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Mr. Robot |OT| Byte Club - a new hacker thriller - Wednesdays on USA
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Zoe
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There was nothing different about this episode in that regard.
LyleLanley
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How did you come to that conclusion?
Avinexus
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I mean, unless everytime he talked to someone this episode was a hallucination it was quite different. Drug dealer was a hallucination, but the first one in the hotel seemed pretty genuine unless we are taking that as the start of the hallucinations.
And that.
Think he means the preview for next week when
Mr Robot smashes the monitor on the ground in front of everyone
Really hope this isn't Fight Cyber Club.
LyleLanley
Banned
Ah ok, that would make sense. I thought he meant when Mr. Robot was talking to the guy outside outside of the drug den.
If anything this episode proved more than ever that he is a Fight Club like hallucination.
LyleLanley
Banned
What happened in the hotel that would point to Mr. Robot being real?
LyleLanley
Banned
I just watched the scene again, that guy and Mr. Robot seemingly talk to each other but the camera never shows them actually interacting with or even looking at each other. Each time either one of them says or does anything they're on screen by themselves. It also happens right before Elliot hallucinates about getting drugs.
blainethemono
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pretty nice long take of him going into the house, need to know if it was a legit single shot
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Jpop
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This.
If anything this further proves Mr.Robot is just a figment of Elliots imagination or an alternate persona.
Yup, just more proof that Mr. Robot is Elliot.
Cabbagehead
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Holy shit.
Right now I'm at a lost for words to describe what just happened. But i love it regardless.
wow....
Right now I'm at a lost for words to describe what just happened. But i love it regardless.
wow....
That was great and awesome.
Took a peak at the show last night out of curiosity after finding it linked on /r/itsaunixsystem
I binge watched all three episodes, and watched them again with a friend today up until the fourth. My gosh. I honestly haven't been so hooked on a show since Breaking Bad, haha.
Also, uh. Just curious because I think I missed it but...
I binge watched all three episodes, and watched them again with a friend today up until the fourth. My gosh. I honestly haven't been so hooked on a show since Breaking Bad, haha.
Also, uh. Just curious because I think I missed it but...
Why did Angela put the CD containing the spyware onto the company computers? Was it because they (she and her boyfriend) were blackmailed to do it?
All Angela and her fathers credit info/identities were stolen and that was the only way to get it back. The only personal info they had on the boyfriend was his affair so once he told Angela he didn't care.
Recognized him right away haha.
Also, is anyone else expecting there is more to Angela going along with the plan than her father's info? Like, how could they screw with her father's info so bad that he could never come back? They aren't in any trouble and could just show the disk and the threat to the police or her boss and thus have her accounts and identity protected. I feel like there is some other secret about her finances she doesn't want getting out.
She's still needed in the grand scheme of things. Don't really mind her.
Yup, Recap: Withdrawal, takes rest of stash, withdrawal again, leaves for Steel Mountain, becomes bed ridden, goes through tough part of withdrawal (hallucinates everything from Mr. Robot telling Romero to leave to the moment he wakes up and starts crying)
What a trip.
Her boyfriend was being blackmailed by some hacker group (Most likely the same Chinese group, Dark Army) through information obtained from his laptop. Angela got involved since she had used it to sign into personal accounts like her student loans, bank account, etc. So Angela installed the daemon using her boyfriend's computer and getting into the building with his key card so he would get all the blame. She also gets her revenge for him cheating on her.
And what a journey it was. Wow.
Dominican Power
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So Mr Robot is Elliot's Daemon?
This episode was bugged the fuck out. Loved that ScHoolboy Q in the background.
This episode was bugged the fuck out. Loved that ScHoolboy Q in the background.
Octavianus
Banned
Goddamn that fish scene.
Still loving the soundtrack for this. I'd say it's at least on par with the soundtrack in Humans, maybe even better.
Still loving the soundtrack for this. I'd say it's at least on par with the soundtrack in Humans, maybe even better.
Angelus Errare
Banned
This show...so damn guuuuud!!
I thought my TV or cable was fucked for a second when they started using like stop motion when Elliot was in bed.
Mr. Robot is soooo Elliot.
I thought my TV or cable was fucked for a second when they started using like stop motion when Elliot was in bed.
Mr. Robot is soooo Elliot.
Ape Gone Insane
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The little monologue as Mr Robot sits behind Elliot in the car with no one paying him attention:
Ape Gone Insane
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Also the soundtrack in this so good. Very Tron Legacy.
If you dig this show soundtrack, check out Cliff Martinez's soundtrack from Contagion.
the_firewithin
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It's still so weird to see the girl from suburgatory like... Emoting and stuff
So this show is pretty good, uh?
I wouldn't say great, because the writing definitely leaves me scratching my head a bit too much, going "are the writers incredibly smart, or incredibly stupid?".
It lacks subtlety, and that's what keeps it from being truly great, in my opinion, but the performance and general stylistic package it's wrapped into, is really fantastic, and sells it with a great amount of confidence, regardless.
And the soundtrack is so good.
Liked this episode, it was no Enter The Void levels of tripping, but still quite a decent attempt at it.
The guy playing Elliot manages to successfully sell some pretty ridiculous lines, too, so props to him.
Either way, they got me hooked, flaws and all.
