Morrissey Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Don't let the dopey name turn you off. 3 episodes in I'm really digging it. Rami Malek brings it with his performance. Fascinating USA Network developed a show you easily could see on HBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Liked it in the first 2 episodes. Felt like the end of ep 2 and all of ep 3 took a major nosedive. I don't want to give spoilers without the heading saying so, but some of that stuff was idiotically stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 I really enjoyed episode 3, I saw the "plot twist" coming so I wasn't surprised by it and it's similar to a cult film favorite, which is okay, but that's just one part of a larger story, after all it was revealed episode 3. I think it's got incredible promise, but the story could easily be botched. I really enjoy how we are seeing the story from Elliots view point. That's unique for TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 OK, now that spoilers are warned, here's where I have an issue. Elliot obviously knew the CTO of E Corp didn't hack them. He also realized very quickly that when he was hacking Tyrell the info was so pristine that he was likely being baited to hack him. So in other plain basic terms he knows darn well seeing does not necessarily mean believing. Sooooo, why in the world would he so blindly trust a news report that the CTO was behind his father's death so as to join the doosh that put him in the hospital throwing him off a railing, KNOWING full well said doosh could have easily planted that information. COMMMMONNNN!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 OK, now that spoilers are warned, here's where I have an issue. Elliot obviously knew the CTO of E Corp didn't hack them. He also realized very quickly that when he was hacking Tyrell the info was so pristine that he was likely being baited to hack him. So in other plain basic terms he knows darn well seeing does not necessarily mean believing. Sooooo, why in the world would he so blindly trust a news report that the CTO was behind his father's death so as to join the doosh that put him in the hospital throwing him off a railing, KNOWING full well said doosh could have easily planted that information. COMMMMONNNN!!!!!! Said doosh (Christian Slater) doesn't actually exist. Didn't catch that? Mr. Robot = Tyler Durden (not me the Fight Club character) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I thought that right off the bat, but then I started to doubt it. Did I miss an obvious giveaway to that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 I thought that right off the bat, but then I started to doubt it. Did I miss an obvious giveaway to that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He doesnt interact with anyone else, he goes into Elliots office no one acknodleges him despite him causing a ruckus, goes into that bar with Elliot and bartender doesnt acknowdlege his existence. I noticed it during episode 2, became obvious episode 3. Elliot is fsociety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I may have to watch again a little closer. That definitely changes things on my outlook. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebag Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 can someone give a brief overview on what the show is about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 can someone give a brief overview on what the show is about? Hackers. Drugs. Sex. Crazy ****ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Best show of the summer. Hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Said doosh (Christian Slater) doesn't actually exist. Didn't catch that? Mr. Robot = Tyler Durden (not me the Fight Club character) I like this one better: https://www.reddit.com/r/MrRobot/comments/3gvydo/theory_spoilers_i_have_cracked_the_mr_robot_code/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 I like this one better: https://www.reddit.com/r/MrRobot/comments/3gvydo/theory_spoilers_i_have_cracked_the_mr_robot_code/ since making that post, I thibk my theory has been completely blown out of the water.... show keeps you guessing week to week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 since making that post, I thibk my theory has been completely blown out of the water.... show keeps you guessing week to week. It was too easy for me to go that route. Fight Club ending is basically basic at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win4ever Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Probably my new favorite summer show, mainly because it's not nearly as predictable as I thought it was going to be. Atleast it's not a hacker procedural that I was expecting when I watched the pilot. As for theories, I'm all confused as to the direction that this goes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 "You knew all along, didn't you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Binge watched this weekend and this is without question one of the most original things ever made. Esmail has taken every single rule in the book, burned it, and pissed on the ashes. The voiceover narrative, breaking the fourth wall, blatantly ripping off Guy Ritchie whenever Tyrell is on screen, even using way too much negative space for scenes with Elliot. One episode used the Risky Business music and then the next Elliot is pulling a Luke Skywalker and then the next is riddled with Pulp Fiction references and then the next they're winking to Fight Club using a piano version of The Pixies. Every single camera angle, piece of music, and mode of communication means something. And not even necessarily to the story, sometimes it's just Esmail winking to the audience for slipping in a Stanley Kubrick shot or having FSociety hackers sitting around and making fun of how ******* ridiculous a movie Hackers is. Just pop culture/scifi/cyberpunk awesomeness. Mr. Robot is what you'd get if Kubrick, William Gibson, and Ernest Cline fought each other in a steel cage match with those hammered baseball bats from Escape from New York. I can't think of any show that was this good and this