Loved it. Can't wait for season two.
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Watched it all this week and it was fantastic. Far better than True Detective s1 for instance.
I will say that the finale was the weakest episode by a long way however. Only the post credit scene was actually worthwhile.
EDIT: make that any scene with the Evil Corp CEO, he was brilliantly set up for season 2.
I will say that the finale was the weakest episode by a long way however. Only the post credit scene was actually worthwhile.
EDIT: make that any scene with the Evil Corp CEO, he was brilliantly set up for season 2.
I'm on episode 4 and I can't understand wtf is happening.
Let's not be silly here. It was good, but not that good.
The second half of that season was absolute trash, dragged down what was a magnificent start.
A lot less turgid acting and silliness than Robot thing though, and it actually looked good unlike the Özil show.
I honestly don't understand the hype this show gets, it's so mediocre. Not bad, some of it was entertaining, but it's so meh.
Must be on a wum.
Late to the boat for this. Just watched episode 6, all I can say is wow.
That's the one with the prison plot and Shayla and everything, right? One of the worst of the season imo, nothing happened. But if you enjoyed it, you'll probably be wowed by the next episodes.
You're such a hater.
Some of your favourite shows on here have plenty of episodes where you can say 'nothing happened'. Doesn't mean they're not excellent, self-contained episodes.
Some of your favourite shows on here have plenty of episodes where you can say 'nothing happened'. Doesn't mean they're not excellent, self-contained episodes.
You thought episode 6 was good, honestly? It was really weak, even by the show's overall weak standards.
And I was saying that to Gambit more to underline how much he's likely to enjoy the next episodes as I thought the 6th was probably the worst in the season.
As a standalone episode I thought it was really good, yeah, and the ending was insanely tense and well done. I also really liked Vera as an antagonist.
4 was easily the weakest episode of the season and probably the most difficult to stick with the show after.
"overall weak standards", you're seriously in the minority on this one. I don't really know anyone who hasn't, at a minimum, thought it was good/very good.
Anyway, my main point is that to judge an episode on 'nothing happening' is a bit unfair because some of TV's best episodes have been exactly that. Disconnected from the overall plot with a self-contained story. Your love-child, Mad Men, did it all the time.
I wish Mad Men was my 'lovechild'!
Just a show I enjoyed immensely. And the thing is, Mad Men could pull off episodes with 'nothing happening' because the show had huge strength in dialogue and character building and didn't necessarily require events to remain interesting. My point is that Mr Robot did. 'Overall weak standards' doesn't mean I don't think it was an ok watch by the way, I said in the previous page that I thought it was an alright watch but a very messy show. I stick to that, a lot of the acting is weak, the writing is hit and miss, I didn't enjoy the visual style of the show. That's why I refer to 'weak standards'. I may be in the minority (I have no problem with that, I know it's highly rated), but I doubt I'm totally alone. Just on the previous page:
Quite a bit of a mixed bag, I'd say. Around me, a couple of friends loved it and echo your sentiment about the show I think, and a couple 'just' enjoyed it without thinking it was fantastic or anything. I'm probably the person in my group of friends who rated it the less.
Precisely, in the minority!I wish Mad Men was my 'lovechild'!
'Overall weak standards' doesn't mean I don't think it was an ok watch by the way, I said in the previous page that I thought it was an alright watch but a very messy show. I stick to that, a lot of the acting is weak, the writing is hit and miss, I didn't enjoy the visual style of the show. That's why I refer to 'weak standards'. I may be in the minority (I have no problem with that, I know it's highly rated), but I doubt I'm totally alone. Just on the previous page:
Quite a bit of a mixed bag, I'd say. Around me, a couple of friends loved it and echo your sentiment about the show I think, and a couple 'just' enjoyed it without thinking it was fantastic or anything. I'm probably the person in my group of friends who rated it the less.
All well and good quoting them posters but let's be fair, I could find far more than that in here who really liked the show. Seems a lot of them didn't really stick with it after episode 4/5 which were definitely amongst the weakest.
And yeah, obviously the characters in this aren't on par with Mad Men, but my point was that it's not fair to judge an episode on nothing relevant to the plot happening, so what? I still think it was really good. You might not and that's fine but I don't think that because it has little relevance to the overall arc of season one it's justification for that.
Sorry an episode that featured a prison break, lives on the line including the main protagonist, the nemesis being brought down a peg or 2, various machinations and 2 deaths is considered as nothing happens. Personally for me this shits all over Mad Men from a great height. That was just boringly repetitive with nostalgia porn thrown into the mix.
I'm not disputing that, at all!
Nor am I disputing this, I was just responding to your post saying you didn't know anyone who didn't think, "at a minimum, that it was good/very good". Just saying there were people on the previous page that were less enthused.
