Author Topic: Hello Friend - Mr Robot TV series. (Read 52985 times)

Yiannis · « **Reply #320 on:** August 24, 2016, 10:06:36 am »

Quote from: cptrios on August 24, 2016, 04:38:42 am

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Kevin Bacon is in all of our minds. No comment on Christian Slater though.
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As for this last episode...
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I thought Elliot was basically telling us that all of the stuff with Ray actually happened. Meaning that he's in prison for helping Ray, but only for a short time due to being the one who blew the whistle. Of course it can't have happened exactly the way we saw it, but the basics could be true.

Or perhaps Elliot got himself put away and Ray is a prison guard (hence the dog, the 'basement' being solitary confinement perhaps) who managed to get Elliot access to a computer to fix his darkweb site.

One thing I wonder: did Leon actually knife all of those guys to death?
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That was actually my first thought .

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Daniel Cabbaggio · « **Reply #321 on:** August 24, 2016, 04:22:13 pm »

Quote from: cptrios on August 24, 2016, 04:38:42 am

Yes! Chris Slater! Damn those hateful EE ads

Yiannis · « **Reply #322 on:** August 26, 2016, 11:43:51 am »

Enjoyed a lot the latest episode. Things happened and good pace throughout it.

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Nice character development for Darlene. Not only her killing the lawyer in cold blood fashion was intriguing but also liked the talk she had with Cisco in the tube afterward. How she thought that when the time came, she wouldn't do it etc. Not only she did do it but also came naturally.

Don't know if the writer(s) is trolling with that Trenton scene at the end with wanting us to believe that's her done (with all the Dark Army sweep going on), remains to be seen, but that 2 second shot gave me eerie Sopranos finale. She/we hears the sound of someone entering the coffee shop, looks up, change of scene immediately.

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The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #323 on:** August 26, 2016, 06:01:05 pm »

Darlene is brilliant.

Macphisto80 · « **Reply #324 on:** August 27, 2016, 03:46:56 am »

Quote from: The G in Gerrard on August 26, 2016, 06:01:05 pm

Darlene is brilliant.

I would do unspeakable things...

B0151? · « **Reply #325 on:** August 27, 2016, 05:02:26 pm »

Quote from: The G in Gerrard on August 26, 2016, 06:01:05 pm

Darlene is brilliant.

Been great this season.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #326 on:** August 27, 2016, 05:05:22 pm »

Quote from: Macphisto80 on August 27, 2016, 03:46:56 am

I would do unspeakable things...

Ain't it so

she was excellent in suburgatory as well.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #327 on:** August 27, 2016, 05:06:06 pm »

Quote from: Bakez0151 on August 27, 2016, 05:02:26 pm

Been great this season.

Not often you can have episode and not miss the lead character.

robertobaggio37 · « **Reply #328 on:** August 27, 2016, 11:37:01 pm »

Yo what the fff?

Ray K · « **Reply #329 on:** August 29, 2016, 01:47:43 pm »

I still have problems with characters names. I was going to write my piece on this episode but realised that I would call one of the characters 'the women in the hijab' and the other 'the guy who looks like he plays drums for Fleet Foxes'.

Anyway, I thought the woman in the hijab and the drummer with Fleet Foxes were excellent in this episode.

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #330 on:** August 29, 2016, 01:58:30 pm »

tbf I had the same problem last episode.

Hijab = Trenton

Drummer = (DJ)Mobly

Alan_X · « **Reply #331 on:** August 29, 2016, 08:01:26 pm »

Quote from: cptrios on August 24, 2016, 04:38:42 am

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Kevin Bacon is in all of our minds. No comment on Christian Slater though.
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As for this last episode...
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I thought Elliot was basically telling us that all of the stuff with Ray actually happened. Meaning that he's in prison for helping Ray, but only for a short time due to being the one who blew the whistle. Of course it can't have happened exactly the way we saw it, but the basics could be true.

Or perhaps Elliot got himself put away and Ray is a prison guard (hence the dog, the 'basement' being solitary confinement perhaps) who managed to get Elliot access to a computer to fix his darkweb site.

One thing I wonder: did Leon actually knife all of those guys to death?
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I've just watched the first six episodes again and Ray is definitely a guard. Leon is there to look after Elliot in prison and he really kills them.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #332 on:** August 30, 2016, 11:26:01 am »

Quote from: Ray K on August 29, 2016, 01:47:43 pm

I still have problems with characters names. I was going to write my piece on this episode but realised that I would call one of the characters 'the women in the hijab' and the other 'the guy who looks like he plays drums for Fleet Foxes'.

Anyway, I thought the woman in the hijab and the drummer with Fleet Foxes were excellent in this episode.

To be fair I have this problem with many the series I watch. I have to IMDB their names.

