The show is a mashup. However it deserves a mention of its originality. Mr Robot accurately portrays hacking culture, ideology, methodology and technique like no other show has. The producer Sam Esmail has family that took part in the Arab spring which inspired him to portray hacking as close to realism as possible. The show has a team of professional consultants working in information security, penetration testing, experienced black hat hackers and other related fields who come up with real world solutions to how they would pull of the hack and make sure the execution is accurate key stroke for key stroke. Instead of filling the screen with flashy graphics and pounding on a keyboard, The characters take months of planning, work out all the details and real hacking takes place (which happens to be far more interesting in my opinion). It also brings up and is based on real events and relates to the problems that we are facing in society today. So where it is easy to chalk the show up as a cultural mashup (which it is and makes it great), I feel it deserves to be noted on its originality and relevance to today's real world events as well.
@ThinkerYT6 жыл бұрын
Also represents MKultra pretty well. The black army is a tool of the elite. And the black guy protecting Eliot is a Mindhandler who works for them in order to control Eliot and his second personality Mr. Robot so that the Elite's plan of chaos succeeds.
@juliacorrea75495 жыл бұрын
he uses linux debian, that's when i knew this show is originality at its finest and i don't care what anyone else says
@juliacorrea75495 жыл бұрын
@Channeling Divinity linux is a type of operational system, like windows and mac. debian is a distro (distribution) of linux and a lot of hackers in real life use this SO (operational system), since it's a lot safer, cheaper, and easier to customize than windows/mac (linux is free).
@juliengrijalva86065 жыл бұрын
@@juliacorrea7549 it also has various tools making it good for computer science in general
@viewholicsanonymous5 жыл бұрын
The problem is not the outcome that is 'original' in your opinion, it's the main concept that is merely a replica. It's much less effort to copy another's work in comparison to starting from scratch and trying to do something 'original'. You say 'The characters take months of planning', well did you see Fight Club? It's the same, but with fight club it's funnier and goes deeper, in a single movie. The problems they target also are the same as in Fight Club, inequality, power abuse etc. (the usual concepts exploited by producers that make millions of the backs of people's conception of inequality while not sharing any profits they make or doing something to directly to improve something). Fight club is 20-years old and the problems still match it, it also shows how these movies have commercial purposes and aren't meant to actually make a difference. The writer actually ADMITTED it!
@spicyjuniormint8 жыл бұрын
Another inspiration is Blade Runner. Tyrell's name is taken from the replicant manufacturing company, the Tyrell Corporation.
@gateauxq46048 жыл бұрын
And Angela morphs into Rachel throughout s2.
@uptonroboticsptyltd36658 жыл бұрын
Very, Very smart. You may unlock the next level.
@maulydieng65607 жыл бұрын
Are you sure ?!! Because I always thought Tyrell's name was from Fight Club, Tyler=Tyrell, like the F of fsociety.
@rini67 жыл бұрын
I knew that name rang a bell!
@shortjohnsilver46055 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally, he also has a god complex.
@laharl2k8 жыл бұрын
who else hates society for thinking steve jobs was a great person?
@eleiraeel8 жыл бұрын
no one thinks he's a great person. he's a great entrepreneur and a skilled marketer who revolutionized an industry. but that's it. he's a classic villain of wits and talent and incredibly complex/interesting. but do not mix great person up with great business man. those are two very different "greats"
@joaomarcelo7428 жыл бұрын
and still, you´re giving praise to a villain
@TheElectrizantee8 жыл бұрын
Many people use their motivational phrases on facebook, as if it were a great man
@eleiraeel8 жыл бұрын
guigosul a good villain is a good villain. he's a fantastic one who made a great, overpriced product that managed to change the way people viewed their phones. it would be naive to say otherwise. your comment is like saying the dark knight sucks cuz the joker was a terrible person. that's just not how the world works
@eleiraeel8 жыл бұрын
robert daniel those people are also hopelessly naive
@benabramowitz188 жыл бұрын
Will you ever do The Philosophy of Mad Men?
@higanbana_red17728 жыл бұрын
Love your profile pic man. I have that album on vinyl.
@patrick23188 жыл бұрын
yea good album can't wait for the latest one.
@irosencrantz49318 жыл бұрын
of what album do you speak?
@patrick23188 жыл бұрын
I Rosencrantz mgmt
@reese98768 жыл бұрын
ughhTBHh
@alman6668 жыл бұрын
We need a Philosophy of Hannibal episode.
@ExNihil08 жыл бұрын
That would be amazing
@Sasu123456789x18 жыл бұрын
OMG yes!!
@adrienlegris8 жыл бұрын
YES ! YES, YES, yes !!!
@uptonroboticsptyltd36658 жыл бұрын
No No No ..........Noooooooooo,..... No.
@theotherevilmonkey728 жыл бұрын
Bout time
@zachillges1628 жыл бұрын
The E from E corp is the E from DELL
@thekul1215 жыл бұрын
Good shout! Also look up the Enron logo (full name Enron Corp.) - Massive company that was embroiled in corruption and scandal with a very similar logo, I think there's a few parallels there!
@obsoleteoptics5 жыл бұрын
@@thekul121 why not both?