Fair enough, I just found it really boring.
Yeah I guess we really don't have the same taste in TV then!
I meant in real life. Caf nerds don't count for shit.
Nilson doesn't like anything that has a plot/is popular, for example.
Stop it, you don't know anyone in real life.
Episode 6 was great stuff.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first episode but thereafter its pure cack in my most humble opinion.
Finished this last night and thought the series was stunning. The cinematography was incredible, they basically threw out the rule book and it wasn't just for the sake of it, it was for story telling purposes. The reveal of who Mr Robot was didn't come a a surprise, Darlene did though. Anyway best tv show so far this year for me.
So who else reckons Tyrell is another of Elliots personalities. His wife fully knowing, about his disorder. Why when he went to see her she got upset, seemed like she realised he was off again, and then she spoke in Danish and he didn't understand her she looked upset.
I've just watched the first three episodes tonight. Absolutely brilliant show. It reminds me of Fight Club in some ways, which is no bad reminder.
It started very well, but after a while it got pretty stupid. The IT stuff is mostly bullshit and they are overdoing it with the psycho mumbo-jumbo.
Interesting concept. But how could he work for the large firm and also the small one at the same time?
Apparently she said that 'if you've done anything to him I'll kill you.' Or something along those lines.
Apparently she said that 'if you've done anything to him I'll kill you.' Or something along those lines.
No need for spoilers, the season's aired guys!
Anyway, she did say that in Swedish, or Danish w/e it was. Perhaps expecting him to understand.
Impossible though. Because it'd require him to have two full time jobs alongside leading his little anarchist group.
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He's not dissociative. He's just delusional. The writers would be throwing too much into the pot if they revealed that Elliot and Tyrell were the same person.
As he spends hardly anytime at work and who's to say he's not undercover for evil corp at their main internet security provider. Just little things, hints again like with Mr Robot, but they could just be throwing us for a loop.
Watched the whole thing the last few weeks and really enjoyed it. Tyrell's wife is incredible 
I just started watching this weekend and binged a good deal of episodes. Just finished episode 6, which ends with Elliot opening the trunk. That may well be one of the most gut-wrenching moments I've ever experienced in tv shows. Just devastating. Even though you feel it coming, it really hits home. The moment Vera gives Elliot the key I felt my heart sinking. Brilliant show, but I feel a little numb now.
Even though you feel it coming, it really hits home. The moment Vera gives Elliot the key I felt my heart sinking. Brilliant show, but I feel a little numb now.I hope they arent the same person. Dont see how they could make that work.
And yeah, I really liked episode 6.
And yeah, I really liked episode 6.
I'm only 2 episodes in and loving is so far but it has dealt with the delusions/reality thing far better than Fight Club which was really irritating with the "surprise - it was all a fantasy" crap in the second half of the film.
Manipulative gold digger?Watched the whole thing the last few weeks and really enjoyed it. Tyrell's wife is incredible
@Cina Can't believe this shite won the Golden Globe for Best TV Show Drama. How the feck did Mad Men's final season get so overlooked to not even be nominated?!? Fine, it's not shite but nowhere near even close to how good Mad Men was.
Fine, it's not shite but nowhere near even close to how good Mad Men was.There were loads of much, much better dramas this year. Mad Men, Fargo, Bloodline, Narcos...
These awards are always flawed. I mean Lady Gaga won the award for best Actress for pete's sake.@Cina Can't believe this shite won the Golden Globe for Best TV Show Drama. How the feck did Mad Men's final season get so overlooked to not even be nominated?!?
Mad Men was the only one I'd say was better, but that's been overlooked for awards in recent years, mainly because it won over and over again in its first few seasons.
This 'shite'? Really? It got more critical acclaim than just about any other show on TV this year. I think Mad Men was definitely better (2nd best show ever, for me), and Fargo was probably on par, but as winners go it was a pretty worthy one.@Cina Can't believe this shite won the Golden Globe for Best TV Show Drama. How the feck did Mad Men's final season get so overlooked to not even be nominated?!?
I really don't, but whatever. Surprised Slater got an award over Ben Mendelson as well, who was absolutely flawless in Bloodline. Not that Slater was bad in Mr. Robot (he was actually one of the redeeming features of the show), but his character was very forgettable and his performance hardly memorable.
Yeah Slater was alright. Only got it cause he's Slater.
I thought Bloodline was astonishingly boring.
I thought Bloodline was astonishingly boring.
I can totally understand that, I think if you're not totally invested in the characters quite quickly, that's bound to happen. I found it quite gripping and enjoyed a show so concentrated on the characters, their psychology and their relationships, but even if you didn't like it, I'm sure you found Mendelson good, no?
Mandelson's the nutjob brother yeah? He was very good, probably the only redeeming character of the show, for me.