Re:Mr Robot S02E01 easter egg
by kmnc on Friday July 15, 2016 @01:07PM
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I feel like the split-personality plotline kind of undermines the rest of the show. This show gained early praise for its more realistic portrayal of both mental illness and technology but I feel like as soon as you go down the path of "oh he actually hallucinates people, loses track of time, etc" all the realistic parts get thrown out of the window. This plot seems to have taken over the corporate espionage/corporate morality vs new age civil disobedience which is what made me like the show in the first place. That being said, the style and direction of this show still puts it above most.
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I might be weird, because I'm the opposite. I find the whole "fight the man" anonymous posturing stuff kind of juvenile and even cringe-worthy at times (though I kind of liked the nod to tinfoil hatters with the "crisis actor" murder; I'm hoping this is part of further self-aware plot development where E Corp is revealed to not be quite as bad as originally portrayed). The hacking side is cool, but the politics feel extremely shallow.
Yet I find the psychological issues and split personality exploration really fascianting. Is it realistic? No, not at all. But I like how the actor portrays Elliot's anguish.
I thought it's cringey because it's satire on Anonymous?
Even the main character (that narrates) seems to think that the hacks and anti-corporate rhetoric are kind of pointless and juvenile.
Mr. Robot is like trainspotting updated for the latest generation.
I agree. And what is a realistic way to convey hallucinations to others who have never experienced them? How do you convey scent in a photograph?
Same feeling here. I stopped watching after the first complete-hallucinations episode. It simply doesn't make sense to include those. There are some movies where hallucinations are either important or the main part of the plot (fear and loathing, requiem for the dream, scanner darkly, ...), but if it's just a case of the main character tripping? Just show me them behaving like an idiot in real world. In most cases it literally does not make any difference what they're seeing.