@SevenEllen5 жыл бұрын
Well spotted! I thought there was something familiar about it.
@sebastian85385 жыл бұрын
Sam Ramsay Sam actually confirmed that it’s the Enron logo.
@Mr.Eminem4 жыл бұрын
😂
@acmusic53848 жыл бұрын
"Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal" - Pablo Picasso
@dethkon4 жыл бұрын
AC Music “Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole” - Jonathan Richman
@namanshah83544 жыл бұрын
@@dethkon explain sire
@dethkon4 жыл бұрын
Naman Shah kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZSVmn93qsell9U
@afroandguyandsomefin8 жыл бұрын
Anybody else wants to have a Mr. Robot marathon or is that just me?
@nikkoduran4 жыл бұрын
i just finished fight club andddd i wanna watch the hole show again
@reezlaw2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea but I suspect it could fuck me up severely
@SSDriscool8 жыл бұрын
I'm more than a bit salty that I hadn't realized my obsession with this show goes beyond how much I relate to Elliot, and is also encouraged by how much the creator has based his life around the consumption of media. Just like I. Kinda makes a dude feel like he can do anything, if he sets his mind to it, slow decent into madness or not.
@adrianofogli38428 жыл бұрын
nah, that takes TALENT... it's talent that transforms experience into something valuable, whatever the source material may be. You can share the exact same history as to someone successful, but you can't expect the same results because you may just don't have IT. And chances are, you don't. Sry
@SSDriscool8 жыл бұрын
Lmao. Get the fuck out of here. Talent isn't inherent. Elliot wasn't born a damn genius computer hacker. It takes perseverance to become talented. It takes hard work and practice to be great at something, obviously. I wasn't simply implying that because we share similar experiences that I can just randomly pick up a pen, and do exactly what the creator of this show does. Just that we all come up from being nothing, from being kids, and if you work hard enough then you can be anything you set your mind to. Including 'talented'. Srrrryy you're ignorant to that.
@zackcohn8 жыл бұрын
+joshin'round here here!
@bobpolo29648 жыл бұрын
talent is inherent joshin, humans can't create talent lol that's why it's called a gift*
@SSDriscool8 жыл бұрын
JFC. No. Talent is earned. How hard of a concept is that? Stop putting so much damn stock into genetics. Sure, some people are born with an above average intellect... or genes that will make them grow to be 6'4 , which will help them obviously be great at basketball. But guess what? That wouldn't mean shit if they didn't put in the hard work, dedication, and time it took to HONE their skills. No one is born able to paint a masterpiece, or act so well they bring tears to crowds, or write the next Emmy award winning show. Is that really so damn hard to understand?
@xlnyc778 жыл бұрын
Steal My Sunshine 1999 Matrix 1999 Fight Club 1999
@Badmuthaa8 жыл бұрын
twas a great year
@jc-ke3ll8 жыл бұрын
whats steal my sunshine ?
@samatarahmed37068 жыл бұрын
the last hurrah! of nihilism
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
good thing 9/11 woke America from its middle class apathy
@v8mac18 жыл бұрын
Eyes Wide Shut 1999
@MarkArandjus8 жыл бұрын
The climax of S1 was two people united by the protagonist’s alter ego witnessing a major act of terror being orchestrated by said alter ego while ‘Where Is My Mind’ by The Pixies plays. The finale season 2 features the protagonist getting himself shot in an attempt to prevent the explosion of a building which would bring about the erasure of financial records freeing people of debt etc. So at the end of season 3 can I expect the main protagonist to look at the dishevelled-looking chain-smoking eyeliner-heavy female protagonist and say ‘you’ve met me at a very strange time of my life’ just before a single frame of a dick flashes? I really like this show, but come on, lay off the Fight Club!
@JillSubwaySandwich8 жыл бұрын
I was surprised, cause the show for the most part ditched the Fight Club thing for a lot of S2 (or in it's own way acted like a quasi sequal to it with Mr Robot actually sticking around instead of dissapearing like Tyler Durden) and then in the finale they revealed that Phase 2 was literally Fight Club (admittedly there's a lot more going on behind the scenes then with Fight Club with Whiterose influencing everything)
@WAR36008 жыл бұрын
Lots of 12 years old people here in the coments who didn't watch the show calling it ''dumb'' or ''edgy'' just to look cool and adult.
@samsemp10l238 жыл бұрын
Sheeps stay sheeps.
@gerunkwon25988 жыл бұрын
@João M. I'm pretty sure it's the other way around.
@WAR36008 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing more negatives comments towards the show than positive ones. It's kinda funny, if some classic movie like Matrix or Fight Club makes a negative comment to society (which is the true, you guys want to believe or not) it's fine, but when it's Mr. Robot, the show is edgy for teens? But I know, you guys thinks that Mr. Robot is like Watch Dogs 2 (just watch the trailer, it's edgy as fuck) but you are wrong, the show is much more than that shit.
@WAR36008 жыл бұрын
Also, I doubt edgy teens will handle watch Mr. Robot's season 2, they will drop in the third episode.