I wouldn't say great, because the writing definitely leaves me scratching my head a bit too much, going "are the writers incredibly smart, or incredibly stupid?".
It lacks subtlety, and that's what keeps it from being truly great, in my opinion, but the performance and general stylistic package it's wrapped into, is really fantastic, and sells it with a great amount of confidence, regardless.
And the soundtrack is so good.
Liked this episode, it was no Enter The Void levels of tripping, but still quite a decent attempt at it.
The guy playing Elliot manages to successfully sell some pretty ridiculous lines, too, so props to him.
Either way, they got me hooked, flaws and all.
Dominican Power
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Are Chinese hackers really that fearsome?
Hahaha, YES! The scene with the two dudes smoking a joint and making fun of Hackers is my new favorite thing.
Jokes aside, the accuracy on this show is fucking unreal, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this meticulous attention to detail in a TV show. This is some Kubrick type shit. From Elliot crushing and snorting pills to fetching a towel after buttsex creampies to the fact that the "anonymous" type videos are in 4:3 format like a webcam usually is. I keep looking for misses but there aren't any egregious ones that I've noticed.
As a swede, my favorite details is that Wellick is actually swedish and his wife is danish. I thought I caught them in a typical Hollywood mistake of mixing up scandinavian countries when she spoke, but then he actually responded to her in danish! Americans don't understand how fucking unreal that is, Hollywood never gives a shit that Norway, Sweden and Denmark aren't the same country.
Jokes aside, the accuracy on this show is fucking unreal, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this meticulous attention to detail in a TV show. This is some Kubrick type shit. From Elliot crushing and snorting pills to fetching a towel after buttsex creampies to the fact that the "anonymous" type videos are in 4:3 format like a webcam usually is. I keep looking for misses but there aren't any egregious ones that I've noticed.
As a swede, my favorite details is that Wellick is actually swedish and his wife is danish. I thought I caught them in a typical Hollywood mistake of mixing up scandinavian countries when she spoke, but then he actually responded to her in danish! Americans don't understand how fucking unreal that is, Hollywood never gives a shit that Norway, Sweden and Denmark aren't the same country.
There was a tiny thing earlier in the episode. When Elliot is laying his plan out, Mr Robot has a throwaway line that does not sound like something Elliot would say out loud (something like "let's just blow it up instead") and they cut to muslim girl reacting to it. I'm really hoping that they're playing with us with this Fight Club thing and that shot (and others) seemed to strengthen that theory for now.
Ape Gone Insane
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It begs the question:
Writers like that surely wouldn't make a twist so damn obvious and honestly expect it to be a big surprise/actual twist. On the other hand, it could just be deliberate and they want to be upfront about the Fight Club riffing. At one point Elliot even wonders out aloud whether Mr Robot is one of his delusions (which would be too self-referential if they were building up to a twist).
Or it really isn't a Fight Club type twist and they're playing us (but also have some reasonable explanation for Mr Robot).
I'm not referring to the Fight Club twist though, but things like the social commentary (the monologue Elliot has at the shrink in episode 1, for example) or some cliches like the very clean looking rich dude beating a homeless guy to cool off and being into BDSM.
These sort of cliches would be potentially eye-rolling, if i didn't have the sense that the writers are actually playing me with them, planning a twist on it all, further down the line.
The fact that Elliot is the unreliable POV of the whole series (everyone calling it Evil Corp as evidence of that) is enough for me to believe that they're not actually playing it straight, with the Anonymous masked dude, and the "FSociety" nickname, and so on.
Elliot is an unreliable POV so you can't exactly say that "that is not something he wouuld say out loud." I think it's clear that Mr. Robot is his more aggressive persona which he continually wrestles with, at first he suggests blowing the place up but Elliot isn't cool with potentially harming civilians. Now, if Mr. Robot were real they could have simply gone on with the plan as scheduled but nothing happens and instead everyone just waits for Elliot to show back up. His line that "let's just blow it up instead" at that moment was one of the big deal sealers for me that he's fake because he's playing the classic "devil on the shoulder." I think what ultimately sealed the fact for me this episode was when those two hacker dudes are talking outside about Elliot and how the one guy doesn't trust him while the other said "he's gotten us this far." An odd line to say for a guy who we are led to believe has literally only done one job with them as opposed to being their leader.
Indeed, I'm finding it very hard to peg this show right now. All I know is, if they are playing us and they pull whatever they're trying off, it'll probably be pretty damn great and this show can pretty much only end up as very impressive or very disappointing.
This reminds me... I've only ever seen the fsociety stencils in scenes with Elliot until the latest episode, where the bathroom with the ecstasy makeout scene was covered in them. No idea what/if that means at this point...
But that's exactly what I mean, though. I agree that this was exactly what Robot was in that scene, but I don't see how that's an argument for why Elliot said it out loud... I understand the flow of the rest of the setup, I'm talking specifically about the muslim girl shooting Mr Robot a look in that specific scene.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Keith David as a talking fish convinced me this show is going somewhere special.
Anyone else think the "you've only existed for a month" line might be some weird metacommentary on television? After all, we're exactly a month in to the show.
Anyone else think the "you've only existed for a month" line might be some weird metacommentary on television? After all, we're exactly a month in to the show.
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Jpop
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How do you find this show boring?
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