the people behind this and I enjoyed Bet Raise Fold, but they would have to be insanely talented to make the concept work imo.

Except for the tabs v spaces episode, obviously.

(Tabs is the correct answer, btw).

Looks to be very bad, will probably sigh-watch it

man this would be huge for poker if it were successful, it def needs some better writing based on those clips tho

As I watched the clips all I could think about was that I wished the clips were a quarter as long and that there was only one clip instead of three.

Cliffs: didn't laff

I haven't bothered watching the clips but I don't think it's really a big deal.

It's a sitcom, I think all it requires are personalities in a situation that showcases their individual quirks or w/e. Friends was about a bunch of people who hang out in a coffee shop and their apartments.

It shouldn't cater to poker players considering they make up like .0001% of a general viewing audience anyways, maybe a higher % of the ppl willing to watch the show initially out of interest I guess, but on streaming services like netflix ppl will give a lot of random crap a chance, moreso than on network television so I think ppl may watch an episode or two to see what's up.

The show shouldn't be, and I can't imagine it would be, about poker/poker lifestyle, you think being a litigation attorney is anything like suits? cause it's not

Does it have the part where somebody bets more money than you have and you can't call it so you lose the pot

Sommerville is a producer he should drive at least 10,000 people to watch the show

Maybe this seems like such a bad sitcom bc there is no laugh tracks yet to tell us where to laugh?

it does seem a little silicon valley-ish, which imo is a good thing. doesnt look terrible to me, will give it a go

^ this, actually.

Heck if a major network never picks up LuckBoxes (or the above bulleted list) then you'd expect a decent web series to get developed and released at the very least. Think "Pure Pwnage" but for the poker culture rather than the gaming culture. With the right *characters* it would be extremely watchable and endure a long time. (Like PP did / does)

+Math.infinity!!! #FUcrockfordYouOldGrump

Missed the boat by 10 years or so.

Who could possibly think this has any kind of chance now?

Unless they overdub "poker" with "Pokemon Go" and try it that way.

According to IMDBPro it is slated to run on Poker Central.

I was expecting much worse after this post.

I think I'd be lowballing if I said they're better than 50% of what passes for comedy on TV. Faint praise, perhaps.

This.

The Johnny Chan pilot was horrible beyond belief. At least these folks have a bit of acting skill. I wish them well.

Thank god beale stopped posting