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Max Hammer posted:This right here. There hasn't been a single episode thus far that I thought was 'meh'. They have all been fantastic, even with people tearing into the dream sequence. Speaking of the dream sequence, was there anything in it that foreshadowed the girlfriend's death?
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savinhill posted:Speaking of the dream sequence, was there anything in it that foreshadowed the girlfriend's death? I don't remember Shayla being in the dream, just a lot of Angela. Maybe that alone is a bit of foreshadowing, telling you that Shayla is not a lasting thing, but either way I don't think she was present in the dream.
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This is a really great show, and I can't believe that some people are spending so much energy worrying about if they're going to stick the landing when watching them fly through the air is so drat gorgeous. Wait a minute, what am I saying. Of course I can believe it. My biggest hope is that Ollie comes back in some way because he is the exact right "guy who is a jerk through being nice" person that is almost never on TV but is always lurking in the shadows of everyone's life. Mr. Robot might not be real, but Ollie sure is!
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I just realized I have a complaint to make: How does a  like Wellick mistake a Patek for a Vacheron? Come on! Immersion ruined.
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I couldn't tell the two brunettes apart anyhow so I guess I didn't mind killing one of them off.
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The show is really quite excellent. I love that they are sticking with the same cinematic style and color timing between episodes. They really use the full space of the 16:9 frame, which modern TV shows still shy away from sometimes. For example, there is a deliberately disconcerting layout for many character conversation edits. It still follows the 180 degree rule, but places the actors' faces at non-traditional locations in the frame. At first it bugged me, appearing as if someone had bumped the camera right before rolling, but now I really dig it.
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Max Hammer posted:I don't remember Shayla being in the dream, just a lot of Angela. Maybe that alone is a bit of foreshadowing, telling you that Shayla is not a lasting thing, but either way I don't think she was present in the dream. Oh, I just remembered, part of the dream did have him shooting dope and making out with that girl, followed by those dudes busting into the room and killing the girl, which could be a parrallel to Shayla's whole storyline with Elliot.
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The entirety of the scene after Elliot opened the trunk is some of the most incredible goddamn AAA-tier acting I have seen on television. Rami Malek deserves an award for that scene alone. EDIT: Also, this is a pretty cool article. Sam Esmail talks about the films and filmmakers that have influenced his vision for the show. If you were wondering whether or not the guy knows his poo poo: he does. Spergatory fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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gret posted:I couldn't tell the two brunettes apart anyhow so I guess I didn't mind killing one of them off. 
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Sophia posted:This is a really great show, and I can't believe that some people are spending so much energy worrying about if they're going to stick the landing when watching them fly through the air is so drat gorgeous. I love a lot of things about this show, but I can't lie, I love that it brought you out of your highly reasonable self-imposed exile, if only for a moment.  God drat that was intense.
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I kind of wish they didn't show Shayla, though. Leave it to the grotesqueries of imagination
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Well you did almost immediately see the body in the trunk when he looked at it, you could see her leg.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they only showed her (to be fair even then it was only for a second) as a concession to the audience because otherwise you know there would be dumb theories about what Elliot saw and whether or not Shayla was actually dead etc etc. They showed as much as they needed to right at the start of the scene, then focused on Elliot for a minute or two, and then quickly showed the body to confirm that yes she's dead. I think all things considered it was very well done.
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I really loved how they did the reveal. The initial shot of her body is just short enough that it gives you a sliver of hope that she's just unconscious, followed by a slow and gradual realization that she's really dead, and ending with the gut-punching reveal of her slit throat.
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Shayla had a history of being roofied by Vera so she could have just been taking a nap in the trunk the whole time
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violetdragon posted:Shayla was Elliot's drug dealer. I'm referring to her character (as an archetype) rather than her actions.
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Ape Gone Insane posted:did they explain how Mr Robot even got into the apartment lobby when Angela couldn't even get past the buzzer? Did you miss the scene showing that Mr. Robot is squatting in the basement with his bong collection?
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Ape Gone Insane posted:did they explain how Mr Robot even got into the apartment lobby when Angela couldn't even get past the buzzer? It's not exactly unthinkable to assume that he can get past an electronically locked door, or would know about a backdoor or something. Also he's a ghost
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VDay posted:Also he's a ghost Ghost Dad reboot looking good.
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Trabant posted:Ghost Dad reboot looking good. Despite the name, he wasn't a ghost in that. For a point in the "Mr. Robot isn't real" camp, the conversation in the stairwell had a rather pointed line where he told Elliott to face the truth.
