It is a pity that you can not erase the series from memory. . .
Why did I watch this? It turns out that now I will not be able to get all the high from this series!
The plot is thought out very thinly - there is no such IT expert who would not dream of changing the world, but the way to change the world is cruel.
Capitalism is slavery, but people are not prepared to live without slavery. In a book I read that when the slaves were freed in the States, they did not know what to do, and most began to create all sorts of game.
We often fall into crazy projects without realizing our responsibility, and sometimes blame our joints on someone else or even our alter ego. By the way, splitting the personality is a good way out.
The characters are very well worked out, but the actors are not very selected.
Console commands that have been spotted are almost all real (something can be done through aliases), but in some cases there are more effective solutions. Apparently, the teams were selected taking into account their apparent complexity to scare the inhabitants and show what kind of a cool hacker he is.
Eliot’s behavior at work and his behavior at home are somewhat similar to me and my friends, but his social interactions raise questions – his blonde colleague is a very understandable character – she is an island of peace for him, the only person he has known for a long time and who can help in case of problems. The friend-neighbor-supplier is also quite understandable communication - without her it will be difficult to get what he needs, but I would not risk communicating with someone else in the real world, so I can easily imagine how it was difficult for him to approach the chela he hacked for the first time, and the second time to go to him and even threaten - this is just something unreal, apparently Eliot is very concerned about the condition of his doctor, which is logical, given that his condition depends on her condition. In general, no matter how much we try to avoid socialization, to some extent it is present. And Darlene... well, with Darlene everything is difficult, he does not know her at all, appeared out of nowhere and also with a ready-made solution to the idea that you want to somehow turn... and this strange guy, on which there is no information on the network. This is a fantastic thing – there are no people who do not have information on the network. I am immediately afraid of them, I do not even know how to communicate with them, I do not know any of their interests and their boundaries. And yes, I also have a mania for collecting a brief dossier on everyone I cross paths with in reality, and there's usually everything I can find online, but I don't keep them, they're just to understand how safe a person is and what topics it's better not to talk to them about.
Chief Eliot is a typical gay man, you can see that right away. It is good that the film did not have the details of this topic, but it was a little to the detriment of the disclosure of the character, although on the other hand, if the chief is removed, the film will not change, it is needed in the film only for the sake of the agenda. The whole story arc with the chief is not needed for this film at all, it does not carry any semantic load - we always have plenty of panicking bosses, as well as talentless managers who do not understand what we do at all, but for that they have a manager's diploma.
In general, I can paint all the advantages of this series for a long time, but as I said above, watching this series is the best thing I have felt lately and it’s a shame that I can’t, like Eliot, erase my memory and review the series again.
It's a masterpiece of the TV series. Beautiful, finished story. Hardly rolling into cotton candy at the end. Several layers of narrative, an abundance of references, deserving respect for attention to detail. Psychological moves and trading with oneself are shown at the highest level. Malek was able to perfectly play all his roles in all the states of the characters, he had a place to turn. Hacker things are shown quite close to reality, so far, probably the most realistic display of the work of information security specialists on the big screen. The series put everything: collusion of world elites, darknet, revolution, drug addiction, unhealthy relationships, mental disorders, even for mysticism there was a place. Separately pleases the camera game, many series are shot in one or another pronounced style, there is a “one take”, and a TV show, and homages to the cinema works of many classics. And most importantly, they did not delay and completed all the storylines. This is generally a royal gift in the era of the race for milk from each title. Best show, probably.
I’m really amazed at how much the film industry has changed. It is clear that culture is experiencing ups and downs, but there is one big problem with cinema. This decline is fully supported by the viewer. Roughly speaking, shove anything, “peeple sucks”. That’s one thing, of course, but what saddens me the most is the reaction of the critics.
Let’s compare “City of Gangsters” and this creation. “GG” despite the fact that it does not bring “nothing new to the genre”, is an excellent original product, with charismatic and memorable characters, with a deep plot and without pushing the agenda. But critics, alas, like viewers, caress something else. Oh, how much brings new to the genre of thrillers "MR", there they talk about programming, and the mask is almost like Guy Fawkes, and the revolution is compact.
There are a few things about Mr. Robot.
+ Very competent and interesting placement of references to the masterpieces of cinema. Here you can see the likeness of “American Psycho”, and the practical duplication of scenes from “The Soprano” (an example with the picture), and even a reference to “Fight Club”. And yes, it's appropriate, it's interesting to highlight. I like to look at the little things and only thanks to this feature I was able to watch as much as 1 season.
Good musical accompaniment,
+tolerable acting,
and specific techniques of the Director, complementing the overall atmosphere.
Now to the minuses.
Boring and uninteresting characters at the forefront. GG’s girlfriend is an absolutely boring, nondescript character, not that it is uninteresting, even unpleasant to watch her. The same problem is with the masterpiece Breaking Bad, but it will remain a good creation in cinema, will remain a phenomenon, and Mr. Robot is not even suitable for the title of a good series.
- A subpoena. It is clear that the average viewer, and I, in general, are used to it. New series can not do without cramming this feces, because quotas. There are TV shows that do it smartly, moderately and appropriately (Arkane, Invulnerable is among the animated series, Dexter (in one of the seasons), Better Call Saul, and even the Boys did well before season 3), and there is Mr. Robot, in which in the very first series it is very important that the viewer knows that the head of HG is homosexual, he has a boyfriend. Will it affect GG or its surroundings? Nope. Will it affect the development of the plot, or will it be used by one of the antagonists? Uh, no. And why? What did you think? And so it goes from series to series. Whether it’s an unexpected kiss, a direct crack on the half screen or anything else.
- From series to series. When watching the first season of the series, it was literally possible to divide into good and bad. Some was interesting, exciting (in my memory this is a series about prison), some boring protracted, and some even wanted to turn off on the half. It's a real problem. I literally gave the show a chance after every bad episode, and it wasn’t always justified. To watch ten episodes, literally nine hours of time, for one good episode? Forty-five minutes of pleasure and the remaining eight hours of despondency? I'm sorry, I don't like it.
- Very predictable main twist. I'm talking about the first season, I didn't have enough. Well, you literally have a lot of scenes hinting at him, and very clearly. And he's not surprised, though he should be.
- Masterminds, geniuses, philanthropists. It's too easy to do. Everything literally goes as well as oil for GG and his team, everything is absolutely no problem, because “everything is calculated, we are the coolest hackers of this world, we are multicultural.” No torment, problems, shortcomings. I'm talking about the revolution. And so, the problems of the personal life of GG are well shown and you can even empathize with him.
This is my verdict and my message! Dear viewer, film critic, whoever you are, if you have seen about five good TV series, about twenty good and high-quality films, then Mr. Robot will not become something interesting, new, intriguing for you, and even will not stand on the shelf of “the time spent is not sorry, I got my emotions.” Even if you do not cut your eyes unnecessary, just inserted subpoena, there is still nothing here. Dummy. Again, spending nine hours, of which only 45 minutes would be fun? Think for yourself, and I have spoken.
