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Mr Robot (US Pace)
Jason
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Anyone heard of this ?. I suspect it *might* be considered "Cult" due to the subject matter, but it certainly doesn't look like it on the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U94litUpZuc
Rather glowing review here as well ..
http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2015/05/27/mr-robot-usa-review/
USA Network have apparently made the pilot available now to stream on their website, so I suppose it's watchable without any guilt .. *cough*
Looks interesting though so I might have to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U94litUpZuc
Rather glowing review here as well ..
Starring Rami Malek, the series follows the journey of Elliot, a computer programmer working at a cyber security firm by day and playing the role of vigilante hacker by night. Throughout his life, Elliot’s found it difficult to interact with the living world around him due to an anti-social disorder, but everything changes the night he encounters the biggest hack of his life. However, as he soon learns, the hack was merely the beginnings of a much grander plan being perpetrated by a mysterious man known only by his alias, Mr. Robot.
To say Mr. Robot’s one of the best shows on television based solely on the viewing of its pilot would be hyperbolic, but if that’s the restriction we must work under at the moment, then it’s fair to say Mr. Robot has one of the best kick-offs to any series in a while. The episode moves at a brisk pace that never confuses. At no point does the show feel overly preachy or pretentious. And, most importantly, never are any of the lead characters unlikable. Some of them do walk the line of decent morality, but they aren’t hatable. Based on the pilot, Mr. Robot has nothing but positives going for it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2015/05/27/mr-robot-usa-review/
USA Network have apparently made the pilot available now to stream on their website, so I suppose it's watchable without any guilt .. *cough*
Looks interesting though so I might have to check it out.
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It had me intrigued. It seems we're supposed to side with the guys who are going to destroy the world effectively. For me, I was in at that point. It's different and will straddle the morality divide, hopefully being unforgivable.
Hopefully it'll stand a chance being on the USA Network as well, otherwise i could probably see it being a bit too technical and dark for the normal big network viewer.
Great stuff. Looking forward to the series proper now.
The presence of Christian Slater in a supporting - and a good one at that - should help things. As we've all seen, good quality shows can prosper, with enough money and belief, which Mr Robot seems to have so far.
Keep a look out for the series proper at the end of June!
Yeah and it doesn't help (from my perspective) that he's pretty much playing the same character from Mind Games and Breaking In - though that could just be because he's playing Christian Slater. In fact the only thing I've liked him in recently was Archer.
On the other hand I love Rami Malek and I'd probably stick with the show just for the piss take out of Enron and their crooked E
true may watch it again later as I only had one eye on it so to speak, it didn't get my full attention
Can't wait for the next one.
But can someone explain the ending? I didn't get what the revelation was. I was expecting Slater's character to be the boss and he was paying the main guy to destroy his company.
Next question, when is second episode !! Cant find a date anywhere
I'd guess at the 2nd of July.
Ep One's official air date is Thursday 25th june
Just a couple of annoyances, the childhood friend who he secretly love cliché, and the people in black suits driving black cars overdone cliché.
If the Christian Slater group are really underground hackers then the people he was taken to at the end may well be a standalone FBI cyber department who want to recruit him now as well, so he may start working between both groups.
I await the series starting.
Oh and anyone wondering about the title, it refers to a person, there are no robots in the show (that I know of) !
More likely due to the Mr Robot jacket worn by Christian Slater
Or my guess from the first episode its referring to the main character and his lack of emotions
It doesn't matter to me if they are in his head or not, they were on the screen as part of the show, and they are cliché's that are in far too many shows.
I did see the "Mr Robot" on Slaters overalls, I was telling anybody casually reading the thread that this is not a show about robots.
But if they was part of his world would that not be understandable and logical?
You are creating baddies for you to fight and due to all the baddies being dressed in black etc on tv and in books etc that they would be in black? Same with the childhood sweetheart, Our first love is often the one people thing of most when it comes to creating our hearts desires more so if nothing happened them.
When people create their own world in which they are "better" then they are clichés would naturally be part of it, Part of the reason they are clinches