Mr. Robot

New show about a hacker vigilante starring Rami Malek and Christian Slater coming to the USA network June 24.

Review of the pilot here - http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/02/mr-robot-hellofriendmov-review

Watch it on youtube -

 

I am intrigued! I have seen Rami Malek in a few things and he is a very good actor !

 

Wow, awesome first episode! Just like Silicon Valley, this show gets the computer tech pretty much 100% right - no technobabble here. But over and above that, the story itself is extremely interesting and the characters are so much more 'realistic' than the hackneyed stereotypes you'd get in lesser shows. Can't wait for the next one.

 

NPR did a segment on it this morning.

http://www.npr.org/2015/06/21/415517808/the-human-drama-of-hacking-fuels-tv-thriller-mr-robot

 

I caught the pilot and definitely enjoyed it (i.e. thought it was very well written), but I have to admit I found the Dexter influence to be present to the point of being almost overbearing.

 

I thought it was going to be more silly, and was really surprised by how dark/intense it was instead. From that standpoint I didn't go in prepared, but it definitely hooked me in.

 

The showrunners apparently watched Person of Interest and the Big Bang Theory and said "that's what we don't want to be..."

 

Count me in the group that thoroughly enjoyed the first episode; looking forward to next week...

 

Rami Malek had some good moments in season 8 of 24.

 

Cool, I needed a new show to get into now that Silicon Valley wrapped for the season. Added this to my watch list...

 

The Big Bang Theory is another show that deals with real scientific concepts and research papers. They use practicing physicists as advisors to ensure scientific correctness (when the show tackles those subjects).

 

And yet every time I watch that show I am miserable. IT Crowd, Silicon Valley - happy as a clam. Big Bang Theory, on the other hand... sadness.

 

As a scientist who has written dozens of research papers and knows real nerds reaching all the way up to Nobel laureates, I can tell you that the relationship between the Big Bang Theory and reality is closing in on 0.

 

I didn't make any statement about the sitcom aspects of the show, which is obvious hyperbole, only that when they do mention a theorem, conjecture, hypothesis, study or some other aspect of science, it's usually based on real research, which is in contrast to what usually passes as techno-gibberish in other shows (such as say Star Trek Voyager, et al).

 

A weird hybrid of "The Matrix" and "Fight Club".....
and, I mean "Fight Club" to the extent that the character that Christian Slater plays COULD be the main character's 'Tyler Durden'... if you get my drift.

 

Big Bang Theory does have an actual scientist on staff to consult, which is helpful:

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I agree. Count me in as well!

 

Watched the first two episodes tonight and its very good. Though I kept thinking "Evil Corp" can't really be the name of the company. That's just Elliot's nickname for the corporation. Nope, they are really called that. That seems a bit silly. No company would call itself that. And they fired his dad for having Leukemia? Uh-huh. Still seems very intriuging so far, but the anti-corporate sentiment is a bit over the top. They might as well give the CEO a monacle, top hat, and a bag with a big $ sign on it.

 

I'm finding the anti-corporate angle a bit over the top too. Perhaps the reality is Evil Corp is good, and it's the hackers who are the subversives intent on destroying society?

 

I don't have the least bit of a problem with the anti-corporate angle at all. I can see how a vigilante group could spring up to rail against the global corporatocracy with their tax dodging, exploitative practices, lobby groups buying political power, getting subsidies and slashing regulation and oversight. We saw it briefly a while back with the Occupy Wall Street movement.

They kind of did have that parody in the released video with the masked man demanding the release of the jailed executive.

As for being fired for having leukemia, we don't really know if that was the real reason - it's just 8 year old Elliot's recollection of the events (or what he was told), so I wouldn't place too much stock in it. As for the name of the corp (Evil), yeah I too thought that was kind of odd.

Anyhow, loving it so far.

 

I don't have a problem with the premise either, I just wish they would portray the villain a bit more realistically. The idea that a company that big and successful would actually call itself "Evil Corp" is pretty laughable. It reminded me of the big bad corporation "Apocalypse Inc.' from the Toxic Avenger series, by Troma (of course!) And that they would fire someone for getting cancer is pretty silly. Large companies have group health plans. The insurance company is paying for any cancer treatments. The cost of one employee getting cancer to a company of the size we are told Evil Corps is would be completely insignificant. But yeah, maybe its just the way young Elliot perceived it. Though you would think someone with his skill and curiosity would have looked into the mater a bit since then.

The guy playing Elliot is doing great. Christian Slater's presence gives me a bit of pause, as he's been in dud after dud recently. But I'll keep watching.

 

The corporation is called "E-Corp," but he's reprogrammed his mind to hear it as "Evil Corp."

 

That's better if that's the case. I missed that detail. Don't we also see their logo as Evil Corp? I guess that could just be how he always sees it.

 

Yeah, I think that might be the case, because otherwise it would be rather bizarre - even 'evil' corps crave good PR, so you would expect them to have a name something like...Evergreen, etc.

 

Possible spoilage

Spoiler

So, how broken up is Elliot from that fall? Have to admit I didn't quite see that coming.