3 out of 10
(Only for references and interesting directorial decisions)
I have been postponing watching this series for a long time. During all this time, I have heard a lot of praise reviews, and against their background, apparently, I overstated the bar so much that it was not completely justified. No, in general, the series came to me, and the individual series are not just worthy of respect, but admiration (especially in the final fourth season, in which the writers diverged seriously). However, all this, in my opinion, does not negate the huge fat minus - the general and wave-detecting feeling that all this is unreal, that the problems of the heroes are far-fetched, and that instead of real threats we are faced with eccentrics who believe in the theory of world conspiracy.
The protagonist, Elliot, brilliantly played by Rami Malek, made him worry and travel through the ornate corners of his brilliant brain. Yet he failed to convince me one hundred percent of his exceptionalism and irreplaceability for the purposes of the global upheaval around which the series is built. I also can’t say that one of the minor characters was so memorable that it would leave a mark on my head. The only exception is the character of the White Rose. The series, I think, is mainly due to the well-built intrigues and charisma of the protagonist. But in some places, it was boring.
Among other things, I want to note that the series ruthlessly exploits the techniques that sophisticated serial lovers have already seen. For example, I want to compare Mr. Robot to the cult Dexter. At first glance, the series are completely different. But let me just list what elements they have in common:
1. In both cases, the main character, in addition to the main work, is engaged in shadow activities, piously believing in the good message of this case;
2. Both heroes are ardent sociopaths, but at the same time have one dear person who is loved and protected - a sister with a heavy character, who, in turn, also loves her brother and idealizes him.
3. Both characters lose their parents, and at the same time have a mysterious dark companion who takes possession of him, and both characters throughout the series communicate with the “ghost” of the late father;
4. Both heroes collect trophies after each episode of "good" - one has a drop of blood in a suitcase in the ventilation shaft, the other has CDs folded into a suitcase under the cabinet.
5. Even the titles have a common tendency - "Mr. Robot" is the alter ego of the first, and "Dexter", it is worth noting, is based on the book "Dexter's Sleeping Demon", which is also nothing but an alter ego.
Thus, in my opinion, in Mr. Robot there is a kind of secondary appearance, although everything is beautifully veiled and presented under a completely different sauce. Nevertheless, I repeat, the series as a whole I liked, as in a certain way carried away and kept the intrigue to the very end, and therefore deserved a positive assessment.
7 out of 10
If anyone ever wants to talk to me about TV shows, I will say Mr. Robot without hesitation.
I hate the moment when the day of the last series comes, the last 40-50 minutes. You live with history and it ends. Now, that moment has come for me. I watched the last episode of the final season. It came out in 2019, but I just watched it now.
The series is full of mysteries, which gradually become more complex and confusing. And every clue becomes more and more unexpected. The viewer observes this story in complete deception. “I am happy to deceive myself,” I quote a classic, and this will be the most correct description of my feeling. To put it briefly, it is completely unpredictable.
Elliot Alderson, who was masterfully played by the Oscar-winning gorgeous Rami Malek, a character whose character you sympathize with, worry about, sometimes angry, but eventually fall in love. After all, with each series, we learn more about him, and by the end, this hidden and ambiguous character is revealed in full. Christian Slater, Mr. Robot, from hate to love. The tandem between these heroes is incredible. It’s “one” if you know what I mean. But it is worth saying that each of the caste actors brought to goosebumps. Complete organicity and faith in what is happening. If I start singing praises to everyone, my review will be endless. And, believe me, it is difficult to resist not to do this.
Another thing to note is the script. I periodically review monologues, some are already in the store, everything is filled with deep meaning. The plot is on the hook, and you think what's next, you turn on another episode, ignoring the fact that you have to get up early in the morning for work. A couple of years ago, on the old page, I already wrote an enthusiastic review of the first season, completely unaware of what will be ahead.
Directing, especially in the final season, is something incredible. Each series is a work of art, each has some kind of feature.
But what got me really excited was the camera work. Unusual setting of the frame, unusual plans, composition. That’s the crazy part of the series.
Let me tell you a little bit about the plot. A young cybersecurity engineer suffering from social phobia, a genius hacker, fights the injustice of capitalism. This is where the "Fucking Society" team helps him. All this leads to irreversible consequences and the realization of who our hero really is.
The creator, showrunner of this story is Sam Esmail. 38 episodes out of 45 belong to his directorial pen. His brainchild, the series "Mr. Robot" was highly appreciated by film critics. Golden Globe and several nominations in different awards. So my enthusiasm is totally justified. And they even say that this is one of the best IT series.
There's a point in the final. Fat point. Everything becomes clear, everything is solved. Everyone is free, thank you all.
If you have free time and are looking for something to see again, here is my advice. Just do not try to solve all these mysteries, believe me, it will not work. Just enjoy watching. I'm done!
Give a man a gun and he'll rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he'll rob everyone.
Mr. Robot is a superhero series with its superheroes and supervillains, maybe not in its most explicit form, but it is.
Elliot is a brilliant hacker who punishes bad people at night and fights world injustice. At the end of the series, this will be as clear as possible. Some characters may seem insignificant at first glance, but this is only at first glance. Rest assured, they will all play their part and fight Eliot. But also Mr. Robot is not so much about technology and hackers, but about loneliness, mental trauma and insane mazes of mind. Elliot the whole series just wants to be normal and be around those people who are dear to him, but can not because of his mental problems, and he is left to take care of them in his own way - through hacking everything and everything.
Mr. Robot is a breath of fresh air for people who have already watched a lot. I'm thrilled with how the cameraman picks up the footage, how the plot and narrative is built, how the creators of the show aren't afraid of experimentation. The series is in complete silence, what do you think?
Mr. Robot is a very solid and strong plot that constantly surprises, and the ending puts a bold point and explodes the brain. Beautiful, clever and inventive. Most series are usually whole only seasonally, and then not always, and here the whole show is whole and thought out in advance.
The first time I was excited about the first season, but the second time I got to know each other ended because after a year of waiting, I completely forgot the details of the first season. My advice is to watch the series in a big shot. It is seen as a single film.
Mr. Robot is psychotherapy. I will forever remember the deeply personal experience of watching the show when I, being ill, decided to give this extremely curious series another chance, and watched it all at once. This experience is so pleasant and unusual that I added this series to my favorite list. Perhaps the show felt close to me because of what it involved: I’m an IT person, and like Elliot, I’ve had socialization issues. I understand him.