@WAR36008 жыл бұрын
Well, I think both Mr. Robot and Fight Club goes deeper than a simply negative comment on society, it's about questioning reality itself and how we may be prisioners of ourselves (I hope I'm not sounding too edgy here).The premisse of the show is indeed FSociety against society, but it's just the surface, in season two we can see Elliot and other characters struggling with himself and with the reality they created, it's not just simple ''oh yeah, fuck society, I'm a rebel''. The show even shows how shallow childsh revolutions are when in season 2 Fsociety makes the world wrost than was before, and can't even command themselves. Anyway man, I think you may be right about the fans who may take the show too seriously but at the same time is wrong to diminish it as something ''edgy for teens''.
@kevincarter20208 жыл бұрын
what about the Dexter references...his CD collection
@marygrabowski2758 жыл бұрын
Wow, that makes sense!
@Randy-up9mo8 жыл бұрын
kevincarter2020 you sir, you got it🎩👌🏽
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
talks with ghost dad is socially alienated monologues all the time has hot,kooky yet lovable sister whom he had a crush on
@mellynn79968 жыл бұрын
angela and elliot arent related
@amigoparka8 жыл бұрын
Someone has to say it! The CD collection, the imaginary friend, the advices from "his father" that actually it's him, clearly has more from dexter than any other film.
@matman0000008 жыл бұрын
I love how the show takes so much inspiration from great classic movies, but at the same time manages to be one of the most relevant contemporary pieces of media.
@horrorknight30968 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for the philosophy of Mr Robot video.
@IshtheStomach7 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this comment was buried so far under all the bickering. I mean it's a youtube comment section so i should have expected it, but 9 months on and...
@NotTooComplicated8 жыл бұрын
This video made me finally give in and go watch the first episode. I loved it, but now I'm frankly just shocked that you didn't include Dexter in this analysis. The entire first episode at least is uncannily similar to Dexter -- from the in-head social commentary to the vigilante destruction of bad people, and then the "digital cemetery" where he keeps records of his victims, exactly as Dexter kept blood slides. Eerie, but exciting, because I really loved Dexter.
@kacem17842 жыл бұрын
Should i watch dexter?
@Jok3er2718 жыл бұрын
Can they do Wisecrack on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia! Please!!!
@ADHD_Theory8 жыл бұрын
I'm Convinced that Mac or someone is always wearing a t-shirt in that show that relates to the previous episode.
@dylanhegarty43987 жыл бұрын
Any examples Dennis?
@naks71548 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who is dying to see season 3?
@zackcohn8 жыл бұрын
But if you die you won't be able to see it! Hang in there buddy! :)
@Salamaleikum808 жыл бұрын
wtf dude you should call an ambulance.
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
ME LIKEY Season 2 was so trash, hopefully it will get better
@themediumprofessor8 жыл бұрын
Dying.
@uptonroboticsptyltd36658 жыл бұрын
Is it a spectacular death or boring death, or no death at all.
@Ambrozia338 жыл бұрын
You missed one inspiration. When Dipierro lying in bed and talking to some gadget (equipment) . This scene is really similar to the movie "Her".
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
Martyna Nowak I'm pretty sure that was just a product placement advertisement, hopefully not tho. and I loved the movie "Her"
@Hot18Shot8 жыл бұрын
Huh, I never even thought of that and I really enjoyed "Her". I think that one is either very subtle or just coincidence perhaps.
@gateauxq46048 жыл бұрын
Lots of lines, if that's a product placement it very quickly devolves into a terrible one. Get a plastic tube you can talk to about the end of the world when you're really lonely! I guess Amazon gave them carte blanche to use Alexis.
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
Mr robot is on amazon prime so I'm sure they made a deal. Ugh so frustrated with Mr robot
@uptonroboticsptyltd36658 жыл бұрын
Very, Very smart! You pick up a surprise weapon!
@MrLore4738 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why I love Mr Robot so much, every movie you talked here is on my favorites. Great video can't wait for the philosophy of Mr Robot.
@iwantsifegold8 жыл бұрын
Wait a second mr robot is not 400lbs trump lied
@grejsancoprative8 жыл бұрын
There's nothing original; everything that has been written and ever will be written is just a variation of another story we've already heard before.
@lucasschigart27218 жыл бұрын
- The Alphabet
@mightyd428 жыл бұрын
SIMPSONS DID IT!
@dadsnatcher34448 жыл бұрын
De Wolfie O RLY
@DawidJankowski8 жыл бұрын
"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."
@kenlo41638 жыл бұрын
De Wolfie Yesterday i just downloaded a app called mercari, my friend gave me the code JKRGTW and i actually got $100😱
@vilvasbusinesstips8 жыл бұрын
Interesting video! When I saw Elliot killing himself in the head I immediately associated that with the Fight Club Tyler trying shooting himself in the head
@smb-d8c8 жыл бұрын
I thought hackers had to be at least 400 pounds.
@suli5428 жыл бұрын
that was a joke come on 😂 they're plenty of fat hackers as well like in Mr. Robot.
@porcgag71828 жыл бұрын
Donald hahaha
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
i know this show is very innacurate not a Dorito or Dew in sight
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
mosha is the fat hacker on the show
@Brickkzz8 жыл бұрын
hey "it's not nice and I don't deserve it"
@Tommykee9998 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we will never escape death nor tax in this realm
@choombi67218 жыл бұрын
Now, if only we can find a way to escape death by tax....
