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It was a post here that intrigued me enough to try out the USA network. I don't recall ever watching anything on that before. So my expectations were low.
But wow, this has delivered big time for me. I discuss this show with friends and there is plenty of ambiguity to try to figure. Five episodes in, there are still basic mysteries, such as who may be real and who may be in Elliot's imagination (or is he actually somebody else's daemon?)
Whether or not this can all be resolved successfully who knows. But it's been a great ride and halfway through, it is still my most anticipated weekly show, and the only one I rewatch the next day.
Beyond the plot mysteries, there is a pretty perfect cast. Could anyone play the hooded outsider with the expressive face better than the guy playing Elliot? Could anyone play the sleazy ambitious Swedish executive better than the guy playing Tyrell?
And for a hacker show, there is some real thought behind the script. A pun about a raspberry pi is but one example.
So this is for sure my show for this summer.
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It does have a hook, as a storyline.
It almost seems like a Fight Club situation with made up companions but its focus has continually changed. I liked where it was when it started.
A better series so far is Humans.
Last Wednesday's episode left us wandering which direction F-society wants to go. It seems they had lost support from a group called 'The Dark Army'...somehow I have associated 'Dark Army' with 'China'. What does that mean. I might be imagining this wrong. Somehow they say 'Dark Army' and I think 'China'. I could be off the mark here but my nose suggests it.Who is F-society? I presume they are in sympathy with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Are they anarchists? Are they Communists? We don't know. I suppose there's going to be some big reveal here shortly.
3 episodes to go for this season. Do they conclude this season with some sort of accomplishment/disaster. Do they disband? Do they continue onward with new support?
If this series stretches out in the same way 'Person of Interest' has, I may be rather disappointed.
re: Humans.
I've been watching. I'd rate Mr Robot heads & shoulders above Humans. One more episode to go with Humans. Who do we sympathize with?.... Do we side with the small group of enhanced Synths as a life form? Or maybe they should all be put down (killed) as a threat to humanity. I suppose that is the big question that the producers of this show imply. In spite of the stakes involved, I consider the level of drama on this one to be rather tepid.-Steve
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do not miss!
I look forward to the show each Wednesday and I am yet to be even mildly let down.
This was the classic dramatic device, the peril with the clock ticking, but much more going on as well.
Vera spouts a sort of mystical new age philosophy that makes him more interesting than just a thug. He might be something more. Or he may never show up again.
The new CTO turns out to be fully as sinister as Tyrell, so that's a battle brewing.
The ending, Elliot's long reaction, was really pretty amazing. This actor can communicate so much without speaking. And in the end, everything going forward is going to change in serious ways.
I have no idea if they can resolve all of this in 4 episodes, and since this is renewed for a 2nd season, there is no need. When shows try to offer neat resolution of big metaphysical mysteries, they often fall flat (see last year's True Detective). Maybe this show will never fully resolve.
Yes, the final act paid off amazingly, then it tore our hearts out. Great suspense and drama.
I think what works in this series is that sense of authenticity. The world created in Mr. Robot is not that far from the world we in the audience know.
-Steve
We're always looking for shows we like to have "legs" so they're not one hit wonders with no place realistically left to go. This one looks to have good legs. This week's antagonist's put most horror show monsters to shame.
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I also love this show. Humans is ok but it can be boring a lot of the time. The actor that plays Elliot in Mr. Robot is terrific. Has he been in any other noteworthy productions?
Alan
Or does E-Corp's logo look *exactly* like Enron Corporation's. And was this done on purpose?
-RW-
Yep, they borrowed the logo, and part of the legacy of that now defunct energy corporation.
I imagine the "E" in Enron might signify their once primary business, energy.
I'd all but forgotten Enron and all the fallout from their fraudulent book keeping. Lots of investors were hurt. Always, it is the little guy that takes the hit. And the people at the top really don't care anything about ethics so long as they don't get caught.
That is the spirit of E-Corp in this Tv series. But E-Corp has been written in as large banking, if I got that right.
Very inventive stuff.
-Steve
E Corp...sure does look like Enron's logo to me...
Thanks
Mark
This is the one show I follow with the closest interest. Where will it go!
A genius hacker with humanitarian motivations, but with a taste for morphine. He chooses between what he thinks might be good versus evil, but then finds that he's dealing with shades of grey. Those he thought might be good guys are willing to kill thousands in order to achieve their goals.
Mr. Robot (Slater) tells our hero (Ellot) that his small group is endeavoring to engineer the largest single incident of a redistribution of wealth in all human history. And E-Corp is their target.
Who, what country, what organization are they aligned with? Is it just them, or are they serving someone else? One wonders.
The Evil Corp (aka E-Corp) certainly fits the popular image of the large unfeeling, inhuman organization bent on making profits regardless of who they trample over to make their gains. Is E-corp really that evil? Is the guy with the Mr. Robot name tag on his shirt even more evil? I gotta stay tuned to find this out.
There was one episode with a sequence of scenes that culminated with Tyrell engaging in some mano/e/mano full on back door sex with some pretty boy he picked up. I could have done without viewing that. The producers could have suggested the incident without turning into such a graphic depiction as they did. On commercial TV?!! Poor taste and unwelcome over here. More Hollywood social engineering taking place as we watch.
Otherwise I'm following closely to see where this season goes. Will the journey be more exciting than the destination. Will the inevitable big reveal astound us or be anti-climatic? Gotta follow to find that out.
-Steve
Tyrell...bi-sexual masochist bad guy...there is something you do not see every day...
This has been a very intriguing watch...good flawed characters with some depth and not all motives revealed...
I enjoy this because it makes me ask myself morality questions...if I had these type of hacker chops...What would I do with them??? The smaller subplots are all based on an introverted crusader...from the pedophile café owner, the violent drug dealer, his home-girl's cheating boyfriend and the turd dude who is cruel to animals...knowing his therapist deepest darkest secrets...all great stuff...
I do struggle with network TV getting cruder by the day...I enjoy my vulgarity on HBO or the Movie channels...but struggle with it on Network...I HATE the boner pill commercials during ALL sporting events...does a 6 year old really need to know what to do with an erection lasting more than 4 hours??? Just my $.02...
Thanks
Mark
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