Mr. Robot 2015-2019 tells the classic story of a young and promising programmer by day, and at night he is a hacker who seeks to bring down the largest American corporation. It would seem that already quite a hackneyed plot technique, which was in many films: “The Matrix” (1999), “The Thirteenth Floor” (1999) and many others. The main character is social phobia, but this does not prevent him from interacting with people. The experience of childhood trauma led to a split personality, this idea is also not new: Fight Club (1999), Mirror (1974), Mind Games (2001) and others. But this series managed to perfectly combine these two themes into an interesting holistic canvas.
Quite unusual and has its own style series, with each season opens in a new way, pleasantly surprising the audience.
With directors Sam Esmail and Jim McKay I met just watching this series, just as the actor Rami Malek (American actor of Egyptian origin), I met him, however, with some series, but I do not remember the name. This project fully revealed it in terms of acting, solo project, where he plays the main role.
I will not tell the plot, because on the one hand, it will be just a retelling of the very action of the series, and on the other - there will be spoilers with explanations, because the main plot plot does not occur linearly.
Perhaps the last fourth season, twisted and dense, and its ending is extremely bears the brain with its ambiguous conclusion.
Definitely worth watching!
Don't look!
What's wrong?
I liked the story, but it was smeared over a huge timeline. It can be easily squeezed up to 3 or even up to 2 seasons. I'm not asking you to cut it down to a three-hour movie, because that would be too fat.
Elliot is our GG, a hacker with a heightened sense of justice, a veteran drug addict and a man with a difficult childhood. That's it. This story the creators suck all the timekeeping. I am so tired of this character. This dull silhouette in the hood is not worthy of the time spent on it. This is a cardboard hero, in which the creators tried to put their soul, but in vain. About the disclosure of secondary, or even third-rate heroes, I will generally remain silent.
While watching, I really wanted to extract something useful and interesting from this picture. My eyes clinged to all the details and this is what I found:
3 minor characters who are slightly worse or slightly better than the character of Remy Malek: Tyrell, White Rose, Price. They, along with Elliot, hold the series on their backs until its final downfall. Although the characters are not the most interesting and memorable, but with a lousy sheep at least wool cloke.
Very fascinating music. One of the few things about the series.
Hacking is plausibly shown. As a person who interacts with the world of Iti, I was pleased with this experience, but it is at least in the series.
A couple of months after watching Mr. Robot, all I had in my head was this gray world, with gray characters and gray emotions.
Great show! I liked the idea of the plot. Of the minuses - in most of the very non-dynamic narrative, although sometimes very exciting. And also, in my opinion, the overdose of characters with sexual deviations is about 10 times more than in the real world, and this is not justified by the plot. Rather, such saturation even highlights the main dramas of the characters and makes them less significant. It’s like, ‘Why are you so worried?’ in this world you shouldn’t be shocked. But this is probably the case in almost every series right now.
To be honest, I’m a little surprised by the high rating of the series, not because the series is bad, but because it is quite secondary, although not without its own charm, but still not very outstanding. Perhaps the secret of the success of the series is that it was one of the few series about hackers-robinguds (and maybe the only one - I can not remember others).
When we see series about programmers, we immediately recall the “style icon” – the Matrix, and if the series is based on the fact that the hero suffers from a split personality, then the Fight Club is immediately recalled. And so taking both, and the other with bread, it turned out the series is not like either the Matrix or the Fight Club.
Indeed, Mr. Robot has its own atmosphere, which reminded me of the game Fahrenheit, pretty seasoned with fashion nostalgia for the 80s. The series has a number of rather curious characters, including the main one, but it is not to say that they had time to reveal interestingly. Including Elliot. In the pursuit of the agenda about bipolar/schizophrenia and other splits turned out some cardboard nonsense, and when in the fourth season added sexual violence – just start to feel that you rub some game of stamps and cliches.
The plot is quite interesting, although it reeks of youthful maximalism. However, no season was complete without failures in intrigue, illogical behavior of the characters, sudden resurrection and the same unjustified death of some heroes, who, except for the desire of the actors to terminate the contract or the fall in the popularity of the character, can no longer be explained, while such vicissitudes must be dictated by the development of history.
Especially it is worth saying about the last season, where the ending is definitely extremely long and due to this, no catharsis in the viewer does not happen.
As a result, the series is peculiar with an almost equal balance of good plot twists and almost childish maximalism and cliches, which can be watched, but do not expect too much.
Of the recent modern TV series, the most unusual, but at the same time ambiguous. The project is one that does not tolerate inattentive viewing, which spoiled us with many modern streaming TV products. For all four seasons, the creators roll us on a roller coaster from a very interesting and confusing plot, to "bleak" and "I want to turn off." However, take your time to turn it off. The series is filled with a bunch of references, a non-trivial plot and certainly excellent camera work. I will go through each paragraph in two lines.
There are a lot of references. Fargo fans will appreciate the last season: from the manner of filming to the style of storytelling. Protracted scenes with a display of cold-blooded cruelty that are frightening but make you greedily swallow series after series with an ironic grin on your face. So much surrealism in this series... In addition, there are many allusions to other projects of the Coen brothers. Here, attention to detail in the image of antagonists and pedantic prescribing of plot arches even of secondary killers are traced, which is very similar to the same series with the same "Old Men There Is No Place Here", "Big Lebowski", "Burn After Reading" and so on. Quite a lot of intersections with Dexter. The main character is obsessed with justice, quenches his hunger for the fight against marginal elements, using no less marginal methods, and also collects souvenirs after each act of retaliation. And even here you can find elements of empathy for Tarantino’s work, in particular “Kill Bill”, on the example of showing bloody scenes to cheerful but very iconic music. In short, director Esmeil likes to flirt on the incomparability of video and audio. An attentive viewer will find much more references, but I will not write about them, since what I pointed out above will quite go as an aperitif to a beautiful evening viewing.
What about the plot? The creators break the 4th wall – it becomes clear in the first series. Let the main character and sociopath, but the clichés that are inherent in the depiction of IT specialists are minimal and do not cut the eye much. But the non-triviality of the plot here turns out to be both a plus and a minus. The fact that the series we expect some linearity, consistency when watching each next series. It seems to be there, but we jump from one narrative to another so implicitly that at first it is both interesting and unusual, but then it causes a serious bug – we simply do not care to watch the line that was recently so suddenly broken. In short, jumps tire and accumulate indifference inside, along with the fact that there is often a deliberate delay in timekeeping. In season 4, especially at the end, there is no problem. Why? Everything is simple, as the series wanted to extend at the same pace on the 5th, but came to the conclusion that it is impossible and limited to only the 4th, but 13 episodes. By the way, if such dynamics, even with small pauses, would be throughout the series, then it could be able to season 2, but HOW!
