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The lead character feels to me like "Dexter as a Hacker".

smoyer 11y ago
I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2
- burger_moon 11y ago
  Tyrell seems more like Patrick Bateman than Dexter.
  - bduerst 11y ago
    Yeah, he's a dead ringer for American Psycho, but with the added twist of his wife being an antagonist.
- prodmerc 11y ago
  I'm more scared of his wife - looks like she's the brains in that relationship :-)
  - atmosx 11y ago
    She is stunning though but yes, both are psychic but she is by far more scary and has him under total control.
    - pyre 11y ago
      > both are psychic Their predictions of the future have been a bit off the mark...
- mhd 11y ago
  There's also some Macbeth and Hamlet going on here.
  - eli 11y ago
    Did you catch that she was trying in vain to get a spot out of linens in a recent episode?
- bayesianhorse 11y ago
  By the way, what language do they speak? I get some "hits" in my rudimentary Norwegian language skills. So either a Norwegian dialect or one of the Norse family...
  - eivarv 11y ago
    Tyrell speaks Swedish, and his wife speaks Danish. It's no surprise that you get some "hits" (even with "rudimentary Norwegian language skills"), as the Scandinavian languages are so similar that we generally understand each other – Norwegian speakers even more so, according to Wikipedia [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages#Mutual_intelligibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages#Mutua...
vvanders 11y ago
After the latest episode it feels a bit more like "nerd soap opera".
- bayesianhorse 11y ago
  Soap operas are not famous for characters dying a violent death.
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atmosx 11y ago
I totally disliked the series... It's poorly written, disconnected and the lead character doesn't convince enough. Even the story-line is totally poor IMHO. So the only good thing is the realistic hacking scenes...
- gauravagarwalr 11y ago
  I guess having an unpopular opinion, gets you down voted here. I hope the down voting was more due to adding an unnecessary opinion here.
  - Retr0spectrum 11y ago
    I think it was mainly because they gave an unpopular opinion without backing it up with any real explaination or reasoning.
- adamnemecek 11y ago
  can you give some examples of the poor writing?
- slm_HN 11y ago
  The basic problem is that the only realistic thing in the show is the hacking. Everything else is absurd. It's a realistic show about hacking the same way that Fantasy Island was a realistic show about island vacations. Now if they changed the title to "Fantasy Mr. Robot" so you know up front what the premise is I might be more forgiving about the plot.

I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

burger_moon 11y ago
Tyrell seems more like Patrick Bateman than Dexter.
- bduerst 11y ago
  Yeah, he's a dead ringer for American Psycho, but with the added twist of his wife being an antagonist.
prodmerc 11y ago
I'm more scared of his wife - looks like she's the brains in that relationship :-)
- atmosx 11y ago
  She is stunning though but yes, both are psychic but she is by far more scary and has him under total control.
  - pyre 11y ago
    > both are psychic Their predictions of the future have been a bit off the mark...
mhd 11y ago
There's also some Macbeth and Hamlet going on here.
- eli 11y ago
  Did you catch that she was trying in vain to get a spot out of linens in a recent episode?
bayesianhorse 11y ago
By the way, what language do they speak? I get some "hits" in my rudimentary Norwegian language skills. So either a Norwegian dialect or one of the Norse family...
- eivarv 11y ago
  Tyrell speaks Swedish, and his wife speaks Danish. It's no surprise that you get some "hits" (even with "rudimentary Norwegian language skills"), as the Scandinavian languages are so similar that we generally understand each other – Norwegian speakers even more so, according to Wikipedia [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages#Mutual_intelligibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages#Mutua...

vvanders 11y ago

After the latest episode it feels a bit more like "nerd soap opera".

bayesianhorse 11y ago
Soap operas are not famous for characters dying a violent death.

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atmosx 11y ago

I totally disliked the series... It's poorly written, disconnected and the lead character doesn't convince enough. Even the story-line is totally poor IMHO. So the only good thing is the realistic hacking scenes...

gauravagarwalr 11y ago
I guess having an unpopular opinion, gets you down voted here. I hope the down voting was more due to adding an unnecessary opinion here.
- Retr0spectrum 11y ago
  I think it was mainly because they gave an unpopular opinion without backing it up with any real explaination or reasoning.
adamnemecek 11y ago
can you give some examples of the poor writing?
slm_HN 11y ago
The basic problem is that the only realistic thing in the show is the hacking. Everything else is absurd. It's a realistic show about hacking the same way that Fantasy Island was a realistic show about island vacations. Now if they changed the title to "Fantasy Mr. Robot" so you know up front what the premise is I might be more forgiving about the plot.