Mr. Robot

[Duffy]

Anyone watched this? I saw the 1st episode and so far it looks promising.

*edit* Rotten tomatoes gave it a 97%.

 

[Metamorphosis]

I keep reading about this on reddit and mean to watch it. When I first saw the trailer it seemed really annoying but the more I read about it the more interesting it sounds.

 

[Duffy]

There are still things that might annoy you.

It deals a lot with technology, specifically cyber security, so if you're well versed in the field, you might nit pick. It's inevitable. I didn't catch anything, but I ain't IT.

 

[Duffy]

This series is getting pretty good. Bumping this thread just because.

 

[Totenkindly]

I have plans to start on it this weekend...

 

[violet_crown]

Been watching since the pilot was up. Excellent show.

 

[Adam]

It's good.

 

[JocktheMotie]

Binge watched this weekend. Very good show, excellent pilot.

But...

Not too pumped about the Fight Club direction this took, but we'll see how it goes

 

[Riva]

Binge watched this weekend. Very good show, excellent pilot.

But...

Not too pumped about the Fight Club direction this took, but we'll see how it goes

Got unexcitable Jock excited. must be exciting.

Must start watching.

 

[Totenkindly]

Wow. USA network, I am suitably impressed.

Watched the pilot tonight and started episode 2. It's... really good. The character of Elliot seems spot-on too, he's pretty awesome.

 

[Riva]

^ agree. Wow i love it so far.

 

[JocktheMotie]

It slows down a little a tries to distract around episode 4-6. It's like the apex of the roller coaster that takes a little long...but then the plunge...

 

[Totenkindly]

Finished episode 2. You know, what I'm loving about this right now is that the show is avoiding all the obvious beats -- for example, a lesser show would have ended the episode differently, but... this show just goes for it. People are doing what they choose to do without regarding to making the story easier to write. This is one of those few shows where I'm really curious and even excited to see where it might go next, because I can't foresee what's going to happen.

Also... the complex choices. There's no choice that is a clear winner. So Elliot is just doing the best he can and in the process is learning how to do something rather than nothing.

 

[Duffy]

Binge watched this weekend. Very good show, excellent pilot.

But...

Not too pumped about the Fight Club direction this took, but we'll see how it goes

Yea, the creator is a big fan of that film.

 

[Duffy]

Finished episode 2. You know, what I'm loving about this right now is that the show is avoiding all the obvious beats -- for example, a lesser show would have ended the episode differently, but... this show just goes for it. People are doing what they choose to do without regarding to making the story easier to write. This is one of those few shows where I'm really curious and even excited to see where it might go next, because I can't foresee what's going to happen.

Also... the complex choices. There's no choice that is a clear winner. So Elliot is just doing the best he can and in the process is learning how to do something rather than nothing.

I like the attention to quality & detail in how they approached everything: song selection, opening shot, easter egg (ex: American Psycho), culture. There are things in the upcoming episodes that point back to previous episodes. Sort of an "aha" moment.

Also, I saw B.D. wong in the credits, but didn't see him. Only later did I realize, lol.

 

[Totenkindly]

Caught up -- but episode 9 airs in about 20 minutes, lol!

WOW. Okay, I thought the end of Episode 7 jumped the shark a little, but it played out okay in Episode 8.

I like the attention to quality & detail in how they approached everything: song selection, opening shot, easter egg (ex: American Psycho), culture. There are things in the upcoming episodes that point back to previous episodes. Sort of an "aha" moment.

Also, I saw B.D. wong in the credits, but didn't see him. Only later did I realize, lol.

yeah, I was laughing at that. I knew it was him as soon as I saw him, but I have an eye for that. Interesting casting.

Things are just starting to get crazy now, especially at the end of episode 8. Still not sure where all this is going. I like how Elliot is not necessarily a reliable narrator, even if we empathize with him and he seems like a decent person.

Yea, the creator is a big fan of that film.

I knew what movie you guys were talking about before reading the spoiler. still, I had an idea this show had a similarity to that movie before even the most recent episodes.

Interesting castings. I saw at least two people from House of Cards Season 2 -- Gideon was President Walker, and the lawyer who Angela deals with played Linda (?) the Chief of Staff (?).

Also, I was laughing at my response to the end of episode 2

where Mr. Robot unexpectedly pushes Elliot off the rail to the rocks below, after Elliot reveals the painful story of how his dad pushed him out the window as a kid and broke his arm

and then the end of Episode 8

where we find out Mr. robot is his dad. So now the episode 2 incident takes on new life.

I'm wondering how much of what we've already seen might be spun around with the revelation of new facts.

My main fear for the show is that they'll lose it along the way somewhere. So far it's darn good, but it can be hard to keep all the plates spinning. It's one of the best shows I've seen this year so far.


EDIT: Episode 9: ....Yeeaahhhhh.

 

[Riva]

Hello Fight club

Episode 9 was predictable. Knew Christian Slater's character was an imagination all along. I figured it out very early actually. It was kind of obvious because he wasn't interacting with anyone else. It was always him and elliot. In one episode he went and interacted with everyone from Fsociety to get back together. In that Elliot wasn't in the room, so I knew it was Elliot other self. Also when Elliot interacts with him, no one else hears Slater's character.

It was kinda so obvious I thought maybe he wasn't an imagined person, that the show wsa trying to confuse us into thinking that.

I don't see any mysteries going to unravel in the last episode. It's all out it seems.

Tyrell Wellick's character was not the House Of Cards type mastermind I thought he would be. He has been a disappointment so far. It's as though the show was again like above trying to distract us into making us believe he had some awesome tricks but he has none.

I think he was a rip off of Frank Underwood. He and his wife has the underwood wife and husband vibe and she also kicked him out just like Claire did to Frank.

What is that language Tyrell is speaking with his wife? German?

 

[Totenkindly]

Hello Fight club

Episode 9 was predictable. Knew Christian Slater's character was an imagination all along. I figured it out very early actually. It was kind of obvious because he wasn't interacting with anyone else. It was always him and elliot. In one episode he went and interacted with everyone from Fsociety to get back together. In that Elliot wasn't in the room, so I knew it was Elliot other self. Also when Elliot interacts with him, no one else hears Slater's character.

It was kinda so obvious I thought maybe he wasn't an imagined person, that the show wsa trying to confuse us into thinking that.

I don't see any mysteries going to unravel in the last episode. It's all out it seems.

Tyrell Wellick's character was not the House Of Cards type mastermind I thought he would be. He has been a disappointment so far. It's as though the show was again like above trying to distract us into making us believe he had some awesome tricks but he has none.

I think he was a rip off of Frank Underwood. He and his wife has the underwood wife and husband vibe and she also kicked him out just like Claire did to Frank.

What is that language Tyrell is speaking with his wife? German?

I forget the specifics, but I read that one viewer claimed they were at one point speaking two different languages with close enough roots that they would still be able to totally understand each other. I think one was Swedish (?)

 

[andresimon]

Anyone watched this? I saw the 1st episode and so far it looks promising.

*edit* Rotten tomatoes gave it a 97%.

Great show, but the first episode was the best episode. Kinda of annoying that they do that. Bunch of filler episodes.

 

[Adam]

What is that language Tyrell is speaking with his wife? German?

Tyrell speaks Swedish while his wife speaks Danish. [MENTION=7]Jennifer[/MENTION]'s source was correct.