Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood Hacker

Re:Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood Hacker by cheald on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @04:29PM (#13126381)

I think if we're honest, we all perceive the world this way to one degree or another. It's a lot easier (and more satisfying) to see our heroes as infallible champions for truth and justice, and our enemies as demonized caricatures with no redeeming values than it is to attempt to see them as they really are. The reach and effectiveness of the breathless propaganda that drenched the latest presidential election is solid proof of that.

We all think that we have an objective view of the world, and that it's the other people that must have it wrong. I can only conclude that I would be very foolish to believe that out of seven billion people on the planet, I'm the one that got it right.

(That being said, the extremist hacktivist is sort of necessary for a show like this. A responsible, measured one wouldn't make for nearly so engaging a story.)

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Re:Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood Hacker by tfnw on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @05:07PM (#13126706)

Yeah, it's kind of amazing that people can have any sort of an objective view of the world, with the amount of noise being input to their senses. I guess even if you have almost complete garbage in, it is still possible to get mostly not garbage out if the processor is diligent enough :)

I disagree that the caricature protagonist is necessary. I think a more nuanced hacktivist character could have made the show much more ambiguous, and in my opinion, interesting, maybe approaching some of the complexities inherent in the material.

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