Cinematography. I won’t describe all the moments, but I will tell you about the ones that were unused. How cool the operator puts dialogue! In classical cinema, we are used to actors looking inside the frame if the cameraman does not show them together. But not here. Here, the composition is built on the contrary: the character directs his gaze as if to the external boundaries. Let me give you an example. The main character, leading a dialogue with another character, looks to the right, but the operator arranges so that the lion’s part of the free space is opposite to the left. With his opponent, the situation is exactly the opposite: he looks to the left, and on the right there is a lot of free space. What is it for? I will not venture to say for sure about the true meaning of this technique, but it seemed to me that this was done for the reasons to show the involvement of the characters in the virtual world, they seem to look beyond what is happening, and even in dialogues with each other we show their detachment from offline life. They look at what is hidden from the uninitiated eye of the layman, just when we are talking about hackers, top managers and iconic political figures who have access to 777 everything in the world, if you know what I mean.
Can I recommend this series? I can't tell you exactly. But one thing can be said for sure, if you want a light viewing after everyday work - no, if you want a thoughtful and meaningful viewing, a new "icspirience" - yes. The series is unusual - this can be said for sure, and this is not a small reason to get acquainted with it.
A promising start and a disappointing end. It would seem – here it is – a fantasy on the topic “what if you hack financial corporations and see what happens?”. Yeah, it doesn't sound very realistic, but we fantasize, so what's the point? Hackers vs. globalists. That's a very promising plot. However, the plot did not give us any intricacies and everything slid to a banal schiza, and everything can be justified on the screen with a schiza. Not regretting parting with the series at the beginning of the second season, watching the crazy main character is not interesting. Psychic disorder can be a highlight, pepper, which is carefully integrated into the story periodically decorating some scenes, but when this feature is built on the whole plot becomes boring and you understand that no matter what happens again and again, everything will come down to the fact that our main character is schizistic.
5 out of 10
Watching the first 2 episodes of the series is very intriguing. The authors outline interesting topics: the impact of mega corporations on people’s lives, the mass dependence of people on the Internet, the growth of social phobia among young people, and the like. The unusual shooting and the presence of internal dialogues of the very interesting protagonist, his thinking & #39; on the contrary & #39; and amusing thoughts about other people are captivating. Edaki Raskolnikov Hacker: D Also the presence of subtle intellectual humor, IT things, elements of a thriller and everything seems good ... But! But already by the 3rd series you begin to notice that the series is rolling like somewhere wrong. The plot slows down greatly, more and more often the humor and curious thoughts of the protagonist are replaced by displays of dubious scenes, and the main idea of the film from the question begins to slowly turn into overt propaganda ' break the system without thinking about the consequences' The actions and motives of the characters begin to cause questions, and sometimes just shock. And in the 4th or maybe in the 5th series, such a fierce nightmare of filling begins that the hair stands on end with the idea that it is spinning on streaming platforms and that it actually can, and most likely children watch!
The plot content with each series drops rapidly, but the level of immorality on the screen, on the contrary, grows from series to series. From showing the squalid and obviously abnormal interpersonal relationships between the characters, to classic drugs, allusions to rape, scenes of beating people and strange immoral fetishes involving a pregnant woman (what at all?!). Instead of an interesting protagonist, we are increasingly being pushed into the frame of gays. First, they talk about the place and not the place. And then at all, full-fledged scenes include that watching the next series becomes physically sickening.
And most importantly, why? If only it had been substantiated somehow. But I'm not. All this is present on the screen simply because it is necessary that it would be on the screen all this.
Horrible and dangerous to the psyche.
And yet I will say that ' Mr. Robot' - the most unusual series of those I watched.
No, of course, there will be even more psychedelic works with an extremely confusing plot. However, if you are looking for something not beyond the boundary of good and evil, but quite a whole story, presented not always in the standard way, then Mr. Robot' may be an excellent option.
And yet there are nuances. First of all, this story was originally conceived as a full-length film, and it shows. Yes, there are plenty of guns hanging in the beginning and firing only in the last series (with guns and hints of twists here is generally complete order). But it turns out that almost the entire first season is a kind of bundle. So if you can usually tell if you like the series, a couple of episodes, then in the case of Mr. Robot', it can take a whole season of 10 episodes.
Yeah, it's hard to get into.
But is it worth it? Definitely. The series is simply striking with its omens and symbolism, as well as its unpredictability: in this respect it is quite comparable with the same 'Game of Thrones'. The viewer will often wonder what is going on at all - and, fortunately, will always find the answer, albeit after a few episodes. Yes and experiments ' Mr. Robot' not afraid: here you and the series ' One frame ' and a series without lines, and much more that I spoiler once again do not want.
And it is impossible not to mention the strong acting, one of the most reliable hacking processes in the cinema, a good soundtrack and a unique camera work, from which some will be furious, and some will note that it really keeps in suspense when necessary. And, of course, the dramatic component: in any case, personally I have never felt so strongly with the main character.
At the exit, we have a very high-quality thriller, which is often not what it seems, and loves to present the viewer with surprises. You just need to try to imbue yourself with history, and whether it is worth digging into it until the very end is your business, as always.
“Mr. Robot” is undoubtedly one of the greatest series not only of the last decade, but also in the history of American TV. And the greatness of this project lies in the dramatic genius of the creator. Sam Esmail, who managed with special author's scrupulousness to build a small large movie universe, the main characters of which for four stunning seasons made dizzying odysseys, culminating in a filigreely carved piercing finale, the last seconds of which refer to the masterpieces of the legendary creation of Stanley Kubrick. The series, completed on time and perfectly, can be counted on the fingers: most of them were issued by producers chasing high ratings, dry or became a victim of a successfully invented concept, which amounts only to a spectacular beginning and an intriguing narrative, but instantly ruined by the utter creative impotence of the creators relative to the final chords.
In Esmail, the entire event palette from the first to the last frame lined up in the head already 15 tapes ago, when the writer initially conceived his story as a full-length, and then reworked and expanded to a full-fledged series. Rarely what project on TV can boast of such a detailed narrative, where the randomly scattered event elements ultimately add up to an entertaining puzzle, under a volley of Chekhov’s guns, neatly hung in the time and space of this story.
Esmail’s brainchild grows from the ideas of one cult book and its no less cult Hollywood adaptation, but the screenwriter and director of almost all episodes goes further, expanding and deepening the achievements of predecessors, with each new season collecting an increasingly bizarre plot origami, stunned by inventive twists and radically changing the emotional vector of the narrative. What initially pretends to be a production drama from the life of hackers and ruthless corporations, cutting the ear of an unprepared viewer with a discouraging volapuk, gradually transforms into a heartbreaking family and interpersonal drama, speaking to the viewer in a completely understandable language - with a tragic intensity of Shakespearean scale. Ostrosocial is densely mixed with the intimate and psychological, resulting in enchanting mental charades.
But the most amazing thing is that we literally become direct, albeit passive, participants in the unfolding events: we are destined to play the role of a silent observer, with whom the main character leads intimate conversations, breaking the fourth wall. We are Elliot, although we do not realize this most of the time, but our participation is already spelled out by the cunning Esmail from the very first seconds.
