Mr Robot: The show that hacked the news
The revolution is being televised, in the form of a cyber-thriller on the previously unheralded USA Network. Written and produced by Sam Esmail, Mr Robot is so plugged into the zeitgeist that you could watch it instead of the nightly news. In the series premiere, an anarchist group called fsociety hacks into a conglomerate’s systems and makes confidential information available to the public. In the real world, a website for cheaters was hacked and sensitive personal information made available to the public.
The airing of Mr Robot’s season one finale was postponed because of its distressing similarity to an actual event: the on-air murder of two journalists in Virginia. This is not the first time that the real world has borrowed its script from television. Sixteen years ago, an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer was pulled from the air because it featured a student who was apparently planning mass murder. The episode had been shot before the Columbine massacre, but was delayed due to concerns about school violence.
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September 11th, 2015 at 06:25
Four episodes in, nagsusumigaw na ng Fight Club yung series. Natapos ko sya in three days. Nagsisisigaw ako dun sa last two episodes. “I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!” Muntanga lang.
September 12th, 2015 at 11:10
Mr. Robot, Daredevil, Deutschland 83. Topnotch 1st seasons.
Hay, kelan kaya yung season 2 ng Black Mirror?