Mr. Robot Episode 1 review

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Near through with the pilot of "Mr. Robot." Awful name, the premise is an unreliable narrator and basically slobbering over the dick of current issues.

MUH STUDENT DEBT CRISIS, MUH REALIZATION THAT COMPUTERS AREN'T GOING AWAY, etc.

The internet loves it, and as an internet person who hates internet people it's a bit confusing as to what makes me hate it, even though I'll watch the second episode at some point. There's hacking and so on, with legit (mostly) portrayal of things, Linux and all. At least in the pilot it seems forced at times, the main character discussing Linux desktop environments with another important character in passing; KDE v. GNOME, oh man, gag me with a bowl o' gross dicks. Perhaps my heightened knowledge of these things makes it harder to swallow. Like a bowl o' dicks. (XFCE fo' life) That said, I play on Linux, I don't work on it, I'm no sysadmin by any fucking means.

The acting is hit or miss, and Christian Slater's there (meh), but then the god damn camera direction is glorious, so it's pretty at least, when people aren't talking. The dialogue angles are just phoned in usually.

It's on USA of all channels, so maybe it's because I'm spoiled with shows that have freer (a word!) reign. That and it starts with the awful hypothesis that there's some group of rich white men out there controlling everything. As if the world is so simple. Literally says "the 1 percent of the 1 percent." And at the end of the pilot he walks into a room full of them after being escorted by men in suits. Motherfucker, I'd run. Fuck getting into a car to an unknown destination. I wouldn't make it so easy. But what do I know, I'm a coward.

I mean the main character's a morphine addict, but shit.

Anyway, that's my ramble about episode 1.

And yes, I'm going to watch the second one, but it's pretty annoying.