“Mr. Robot” in addition to the well-established script-narrative mechanism is also stunningly removed. The construction of the frame from the cameraman Tod Campbell, because of which he feared that he would be fired after the first series, has already entered the annals of cinema and sold out on visual citation in many projects. A separate mention is the staged games of Esmail, when one of the episodes is built in the style of sitcoms of the 80s, one of the most adrenaline suspense series is filmed without words at all (well, except for its own background exhilarating exclamations and howls), and the most emotional and key for the entire series is presented in the form of a theatrical production, divided into five acts and played out in the scenery of one apartment and under the melody of classical stage effects.
Yes, "Mr. Robot" is so fascinating, skillfully thought out, built and first-class played (Christian Slater got a second wind, Rami Malek brilliantly played the role of a sociophobic hacker genius, B.D. Wong is stunning in the image of White Rose - and this is only a tiny part of the stunning cast) series, with a lot of cultural homages and computer references for his own, that it is simply impossible to break away from him, while this pleasantly from the binge ends with a catharptic finale. Healing, soulful and utopian soothing.
Verdict: Kulik is delighted with this swamp!
In some places, not without pretentiousness, but in general, very great. The series, which first looks like a remake of "Fight Club", and then as its hypothetical sequel (not about the comic sequel Palahniuk), also has a rather pronounced vibe of the work of Bret Easton Ellis, and in fact turns out to be a bootleg screening of "Glamorama".
There are obligatory references to Lynch and the already classic set of “Postmodernism 101” chips such as talking to the viewer and watching his life as a movie, but Sam Esmail managed to maintain a balance, and these elements are not annoying (or, dead author, generally completely dominate the plot), but only complement the work. (I was very worried that Esmail would turn into the serial equivalent of Alesha Kota – I think the show has all the possible red flags – but so far it has been.) But Zero is a good comic. So, Sam has all the prerequisites for such “growth” in the future. Much more interesting to me was the fact that the finale shamelessly repeats another all-famous bastard Twin Peaks – the series Lost. But does he? More like a conscious dialogue, because the same expressive means lead us to the opposite conclusion: if the authors of “Lost” are trying to create, excuse me, a modernist meta-narrative telling us how to live, “Mr. Robot” gives our favorite “everything is bad, but you hold on.”
' Mr. Robot' (Mr. Robot) is a wonderful thriller that will appeal to all fans of films in the spirit of ' Fight Club', ' Mind Games', ' Split' and other stories where the main character has a slightly shifted roof. The main character is a hacker who chose the path of confrontation with large corporations. What is most interesting about this series: you will not see the characters knocking on the keys, typing something naive on the screen, like: ' Computer break the FSB' All scenes show real tools for information security and hacking, for example, the famous Putty console, the build of Kali Linux and so on. So every time you google the teams and tulsa to find out more about what exactly is going on. The main role in the series stars Rami Malek, who received an Oscar for playing the role of Freddie Mercury in the film ' Bohemian Rhapsody'.
I watched the final season, and I want to say a big thank you to everyone who worked on the creation of the series. You guys are great!
The story of Elliot, a young gifted programmer with a difficult childhood, who realized that his skills and knowledge allow him to deliver justice to bad people, that he can change the world for the better. And his accidental fall into a group of hackers who are going to destroy the existing banking system, which is owned by billionaires, and keeps people around the world in slave dependence on money.
This is an incredible story that has been laid out in four short seasons, fully thought out from the first to the last series. The tie-up on paper seems a little banal, but in fact it turns out that this is only a mask of the series, and even this mask is actually very well made. Just a paradise for fans of Fight Club - such a description can be given to the series on the first season, but the further it goes, the more the story twists, and everything is so subtle that you forget about Fight Club as a book that you read a long time ago in school. In each season, there is a moment that turns everything upside down, and the series confuses and confuses the viewer to finally reveal the real idea of the creators, which will leave few indifferent. There are times when the endings turn out good, but not so good, there are completely spoiling, there are great ones, but the first time I have this is when the ending came out so cool that it exceeded all expectations.
But even without the ending of the series falls in love with himself from the very first season, Rami Malek is just a miracle (for Elliot you worry more than for yourself). And what a soundtrack, shazamil in almost every episode, and at the end of the first season even there is a great reference to Where is my mind from the ending of the fight club, just wow! And as stylishly everything is filmed, most of the scenes are shot from such a perspective that it seems as if they are glued music videos, the characters are not in the center, but somewhere on the side, but everything looks very organic, the colors are chosen simply perfectly, the atmosphere of the American metropolis is transmitted wonderfully, in general, continuous visual pleasure, but some unusual, and this is even better.
A huge number of serious and correct reflections on the meaning of the modern world, which are conveyed through the inner monologue of Elliot/Mr. Robot, each series conveys some philosophical point of view on the things and orders around us. Along with Rami Malek’s amazing plot and great play, there is always something to think about – that’s what Mr. Robot is so good about.
10 out of 10
“Every man carries within himself the rudiments of all human qualities, and sometimes manifests some, sometimes others, and is often quite unlike himself, remaining one and himself.”
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
Modern man in the world of technology and science is used to subject everything around him to a certain classification. He's used to the system, he's part of the system. When something fails, a person becomes confused.
The main ideological inspirer, director and screenwriter of “Mr. Robot” Sam Esmail decides to connect two different areas in the experimental space: the inner world of a person, the psyche and mental processes, on the one hand, and the global system, the world of money, revolutions and hacking, on the other.
At the first glance at history, we will encounter the astounding art of hackers to bend to their will almost everything that has a computer inside. The average person may even begin to understand the basics of cybersecurity, he will become familiar with terms such as DDoS attack, rootkit, femtocell and others. And although real hackers say that hacking sometimes takes much longer than shown in the series, in general they agree with the most reliable depiction of the work of hackers. At least the fact that the actors and Esmail himself attended special hacking seminars, took courses in rapid printing, and, thus, all scenes using the Python and Ruby programming languages were shot without backups, deserves respect. Moreover, even the names of each series are associated with video file extensions, encrypted files, programming commands, or HTTP status codes. However, all the hacks, chases, attacks by anti-globalization hackers in the fight for justice are part of a strong shell of what lies inside behind all this.
Psychiatry is something that most people do not fully understand and therefore underestimate the importance of this concept. Any complex mechanism has weaknesses that a talented programmer will easily discover and exploit. Human consciousness is the same mechanism, the weakness of which are various diseases and diseases. So, in addition to hacker terms like backdoor and exploit, the viewer is immersed in the world of mental disorders: social anxiety disorder, known to us as social phobia (fear of society, so "fuck society"), major depressive disorder, which is not necessarily accompanied by a bad mood, but rather a sense of guilt and self-deprecation, weakness and insomnia, delusional disorder, paranoia, hallucinations, and dissociative identity disorder (or multiple personality disorder), which is caused by serious emotional trauma in childhood. Not everyone can cope with such an ensemble of serious mental problems. If you are desperate, as the protagonist of Mr. Robot, you can try to hack your own consciousness, but what will happen in the end is difficult to predict even a good therapist.