@Djorgal8 жыл бұрын
Kinda dystopian when you think about it. I mean escaping death through tax means that the governement can provide immortality and you have to pay to stay alive. Anything short of eternity is a complete waste of time though.
@choombi67218 жыл бұрын
eh, I'll take 120 years over 110, you know.
@CeleryMan6668 жыл бұрын
You can escape tax by being a corporation, which are apparently people now too.
@blueberrybandit73908 жыл бұрын
Unless you're Donald Trump
@Jake-kn3xg8 жыл бұрын
You still haven't done The Wire. What's going on?
@bluedog42488 жыл бұрын
Is this show worth watching? I've seen some commercials and this video makes me want to try it.
@lt33818 жыл бұрын
It's amasing. I got all my friends to watch it and we love it.
@bluedog42488 жыл бұрын
thanks. I'll try it.
@hysterical54088 жыл бұрын
Well, personally I hated the show. I'm not gonna discourage you from watching it, though. The reason is more of a personal and also the show itself.
@ItsAndie7 жыл бұрын
It's really good Hope you're watching it by now
@KewlKid2 жыл бұрын
I know I’m five years late but if you haven’t gotten around to it you should Watch it, probably one of the best shows ever made in my opinion
@HerrMeier0078 жыл бұрын
Have you Seen the film Who am I? It's a German movie, that came out just a few months before Mr. Robot. It also deals with a protagonist that is a hacker and who struggles with his social life. After a while he meets a guy who helps him together with a few other people to form a underground "terror" hacking group. The Film completely feels like Fight Club the whole time and also has a fight club poster hanging in the background at one time. At the end the protagonist is caught by some German agency. He tells an agent the whole story and after listening to him she has a feeling that his friends might not be real and does some research. After a little bit of research she's one hundred percent sure, that his friends aren't real. Because she likes him, she lets him go. But the big twist is actually that his friends are indeed real and they all just messed with the agent's head, so the protagonist would be free. Except for the last part, the second twist, it's really really really close to the first season of Mr. Robot! Pretty funny that two cinematic products are made at the same time, in two different countries and than turn out to be almost the same movie without knowing about each other! Great minds think alike, it seems!
@suumcuique45305 жыл бұрын
the protagonist of who am i hacks the BKA agent. great move, at first you think its like fight club but the twist in the end makes it original and great. i cant believe mr robot and who am i had no influences on each other, it cant be a coincidence ...
@alephanull19533 жыл бұрын
MRX right?
@MrMikkyn8 жыл бұрын
I love all the film references! It needs references to more films! Cynical: Donny Darko, Ghost World, Daria, Sev7n, House Tech Thriller: Pi, A Scanner Darkly, Matrix, Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, Existenz, The Thirteenth Floor, Minority Report, Total Recall, Cypher Arthouse: Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Drive, Vanilla Sky, Being John Malkovich, Videodrome, Mr Nobody, A Clockwork Orange, Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Loss Vegas, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Synecdoche, Brazil, Dancer in the Dark, The Dark Knight
@manishn19693 жыл бұрын
I feel neon genesis evangelion was also an inspiration. The ending feels that way.
@daneyalanes34658 жыл бұрын
do the philosofy of bojack jorseman please
@slendy96008 жыл бұрын
id like to see that, ive heard people say it gets really deep, tho ive never seen it myself
@MrRasmusHelsted8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MrFanaticadam8 жыл бұрын
watch it!
@duendenally8 жыл бұрын
yes please
@venaretro54448 жыл бұрын
It gets so fucking depressing at a certain point that not even the humor works anymore, you are only left with the bitterness of life.
@KW-dt9kx8 жыл бұрын
If normal life is watching crappy movies, drinking hipster lattes and liking boring pics on instagram, then thank god I'm not normal
@TankCollinsProtectionSquad6 жыл бұрын
"Or perhaps its just theft." I really love mr.robot its such a good show and im so sad we probably wont be getting a new season until next year
@metabeard37888 жыл бұрын
Man, I picked up on the "Fight Club" & "Matrix" rips, but not the rest. Pretty cool break down.
@Strongwind8 жыл бұрын
You forgot Serial Experiment's Lain I guess they don't know what that is though...
@DeadDinosaur5 жыл бұрын
While SEL is great, i don't really see how it's that big of an inspiration for Mr.Robot, sure both explore very similar concepts with regards to god and alienation, but i'd argue if anything SEL is more of a cyberpunk-done-in-contemporary-setting/near-future while Mr.Robot is a lot more contemporary and makes effort to be so. If anything SEL and less so NGE and other experimental anime from the 90s influenced The Matrix, and Mr.Robot takes it's inspiration from The Matrix, so it's a lineage of references really, you can keep going down that route and say that SEL is inspired by Ghost in The Shell and NGE being a success thus proving that experimental genre deconstruction works, and that in itself is inspired by Mobile Suit Gundam Zeta which also deconstructed the mecha genre and delved into psychology and had a confusing ending, but that in itself is inspired by Space Runaway ideon... You get the idea. Also the brutally slow pace of Season 2 of Mr.Robot reminds me of Texhnolyze in the fact it is damn near unwatchable lol.