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #333 on:** August 30, 2016, 01:04:06 pm »

Quote from: Yiannis on August 30, 2016, 11:26:01 am

To be fair I have this problem with many the series I watch. I have to IMDB their names.

risky! if you're watching after the series is finished you can tell if the character dies/leaves by seeing if the actor has finished working on the show

Yiannis · « **Reply #334 on:** August 30, 2016, 01:08:18 pm »

Quote from: Sir Psycho Sexy on August 30, 2016, 01:04:06 pm

risky! if you're watching after the series is finished you can tell if the character dies/leaves by seeing if the actor has finished working on the show

Not the case at all. I go to the series' page and just see the names on the top. No risk of spoilers whatsoever.

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #335 on:** September 1, 2016, 10:22:46 pm »

Fuck I love this show. Things are getting proper intense now. This episode answered some questions. And the next one will too

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #336 on:** September 1, 2016, 11:09:06 pm »

Quote from: Sir Psycho Sexy on September 1, 2016, 10:22:46 pm

Fuck I love this show. Things are getting proper intense now. This episode answered some questions. And the next one will too

Fascinating wasn't it. Episodes keep getting better imo.

robertobaggio37 · « **Reply #337 on:** September 1, 2016, 11:46:31 pm »

The amount of details that are put in this show is incredible really. Not to mention the amazing cinematography. Angela is doing my head in to be honest, it takes her forever to answer a fucking question

Yiannis · « **Reply #338 on:** September 2, 2016, 11:27:38 am »

Last two episodes have been excellent. Last one was a great viewing as well but last week's was even a bigger achievement I thought (because of its quality despite no screen time for Elliot).

Zoomers · « **Reply #339 on:** September 2, 2016, 09:16:23 pm »

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My guess is that the Chinese have put a chip into Elliot.

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SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #340 on:** September 3, 2016, 08:54:21 am »

Still one of the best things around. I liked the episode with no Elliot, and then the reveal in the following episode was well done. Interesting ways of dealing with the passage of time.

lionel_messias · « **Reply #341 on:** September 8, 2016, 11:56:20 am »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on September 3, 2016, 08:54:21 am

Still one of the best things around. I liked the episode with no Elliot, and then the reveal in the following episode was well done. Interesting ways of dealing with the passage of time.

Been brilliant. The second season has been nicely handled.

Love BD Wong and the Chinese in this; though to be honest it does seem a whole lot of effort they're putting
in to own Liverpool Football club.

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #342 on:** September 8, 2016, 01:02:51 pm »

2 episodes left (2 part finale)

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Still time for Tyrell

... Insane episode again ... Just so tense and brilliantly shot. Cisco definitely dead I'd say ... The wait for S3 is going to be a bitch

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Alan_X · « **Reply #343 on:** September 8, 2016, 08:51:33 pm »

Great episode.

Watch the last scene again and watch the countdown on the crossing sign - great attention to detail...

JoeCole · « **Reply #344 on:** September 8, 2016, 09:36:29 pm »

Close up of that final scene and confirmation of

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Cisco being dead - http://imgur.com/r/MrRobot/q7zRgZD

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Brilliant episode, brilliant season.... Just needs a Tyrell return to top it off

lionel_messias · « **Reply #345 on:** September 9, 2016, 10:06:18 am »

Quote from: JoeCole is for life, not just Christmas! on September 8, 2016, 09:36:29 pm

Close up of that final scene and confirmation of

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Cisco being dead - http://imgur.com/r/MrRobot/q7zRgZD
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Brilliant episode, brilliant season.... Just needs a Tyrell return to top it off

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Bloody hell that close-up is certainly proof of death! His head, wowsers. Another brilliant episode. Personally think this is the best
show out there. It's so cinematic. So many influences from Stanley Kubrick and David Fincher especially. I'm only slightly troubled by Mr Robot alter ego now. At some point
we're going to have to start seeing Elliot in control a bit more, otherwise the plot device of him not knowing what he's done or set-up might wear thin. Fucking love BD Wong
as White Rose. Sam Esmail seems like he knows what he's doing with this show, for more seasons. So can't wait for the two-parter to end S2.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #346 on:** September 9, 2016, 11:08:58 am »

Quote from: Alan_X on September 8, 2016, 08:51:33 pm

Great episode.

Watch the last scene again and watch the countdown on the crossing sign - great attention to detail...

I don't have to. I spotted it the first time

That had to be the shortest episode of this season yet it was very tense and a great viewing. Cannot wait for the next one.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #347 on:** September 9, 2016, 05:15:07 pm »

lionel_messias · « **Reply #348 on:** September 12, 2016, 11:45:24 am »

The way the camera panned back to take in the scene at the end there was brilliant.

Ray K · « **Reply #349 on:** September 12, 2016, 12:26:46 pm »

To steer clear of the ending for a bit, the photography on the show is uniformly excellent, in that it's designed with shots of the characters off-centre, to keep the viewer off-kilter.

The scene between Terry Colby and Philip Price in particular was crazily framed. Price was shot on the bottom left corner of the screen, and then the camera moves him upwards in frame and focuses more on him as he's talking about the Congo and how the Great Powers have always behaved, and how he's one of the most important men in the world. And as he talks, it moves in closer and you can see more clearly the map above him: a (very odd) map of Europe in 1914 as the Great War is about to start...