“The question is what is true of it. Maybe there's no truth at all? Is there anything other than our thoughts?
The viewer in Esmail is not just an outside observer, he is a direct participant in the action and constantly conducts a silent dialogue with the main character. Esmail conceives this from the very beginning and does not change his plan until the very end. Persistence. But the constancy is that the viewer is constantly surprised, knocking out the soil, lovingly built from the previous series, from under his feet. Persistence here means loyalty to an idea. Many series at first stand out with a bright style, but after a while, the creators neglect their duty to the viewer and even get confused in the narrative that the puzzles, in the end, do not add up to one picture. Mr. Robot cannot be blamed for this. Shooting by the operator “from the ceiling”, demonstrating the space of the rooms “in a section”, to the obscene close-ups, scenes “one frame” and more – everything is built by Esmail with choreographic literacy.
Instead of a separate opening, there is a simple screensaver with the title of the series, which can appear both in the first seconds of the episode and after 15 minutes of narration. Esmail carefully fits it into the mood of the series and can add a spectacular musical accompaniment, which is generally worthy of a separate mention. Sometimes the creator uses a technique that affects the viewer's impression - leads the picture into the final credits, but leaves the sound that accompanied the episode. Whether the director breaks the already destroyed “fourth wall” or not, each viewer has an individual perception and he decides it for himself.
"Mr. Robot" isn't easy to categorize as a particular genre, and Esmail seems to like it. Starting to watch a new episode, the viewer can not be sure what he will see – an action movie about hacker activity, a drama about relationships, a typical sitcom, a psychological thriller or something else. Nevertheless, the series surprisingly combines a symbiosis of different genres, it is organic and thus attractive for the sophisticated modern viewer. Mac Quayle, the composer of the series, manages to combine the machine, soulless music of codes and numbers accompanying the confrontation of a group of hackers with corporations and conglomerates, and live, famous melodies of Neil Diamond, Dusty Springfield and other artists. Thanks to him, music becomes an important component of the story, and later, hearing somewhere “If you go away” or “You don’t have to say you love me”, it is easy to feel longing for the history of “Mr. Robot”, as if you were there, inside.
The main character in a black hoodie, which decided to dress his character actor Rami Malek – Elliot. It is like a bright star, around which planets arise, and some of them are burned by its energy, while others go into orbit. Heroes appear and disappear, then reappear, but Elliot is always with us, because as long as he exists, we exist. Sometimes, after reading a novel or watching a movie, we consider the characters of the work our friends, although they do not know it. Elliot’s first phrase is “Hi, friend.” From the very beginning, the hero of the series chooses the viewer himself as his friend, and not otherwise. He immediately puts the responsibility on the viewer with his choice, and you will have to work hard to understand what is really happening. The viewer is taught that one cannot always believe what one sees, and that one must know Elliot’s fear, devastation, anger, and rage to become part of the story.
Esmail manages to subdue the chaos created by mixing the incompatible, he creates perfectly matching puzzles for 4 seasons. Moreover, it masterfully catches the viewer by surprise when it seems to provide the final elements that add up to the picture, and then reports that you are looking at it upside down. Is that true? All this time? As compensation for the many sluggish and unsightly endings of the series, Esmail gives the viewer a diamond that seems just necessary to revise everything anew, having already on hand all the codes and transcripts.
“If you believe in yourself and don’t give in, then maybe the world around us can’t help but change.”
Oh, well, I did a titanic job and reviewed all the seasons, because by 4 I had completely forgotten about the details of what was happening. Of course, the film has certain positive reviews from which it deserves attention, but for the most part the action in it is quite monotonous and somewhat protracted. The idea itself is good, although not new for a long time and widely sung by the works of Keyes and Fincher with Palahniuk.
Autistic geek programmer Elliot, played by the very popular Rami Malek, suddenly meets Mr. Robot, played by the once popular Christian Slater. Mr. persuades megacorporation E Corp (in Russian translation ' Z', because Evil) for which the firm Elliot works, and at the same time to bring down the global economy. Of course there is. Elliot and Robot form a gang of hacker-anarchists with a teenage name Nahren Society. And then a series of mostly very tragic and very dramatic ensuing consequences begins, because it is clear to the child that everything in this world is not simple, but especially if you shit the most influential corporation in the United States.
The first couple of seasons take place in the oppressive atmosphere of the impending apocalypse and post-apocalypse. The second season reveals different cards and adds action. At the same time, the inner world of the protagonist begins to get out in more detail. The last fourth season is already tightly flowing in the psychedelic atmosphere of Elliot ala Legion's schizophrenia, and what is happening is more reminiscent of Keyes than Palahnica. The final remains somewhat open. Although rather in terms of the question, not what happened at all, but what happened to the main character in the personal plan.
So overall, the series is not bad, but it’s a little tight. Malek's image is controversial and not bright enough for me. Much more interesting is the same Slater or secondary characters, for example, bright as Harley Quinn Carly Chaikini playing a hacker and the sister of the main character, or Martin Walstrom (psychopathic top manager of the Evil Corporation) probably drew his image from the American Psychopath, well, or one of the brightest in terms of emotional transformations for the final season of Portia Doubleday (love of the main character), and even there are very bright and interesting Gray Gummer, B.D. Wong and the beautiful Stephanie Corneliussen. So Rami against their background looked more like a background and probably saved all his strength for the role of Mercury.
The series has become a cult in relatively narrow geek circles and will probably take a certain place in the story. But not everyone will like it.
- Welcome back, Mr. Alderson!
That’s what I want to say in 10 years, returning to this series.
Sam Esmail created a masterpiece that, unfortunately, did not gain such mass as, for example, 'Stranger Things' or the same thundered recently on the whole web 'The Witcher'. Mr. Robot is an incredibly ambitious project, squeezed into itself, like its main character, existing in its own separate world.
I am glad that I have known the main character over the years, was his ' Observer'. He communicated with me, shared his experiences and emotions, felt like I was his support, helped him with everything and was part of something special.
With each season, the series only gained momentum. By the fourth, he had become a fully mature, confident character in the game. The director was very attentive to the details, incredibly skillfully shot close-up actors, i.e. the characters they play, thereby you focus on their emotions more subtly.
There were more and more mysteries towards the end of the series, but I'm glad Mr. Esmail didn't leave anything a secret from us and make us finish our story. He ended the series exactly the way it should have ended, the most logical and correct ending to the story.
Each of us has a secret companion who sometimes takes a lot on himself, but sooner or later you put everything in its place.
