Mr Robot

[CRAZYBUDDY]

i was watching that since the beginning, unfortunately missed some episodes and messed up the story.. btw am also think it's too much rated than it would be..anyway waiting for the second season to come..

[Biohazard]

Just finished watching the first season and honestly don't see what the big deal is.  Up until Fight Club twist it wasn't bad, not something I was eager to watch each new episode, but it wasn't bad.  The low budget appearing cinematography that seems to have bothered others I thought actually worked well with the bland personality of the main characters persona.   

Had I wrote this prior to the twist I motioned earlier I probably would have been more positive in the review, it was just such an annoying cheap rip off I actually expected him to mutter "I see dead people" during his epiphany.

[r4kk00n]

It was unique in that the protagonists were anti-capitalist, a couple even identified as "anarchists."
Usually in tv and movies that type of view is attributed to the bad guys. Even in Fight Club (which Mr. Robot obviously pulled heavily from) Tyler Durden ended up being the bad guy, his philosophy portrayed as a product of the narrator's mental  illness.
I can't think of any other shows/movies that show anti-capitalist ideology as even remotely good...
If anyone knows of any, let me know.

[deltonos]

I can't think of any other shows/movies that show anti-capitalist ideology as even remotely good...
If anyone knows of any, let me know.

Not the anticapitalism, but related to fascists and how the people could be easy be manipulated:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/

[th3l4st]

WARNING SPOILERS

To me it's a great show. Not only for the technical part (I had nothing to say about it 'till the bluetooth hacking just before the escaping of Vera from the prison, but the flow of the story needed it so I think I can get over it) but for the accurate study of the character's personality. We can see almost all kinds of personality we can find in today's society and I really like how they portrayed the main character. It really hit me, the authors managed somehow to create a link between him and the audience (probably thanks to the fact that the main character sees us as his imaginary friend).

Plus I have to admit that the cemetery scene really struck me, I couldn't believe it.

An interesting Easter Egg is the one where Tyrell enters the arcade and Elliot explains him what he did and why, pay attention to his words and the song playing in the background (tribute to Fight Club?).

[r4kk00n]

Not the anticapitalism, but related to fascists and how the people could be easy be manipulated:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/

Sounds interesting. The description they gave made me think of the real life Stanford Prison Experiment, where Philip Zimbardo, a psychology teacher, ran an experiment where some students were assigned to be guards, and others prisoners, and set up a mock prison that Zimbardo was the Warden of. The experiment had to be cut short because things got way out of control (the behavior of the students, as well as the way it affected Zimbardo himself).

[th3l4st]

Sounds interesting. The description they gave made me think of the real life Stanford Prison Experiment, where Philip Zimbardo, a psychology teacher, ran an experiment where some students were assigned to be guards, and others prisoners, and set up a mock prison that Zimbardo was the Warden of. The experiment had to be cut short because things got way out of control (the behavior of the students, as well as the way it affected Zimbardo himself).

I remember having studied it at school, it's incredibile how, even without an authority imposing this kind of behavior, they just "got into the part" so much they ended up almost torturing the fake inmates. Plus many years later some of the "guards" had been interviewed and asked questions on that experience and they all recalled it as a happy experience they felt only as a joke... Strange thing human psychology.

[may1]

It's a really good series - have been watching since s01e01,