TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Vidor]

Tracy Morgan to host the third episode of this upcoming SNL season

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... ellow.html

[Arthur Dent]

Well, what the hell. I actually looked this up just now, and that system in JP was actually a visually oriented UNIX system that was real but never took off.

Ha! I think that UNIX system thing bugged me even back in 1993. Interesting that it's real, though it seems like an awfully useless and inefficient way to navigate a file system, so it's not a surprise it never went anywhere.

[Maclowery]

Conan just got a kiss from Patrick Stewart. I thought he was gonna cop out. Went all in. Good on you guys, the crowd loved it.

[MrSaigon]

So Jane Krakowski was nominated for her fifth Emmy for playing Jenna Maroney. Look, I love Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but it is in spite of that slightly-different-if-you-squint than her 30 Rock character that she drove into the ground several years ago.

[JL21]

I haven't seen this week's Mr. Robot but I've seen the rest and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's a really strange mish-mash of influences, but none in a really obvious or unsubtle way. I'm a fan.

Fight Club seems pretty blatant, but otherwise yeah.

They sure embraced it as much as they could last night.

[thrill]

I haven't seen this week's Mr. Robot but I've seen the rest and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's a really strange mish-mash of influences, but none in a really obvious or unsubtle way. I'm a fan.

Fight Club seems pretty blatant, but otherwise yeah.

They sure embraced it as much as they could last night.

And now I'm on a big Pixies kick.


Is Mr. Robot the best new tv show since Game of Thrones? I'm trying to think what would compete with it. I like it more than Hannibal. I like it more than Black Mirror. I like it more than The Honourable Woman. It has the best parts of Fight Club, the paranoia, the anti-corporate terrorism and the mental illness shell game but without the gross "look how hard white guys have it these days" angle.

[go birds]

i cant even figure out what night mr robot is on?

I have the 1st episode recorded and then just lost track from there

[ghostrunner]

I haven't seen this week's Mr. Robot but I've seen the rest and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's a really strange mish-mash of influences, but none in a really obvious or unsubtle way. I'm a fan.

Fight Club seems pretty blatant, but otherwise yeah.

They sure embraced it as much as they could last night.

And now I'm on a big Pixies kick.


Is Mr. Robot the best new tv show since Game of Thrones? I'm trying to think what would compete with it. I like it more than Hannibal. I like it more than Black Mirror. I like it more than The Honourable Woman. It has the best parts of Fight Club, the paranoia, the anti-corporate terrorism and the mental illness shell game but without the gross "look how hard white guys have it these days" angle.

I'm curious how the show will proceed now that he's back on track mentally. Not that he's all the way there yet. Seems like part of the appeal was not knowing what was real, even though we had obvious intentional clues in some cases. I'm not sure if I'm quite as interested in a straightforward story about hackers taking down a corporation. Probably some more curveballs coming though.

I read elsewhere some comparisons to Taxi Driver, which really struck a chord with me. Fight Club is a more obvious comparison, but the degree to which we have lived in Elliott's head and depend on his warped characterization of others is really reminiscent of that. It manages in the same way to make you sympathize and buy in to his viewpoint, but also make you uneasy about it.

[JL21]

At various times, I've felt echoes of the following in Mr. Robot:

-Dexter
-The Sopranos
-Breaking Bad
-Fight Club (obviously)
-There's a certain Kubrickian sensibility to it at times (mostly in the opening credits but whatev)

I know there are a few more, but those are the very specific ones, even if just for a specific scene or half an episode or so.

[SHOW]

And really, the only one that flat-out beats you over the head is Fight Club (and I think that's on purpose... I don't think they're even trying to be subtle there).

As for it being the best new show... I still think I'd take Hannibal, personally, but it's close. GoT is tough to compare just because it operates on its own level. Black Mirror is awesome but it's only 6 or 7 episodes, so it's no contest. I love the Strain but it's not "good" TV so much as it's just entertaining TV.

The short list for me would be Hannibal, Better Call Saul, and Mr. Robot. How you rank those probably depends on personal preference.

[MrSaigon]

I stopped reading, but did JL just spoil Mr. Robot for me? I was told expletive can get spoilery, but I'm still going to be disappointed if Tyler Durden has been let out of the bag.