smart from the first minute of the pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Also worth noting but the song at the end of episode 8 is from an early M83 album and that particular LP is themed around withdrawal and loneliness. I do not think it is a coincidence that it's the track Esmail used to soundtrack Elliot's discovery. The soundtracks for every episode seem to be very deliberate. Very un-Scorcese, as he picks what just sounds good to go with a scene. Esmail handles things a little differently, even if it's a very latent reference, the context of the song has to make sense in the context of the scene, even if it's just an instrumental track. I love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 OH! And, by the way! Yes, Stargate, Timecop, and Pulp Fiction were all in the theater at the same time in 1994, which is the same year that Super Floppy disks came out, which the camera pans past as Slater is organizing stuff at his desk. Little sh*t like that man. This is the most Kubrickian sh*t I've seen since Kubrick passed. Every little thing is so meticulously placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 @andygreenwald USA announces that tonight's MR. ROBOT season finale is being delayed a week due to a graphic scene "similar in nature" to today's shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Probably my new favorite summer show, mainly because it's not nearly as predictable as I thought it was going to be. Atleast it's not a hacker procedural that I was expecting when I watched the pilot. As for theories, I'm all confused as to the direction that this goes in. Agreed. You always feel like you know what is going on, but you don't really. Yet, it doesn't make you feel stupid or like they are tricking you, it is just unpredictable. It's fun, especially considering how dark it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 So Slater is essentially a cross between Tyler Durden and Dexter's dad? Are we to assume all of Slater's interaction with other characters was actually Elliot the whole time? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win4ever Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Agreed. You always feel like you know what is going on, but you don't really. Yet, it doesn't make you feel stupid or like they are tricking you, it is just unpredictable. It's fun, especially considering how dark it is. The whole Tyrell thing threw me off track, especially with his wife. I was expecting the normal cunning executive goes for top job line, but all the twists and turns that faces makes me wonder where that is going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 So that was the greatest finale ever. I DONT KNOW WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUT ILL SEE THE PRADAS NEXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'm calling it now, I think Elliot is Tyrell, and the "wife" knows his condition and just plays along when he's running multiple personalities. I also think his whole crew of hackers are figments of his mind. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Not reading this thread because I just started my binge-watch last night, but does anyone have a gif of the sequence when Elliot is having an internal rant about how all our heroes are phonies in the series premier while pictures of Lance Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Tom Brady flash across the screen? Lol. Because I really want that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Just finished second season. Loved it. So if anyone has finished it please explain WTF was going on. Haha. A crazy ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 On September 6, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Snell41 said: I'm calling it now, I think Elliot is Tyrell, and the "wife" knows his condition and just plays along when he's running multiple personalities. I also think his whole crew of hackers are figments of his mind. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Mind blown, man. I had not even thought of that. Wow if you're right. 2 minutes ago, The Crusher said: Just finished second season. Loved it. So if anyone has finished it please explain WTF was going on. Haha. A crazy ride. I'm late to the party, too. Phenomenal show. Can't wait for tonight's season finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 25 minutes ago, munchmemory said: Mind blown, man. I had not even thought of that. Wow if you're right. I'm late to the party, too. Phenomenal show. Can't wait for tonight's season finale. I actually called that season one after Elliot met her the first time in front of their flat. Wow wait. Another one tonight? Yay. I thought it was done. Yay me yay me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 35 minutes ago, The Crusher said: I actually called that season one after Elliot met her the first time in front of their flat. Wow wait. Another one tonight? Yay. I thought it was done. Yay me yay me. Great call, Crusher. BTW, I made a mistake, thinking today was Wednesday. The season finale is TOMORROW night. Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Heads up. Just read that during an interview Sam Esmail advised viewers to "stick around" well into the final credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 29 minutes ago, munchmemory said: Great call, Crusher. BTW, I made a mistake, thinking today was Wednesday. The season finale is TOMORROW night. Sorry about that. Don't apologize. I watched in On Demand and thought I saw it all. You are my hero!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snell41 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I'm late to the party, too. Phenomenal show. Can't wait for tonight's season finale. Wait, what?? My post was over a year ago lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 15 minutes ago, Snell41 said: Wait, what?? My post was over a year ago lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What can I tell you? I hadn't even heard of the show until a few months ago. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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