@thomasnorman83694 жыл бұрын
While Lain is profound and brilliant, with both sharing hacking as a subject, I see few similarities, I'm afraid...
@mort-m5b8 жыл бұрын
i'm really curious why the camera guy only films the upper-half of every scene. Like, i'm mostly watching the ceiling in this show.
@marygrabowski2758 жыл бұрын
I've heard somewhere that this shows overwhelming feelings and lack of understanding between characters (like they feel so small that everything else seems bigger).
@doriannousias67258 жыл бұрын
"stylistic style" good use of the english language there buddy
@gori11afingers8 жыл бұрын
Actually Drive doesn't use this. It uses quadrant framing, which is different. Also the cinematography in Mr. Robot is hardly minimalistic. That'd be so in a film like The Life Aquatic. But Mr. Robot goes out of its way to help convey messages through cinematography. It uses everything from constantly breaking the rule of 3rds to very obvious Dutch angles during high tension and confrontation to a shallow depth of field whenever Elliot is by himself. But yeah surely label it pretentious. And if other aspects of this TV show were so pretentious you wouldn't see many analysis videos on it, would you?. To call Mr. Robot pretentious would be (by proxy) calling the things this show is inspired and referenced from pretentious as well
@mort-m5b8 жыл бұрын
Who says it's stylish or nice? I think it's plain awful. I want to watch the scene, see the body language on the actors.. I don't need to see the ceiling.
@gori11afingers8 жыл бұрын
fair enough lol
@kamikon7554 жыл бұрын
The scene when the Dark Army guy hack the FBI guy reminded me of the scene in The Shining.
@stv24p14 жыл бұрын
Same here man like exactly when he put the axe in his heart i remembered the shinning scene
@Tony_Miller4 жыл бұрын
The opening titles when tyrell is getting taken to the hideout I think is another shining reference.
@fghdrdthtgfghjhdf25404 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but whoever thinks Mr Robot is just a copy, or amalgation of different other movies, or outright plagiarism, really doesn't understand art. No art exists in a void. We are a product of what we saw, whether we like it or not. Here there's a lot of references to different works of art, and they are simply a bit more obvious than usually. But Mr Robot still brings to the table more than simply just a remake of a couple of movies. It makes a statement. It creates a new story. It is nostalgic, sure, but it's also new.
@NickNoobles3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@whoisappie6 жыл бұрын
This is a super good video essay that captures the essence of the show perfectly. I don't believe nowadays art is made that is completely unique. Asides from being always extremely exposed to images and our entire world always influencing our ideas, I actually think there's nothing new left to make. Everything is already done (when it comes to art). All we can do is make eclectic art, using what we know to create a fusion of good things.
@arpitbharti62458 жыл бұрын
oh they reference so much more. not even american movies and tv. they did a major Death Note style scene in season 2, when Mr. Robot was eating an apple. and the obvious Steins; Gate reference shown through the clocks that white rose had
@depthsofabjection7 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, you're right. The way Mr Robot speaks to Elliot and gives him "advice" from beyond the real world, when no else but Elliot sees him, mirrors Ryuk and Light's relationship.
@WonkaSweet8 жыл бұрын
I was so happy you guys finally got onto this show, I love it so much I can't wait for the philosophy of I've never seen a show do what this one does as far as its marketing and easter egg websites, and in my time there hasn't been a TV narrative quite like it. There isn't filler and the characters can not be pegged as good or bad guys and I've never found a show so engaging to such a wide array of people this good
@mr.lukeulele24458 жыл бұрын
"He's not really famous anymore". Bojack Horseman teased in a earlier vid. Confirmed.
@mrmovieguy10008 жыл бұрын
I think everyone saw the fight club similarities XD I did anyway
@skar38877 жыл бұрын
While loving Mr Robot I started to think of the Fight Club similarities. You just wrapped those thoughts up in a neat package and put a bow on it. Thanks KZbin. Im subbed.
@lostpopcorns8 жыл бұрын
you know when I started watching the show I didn't like it very much partly because of all the sampling. now I'm a big fan though because I came to appreciate all the homages or samples, much like Overwatch. it's hardly anything new or original, but it's well made and entertaining, also you can clearly see that the people making this show love making it. btw your video was excellent, good job. glad I already watched the show before watching this
@SquareSquidStudios8 жыл бұрын
"Fuck it"
@ayyub_alromaani8 жыл бұрын
when you just finished the series ten minutes ago and Wisecrack posts a video *Mind Blown*
@evaoma88798 жыл бұрын
DOES THIS SPOIL SEASON 2?? I'M ONLY ON LIKE EPSIODE 4 ON SEASON 2 YALL IM LATE OK
@morbid1.8 жыл бұрын
yes
@bigzuben8 жыл бұрын
yes, it does. big spoilers
@TheLightningScience8 жыл бұрын
Yeah it definitely does. I would advise to hold off on watching it until you finish the season.
@TheGiusha8 жыл бұрын
Yes, it does
@coming948 жыл бұрын
Yes it does
@louiscyfear8788 жыл бұрын
*_Mr. Robot_* seems brilliant Now I wish I'd never seen this video.