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FCC Complaints http://www.scribd.com/doc/273076997/FCC-Complaints-for-Mr-Robot quote:My family does not think that the TV show Mr. Robot should be on TV with all the graphic drug scenes and gay sex. We were quite shocked with the latest episode showing the temp CTO butt F'ing a subordinate employee. The dialog afterwards was just as bad as if the CTO would have said "Take a shower and clean up the poo poo " I was disgusting.
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Jul 30, 2015 23:34
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Skex posted:People really get riled over buttsex apparently. And inauthentic post anal dialogue
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NOT TO MENTION criminal hacking!
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"My 11 year old son was watching the show" Apparently the parent didn't know they could say "Ok, not appropriate, hit the road kid!" and control what their own child watches on TV.
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I watch from Australia so I dont know when it airs in The States, but I would have to imagine that the media classification probably advises its not a show for anyone under 15 and airs at a suitable time.
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Laserface posted:I watch from Australia so I dont know when it airs in The States, but I would have to imagine that the media classification probably advises its not a show for anyone under 15 and airs at a suitable time. It airs at 10 pm here and has a TV-14 rating, so yeah, on you, parent of 11-year-old.
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The first episode had Shayla naked, which seems like a good indicator that this might not be appropriate for preteens.
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It's going to be hilarious if Mr. Robot amd Elliot are split personalities and FSociety just goes along with it because they like em both.
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Skex posted:People really get riled over buttsex apparently. Also, what does the FCC care about when the show is on basic cable? Any language censoring is voluntary. Or did I miss the joke?
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Ape Gone Insane posted:did they explain how Mr Robot even got into the apartment lobby when Angela couldn't even get past the buzzer? Mr. Robot is a genius hacker* *and possibly an imaginary ghost friend.
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Solkanar512 posted:Also, what does the FCC care about when the show is on basic cable? Any language censoring is voluntary. It's not so much that they care, it's more that those are the complaints that people send them. The show's not going to get fined or anything unless they show something legitimately disturbing, but being able to see all the dumb complaints that concerned mothers and general idiots send in is great.
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These things should be publicly available and include a comment section for each submission and just maybe we could get some use out of the people who post comments on YouTube.
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HUGE SPACEKABLOOIE posted:These things should be publicly available and include a comment section for each submission and just maybe we could get some use out of the people who post comments on YouTube. Pretty much. Name and shame these dip shits who blame cable for letting their kid watch a show they shouldn't. Solkanar512 posted:Also, what does the FCC care about when the show is on basic cable? Any language censoring is voluntary. I don't think they care they just take the complaints. And ya, it's the advertisers that are keeping the cable tv shows from going full bore with swearing I think. "If you cuss we won't pay to run ads on your tv show".
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Trabant posted:I just realized I have a complaint to make: "Please make it stop." "I'm afraid for my children."  I do agree with one of the sodophobes that it should probably be rated TV-MA and not TV-14, but the first few episodes make it very clear that it's not appropriate for an 11 year-old.
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I wasn't aware that sentient TV's existed, and forced their owners to watch specific shows. Strange times we live in.
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violetdragon posted:"Please make it stop." I like the guy whose religious freedom was being put at risk. Because buttsex
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Gooble Rampling posted:The show is really quite excellent. I love that they are sticking with the same cinematic style and color timing between episodes. They really use the full space of the 16:9 frame, which modern TV shows still shy away from sometimes. For example, there is a deliberately disconcerting layout for many character conversation edits. It still follows the 180 degree rule, but places the actors' faces at non-traditional locations in the frame. At first it bugged me, appearing as if someone had bumped the camera right before rolling, but now I really dig it.  And although Tyrell starts off with about a quarter of the frame, as soon as Scott admits he knows that Tyrell wanted CTO, Tyrell shrinks to the left of the frame.  Tyrell begins to walk away but Scott pulls out the coup de grāce that he knows about Tyrell sneaking into the bathroom.  He's immediately shrunk down into a tiny, fearful man. His plans failed, he's an embarrassment, and Scott will keep him in the shitter for his stupid stunts. Tyrell's the bad guy of the show yet this frame still makes you feel sorry for him. Also note the changes in depth of field, I can't get enough of how well done this cinematography is! I look forward to the Every Frame a Painting video that will inevitably go over the first season of this show. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Jul 31, 2015 |
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When I watched the first episode originally, after Elliot says "is it because all our heroes are counterfeit?", they showed a picture of Lance Armstrong followed by Tom Brady. When I watched it yesterday with a friend of mine, who I believe had a version from Hulu, they showed a picture of Lance Armstrong followed by Bill Cosby and Mel Gibson. I'm sure it's just some licensing thing or... something... but, that's really weird. TELL ME YOU'RE SEEING THIS TOO
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