Valley of the Boom

This should be a 7.5 but I rounded but bc it's the nice thing to do especially because this is way better than a 6.

All the haters need to get over it. This is 50% documentary, 48% docudrama and 2% musical.

This well made docudrama weaves actual interviews of 90s-era dotcom founders with professionally-acted dramatized scenes. Hats off especially to Bradley Whitford, Lamorne Morris and Steve Zahn.

Hybrid Docu-Drama, where some of the prime-movers appear in cameo to describe their exploits, intertwined with actors that act out the same events. The process is brought down a bit by simply too much information, kind of a docu-drama for dummies.

What a time the 1990's were. Fortunes made and lost in hours, industries created and destroyed overnight, new innovations being created and sometimes eclipsed within days, vaporware and outright fraud being shopped around and making millions.

As someone who enjoys a well made documentary, I am, so far, finding this series a tad annoying. The subject matter is fascinating and I enjoy learning about it, but the the constant transitions from documentary to acted mini-series is distracting.

It's a no for me. I was so looking forward to the tale of the dotcom rise and fall depicted by familiar and not-so familiar actors.

This is not. This doesn't know if it's a documentary or a drama and, while it's figuring that out, I'm out the door.

Love internet documentaries. Love internet serial long arcs like halt and catch fire.