@gori11afingers8 жыл бұрын
could you tell me why it isn't?
@BabarKhanJaved8 жыл бұрын
a huge corporation that makes money creating bullshit made a tv show about a group of freedom fighters taking down huge corporations that make money creating life ending products & services.
@inFAMOUSBlastshards8 жыл бұрын
That's not really a good argument.
@e.14197 жыл бұрын
Just because a show samples other references it doesn't mean it lost its quality. They literally explain it in the video. Nothing we do is entirely original. Hell, art and litterature in their first forms and movements were more about recreating/rewriting an original work than trying to be unique.
@explosivedude82952 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention Mr. Anderson vs Mr. Alderson use in Matrix and Mr. Robot
@haytham71918 жыл бұрын
i don't know never seen it but the guy looks like josh from until dawn right?????
@tubekiller268 жыл бұрын
because he's the voice actor/model for that character
@haytham71918 жыл бұрын
tubekiller26 i know i just wanted to make sure
@haytham71918 жыл бұрын
tubekiller26 thank you anyways for being nice
@SageBaka8 жыл бұрын
Thank you !! Couldn't figure out where I knew him from until now
@user-nc5wc7dh7l8 жыл бұрын
Please do an episode on Mad Men!
@wurstkunstnm62808 жыл бұрын
Please do one on FARGO
@SevenEllen5 жыл бұрын
That Morpheus/Mr. Robot conversation was so similar, I thought he was quoting The Matrix when he said it. I'm surprised they weren't sued. Don't get me wrong, I think Mr. Robot is a hundred times better than The Matrix, but, ouch! Why copy it so closely?
@farus_channel8 жыл бұрын
everything is remix
@LibertyRapsher Жыл бұрын
I see it as paying homage and/or giving shout outs to other films. They're fun Easter Eggs to go through and try to find and/or figure out. It's also an argument against intellectual property. I'm the same age as Sam and this show captures the experience of someone born in the late 70's (even though Elliot is approximately 10 years younger than us, Elliot's experience through technology feels very much like our age group, but it makes total sense to age him down 10 years for a host of reasons, someone in their late 20's entering 30's as opposed to 30's entering 40's. It captures the film experience from an aging kid born in this time into adulthood as well as the inception of both video game and computer tech catching both at ground level and witnessing them explode into behemoth's, while being active participants in them. It's really weird because most of it takes place in modern times, however with flashbacks among many other things, at times it almost feels like the early 90's with modern technology. It's a period of time that is rarely referenced in films that do callbacks. Many shows like to call back to the goofy 80's, which we were just at the age that was too young to get into the goofy fads of the 80's and our middle school highschool years were 89-95. One of the only things to latch onto in our generation is the inception of technology and perhaps the inception of rap/gangster rap (I would also add guitar/metal music as well). Obviously Sam referenced tons of films growing up throughout this time... and of course stuff outside of this time like several Kubrick references throughout. Several movies and tv shows beyond 95 are referenced as well and of course the corny tv shows we grew up with was referenced in that one episode in the second season, which was straight up horrendous 80's television.
@mrRexninja8 жыл бұрын
ok so usually I'm the first to say "if they don't want spoilers they should ignore any media on it" but fuck me if I didn't want to see that elliot/Norton parallel bout their split personalitiea.
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
that reveal isn't that week hidden. was very obvious from day 1 so it's not that big of a deal
@mrRexninja8 жыл бұрын
um since when do third parties decide what's not a big deal to me?
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
mrRexninja since the time you had ears to take in information from external sources?
@mrRexninja8 жыл бұрын
so because I CAN listen to your opinion, it then becomes my own. man do I feel sorry for whoever shacks up with your sorry, self-centered ass. I understand that this entire negative exchange could be the outcome of a simple grammar error, but to be quite frank, I'm not in the mood.
@Jeremy-ql1or4 жыл бұрын
There was a later episode where Angela was doing something in (I think) Price's house. The entire segment was basically a recreation of the first Resident Evil game.
@_officerK8 жыл бұрын
...and Blade runner and twin peaks.
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
how?
@ItsDesm8 жыл бұрын
I can see Twin Peaks in some of the abstract visions/hallucinations
@legosheet8 жыл бұрын
Sudev Sen The penultimate episode of season 2 is a clear homage to Lynch's work.
@gateauxq46048 жыл бұрын
Disappointed he didn't mention the completely overt references and homages to both Kubrick (that gorgeous ceiling in the board room!) and Lynch. Design aesthetic, details, entire scenes are all love letters to both film directors. Also Angela becoming Rachel from Blade Runner in s2 but that's beside the point.
@DamianReloaded8 жыл бұрын
And Sucker Punch!
@allrightok99827 жыл бұрын
mr robot reminds me of a german movie that came out 2014 called "who am i"
@ceasarc79428 жыл бұрын
who's hyped for season 3 thou !!!
@TheOnlyGimmeturben8 жыл бұрын
I gotta give that show credit, it may not have came with the idea but the amount of involvement and interplay with the audience is almost genius, particularly with season 2
@AnirbanDeshmukh8 жыл бұрын
Jared.. do BvS & Sucker Punch ... let's see what they unfold
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
as being clunkey pieces of garbage?