Mr. Robot
In the summer of 2015, I sat tightly on the US Network series (Psych, White Collar, Burn Notice - hello!). And at the same time, the network was posted the first trailer for the upcoming series, about a hacker who, like Dexter from the world of computers, deals with the worst among the bad.
'Everyone has their own monster'. And it is this monster that he intends to find: whether it is child porn on the hard drive of some low-income person, or plans to own the whole world in 1% of the richest people.
The concept seemed interesting to me at the time. In general, there is something attractive in the fact that the corner of any work put a completely marginal character (or group of people) who is forced to say his weighty & #39;fi!' in the face of society.
Interest, of course, was also fueled by the stream, started on the then young service twitch in the pre-premier month, where representatives of fsociety (the very fringe group from the series) handed out money to the lucky ones live. In short, that distant summer of 2015, it was only left to wonder: ' Who is this Mr. Robot?'.
Five years have passed since then and with each new season we have been given different answers to that question. Mr. Robot was both a super-hacker and a stalker on the subway. Father of the family. Freak. A friend. The only defender. A game of sick imagination. And never in all these years did it occur to me that we were asking ourselves the wrong question.
In general, the world that created Sam Esmail in the series - the world of Mr. Robot - where there is the Absolute Evil, which, like a nesting doll, sorts out season after season to show its black heart in the finale; where there is the Main Hero, who is opposed to this evil and, like it, looks more and more deeply into himself, revealing to the viewer (or ' if you wish, all his madness; where every television shot has been created for the last five years, and where each one of them has a complicated world, and every one has created for the best, for the last five years.
Yes, Mr. Robot is a really hard-to-read series. It has too much silence, crazy Rami Malik, awkward camera angles and lines of code on the screen. But if you manage to survive the pilot episode, then the series will only give. And until the end, he'll give you all. He will teach you to ask the right questions and look a little further, feel a little better.
And instead of an afterword, I want to say thank you to the Creator, the Universe (or who there?) for giving us visionaries like Sam Esmail, who are able to turn even multiple stratifications of personality into a work of art.
Hello, Elliot
During the day I watched the final 4th season of the series “Mr. Robot” and on this occasion I want to say a few words. .
For me, this project is an example of the author’s courage of its creator – Sam Esmail. First of all, because he designed and offered the viewer a story, in the center of which is a mentally unstable introvert sociopath, albeit devoid of the charisma of Frank Underwood (however, like his vices), but acting no less controversial from an ethical point of view methods. From season to season, the author increasingly complicated the plot design at once on several axes. Expanding the conspiracy scale of events, he simultaneously delved into the shaky inner world of the hero (who made Rami Malek a star - an actor with a non-standard appearance and charisma of either a "little man", or a "big villain"). At the same time, he, as a real demiurge, skillfully led the viewer by the nose: starting from the very 1st season, unobtrusively weaved clues into the fabric of the narrative, generously feeding the inquisitive mind of fans, who in the finale of the season 4 formed - brick by brick - into a complex but impressive design, which allowed a new look at the scale of the original plan.
Moreover, Sam Esmail, being the permanent director of all 45 episodes of the series, demonstrated his deepest knowledge and love for cinema. He boldly experimented with form and rhythm, changing them not just in individual scenes, but creating truly unique series – from dynamic (be it a one-frame blockbuster in the E Corp building or a completely silent series with the hacking of Virtual Realty) to chamber dialogue, in the style, for example, Quentin Tarantino (and even in the format of 1:2.35). Well, when in the 6th episode of the 2nd season appeared Alph (yes, not just appeared – the first 10 minutes themselves decided as a sitcom of the 90s with an aspect ratio of 4:3), I personally rejoiced as a child (which I was when I watched the adventures of an alien kitten lover on TV).
As a result, “Mr. Robot” became for me not just an intriguing, dynamic thriller about the struggle of a hacker group with the shadow world economy, which, moreover, hides a gloomy study of the psychological traumas of modern millennials, but also a large-scale cinematic experiment – bold, speaking a modern language, but absorbing all the developments of the big and small screens!
I want to emphasize the courage of the producers of the show. You need to have an incredible creative intuition to allow the author to create such a complex work in terms of plot, visual and cenematographic language. But even more valuable, in my opinion, the production wisdom of the people who supported the author in his desire to complete the story on the rise of audience love and interest.
In the history of streaming platforms, there are not so many series whose authors are able to raise and maintain the bar of quality throughout all seasons. There are even fewer producers in it who are able to finish the story qualitatively in time, resisting the temptation of sequelization to the “last dollar”. This was Steven Soderbergh and his Neckerboxer Hospital (who created only 2 seasons, but what!). Well, now we have +1.
Mr. Alderson and I have known each other for a long time. Back in 2015, as a student, I started watching Mr. Robot.
And now the year 2019 has come and the saga that lasted 4 years has come to an end.
If you've never heard of Mr. Robot, you've probably lost a lot. The series tells about the life of quite an ordinary programmer Elliot Alderson, who thanks to his extraordinary abilities is trying to create a new world, which according to his ideas will be fair.
The problem is that every action has its consequences. Heroes climb deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole, causing more and more problems and difficulties. The first season almost all the time shows us the chic offices of expensive corporations, beautiful life. By the end, the landscapes are replaced by almost post-apocalyptic ones. A game that starts relatively harmlessly turns into one where human lives are at stake. And powerful people are willing to do anything to preserve their power.
The series is rapidly developing for 4 seasons, it is full of surprises, very sharp turns. If this series could be described as a recipe for a dish, it would look like this:
- Take Sam Esmail's original idea
A pinch ' "V" stands for Vendetta' To mix, but not to shake.
- 250 AD 'Fight Club'
- We flood the resulting mass with intrigues and murders in the traditions 'Game of Thrones'
- Add a generous portion of good music and amazing camera work
- We cook on a strong fire before boiling
Mr. Robot is actually full of references to various films, and the monologues of the main character from the first seasons instantly flew to quotes. The second season was so unusual that it simply baffled the viewer. Each year, the robot gave its fans something new, unusual, fresh. Of course, over time, interest and excitement subsided. Maybe the producers decided to spend less money on advertising, maybe the ratings were not the same. However, the series is absolutely worth watching an absolutely delightful and touching ending.
Stories of rebels who want to remake the world in their own way and make it better are not new. In them, good always triumphs over evil. No casualties and no mistakes, clear. Sam Esmail showed it his way. He created a story you believe in. A story where every decision has its consequences, where the whirlpool of events absorbs the heroes so much that there is simply no way back.
Truth be told, there was no saga that made me sad to end. Mr. Robot finished on time and left beautifully.
Goodbye friend, I am very glad that we were lucky to meet.
