imo the entire apocalyptic background and happenings were window dressing for the actual plot mechanic: the lack of trust and basic human connection necessary for survival when every person has their own preconceived notions and agendas that are ultimately irrelevant having the one seemingly paranoid character be not that much into conspiracy theories (he was just reacting to the factual information he had) was a choice
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:31 (four months ago) link
i still enjoy esmail's visual style but this was all a bit of silliness. good performances, but didn't really have anything to say.
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:35 (four months ago) link
This was a really good movie, sort of frustrated by the massive online chorus of "Why did it not end with rescue and hugzzzzz"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:36 (four months ago) link
it falls apart in the last 15 minutes by over-explaining and being so on the nose.
only if you think of the "explanation" presented by the character as having anything to do with what's actually happening
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:37 (four months ago) link
i will concede that the Julia Roberts / Ruth dialogue in the shed near the end is too on the nose
The very ending--what the strange daughter did--was one of my favourite parts. Kind of obvious, I know, but in a good way: felt like it had to end that way.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 December 2023 16:37 (four months ago) link
ps the involvement of Barack and Michelle in this movie has created an entire online ecosystem of people who think it's a leak of plans for the impending satanic NWO takeover
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:42 (four months ago) link
it’s funny that a bunch of people online think the 13 year old was weird when she just wants to finish the one thing that was interrupted. maybe the wide-eyed stare at all the weird shit was part of it?i’m sure each character maps on to some psychological archetype in some way
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:47 (four months ago) link
xp I can see where the Obamas as producers (they just have a Netflix production deal, who cares) is hatching some conspiracy theories but I doubt they’re that hands-onconversely, I was aware of the production credit and when Ali and Hawke’s characters are negotiating with Bacon’s, I thought “both of these guys are different parts of Obama’s internal dialogue”
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:50 (four months ago) link
I actually love that there's just that one shot kind of hauntingly establishing there's a woman inside Danny's house, wife, daughter, doesn't matter
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:53 (four months ago) link
I don't think his speech has to be the 'real story' - it was an retelling of things we'd already seen (cars going haywire, transport isolating everyone, communication down, etc.) turned into a narrative. The viewers all got to make that narrative up as we watched, having the prepper lay it out at the very end was unnecessary. (If that conversation came halfway or two thirds in, maybe, but it acted as a summation.)
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:55 (four months ago) link
it was F Society, obviously anyone else spot the E Corp logo on the meal kit buckets in the back of the pickup at the beginning?
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 18 December 2023 16:59 (four months ago) link
this was super entertaining. great cinema? probably not but a thoroughly enjoyable 2+ hours. I loved the ending. Also it's an interesting choice to put Hawke and Bacon in the same movie as they are morphing into the same guy as they age.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 7 January 2024 16:44 (four months ago) link
I think this is my third go-around with Mr. Robot--just starting S3--and honest to god, Tyrell and Joanna Wellick are the two most puzzling characters I've ever encountered in a TV show.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 May 2024 02:47 (two days ago) link
Perplexing, not puzzling--meant to use a stronger word.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 May 2024 02:48 (two days ago) link
they just have strong bdsm vibes, that's all
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:25 (two days ago) link
That might be the only thing I understand about them. I was thinking more in terms of their relationship to fSociety and Elliot and everything that transpires. I spent the first season wondering which side Tyler was on and the second season wondering if he was Elliot himself. And she's even more confounding to me.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 May 2024 14:43 (two days ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi71x5hoaN8
― clemenza, Monday, 13 May 2024 16:08 (two days ago) link