@LargeCockIsBack8 жыл бұрын
too much allegory and symbolism they can't handle this
@AnirbanDeshmukh8 жыл бұрын
Gay Lord I know. but this guy is awesome @ analyzing. He will do it if enough people request it.
@AnirbanDeshmukh8 жыл бұрын
Casey Tatum watch it.. and don't take the movie lightly.. otherwise you will misinterpret the movie.. and also the "sucker punch" it tried to give the audience...
@AnirbanDeshmukh8 жыл бұрын
yeah, it is better.
@12Chimera8 жыл бұрын
Jim Jarmusch said it best: "Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery. celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to.”
@HundredDaysMusic8 жыл бұрын
Good artists borrow, great artists steal! This is why I love Mr. Robot. It is built on the foundations of great artwork of the past, while making a few improvements of its own to create something entirely unique. Anyone who says that stealing ideas in art is bad is not an artist.
@littlehedonist7 жыл бұрын
We're working on the Philosophy of Mr. Robot - 6 months ago.
@Jack-ks1qm8 жыл бұрын
Looks a really good show, I'll have to check it out
@willemhendrikplug21048 жыл бұрын
It isn`t
@heisenburger991 Жыл бұрын
@@willemhendrikplug2104it is, tf u mean
@pyrymiettinen24448 жыл бұрын
Mr. Robot is like apple. It collects everything good around it and makes a good product.
@2brosand1up648 жыл бұрын
You guys forgot Neil Breen movies, the ultimate hacker that hacks society? and a corporate commiting suicide live? all stolen from the real human breeeeeen
@dieman47468 жыл бұрын
mr robot is nothing compared to the breen machine
@leonowitzl56478 жыл бұрын
I think you forgot "who am I" (2014)a German Film about a hacker, who hacks the BND (German FBI) after he mets a Tyler Durden like character. And the end is also like mr robot. The film is actually very good.
@leonowitzl56478 жыл бұрын
And please do philosophy of "black mirror"
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
Leonowitz L Ikr this show like basically ripped off "Who Am I". And I fucking love Black Mirror.
@Corsodix8 жыл бұрын
Just Do It, Make Your Dreams Come True(c)
@jayfisher33598 жыл бұрын
You forgot Who Am I. A german movie about a hacker. it's pretty much the same except he's less autistic
@juanpablomina13468 жыл бұрын
2:08 If I understood correctly (which you can't be sure with this show), Elliot meant to work at Allsafe. It wasn't an accident, it was part of his plan to take down E Corp.
@juanpablomina13468 жыл бұрын
9:15 Again, the way I understood it, Mr. Robot was shooting Elliot in the head so that Elliot wouldn't believe Tyrell's gun was real.
@nathanlowe97608 жыл бұрын
Juan Pablo Mina I took it as that way too. At the same time, it could be possible that he formulated his plan while he was working there, because it would be a weird coincidence that his life long friend Angela worked there at the same time
@juanpablomina13468 жыл бұрын
Nathan Lowe I think Angela was already working at Allsafe and so she helped him get hired.
@DaniG._.German8 жыл бұрын
Actually, Agent Smith is the One, not Neo.
@soundninja998 жыл бұрын
But that's just a theory, a film theory!
@DaniG._.German8 жыл бұрын
TTate Aaaaaaand cut
@ItsAndie7 жыл бұрын
You both made my days, guys ahahahahaha
@dantegoat85687 жыл бұрын
sigh fucking matpat fans think every fucking theory he makes is pure fact. go home kid get a mind of your own you fucking sheeple.
@root_astr06 жыл бұрын
Templar Enforcer I mean, the theory itself makes no sense; but you don't have to be so insulting.
@doomd18162 жыл бұрын
The protagonist just watched too many movies after being abused
@Jaideeplo8 жыл бұрын
COMMUNITY!!!
@HAL0SINC8 жыл бұрын
First off, before i watch the video. I love this channel so much and wanted to watch this video almost a month ago. That i went and watched the whole series just to watch a 13min video breakdown! so you know, keep doing your thing.
@wokenpancake45158 жыл бұрын
MatPat sent me
@Messi69198 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know the name of the music that opened this video? I cannot find it in the description.
@blundilemeo92668 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video about Community
@1637ty8 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the 'Philosophy Of' episode of Mr. Robot
@VyseN18 жыл бұрын
Expertly hiding that he was in jail? Ha ha ha ha ha. NO. It was painfully obvious.
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
just like FC twist
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
VyseN1 IKR, people have been saying it's very clever and that Sam Esmail is a genius. Smh wtf even any more it was so easy to guess since ep 1 of S2
@אדם-פ3ב8 жыл бұрын
what made it that obvious?
@sudevsen8 жыл бұрын
Adam for me it was the basketball match that gave it away
@VyseN18 жыл бұрын
+Adam It was the way the scenes were shot, it was obvious that Elliot was not with his mom. The Basketball court, the support group, and the steady routine made it obvious he was either in prison, or a psych ward.