And then it cuts to a mad, spider-in-the-corner view of Price's office as Colby leaves.

The show has really expanded the characters beyond Elliot /Mr. Robot this year, which benefits the show in the long run (at the expense of some of the episodes this season though). The story of Darlene's kidnapping was stunning and wonderfully acted.

I also understand nothing about Tyrell and the mystery phone calls by the way.

JoeCole · « **Reply #350 on:** September 15, 2016, 02:29:44 pm »

Interesting, if not a little disappointing episode this week

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TYRELL. Well, maybe. Surely it's too obvious for him NOT to be real? Won't be pleased if he is actually dead and is reduced to another Elliot personality. The Angela interrogation scene all felt very imaginary, and the young girls face looked pixelated. No idea what was going on there, but in any case it'll be interesting to see where her loyalties lie now.

I was really hoping that the opening scene of this episode was going to be the point of view of inside the cafe that was shot up, Dom entering and talking to Darlene & Cisco and then the bullets flying, was disappointed that not only did we not get that but we didn't get to see any kind of aftermath to it at all, except for Dom in hospital.

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robertobaggio37 · « **Reply #351 on:** September 16, 2016, 12:22:30 am »

What the actual fuck. Mouth wide open almost the whole episode.

Macphisto80 · « **Reply #352 on:** September 16, 2016, 02:50:32 am »

"Mind awake, body asleep,"

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Something tells me Elliot is dreaming, or maybe Angela is. Either way, I think it's one of those episodes where some sort of delusion is at play. I couldn't pinpoint it at first, but the music playing in the car at the start was from the ballroom scene in Back to the Future. Then the Ballad of Davy Crockett, and of course to drive the point across, Earth Angel plays at the end. The conversations between those two about watching Back to the Future 2 had to be a set up for something. The whole thing felt very surreal or otherworldly, especially the scenes with Angela in the room with the girl and Whiterose. None of it felt real. This could be something to do with what "phase 2" actually is.

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lionel_messias · « **Reply #353 on:** September 16, 2016, 10:01:26 am »

Boy that really wasn't a good episode, was it?

A real dip in form:

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I know there is always a chance things are a delusion in this show but....the elaborate kidnap of Angela and the heavy handed symbolism
in that room with the fishtank and Commodore 64. Too overstylised, I thought we were getting close to Twin Peak territory for a minute.

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And worse

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Was White Rose hinting Angela and Elliot's birth and involvement in the Power Plant plot was something magical?
I hope we don't ever resolve that. I'd much prefer it if their parents died because of Corporate greed and malfeasance but that's just me!

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And finally

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I kind of love this show but there is only so many times they can play the "Is this person real/is this really happening" line, surely?

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Antics · « **Reply #354 on:** September 16, 2016, 10:09:21 am »

It was a good standalone episode, I just think the pacing was really off, or at least unusual. We expect after an episode like 10 (especially the last 15 mins) a great series to really kick into gear on the home stretch.

This episode, despite being compelling felt really jarring because of the above.

Macphisto80 · « **Reply #355 on:** September 17, 2016, 02:05:10 am »

I think the episode was a set up for something, surely?

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #356 on:** September 17, 2016, 02:23:56 am »

I have very mixed feelings about the episode. I can't be bothered to type it all out but I think it is really testing the limits of being absolutely crazy.

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anyway, was that actually Tyrell? I don't mean that ijnthe way of is he or isn't he real but immnlt sure it's the same guy from last season. He looked a bit different and I can't tell of this was intentionally a different guy or of it's meant to he him and they had to recast him ... Or maybe it's the same guy and his fave just changed over the year

Anyway, White rose needs to start delivering answers

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JoeCole · « **Reply #357 on:** September 17, 2016, 12:51:13 pm »

Quote from: Sir Psycho Sexy on September 17, 2016, 02:23:56 am

I have very mixed feelings about the episode. I can't be bothered to type it all out but I think it is really testing the limits of being absolutely crazy.

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anyway, was that actually Tyrell? I don't mean that ijnthe way of is he or isn't he real but immnlt sure it's the same guy from last season. He looked a bit different and I can't tell of this was intentionally a different guy or of it's meant to he him and they had to recast him ... Or maybe it's the same guy and his fave just changed over the year

Anyway, White rose needs to start delivering answers
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Same guy, just looks a bit different

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B0151? · « **Reply #358 on:** September 17, 2016, 12:53:07 pm »

Quote from: Sir Psycho Sexy on September 17, 2016, 02:23:56 am

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anyway, was that actually Tyrell? I don't mean that ijnthe way of is he or isn't he real but immnlt sure it's the same guy from last season. He looked a bit different and I can't tell of this was intentionally a different guy or of it's meant to he him and they had to recast him ... Or maybe it's the same guy and his fave just changed over the year

Anyway, White rose needs to start delivering answers
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I felt the same! Even thought he sounded different. But nah, soon as the ep finished I was on imdb and it was indeed the same guy

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oojason · « **Reply #359 on:** September 17, 2016, 04:10:39 pm »

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