Mr. Robot is the greatest series. No modern show is more connected to digital reality than this. The world is talking about bitcoins - "Robot" shows them. The media is talking about leaks of personal data - in "Robot" the same thing happens. American TV stirred up the murder of two people live – the premiere of the episode “Robot” is postponed, as it has a scene with the death live.
Multiply it to an incredible level of execution. There is an episode shot in one take like Birdman, with the action taking place in real time. Forty screen minutes - forty minutes of life in the series. There is an episode divided into acts, similar to a theatrical production. There's a sitcom episode here. There is an episode where only two phrases are spoken.
And they drop it for two reasons. First of all, because he was at the Fight Club. Second, because it’s too boring, boring and slow. The first creators did not hesitate, even including a remix of "Where Is My Mind" at one point. It is interesting that the audience, outraged by the predictability of one plot twist, for some reason decided not to pay attention to another, not connected with any clubs. On the second point of the audience claims Sam Esmail was not going to report. His goal was to tell a story whose finale, I have no doubt, was thought out before the pilot. These episodes helped him achieve this goal. Esmail's self-admiration, his desire to do things that no one has done before, borders on the only possible way to do things. The real-time mode plunged into chaos. The sitcom plunged into the mentally ill world of the main character. Theatre emphasized the isolation of the location and the impossibility of escape. The story could not be told at a quick pace – its speed matched the mood. The author spat on the needs of the audience, narrowing the understanding audience to a tiny size.
One more thing to note. The series only pretended to be the younger brother of the "Fight Club", simultaneously referring to the "Matrix", then to "Dexter", and releasing barbs towards the consumer society. All this was a cover-up, a deception that had been preparing for years. “Mr. Robot” is a little deeper than the struggle of anarchist programmers with an evil system. The final season - the most depressing yet life-affirming - showed that Sam Esmail was much more interested in people than code. And as soon as the fourth wall finally collapsed, behind it we saw not a sociopathic hacker angry at the world corporations, but a small man who wanted an ordinary life.
But few reached the final, making it even more painful.
This is how you watch the series for four years, follow the development of the plot, measure with the characters. And in the final series, such a climax occurs, which reverses all the previous course of the plot, builds it into an even more developed concept, and so organic that it is now possible to revise it again, but from the height of a new concept. Although the creators of the series made sharp turns throughout the plot, they changed the algorithms so that the previous ones stopped working, and they had to rethink the film every time. But the ending turned the whole plot from beginning to end, closed on itself all the various forms of the plot, which, it would seem, remained completed during the film, but now need another, total for them all, comprehension.
So what's the thrill of the ending? The alternative. It turns out that there is a reality parallel to the main plot, its reverse side. And in the course of the action, the viewer is forced to believe in one reality, then in another, immersing in the halls of the mind of the main character. And this concept of alternate reality stunningly loops the whole plot, it was clearly originally postponed by the creators to the very end, although it occurred throughout the storyline through the psychological trauma of the childhood of the protagonist and in general through some unreality of what is happening in the film. As a result, there was a special effect - the effect of alternative reality - which changed the perception of the plot philosophy of the series from simple to complex, actualized the psychological canvas of what is happening with the main character, his special reality of being hidden under the main plot.
Throughout the series, the personality of Elliot - the main character - assumed dissociative disorder, revealed in parallel, but secondary in comparison with the main storyline - hacker actionism in the name of protecting the world from various forms of evil. And only in the final episodes of the last season, Elliot’s identity was finally revealed. The alternative perception of reality was shown by him not only as a form of dual personality, with all the attributes corresponding to this phenomenon, as, for example, in the films “Mind Games” or “Split”, but somewhat broader, with an emphasis not on the anomaly of this phenomenon as such, but on the reality created by it and the mechanisms of its existence. As a result, the final series supposedly actualized in the consciousness layer of archetypes on this score, that you can think for a long time about the existence of an alternative personality somewhere in the subconscious of each of us, its influence on our real personality and the mechanisms of this influence, for example, through dreams.
If films with such “explosive” endings, such as “Inception” and “Island of the Damned”, change consciousness, then such an ending in the series is much longer able to keep the perception changed.
What are you doing in your alternate reality? Are you the embodiment of your dreams of happiness or the embodiment of your hidden dark desires? There are two ways: there is more good in one and more evil in the other. There is no other. In another reality, you are the subconsciously desired but unattainable opposite of yourself here, and here is the same opposite of yourself there. But if someone, for example, the depths of the mind, allowed the meeting of both in the same reality? Or if it was somehow assumed that you switched places? Is not this binary of the human mind and its disorder the central question of psychiatry?
Society has come up with a name for a person with multiple "Is" - schizophrenia. Such people should be treated. But if you look at the other side, how books and movies allow us to do it (Fight Club and Mind Games were my first), it is these people who are able to go beyond the ordinary and create, bring something new and grandiose into the world, although they are potentially dangerous. Woe to me, isn't it? That's what attracts me. Wildly intelligent people, they can't live any other way. They live outside the boundaries of this world, within them. Are they suffering, wanting to be cured?
Two topics, both psychological, deserve special attention. When he is badly beaten, he suddenly leaves his body, walks away from the pain into himself, where it is fun and easy for him, he goes by car with his family, talks, tries to understand what is what. But he cannot understand, because his mind is so broad that he takes care of it. Keeps him out of pain. And secondly, in order not to suffer from the fact that he is in prison and does the same thing every day, his mind again paints a picture of the fact that he lives with his mother, eats breakfast in a cafe, etc. That is, there are several personalities, minds that are not connected with each other and cannot expose each other. It’s not a new topic, but it’s a great one!
Overall, the show is not good with an idea that I said is old, but with playing Malek and his dilemma about whether or not he is making the world better. And is that even him?
The first episode of this series hooked and intrigued me that I wanted to look further at a hacker boy who decided to save the world from an evil corporation that makes people slaves and makes everyone obey. But the further into the forest, the more wood-bitches that knock down moral values and trample consciousness into the black. For social phobias and drug addicts (I doubt that they watch this), this series may seem attractive, GG constantly throws, and Bulgakov-morphine, everyone strives to kiss a partner, no matter whether it is a man or a woman - the main thing that did not reach the animals. Depravity and dirt in every frame.
As for the plot itself, there is a theme 'Fight Club', 'The Matrix' and other films where the main characters fight their subconscious monster - illusions and simulations are all lined up in a row. Indeed, with such an idea it was possible to make more beautiful and pleasant - here even 'Game of Thrones' looks 'lightov' Stopped watching after one of the main characters ' poured ' and drank coffee for the first time exezi in the park, after the words ' This will help you get rid of your problems', given that the first works in one of the largest corporations in New York and the age of this person is more than 25 years. If everyone in America accepts ecstasy like 'noshpu' - then I went to review 'Ivan Vasilyevich changes profession'.
I'll give you 2 points for debauchery. For idea 6. I can't take it anymore.