@blahblahblah75306 жыл бұрын
I waited until I finished watching the first two series to view this. I’m a little surprised “Death Note” was not mentioned. I found there were a lot of similarities/references. Great video though, I hadn’t thought about “The Matrix” until it was pointed out.
@MadBunnyRabbit8 жыл бұрын
They may be similar thematicly but they are so different. When people say to me that Mr. Robot is like Fight Club I cringe. Mr. Robot is more like teen anxt show, while Fight Club is an inteligent satire. Fight Club from the start shows that this is not supposed to be taken serious. I mean; who the fuck colects ikea furniture and prefers the catalogue over porn magazines? Mr. Robot on the other hand spits banalities about facebook, etc. I'm sick and tired of people saying how social media is ruining the social life. I actually didn't know that the guy who made it is a huge movie buff that wants to mix and mash things he saw. But it shows. Season one was still pretty great but I lost interest after the final episode. It would've been a great miniseries.
@anglozombie24858 жыл бұрын
I agree that fight club had way more interesting themes going on than mr robot ever did.
@JacobProducer8 жыл бұрын
The graphics, composition of shot and production design stand out for me in this series.. The acting by supporting cast is absolute crazy good.. there are many aspects of this show that keep me watching and even though the references are throughout I still find the approach of production original and inspiring.
@BigMarcello1008 жыл бұрын
Please do an episode on neon genesis evangelion
@lazystonedmonk4387 жыл бұрын
Satoshi kon Perfect Blue 1997
@tunathehuman40768 жыл бұрын
I think Mr. Robot is edge fuel for 15 yr olds.
@CruizINcognito8 жыл бұрын
lmao ikr
@dadsnatcher34448 жыл бұрын
Cynaggot i watch it for cinge
@tunathehuman40768 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm sure it has truths and is entertaining but y'kno..
@dieman47468 жыл бұрын
as an avid viewer of the show i can confirm the monologues are incredibly edgy, to the point where you'd probably laugh when you're supposed to take things seriously, however, the plot is actually really interesting and so are the characters. there's more to the show than what you're giving it. I know it can be pretty stupid with its 'god is dead, we're all cogs in the machine' commentary, but the relatability of the characters and the depth the show provides them with makes it worth watching. you can have an opinion, i'm just saying that the show is more than what you're giving it credit for.
@tunathehuman40768 жыл бұрын
+slugs +man door (wtf tagging doesnt work anymore??) I wouldn't call it shit since I haven't even watched one episode. It might actually be really good. But I usually see either V mask or Mr. Robot on edgy posts.
@adarshdomala68955 жыл бұрын
It's Vera not vara
@ShubhamBhushanCC8 жыл бұрын
Mr Robot went shitty when it dove too deep in the mind of elliott. It was fun to see him hack but having tiresome monologues over and over again wears you out
@epsorks8 жыл бұрын
Then you clearly don't understand the message it is giving. Rewatch it and pay attention.
@ImworriedImgettingspyedon8 жыл бұрын
Epso RKS He understood it, and that's why he disliked the show.
@epsorks8 жыл бұрын
***** Doubt he did, but whatever.
@CeleryMan6668 жыл бұрын
Yes because you obviously understood everything and we the dirty flea ridden peasants can only hide behind the coattails of the gilded prince that is you. If someone doesn't like something then fuckoff I watched the show for the hacking and decent plot not references to movies and shows I haven't seen.
@uptonroboticsptyltd36658 жыл бұрын
Maybe, you are worn out too easily?
@DGamerification8 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE BEST SHOW
@mahzsom18 жыл бұрын
Mr. Robot is the tv show equivalent of a 16 year old buying a Che Guevara t-shirt / Guy Fawkes mask manifactured by indian childworkers on amazon
@M4B3THinSPACE8 жыл бұрын
This.
@joaomarcelo7428 жыл бұрын
the show is too self-aware to that.
@TheElectrizantee8 жыл бұрын
Yes, but at least sincerely see the world where you live, it's a good thing, a first step
@WAR36008 жыл бұрын
I can tell you didn't watch it, because I admit this is what the show looks in the surface, but it's deeper than that, believe me.
@kabascoolr8 жыл бұрын
Did you watch one episode of the show? Or are you basing your assumptions on one KZbin trailer?
@AtenaHena7 жыл бұрын
WE'RE WORKING ON IT :)))))
@U_F_N_M8 жыл бұрын
M. Robot cannot fit in a nutshell. M. Robot is the nutshell.
@mou.28 жыл бұрын
In one episode, Elliot says a line from Pulp Fiction: "I'm pretty fucking far from ok."
@andreboomboom62358 жыл бұрын
Thank god you made one of this for MR ROBOT! You're awesome!
@pvtpain66k8 жыл бұрын
Why are you calling the Narrator, Jack, from Fight Club, "Tyler"? They are separate parts of the same person, but not interchangeable...
@YoItsEmo8 жыл бұрын
I may be missing something from the book, but isn't the narrator just "the narrator". In the movie at least, "Jack" is only the name of a fictional character in a series of books the narrator finds.
@tornapart8 жыл бұрын
I'm a film graduate and LOVE your work. Once again a mindblowing cinematic analysis keep the good work :)
@self-pityofficial30495 жыл бұрын
When i see Christian slater i just think of heathers