Anyone Else Digging Mr. Robot?

I think this has been one of the television surprises of the summer. The lead actor is great! Did any of my Gay brothers watch episode 3? Pretty Hot.

It wore out its intrigue with me pretty quickly. I always just kind of see TV as a worse version of movies because they have to condense the story in 45 minute chapters, and this is no exception. And I found a lot of the acting to be pretty terrible

It is going to turn out... like Fight Club... and Mr. Robot... is all in Skeletor's head

The hubby and I like it too.

Contrariwise, I also thoroughly enjoy Phyllis' posts about it.

lol I'm also enjoying your commentary, Phyl. I hope you keep watching just to keep providing it.

Also, you were in my dream last night.

Also... is he gay? Is that public somewhere? Or do you have insider knowledge?

I may have spoken too soon. I fear it is jumping the shark.

I'm all caught up now. Episode 6 was almost TOO intense. Hat's off to writer Kyle Bradstreet for nailing the bro-argot. That is how one writes contemporary cyber-fiction for tv while tapping into realism. The foreboding background music in key scenes took the drama to a whole other level.

Throughout the entire episode I feared that it would not end well for a certain character. Writer Kyle Bradstreet did not let me off the hook. He reminded the audience and me that Elliot's world is a very dangerous one. Ironically, he did it while depicting Elliot in his most clear-headed & lucid state so even he (Elliot) wasn't anesthetized to the imminent danger in which he placed himself and acquaintances. In other words, shaite just got real.

It's what HBO's True Detective is sorely missing this season, well that and a better baddie than Vince Vaughn. The lives of Elliot, his accomplices, and the street criminals collided in a way that didn't seem contrived.

One nit: it's inconceivable that Elliot would have risked exposure by visiting Vera in prison. However, he's not a hardened criminal yet so perhaps he was slightly out of his element dealing with street criminals. There are just some lessons that can't be learned from a cubicle.

Actor Elliot Villar has been very convincing as a menace to society. In one scene, his Vera character lifted and burned the 7th veil of innocence that had shielded Elliot from the dark world which he had only dabbled in before. He's now caught between a rock and hard place in the forms of Mr. Robot/Christian Slater and Vera/Elliot Villar.

I now have something to look forward to in the remaining episodes.

Updated On: 7/30/15 at 06:14 PM

2 episodes in and I am hooked

Are you robbo?

I'm hooked and wish I could still get high to enjoy the series even more.

It started so strong that I just started losing interest when it became a soap opera about his girlfriend's drug dealer and all this other stuff. I think I got the idea that we were going to see a show set inside of an Anonymous/Project Mayhem-type group, and then when it didn't go that way, and became way more conventional, it also got less interesting. Curious to see how the wrap it up, though.